TD Victoria International JazzFest: Curtis Nowosad Quintet

Event Description

New York-based drummer, composer, and bandleader, Curtis Nowosad, has developed a reputation as a highly-skilled, versatile, and forward-thinking musician. His sophomore album, Dialectics, was released in March 2015 on Vancouver-based Cellar Live Records and received a glowing 4 ½ star review from Downbeat. Curtis was a Fellow of the Jazz Institute at the Manhattan School of Music, and he participated twice in Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead Residency at the Kennedy Centre. He also received the “Keep an Eye Jazz Award” at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam. John Gordon alto saxophone, Derrick Gardner trumpet, Steve Kirby bass, Will Bonness piano

Full festival lineup available here: http://jazzvictoria.ca/jazz-fest