Anthony Terpstra and His Seventet with Colin Hunter & Friends at Jazz Bistro

Anthony Terpstra was born in Oakville in 1952 to Dutch immigrants who wanted their son to study classical music. However, on hearing a Count Basie record (which he still has) Anthony fell in love with it and states, “I knew intuitively what was happening with the drums, the tenor solos, trumpets and the excitement and the time. I knew. I had that record memorized and had Al Cohn and Stan Kenton and Gerry Mulligan records. I remember saying to a music teacher in grade three that I wanted to be a jazz musician when I grew up.”

In 1988 he created The Starlight Orchestra basically to play the songs and melody-oriented dance music he truly enjoyed. He was encouraged by Bob Cary, who Terpstra says is “the greatest style lead trumpet you’ll ever hear” and others such as Cam Walter and Al Hirsch. Terpstra knows what an audience wants and senses when to play it. “My role as leader is to play the night: I make the sets flow and ebb and play the ongoing dynamic of the band and crowd just like a conductor, only in a Dance Band sense”. The Starlight Orchestra is made up of sixteen pieces including five sax, four trumpets, three trombones, piano, bass, drums and vocalist....

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Anthony Terpstra was born in Oakville in 1952 to Dutch immigrants who wanted their son to study classical music. However, on hearing a Count Basie record (which he still has) Anthony fell in love with it and states, “I knew intuitively what was happening with the drums, the tenor solos, trumpets and the excitement and the time. I knew. I had that record memorized and had Al Cohn and Stan Kenton and Gerry Mulligan records. I remember saying to a music teacher in grade three that I wanted to be a jazz musician when I grew up.”

In 1988 he created The Starlight Orchestra basically to play the songs and melody-oriented dance music he truly enjoyed. He was encouraged by Bob Cary, who Terpstra says is “the greatest style lead trumpet you’ll ever hear” and others such as Cam Walter and Al Hirsch. Terpstra knows what an audience wants and senses when to play it. “My role as leader is to play the night: I make the sets flow and ebb and play the ongoing dynamic of the band and crowd just like a conductor, only in a Dance Band sense”. The Starlight Orchestra is made up of sixteen pieces including five sax, four trumpets, three trombones, piano, bass, drums and vocalist.

Anthony Terpstra’s Seventet is a unique ensemble put together, not to replace the big band, but as an added feature. Influenced by the small band writing of Marty Paich and Gerry Mulligan, the Seventet has a rich sound with clean lines, contrapuntal writing and soloing in and out of ensemble.

Joining the Seventet tonight will be Jazz Bistro’s owner and crooner extraordinaire, Colin Hunter, and friends.

MUSIC STARTS AT 8 PM MUSIC CHARGE $15.00

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