The Porch Jazz Parade offers a fun romp through the streets with pit stops for half-hour concerts along the way. Dance in the streets or bring a portable lawn chair and relax. The 2018 Porch Jazz Parade will be led by Spencer Evan’s Goat Steppers Parade Band, and animated by Kingston Stilters and Birdbone Theatre.
Porch Jazz Bands:
- Parade Band: Spencer Evan’s Goat Steppers
- 11 am: Greg Runions @ Providence Care Manor, 275 Sydenham Street
- 11:45 am: Georgette Fry @ 342 Sydenham Street
- 12:30 am: Jive Ass Slippers @ 107 Raglan Road
Canadian composer and vibraphonist, Greg Runions, has been creating music for big band for about 25 years. Self taught as an arranger and composer, Runions started his own big band to help him hear his work and develop his writing. The band hails from his home town of Kingston, Ontario but frequently includes musicians from Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa.
Georgette Fry has received multiple nominations from Maple Blues Awards for “Female Vocalist of the Year”. In January 2004 she received Real Blues Awards for “Best Blues Songwriter”, “Best Blues Release – Female Artist” (Let Me Drive) and Best Canadian Blues Vocalist (Female). In 2006 CBC’s “Saturday Night Blues” awarded her the “Great Canadian Blues Award”.
Georgette’s has a love of good music, be it jazz, blues or beyond. Sandy MacDonald, Halifax Daily News writes, “With her luscious singing voice, she explores the soulful grey area between blues and jazz, where artists like Etta James and Ray Charles and Bonnie Raitt have staked their careers.”
The Jive Ass Slippers pay tribute to the music of Charles Mingus.
Jive Ass Slippers
- Benji Perosin – trumpet
- Jon Stewart – sax
- Paul Morrison – piano
- Paul Clifford – bass
- Rich Bannard – drums
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