Rubim de Toledo
- Jazz Artist . Bassist . Composer (www.rubim.com)
- Bass, Combo and Jazz Improvisation Instructor at
Mount Royal University (www.mountroyalbass.com)
- Director of the Mount Royal University Summer Jazz
Camp (www.mtroyal.ca)
- Current Musical Director of Decidedly Jazz Danceworks
(www.decidedlyjazz.com)
Latest Release
The River (2009)
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Quotes
CD Review from Legacy Magazine, Winter 2009
by Ron Chalmers
Bassist and composer Rubim de Toledo must be one of Alberta’s
busiest and most accomplished musicians ...
De Toledo fuses the rhythmic styles of Latin American music and
post-war American jazz evoking, Heitor Villa-Lobos, contemporary
salsa, Charlie Parker and John Coltrane – while achieving
something entirely fresh ...
(jazz scene) abounds in performers with virtuosic technique. The
eternal challenge is to innovative material that is thoughtful,
challenging, accessible, listenable and enjoyable. Rubim de Toledo’s
The River is all of that.
On Dance, Creativity and Corporate Teamwork
from See magazine, Feb 2010 by Kathleen Bell
... by simply listening to Toledo’s most recent album,
the River, you start to understand the importance of that dynamic
(teamwork, flexibility and creativity). It’s not about showing
off, but creating a seamless dance from idea to idea, measure to
measure, note to note.
Inspiration Flowed from Flood from the Edmonton
Journal, April 2009 by Roger Levesque
... all of that made The River one of the finest Jazz albums
of the year ...
CD Review from CKUA website, March 2009 by
Roger Levesque
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.
2009 a busy year for jazz Musician from Jazz
Elements website, Feb 2009 by Cindy McLeod
Rubim de Toledo is one of the most sought-after studio and
performing artists on Alberta’s jazz scene. The versatile
bassist is also considered a Brazilian / Cuban master, and is active
on the Rock, R&B and Folk scenes ... The release (The River)
is one of three great jazz projects to hit the market in 2009 that
Rubim has helped to create all three.
BIOGRAPHY
A Canadian of Brazilian descent, Rubim combines the influences
of his cultural heritage, his passion for Cuban music, and his dedication
to the jazz tradition to create a refreshing sound and to bring
a rhythmic and conceptual depth to his bass playing. This keeps
him a highly in- demand sideman for projects in any style and has
also allowed him to nurture a fertile career as a bandleader.
With his latest release “The River” bassist and composer
Rubim de Toledo distinguishes himself as a writer with a the unique
ability to cross genres while maintaining a sound that is modern
yet pays respect to tradition. His bass playing demonstrates the
maturity of his approach and validates his reputation as a key musician
in the Western Canadian music industry.
Rubim has recorded three solo CDs to date: “Charcoal and Crimson”,
a Nu-Jazz experiment; “Seu Swing”, a World-Jazz venture;
and his latest release, "The River"
The River is garnering great critical and popular acclaim including
a Western Canadian Music Award nomination for “Best Jazz Album”
of 2009. The opening track has also been sleeted as CBC Radio's
Tonic theme song.
Rubim is well known as bassist and a founding member of respected
Latin-Jazz group Bomba and is currently performing with Latin-Jazz
group Caravan. With Bomba, he has recorded four CDs and has toured
extensively in Canada, the US, Europe, Asia and South America. Caravan,
working as a Bomba alias, continues this legacy.
In the last six years Rubim has been working extensively with Calgary’s
Decidedly Jazz Danceworks. He has played bass for 9 productions
and has acted as composer and musical director for 6 of those. Also,
Rubim is the bass instructor, teaches Jazz Improvisation and teaches
Jazz Combo classes in the Mount Royal University Credit Music Department.
He is the co-director of the Mount Royal University Summer Jazz
Camp and also the co-director of the Summit Jazz Series in Calgary.
Rubim is a fertile concert producer and continues to bring new
concert experiences to audiences on a regular basis. He has created
and produced new music concerts, tributes to Miles Davis’
Birth of the Cool and Bitches Brew and concerts featuring Brazilian
and Cuban music.
