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Petr Cancura's Crossroads, featuring Lynn Miles at TD Ottawa Winter Jazz Festival at National Arts Centre

Courtesy of Ottawa Jazz Festival | Posted on December 8, 2015

Where

National Arts Centre
TD Ottawa Winter Jazz Festival

53 Elgin St
Ottawa
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(613) 947-7000

When

Thu, February 4, 2016
19:30

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Imagine one of Canada’s best singer-songwriters walking on down the road, when up jumps a stranger with a saxophone at the crossroads where folk and jazz meet. That’s the general idea behind Petr Cancura’s Crossroads, presented by the NAC. The project an opportunity to consider the work of a major talent through a new jazz lens, as Cancura reconfigures songs from each artist’s back catalogue to unearth unheard rhythm, swing and spaces for improvisation.

The TD Ottawa Winter Jazz Festival is pleased to co-present the second Crossroads concert featuring Lynn Miles. Miles’ music makes being “forlorn feel like a state of grace" (The New York Times). Over the course of her 13 LPs she has collected numerous accolades, including three Canadian Folk Music Awards and a Juno. Noted for her sharp lyrics and the extraordinary melancholy her voice is capable of summoning, Miles has drawn comparisons to the likes of Joni Mitchell and enjoys a strong following in both Canada and the United States....

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