windsor's mackenzie hall hosting 100th anniversary tribute to jazz great oscar peterson
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windsor pianist mike karloff will lead a 100th anniversary celebration of canadian jazz great oscar peterson on sunday, may 25, at mackenzie hall.
the windsor jazz concert series performance will feature jazz standards from peterson, who was born in 1925 and died in 2007.
playing along with karloff will be michigan musicians paul keller on bass, randy napoleon on guitar and pete siers on drums.
the quartet will perform originals from peterson’s canadiana suite, his classic hymn to freedom and arrangements of his riffs with guitar legends herb ellis and joe pass.
sunday’s performance begins at 2:30 p.m. at mackenzie hall, 3277 sandwich st.
the next event on the windsor jazz concert series calendar is the port windsor jazz & arts festival on july 6.
the free day of music and arts, including dance, poetry and visual arts, will be held at mary e. bibb park and mackenzie hall in old sandwich towne.
eleven bands, 60 musicians and two toronto-based juno award winners will perform, along with the uwindsor jazz faculty combo and the 14-piece big band orchestraction.
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