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Selected
Performances (Upcoming)
April 5th to 14th - Musical Director w Decidedly Jazz Danceworks' TURN UP THE GET DOWN production
April 17 - Wine OH's Jazz Jam
April 20 - Calgary Creative Arts Ensemble
April 21 - Pro Musica: From Blue to Red (Roza Centre. UofC)
May 3rd to 7th - w Luis Bonilla and CADME
May 5th - Jazz YYC presnts Montuno West w special guest Luis Bonilla (Wine Oh's)
Selected Performances (Past)
March 17 - w Fraser Calhoun featuring Mulgrew Miller @ Yardbird Suite
March 16 - w Fraser Calhoun featuring Mulgrew Miller @ River Park Church
March 2 - Brazilian Carnival in Calgary
Feb 22/23 - with Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. Tribute to Nat King Cole
Feb 10 - w reClaim collective @ Coup/Meet
Feb 9 - w Dave Babcock @ Blue chair in Edmonton
Feb 8 - w Brenan Brothers @ Yardbird Suite in Edmonton
Feb 1/2 - w Tyler Hornby, Ingred Jenson and David Braid @ National Music Centre
Jan 26 - w Ralph Bowen @ NMC
Jan 19 - w Don Berner (Edmonton)
Jan 13 - w Carsten Rubeling @ COUP
Jan 11/12 - w Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Jan 9 - Mount Royal Jazz Faculty @ Cliff Bungalow
Jazz Series
Jan 4 - Ascend 3 Trio @ Costello's
Nov 23 - Jim Brenan CD Release Party @ NMC
Nov 3&4 - Clinician at Vic Lewis Music Festival
(Canmore)
Oct 28 - Rubim de Toledo Brazilian Project @ Brazilfest
Calgary
Oct 26 - w Calgary Creative Arts Ensemble w Sean
Jones
Oct 20 - Invertigo Trio @ Belfry
Oct 6 - w Tom Van Seters
Oct 5 - w Doug Berner @ Yardbird Suite
Oct 3 - Rubim de Toledo hosts Wine Oh's Jazz Jam
Oct 1 - Parker w Strings @ UofC Monday Night Jazz
Series
Sept 11 to 30 - Next to Normal w Theatre Calgary
Sept 6 - w Ralf Buschmeyer @ KAWA
Sept 5 - Ascend 3 @ Cliff-Bungalow Jazz Series
Aug 30 - Rubim de Toledo Quartet @ KAWA
August 31 - Caravan @ Wine Oh's
August 13 to 17 - Director of the Mount Royal
Summer Jazz Workshop
August 3rd - w Terrain @ Wine Oh's
July 21 - w Jens Linderman @ Banff Centre for
the Arts
July 6 - w Caravan @ Calgary Stampede
Jun28 - w Chris Andrew @ Edmonton Jazz Festival
Jun 25/26 - w Kim Cooper Calgary 2012 Project
@ Calgary Tower
Jun22 - w Audrey Ochoa @ Edmonton Jazz Festival
Jun20 - w Calgary Creative Arts Orchestra @ Mount
Royal University
Jun 16 - Vern Dorge @ Lethbridge Jazz Festival
Jun 1/2 - w CPO tribute to ABBA
May 25 - With Oliver Jones at the National Jazz
Summit (Grand Theatre)
May 23 - Ascend Trio at Beat Niq
May 18/19 - w Jon McCaslin at Beat Niq
May 13 - 15 - Terrell Stafford Quartet @ Ironwood,
8pm
May 11/12 - Terrell Stafford Quartet @ Beat Niq,
9pm
May 5 - Maracujah Cinco de Mayo Show at Starlight
Room (Edmonton)
May 2 - Tyler Hornby Trio w/ Johanna Sillanpaa
@ Cliff Bungalow Jazz Series, 8pm
April 29 - With Beth Arrison at Ironwood
April 26 and 28 - w Jens Linderman, Oscar Lopez
and the CPO
April 13 - 22 - Decidedly Jazz Danceworks Show
@ Grand Theatre, 8pm
April 6 - Tyler Hornby Quartet w/ Johanna Sillanpaa
'Cole Porter Tribute' @ Yardbird Suite, 9pm
April 7 - W Kristian Alexandrov @ Beat Niq
Mar 16/17 - Parker with String concert w/ Vaughn
Ambrose (Beat Niq)
Feb 27 - w Chris Andrew. U of C Monday night Jazz
Series
Feb 25 - Brazilian Carnaval (BCAAB in Calgary)
Feb 18 - Summit
Jazz Series w Mark DeJong
Feb 14 - @Ironwood w Alfie Zapacosta
Jan 29 - Mount Royal Bass Day
1to4pm
Free Admission
Room U-111 (Mount Royal University)
Jan 21 - @ Beat Niq with Johanna Sillampaa
Jan 13 /14 - Directing Tribute to Bitches Brew
@ Beat Niq
Jan 7 - @Beat Niq w Carsten Rubeling. Tribute
to Joni Mitchell
Jan 6 - @Beat Niq w Carsten Rubeling
Jan 4 - @Cliff Bungalow Jazz series w/ MOunt Royal
Jazz Faculty
Dec 29 - @Kawa w/ Freedom Sound Quartet
Dec 17/18 - @Ironwood w/ Alfie Zappacoasta
Nov 10 - w/ Jim Brenan at Yardbird Suite
Nov 2 - Cliff Bungalow series w Vertigo Trio
Oct 27/28 - THE RUBIM DE TOLEDO OCTET LIVE AT
CANTOS FEATURING NEW MUSIC, DANCE AND VISUALS. FREE ADMISSION. ALL
AGES.
