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Jazz favourites perform in Gibsons

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Jennifer Scott and Rene Worst will join Steve Giltrow for a concert at St. Bart’s Church on Friday, March 10.

Two jazz favourites, Jennifer Scott and Rene Worst, will be joining Steve Giltrow for a concert at St. Bart’s Church, Gibsons (659 North Road) on Friday, March 10 at 7:30 p.m. presented in partnership with the Sunshine Coast Jazz and Entertainment Society.

Scott is a singer, piano player and composer/arranger born in Vancouver specializing in jazz, blues and world music. She is considered one of the more important jazz artists working in Canada and the U.S. today. With many CDs to her name, she also appears on CBC recordings and has worked with many other musicians both live and in studio. 

Upright bassist Worst has toured with Chet Baker, Joe Pass, Gene Bertoncini and Paul Horn. He has recorded and performed with Scott, Herb Ellis and Freddie Hubbard, and recorded with David Bowie, Aerosmith and Poison. 

Guitarist Giltrow has produced and performed in concerts with Scott, Melody Daichun, Karin Plato and Kate Hammet-Vaughan, Jody Proznick and many others.

The trio will be playing a number of Scott’s originals as well as some bossas, swing, blues, jazz pop and ballads. Tickets are $20 in advance from WOW Gallery, Strait Music and share-there.com, or $25 at the door. Doors open at 7 p.m.

See www.coastjazz.com for more informaion.

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