The River (2009)

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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

In Charcoal and Crimson (2005)

- Plume Download Mp3

- Sirens Download Mp3

- Sonhos Download Mp3

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New and Events

Sept 2010 Extremely excited to have signed an endorsement deal with MARKBASS. August 2010 Happy to be Assistant Director of this year's Mount Royal University Summer Jazz Camp. We are proud to be bringing in Ralph Bowen, Kenny Davis and John Riley. June 2010 Performing in a new show with Decidedly Jazz this month. Chris Andrew and I have written all the music for the show. The show, Wiseapple, is a creation by Kim Cooper influenced by images from the silent movie era. Here is a quote from the Calgary Herald. "A real star of WiseApple, is the hugely appealing, original music -- early Jazz Agesounding, full-of -hooks stuff, courtesy of composers Chris Andrew and Rubim de Toledo, who double as pianist and acoustic bassist, respectively, in a crack quintet that also includes Jim Brenan on clarinet, Bob Tildesley on trumpet and drummer Ron Samsom." May 2010 May was a great month. Performed with Victor Goines for 5 concerts. Then got to participate in the Jaco Tribute at the Auburn. Also, Played 2 nights at the Beat Niq with the new Origins ensemble. Had a blast on those! Apr 10 Had a great surprise this month. My CD, the River was featured on ESPN Brasil on their soccer show!!!! Those of you who know me know what a soccer fan I am. This is a real treat for me!! Here is a link to check it out! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJBGjiyldL8 Mar 10 Had a busy March performing with Decidedly Jazz followed by a great concert with Brad Turner and a very special event at the Grand Theatre. Bomba performed live for the Live at the Grand series produced for CBC television. Looking forward to seeing the final television show. Feb 10 Rubim de Toledo guests as featured artist with the Edmonton Jazz Orchestra (EJO) It was a total honour to perform with the EJO as their guest artist. We performed a variety of Latin-Jazz numbers including a big band arrangement of my Jazz Suite, the River, arranged by Jim Brenan. Also, performed a big band arrangement by Seymour Axler of my song Autumn Solstice. Also, it was a pleasure to be the guest clinician at the Jazzworks Noncompetitive band festival. Heard a lot of great young bands. Here are some links to some press articles: On Dance, Creativity ... by Kathleen Bell (See Magazine) - Feb 2010 EJO Guest Brings Home ... by Roger Levesque (EdmontonJounral) - Feb 2010 Jan 10 Had great time playing the Olympic relay in Banff. Played with Bomba and also backup the Canadian Tenors. Seeing the torch up close and watch everyone's excitement was a very exciting moment. Nov09 Here is a great review my CD 'the River' got in Legacy magazine. Legacy is Alberta's magazine for New Heritage, Arts and Culture. click here to read review Sept 09 A few tracks off of my CDs have been selected to appear on a some great compilations. 1 - Alberta Foundation for the Arts compilation CD Track name: Sabes Que (Free Download) Album: Seu Swing (2007) 2 - Beat Niq compilation CD Track name: The Cannonball (Streaming MP3 Free Sheet music) Album: The River (2009) July 09 I am very honoured to be able to announce that my new CD, the River, has been nominated for BEST JAZZ RECORDING OF THE YEAR by the Western Canadian Music Awards! June 09 - Very excited to be opening for Branford Marsalis at the Calgary International Jazz Festival on June 27. That should be a great concert. I have always been a huge fan of Branford's and his groups. 'Crazy People Music' is still one of my favorite Jazz albums! - Played another show with Decidedly Jazz Dancworks. It was great to be involved in their 25 anniversary show and to be able to play some of their olds works which defined their style of Jazz dance. May 09 - Here is a great review from Downbeat magazine of the Brenan Brothers CD, the Throw Down! THE THROW DOWN **** (4 STARS) (Downbeat Magazine) "In a program that offers surprises with each new song, the Brenan Brothers' THE THROW DOWN is a swinging delight. Key among the stars here is keyboardist Geoff Keezer, who stands out on acoustic piano and electric piano. But tenor saxophonist Jim Brenan and brother Craig Brenan on trombone call the shots in this can't-miss outing. Also on board are drummer Dana Hall, bassist Rubim de Toledo, altoist Ralph Bowen and Terrell Stafford on trumpet ... " - Really privileged to have played with Wycliffe Gordon and Jay Clayton this month. Those are always great learning experiences and very invaluable! April 09 - Had a great CD release at the Yardbird Suite in Edmonton. It was a full house and the band played great! - Real honor to have my Calgary CD release concert broadcast on CBC's Canada Live on April 5th. - I have posted a video of the opening number, the Cannonball, from my Calgary CD release concert at the Beat Niq. You can watch it here: CANNONBALL VIDEO LINK

