The Brent Jarvis Quintet plays the music of Herbie Hancock
Featuring Brent Jarvis on piano, rhodes, and synth; Patrick Boyle on trumpet and flugel-horn; Andrew Greenwood on saxophone; Louis Rudner on acoustic and electric bass; and Alex Campbell on drums.
The quintet will be performing compositions by Herbie Hancock as well as music from his numerous collaborations with Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson, Jaco Pastorius, Flora Purim, and others.
Herbie Hanock is a music icon and has been an integral voice in jazz and popular music since the 1960s. His flexibility and expansive musicianship has transcended decades and genres.
This performance will cover a broad aesthetic range and trace Herbie Hancock’s journeys through acoustic music to electric and back.
Brent Jarvis is a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. Following in a tradition of lyrical, dynamic, and rhythmically complex piano players; Brent’s work has been described as: “captivating... a collaboration between the sensual and the intellectual... music that sparks the senses and transcends genres” (Laura Fernandez - JAZZ.FM91 Toronto), and "romantic but never cloying” (Katie Malloch - CBC Jazz Beat).
Brent studied music at the University of Toronto (BMUS JAZZ Performance) and musicology at the University of Victoria (MA Musicology), and is now a professor in the Music Department at Vancouver Island University and was Chair of the department from 2022 to 2024.
Brent's latest album is entitled Dragonfly. This recording combines traditional Cuban rhythms with contemporary jazz music; and features original compositions for piano, trumpet, alto sax, tenor sax, bass, timbales, and congas. Fantastic contributions to the recording were made by Miguelito Valdes, Monik Nordine, Ben Henriques, Steve MacDonald, and Jose Sanchez.
Brent’s previous recorded works include: The Medium, which was loosely based on Marshall McLuhan's book: The Medium is the Message. The Medium combines elements of traditional Cuban rhythm, bebop, standard repertoire, and contemporary composition, arranged for a 10 piece band. The Medium was named a favourite of 2015 as part of JAZZ.FM91 Toronto's annual retrospective. In 2009 Brent released Daedalus, archiving a composition project that set the poetry of Canadian poet Dorothy Livesay to jazz music. The album featured vocalists Anne Schaefer and Melinda Whitaker, as well as Jesse Cahill on drums, and Ken Lister and Sean Drabitt on bass. In 2007 Brent recorded an album entitled: Solo Piano that explores the improvisational potential of 'standard' jazz repertoire. In 2005, Brent's debut Sequences, that featured Canadian jazz icon Pat Coleman and multi Juno Award recipients Ken Lister and Buff Allen, was named "Best Jazz Album of 2005" by CJAM FM (Windsor - Detroit).
Brent's interest in music has always overlapped with an interest in audio recording. This is evident in his recorded work, his MA thesis (that considers jazz music as an aural tradition mediated by recording and broadcast technologies), and his numerous recorded collaborations. Brent has also enjoyed an active performance career extending over twenty years. Most recently, Brent is collaborating with multiple Juno and Grammy-Award nominee Adonis Puentes on a project to merge traditional cuban songs and rhythms with jazz music.
The quintet will be performing compositions by Herbie Hancock as well as music from his numerous collaborations with Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson, Jaco Pastorius, Flora Purim, and others.
Herbie Hanock is a music icon and has been an integral voice in jazz and popular music since the 1960s. His flexibility and expansive musicianship has transcended decades and genres.
This performance will cover a broad aesthetic range and trace Herbie Hancock’s journeys through acoustic music to electric and back.
Brent Jarvis is a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. Following in a tradition of lyrical, dynamic, and rhythmically complex piano players; Brent’s work has been described as: “captivating... a collaboration between the sensual and the intellectual... music that sparks the senses and transcends genres” (Laura Fernandez - JAZZ.FM91 Toronto), and "romantic but never cloying” (Katie Malloch - CBC Jazz Beat).
Brent studied music at the University of Toronto (BMUS JAZZ Performance) and musicology at the University of Victoria (MA Musicology), and is now a professor in the Music Department at Vancouver Island University and was Chair of the department from 2022 to 2024.
Brent's latest album is entitled Dragonfly. This recording combines traditional Cuban rhythms with contemporary jazz music; and features original compositions for piano, trumpet, alto sax, tenor sax, bass, timbales, and congas. Fantastic contributions to the recording were made by Miguelito Valdes, Monik Nordine, Ben Henriques, Steve MacDonald, and Jose Sanchez.
Brent’s previous recorded works include: The Medium, which was loosely based on Marshall McLuhan's book: The Medium is the Message. The Medium combines elements of traditional Cuban rhythm, bebop, standard repertoire, and contemporary composition, arranged for a 10 piece band. The Medium was named a favourite of 2015 as part of JAZZ.FM91 Toronto's annual retrospective. In 2009 Brent released Daedalus, archiving a composition project that set the poetry of Canadian poet Dorothy Livesay to jazz music. The album featured vocalists Anne Schaefer and Melinda Whitaker, as well as Jesse Cahill on drums, and Ken Lister and Sean Drabitt on bass. In 2007 Brent recorded an album entitled: Solo Piano that explores the improvisational potential of 'standard' jazz repertoire. In 2005, Brent's debut Sequences, that featured Canadian jazz icon Pat Coleman and multi Juno Award recipients Ken Lister and Buff Allen, was named "Best Jazz Album of 2005" by CJAM FM (Windsor - Detroit).
Brent's interest in music has always overlapped with an interest in audio recording. This is evident in his recorded work, his MA thesis (that considers jazz music as an aural tradition mediated by recording and broadcast technologies), and his numerous recorded collaborations. Brent has also enjoyed an active performance career extending over twenty years. Most recently, Brent is collaborating with multiple Juno and Grammy-Award nominee Adonis Puentes on a project to merge traditional cuban songs and rhythms with jazz music.
