Amanda Tosoff at Jazz Bistro

Toronto-based jazz pianist and composer Amanda Tosoff has emerged as one of the top new talents on the Canadian jazz scene. Tosoff’s groups have opened for jazz legends Bobby Hutcherson, Renee Rosnes, Oliver Jones and Luciana Souza, and have been featured on CBC Radio programs Hot Air, Tonic, Jazz Beat and Canada Live. Tosoff has received several prestigious awards, including the CBC Galaxie Rising Star Award (2007) at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival, and the General Motors Grand Prix de Jazz at the Montréal Jazz Festival (2009). In 2011, she received a Canada Council grant to study with pianist and composer Phil Markowitz in New York City....

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Toronto-based jazz pianist and composer Amanda Tosoff has emerged as one of the top new talents on the Canadian jazz scene. Tosoff’s groups have opened for jazz legends Bobby Hutcherson, Renee Rosnes, Oliver Jones and Luciana Souza, and have been featured on CBC Radio programs Hot Air, Tonic, Jazz Beat and Canada Live. Tosoff has received several prestigious awards, including the CBC Galaxie Rising Star Award (2007) at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival, and the General Motors Grand Prix de Jazz at the Montréal Jazz Festival (2009). In 2011, she received a Canada Council grant to study with pianist and composer Phil Markowitz in New York City.
As a leader, Tosoff has released 4 CDs. Her first two were released on Vancouver’s Cellar Live label (Still Life, 2006; Wait and See, 2008). Her 3rd CD, Looking North (2010), was released on her own record label Oceans Beyond Records. In addition to her long-time quartet, this album features NY-based trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, and Toronto’s Kelly Jefferson on tenor saxophone and William Carn on trombone. Most recently, Tosoff released her first live album Live at the Cellar (2013), featuring Vancouver’s Jodi Proznick on bass and Jess Cahill on drums.
Tosoff is currently completing her Masters degree at the University of Toronto and composing for an upcoming project Words, which will feature the work of Canadian poets Tim Bowling, Laura Lush, Carole Langille, among others.

Doors at 11:30am
Music Starts at 12:30pm
Music Charge $8.00 / $5.00 (students)

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