(At the Yardbird Suite. Jim Brenan, Rubim, Tyler Hornby)

* CD of the week of CKUA (Mar 5th) #1 Album on the CKUA Radio Charts for the week of (Mar 07) #1 CHUO FM 89.1 Ottawa (Feb 24) #2 CFBX Kamloops (May 09) #2 CJSW in Calgary (Mar 31) #3 CHYZ FM 94.3 Laval Quebec (Mat 17) #4 on Chart Attack Jazz Top Ten Nationwide (Mar 3) #4 on Earshot Jazz Top Ten Nationwide (Mar 17) #8 CFRU in Guelph (Mar 3) #25 on the Top 50 chart at CJSW (Feb 23)

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
Jim Brenan - Sax
Chris Andrew - Piano
Rubim de Toledo -Bass
Tyler Hornby - Drums

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!

Selected Performances (Upcoming)

Sept 11 - Beat Niq Gala

Sept 17 - Bomba Blue Chair (Edm)

Oct 8/9 - MRU Faculty @ Beat Niq

Oct 16 - Rubim de Toledo's BOSSA BEM BAND @ Yardbird Suite (edm)

Selected Performances (Past)

August 16 to 20 - Assistant Director and Bass Instructor at Mount Royal University Summer Jazz Camp.

August 14 - Frankie Rukundo @ Afrika Day

August 5 - Carsten Rubeling Beat Niq

June 26 - Edmonton Jazz Festival. Rubim de Toledo Quintet.

June 9 to 20 - Decidedly Jazz Danceworks. Musical Director for Wiseapple.

May 29 - w Jim Brenan at Auburn

May 22 - w Origins ensemble at Beat Niq

May 21 - w Origins ensemble at Beat Niq

May 14 -Special Guest Jaco Tribute @ Auburn Saloon

May 1 - w Victor Goines at Beat Niq

April 30 - w Victor Goines at Beat Niq

April 17 - Jump Orchestra CD release at Yardbird Suite (Edmonton)

March 30 - Bomba on CBC TV. Live at the Grand series

March 29 - U of C Jazz Series w/ Brad Turner

March 25 - Beat Niq w Carsten Rubeling

March 19 to 28 - Performing w Decidedly Jazz Danceworks. 2010 Tap Oddity!

Feb 24 - 2010 Olympics. Alberta Pavilion w/ Bomba (Vancouver)

Feb 12- Edmonton Jazz Orchestra w/ special guest Rubim de Toledo.
Royal Alberta Museum Theatre 7:30 (Edm)

Feb 7 - Rocky Mountain Fairytales. 1:00pm & 3:30pm Rozsa Centre. Pro Musica Series. (Cal)

Jan 20 - 2010 Olympic Torch Relay w/ Bomba (Banff)

Dec 4/5 - w Brenan Brothers at Yardbird Suite (Edm)

Nov 27 - w/ Sandro Dominelli at Festival Place (Edm)

Nov 20/21 - Beat Niq w/ Bomba

Oct 25 - w/ Sandro Dominelli at Yardbird Suite

Oct 30/31 - w Brenan Brothers at Beat Niq

Oct 15 - 17 - Wordfest

Oct 9/10 - w/ Carsten Rubeling at Beat Niq

Sept 25/26 - Why Dance? w Michele Moss @ UofC

Sept 12 - w/ Rob Malowany at the Marquee Room (Clg)

Sept 11 - w/ Rob Malowany at the Haven (Edm)

Aug 17 to 21 - Mount Royal Summer Jazz Camp

Aug 15 - w/ Aaron Young at Beat Niq

Aug 13 - w/ Carsten Rubeling at Beat Niq

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

June 3 to 14 - w/ Decidedly Jazz Danceworks (cgy)

May 23 - Vocalist Jay Clayton from NYC (Calgary)

May 22 - Vocalist Jay Clayton from NYC (Yardbird)

May 4 to 9 - Performing w/ trombonist Wycliffe Gordon

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