Triple-A LIVE! presents…

Spring Winds II

with CaneFire

Friday, April 30, 7:30 p.m. Nancy Appleby Theatre

Tickets $20 at Value Drug Mart and the Riverhouse.

CaneFire brings its hot mix of Caribbean and Latin jazz and blues to Athabasca April 30, its only Alberta stop on a quick tour of Western Canada. It’s a unique opportunity for music lovers in Athabasca and area to be there while this group launches its second CD.

After last year’s highly successful tour of British Columbia, the Toronto group was invited to return with its high-energy show to Kelowna. They’ll also make a stop in Vancouver.

CaneFire combines Trinidadian calypso with Latin rhythms, jazz, and blues to create a unique, exciting sound. At the heart of this sound is its unconventional use of the steelpan – the Trinidadian percussion instrument that transforms oil barrels into sound vessels.

Canadian pianist Jeremy Ledbetter, musical director and arranger for Trinidadian calypso legend David Rudder, put CaneFire together in 2005 to perform the Caribbean-rooted music inspired by his world travels. A talented group of young musicians from diverse backgrounds, CaneFire has won international acclaim as one of the most exciting Caribbean jazz ensembles around.

CaneFire is:
Jeremy Ledbetter — Piano
Mark Mosca — Steelpan
Alexis Baró — trumpet
Braxton Hicks — saxophones
Yoser Rodriguez — bass
Chendy León — drums
Alberto Suárez — percussion

CaneFire premiered in Toronto in May ‘05, and has since performed at Harbourfront Centre, the Toronto Centre for the Arts, the Beaches International Jazz Festival, the Atlantic Jazz Festival, the St. John’s Jazz Festival, the El Hatillo Jazz Festival (Venezuela), and the Trinidad and Tobago Steelpan and Jazz Festival. CaneFire’s debut album, “Kaiso Blue”, was recorded at CBC’s Studio 211 in Toronto, and includes guest performances by Andy Narell and Venezuelan vocalist Eliana Cuevas .

Their new CD, Pandemonium, will be launched May 19 in Toronto, but audiences in our part of the world will get a sneak preview on this western tour. You’ll be sorry if you miss it.