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The River (2009) 1. Cannonball Streaming MP3 Score 2. The River - Part 3 Streaming Mp3 3. The One That Got Away Streaming Mp3 4. The Winter Samba Streaming Mp3 "All that made The River one of the year's finest jazz albums" - the Edmonton Journal
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Seu Swing (2007) - Sabes Que Download Mp3 - Run, Abigail Download Mp3 - Deeper Down Download Mp3 Score
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March 09- Here are some charts listing my disc has placed on recently.
the River - CD REVIEW by Roger Levesque You've heard myself and other CKUA announcers rave over the gifts of our own musicians right here in Alberta. It's not just hyperbole. Rubim de Toledo's latest, The River is the latest convincing evidence. Following his first solo release In Crimson And Charcoal, this is another set of tunes originally conceived to accompany a production by Calgary's Decidedly Jazz Dance, Tinge And Tone. While that previous disc took a more experimental direction, The River flows to the parameters of a '60s style acoustic jazz quintet, with tunes reminiscent of Horace Silver, the Blue Note school and - in his 10-minute suite The River - John Coltrane. It knocks me out, first for how de Toledo's writing and arranging sets up tasty harmonies, then for the depth of intuitive playing and the excellent sound that captures it, and finally for some intangible element we'll just call soul. The obvious familiarity between bassist de Toledo, trumpeter Bob Tildesley, reedman Jim Brennan, pianist Chris Andrew and drummer Tyler Hornby certainly adds to the effortless quality of the performances but I suspect the experience of playing for dancers also helped inspire their buoyant spirits. When he solos you can feel de Toledo tip-toeing or springing around on those strings and the exchanges between them all conjure up even more mental imagery. February 09 - Really excited to release my new CD this month. The CD is called the River and it is an acoustic Jazz disc with a mixture of modern Jazz and Post-Bop with some Brazilian and Cuban influence. It features a great quintet: Bob Tildesley - Trumpet My CD release date is on February 21st at the Beat Niq Jazz and Social Club in Calgary and I proud to announce that the concert will be recorded by CBC for Tonic. January 09 - I am having a great time working with Decidedly Jazz Dance again. Choreographer, Kim Cooper has created an incredible dance production which gets performed throughout the six floors of the historic Grain Exchange building in downtown Calgary! The show incorporates musicians performing with the dances and concludes with a live set at the Beat Niq Jazz and Social Club. The group is called the 'reClaim 3' and features Jim Brenan (Bass clarinet, Tenor Sax and Electronics) and Lyle Molzan (Toronto based drummer with Jann Arden) on Drums. Here are some shots taken by Noel Bégin:
December 08 - Just finishing off my semester teaching at Mount Royal College. Had a great group of students and it was a pleasure to watch them all improved tremendously. I'll be leaving for my yearly trip to Brazil on the 18th. I'll be spending 4 days in Salvador to soak up the Afro-Brazilian sounds in the streets and then heading to Santos and Sao Paulo. November 08 - A few great events happened for me this month. Firstly, It was a total blast recording with long time friend and musical collaborator, Rob Malowany. Spend 3 days recording at Stew Kirkwood's Sound Extractor studio in Edmonton. The new studio looks and sounds great and Rob created a great atmosphere for us to record his music in. It was also a pleasure playing for the first time with drummer, 'Skippy' Sturwold. Also on that same weekend, I performed with the Brenan Brother on their, the Throw down, CD release party. It was great playing with the guys and a total rush to play live with first class Jazz drummer, Dana Hall! October 08 - I had a really great time directing the Sounds of Brazil Workshop. This was the first workshop and hopefully this will become a yearly event. September 08 - Rubim enters the studio to record his new Solo release. August 08 - Rubim tours with Latin-Jazz Group Bomba. Dates include Edmonton, Calgary, Iqaluit, Hornby Island, and Toronto. July 08 - Rubim travels to Vada, Italy, to teach at the Jazz Obsessions Workshop. June 08 - Rubim has just ended his run as musical director with Calgary's Decidedly Jazz Danceworks on their production entitled, Tinge and Tone production. As Musical Director, Bassist and Composer Rubim composed a 90 minute score for the show and directed his Jazz quintet live for 11 performances with DJD. read review April 08 - Rubim travels to Sestri Levante, Italy to participate in the CREA Creativity Conference of Europe w Bomba. Also Bomba tops over and performs 2 highly received concerts and gives workshops in London, England. April 08 - Rubim had the pleasure of recording with the Brenan Brothers at the Homestead Recorders Studio in Edmonton. The disc featured Jazz heavyweights Geoff Keezer, Ralph Bowen and Dana Hall!
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Selected Performances (Upcoming) June 26 - w/ Brenan Brothers @ Calgary Jazz Festival June 27 - Rubim de Toledo Quintet @ Calgary Jazz Festival in Olympic Plaza 2pm. June 27 - Rubim de Toledo Quintet opening for Branford Marsalis at the Calgary International Jazz Festival. (Jack Singer) June 28 - w/ PJ Perry and Egor Okoloff 4pm - olympic plaza (cgy) July 19 - w/ Bomba at South Country Fair Aug 13 - w/ Carsten Rubeling at Beat Niq (cgy) Aug 21/22 - w/ Ralph Bowen and Brad Turner at Beat Niq (cgy) Selected Performances (Past) June 3 to 14 - w/ Decidedly Jazz Danceworks (cgy) June 21 - Rubim de Toledo and reClaim at Vicious Circle May 23 - VocalistJay Clayton from NYC (Calgary) May 22 - Vocalist Jay Clayton from NYC (Yardbird) May 16 - w/ Jerold Dubyk at Beat Niq May 4 to 9 - Performing w/ trombonist Wycliffe Gordon May 3 - CD release w/ Sam Whelan @ Ironwood Apr 10 - 'the River' CD RELEASE AT YARDBIRD SUITE (Edm) Mar 21 - Blue Chair Cafe w/ Bomba (Edm) Feb 21 - 'the River' CD RELEASE AT BEAT NIQ (Cal) Feb 15 - w/ the Platters (Van) Feb 14 - w/ the Platters (Cal) Feb 13 - w/ the Platters (Edm) Jan 26 to 31 - Skyscraper w/ Decidedly Jazz Danceworks. reClaim 3 performs Nov 29 - Brenan Brothers CD Release @ the
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