Brubeck and Sanford to Perform at Ottawa International Jazz Festival
The Ottawa Citizen
By Peter Hum
This year, with the Ottawa International Jazz Festival turning 30, the National Arts Centre marking its 40th season and Dave Brubeck turning 90, a festive collaboration is in order.
The festival will present the jazz legend on July 3 in Confederation Park, with the NAC Orchestra, the festival’s executive producer Catherine O’Grady said.
Brubeck, best known for performing the catchy composition Take Five by his alto saxophonist bandmate Paul Desmond, played the Ottawa festival’s mainstage in 2007.
“When we get e-mails about who we need to bring back, the hands-down winner is Dave Brubeck,” O’Grady said.
The festival’s lineup is not yet finalized, but it is to be announced April 8. However, some of the event’s main attractions have already posted online the news of their performances in Ottawa.
Among them is alto saxophonist David Sanborn, who will play Confederation Park on June 26.
To read the full story, read Brubeck’s coming back.