Oct 23 - w DJD at Fluidfest
Oct 22 - w/ Jim Head at Beat Niq 9pm
Oct 22 - Rubim de Toledo Brazilian-Jazz Ensemble
at Brazilfest 7-8pm
Oct 21 - w PJ Perry (Edm)
Oct 14/15 - w Dave Babcock at Yardbird Suite (Edm)
Oct 8 - Maracujah reunion concert at Starlight
room in Edmonton
Oct 3 - w Tommy Banks. U of C Monday night Jazz
series.
Sept 23/24 - Birth of the Cool / Sketches of Spain
tribute at Yardbird Suite.
Sept 9 and 10 - Chris Andrew CD release at Beat
NiqJuly 24 - Rubim de Toledo / Chris Andrew Dou
- Blue Pear (Edm)
August 21 - Sylvan Lake Jazz festival s Caravan
August 19 - MRU Summer JazzCamp faculty concert.
August 15 to 19 - Mount Royal Summer Jazz Festival
- Assistant Director
Aug 11 - Beat Niq w/ Vaughn Abrose
Aug 6 - Broken City Jam w Brent Mah
Aug 4 - Hyatt Regency Calgary Jazz Series w Sheldon
Zandboer
July 23 - Broken City Jam w/ Jon McCaslin
July 14th - Hyatt Regency Calgary Jazz Series
w Michelle Gregoir
July 9 - Summit Jazz Series @ Cantos
July 7th - Hyatt Regency Calgary Jazz Series w
Jim Brenan
July 1st - Canada Day w/ Caravan
June 25th - w Gary Guthman (Jazziz Society)
June 23rd - Medicine Hat Jazz Festival w/ Caravan
June 14th - Proarts concert series with Jon McCaslin Trio
June 9th - Chris Andrew Cd Release (Yardbird Suite)
June 3/4 - Tribute to Col Porter with Tyler Hornby
(Beat Niq)
June 3 - SUmmit Jazz Series (Latin-Jazz) @ Cantos
-7pm
May 27/28 - Tribute to Bitches Brew (Yardbird
Suite) - musical director
May 14 - Jazz nos Fundos (Sao Paulo Brazil)
April 9 - Bomba at Beat Niq
April 8 - Bomba at Arden Theatre (St. Albert)
April 1 - Origins Ensemble at Yardbird (Edm)
Mar 27 - Jack Singer w/ (Inter America Development
Bank Concert)
Mar 11 to 20 - w/ Decidedly Jazz Danceworks. Musical
director for 'Wilds' @ the Grand
Mar 5 - reClaim collective @ Beat Niq
Feb 25 - w Ross Taggart (Jazz is Society)
Feb 26 - w Ross Taggart (Jazz is Society)
Feb 4 - Broken City Jam w Andy Ericson
Jan 28 - w Shane Statz @ Beat Niq
Jan 21 - w Brent Mah @ Beat Niq
Jan 8 - w Aaron Young @ Beat Niq - 9pm
Jan 8 - w Jerold Dubyk @ Broken City 3-6pm
Jan 7 - w Carsten Rubeling @ Beat Niq
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