Sold-out Stanley Clarke adds second TD Ottawa Jazz show

Thanks to overwhelming demand, the TD Ottawa Jazz Festival is pleased to announce that the The Stanley Clarke Band has agreed to add a second show at the NAC Studio, June 24 at 9pm. The superstar fusion bassist drew over 10 000 fans to main stage performances in 2008 and 2009, but this year competition for tickets in the intimate environs of the NAC Studio was fierce, leaving many fans out in the cold. The second set will give those fans a second shot at seeing the man in one of the finest acoustic spaces in the city, but tickets are again expected to go fast. A brief biography of Clarke’s career is virtually a tour of the evolution of jazz since the ‘70s. After honing his skills through stints with bandleaders such as Art Blakey, Dave Brubeck and Pharaoh Sanders, at age 20 he became a founding member of the seminal jazz fusion band Return to Forever. He also released a series of ground-breaking solo LPs, such as School Days (1976), and his recent The Stanley Clarke Band LP took home a 2010 Grammy. Noted for “his dazzling, rapid patterns and a highly influential slapping technique” (AllMusic), Stanley Clarke is among a handful of definitive jazz bassists of his era. Tickets are available now at the TD Ottawa Jazz Festival website or by phone at 613-241-2633. This year’s TD Ottawa Jazz Festival runs from June 18 – July 1st in a variety of venues throughout Ottawa’s downtown core.