- June 21, 2023
10:00 am - June 21, 2023
1:00 pm
Innovative and electrifying, Toronto jazz drummer Ernesto Cervini has energy to burn, whether radiating it from behind his kit or working on any number of musical and educational projects. With his JUNO-winning sextet Turboprop, Cervini flexes his arranging muscles, creating a vast landscape of musical textures and moods on which these monster musicians can play.
Winner of the 2022 JUNO award for Jazz Album of the Year (solo), and Jazz Artist of the Year at the 2022 Western Canada Music Awards, Will Bonness was called “one of finest jazz pianists of his generation” by Monk Competition winner Jon Gordon.
Featuring a cross-section of North America’s finest and most in-demand musicians and led by Toronto drummer Ernest Cervini, Turboprop plays contemporary jazz that creates a vast landscape of musical textures and moods.
Winner of the 2022 JUNO award for Jazz Album of the Year and Jazz Artist of the Year at the 2022 Western Canada Music Awards, pianist Will Bonness returns to JazzFest with his new quintet of all-star Canadians.