Paul Novotny & Robi Botos | Look Ahead with special guest Jackie Richardson. Elora Festival, July 27th 2018. Gambrel Barn, Elora, Ontario.
Paul Novotny, Juno nominated Canadian bassist and Robi Botos, Juno winning pianist, and also winner of the TD Grand Jazz Award at the 2012 Montreal International Jazz Festival, will bring their joyous musical collaboration to the Leith Summer Festival on July 14th 2018. Novotny & Botos will take the stage at Leith’s Historic ‘Auld Kirk’ to present their emotionally charged melodic standards and originals that are steeped in ‘old soul.’ Their stories pay tribute to Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown and others, while their music always engages the audience with an improvised choreography of emotion and infectious rhythm. In 2016 Paul Novotny & Robi Botos released their first duo recording titled Look Ahead. It is rare to find new jazz with deep roots (‘My Favourite Things,’ ‘Darn That Dream,’ ‘A Nightingale Sang in Berkley Square’) yet in their hands sounds fresh and timeless.
Paul Novotny and Joe Sealy are thrilled to release Valeria Matzner's new recording, Anima, June 6th at Lula Lounge. The recording will be available worldwide on all digital music services on May 18th.
Album Synopsis:
Valeria Matzner called upon her inner feminine force, her Anima, to create award-winning vocal world-jazz fusion music. Presenting a mixture of unique originals that are inspired by her upbringing in Uruguay, the album is co-written with her masterful pianist Scott Metcalfe, and a jazzy cover of Radiohead’s Lotus Flower, Canadian artist Valeria Matzner is about to introduce Anima to a global audience.
Join Paul Novotny and Robi Botos | Duo and Quartet | Burlington Performing Arts Center 03/03/18
Iconic Canadian Jazz duo to perform at The Home Smith Bar, Old Mill Toronto, September 29 2016 7:30 to 10:30 pm
Join Joe Sealy & Paul Novotny on September 18th at 9:00pm @poetryjazzcafe, Kengsington Market Jazz Festival 2016.
For several years Joe Sealy & Paul Novotny have provided the foundation to Colin Hunters crooning vocal style, performing every 6 weeks at the Jazz Bistro. Sealy & Novotny have also performed with Hunter at the Riviera Maya Jazz Festival and the Dominican Republic Jazz Festival. Daniel barnes on Drums and Alison Yonge on Saxophones.
Please join us for jazz vespers at Hope United Church, Sat. Aug 27 4:30 to 5:15 pm.
Through the power of music, Joe Sealy’s Juno Award winning album, “Africville Suite”, pays homage to one of the most misunderstood and forgotten cultures in the Maritimes – the citizens of Africville, Nova Scotia. The community and its dwellings ordered destroyed, and its residents evicted during the late 1960’s, Africville has become an important symbol of Canadian African identity and the struggle against racism.
Africville Stories will be at Music at Fieldcote, featuring Joe Sealy, Jackie Richardson, and Paul Novotny.
Through the power of music, Joe Sealy’s Juno Award winning album, “Africville Suite”, pays homage to one of the most misunderstood and forgotten cultures in the Maritimes – the citizens of Africville, Nova Scotia. The community and its dwellings ordered destroyed, and its residents evicted during the late 1960’s, Africville has become an important symbol of Canadian African identity and the struggle against racism.
Come to Fiesta Stage at Simcoe Park, Niagara-on-the-Lake and hear the sounds of Crooner Colin Hunter with Joe Sealy and Paul Novotny. Featuring Daniel Barnes on Drums, Alison Yonge on Saxophones.
Featuring songs by the leading singer-songwriters of yore, Carole King, Buffy Ste. Marie, Gordon Lightfoot, Cat Stevens, Stan Rogers and Joni Mitchell. Performers will be Micah Barnes, Jude Johnson, Andy Griffiths and Ariel Rogers, (Stan’s widow), as well as pianist Carl Horton and Paul Novotny.
Robert Missen is a true supporter of Arts and Culture in Canada. His tireless energy provides opportunity for all performers who know him well. Come and listen to an eclectic variety of music that will keep you engaged for the entire evening.
For several years Joe Sealy & Paul Novotny have provided the foundation to Colin Hunters crooning vocal style, performing every 6 weeks at the Jazz Bistro. Sealy & Novotny have also performed with Hunter at the Riviera Maya Jazz Festival and the Dominican Republic Jazz Festival. Daniel barnes on Drums and Alison Yonge on Saxophones.
JUNO nominated Canadian bass player Paul Novotny and current JUNO winning pianist Robi Botos, also the winner of the TD Grand Jazz Award at the 2012 Montreal International Jazz Festival, have come together to record their album Look Ahead, a joyous musical collaboration between two of the most in-demand jazz artists in Canada. Novotny has performed with jazz luminaries Cedar Walton, Geoff Keezer, Junior Mance, Jo Anne Brakeen, Kenny Wheeler and others, while Robi Botos has just released (2015) his own JUNO winning CD, Movin ’Forward, with Jeff “Tain” Watt’s, Robert Hurst and Seamus Blake.
Sponsored by YAMAHA Music, this solo piano series takes place at the most prestigious retailer of sartorial style, Holt Renfrew, June 25th, 50 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario. 416-922-2333 | 3:00pm to 3:45. CDs available and signing.
Canadian Digital Launch with a live concert and interview.
