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Wednesday, February 2, 2000 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER B5 Arts & Entertainment Oakville Beaver Entertainment Editor: Carol Baldwin 845-3824 (Extension 2 5 4 ) Fax:337-5567 ay night jazz Newjazz trio will play weekly at Desserts and Liqueur Lounge M e J Ip fills. musical gift. "My m other played piano the same way." In 1979, Franklin cam e to Toron to on a vacation. By then he had artin Franklin is a made a name for him self as a vibra vibraphone m usi cian. Not too many phone player in England, landing of them around, coveted spots on the BBC. W hile he was Canada, he was told that he'd according to the Oakville musician, but Peter Appledo well here if chose to immigrate, which he did the follow ing year. yard is counted as one of the best. "I was on CHCH TV within the However, it was George Shearing he heard playing the vibraphone on first three m onths o f being in the country," he says. "I have a similar one o f his cousin's Peggy Lee records that style to Peter turned Franklin A ppleyard." "I was on CHCH TVwithin on to the xyloOver the years he has phone-like the first three months of instrument years played with a being in the country. ago. "I asked my num ber o f wellhave a similar style to cousin, `W hat's known m usi cians, including that sound. I Peter Appleyard." really like that Appleyard, sound,'" he Dizzy Reese recalls. and Jon H en That was back in England when dricks. And he has appeared on Franklin was in his twenties, play radio and television with his vibra ing with a trio that he had been with phone, as well as at jazz festivals in for almost 10 years. Then he spotted Vancouver, New York and San Juan. a vibraphone in a music store win Franklin has lived in Toronto, dow, bought it, and proceeded to Vancouver and England over the teach him self how to play it. Not past 20 years, and has recently set such an unusual feat for a young tled in Oakville. man who had learned how to play His newly form ed jazz trio, the piano as a child without formal which includes a local bass player lessons. and drummer, will offer a night o f "I'm self-taught musician. I play jazz every M onday at the Desserts by ear," he says, acknowledging his and Liqueur Lounge, 162 Lakeshore good fortune at having such a rare Rd. E., beginning Feb. 7th. ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR B y C a ro l B a ld w in / Photo by Peter J. Thompson Marty Franklin practises at home before his inau gural jazz perform ance on Feb. 7th in the Desserts and Liqueur Lounge at 162 Lakeshore Rd. E. A local drum m er and bass player will round out Franklin's jazz trio, which will play every M onday night. ) Little Caesars Pizza Read the news, book a cruise." UNLIMITED TOPPINGS 1 Medium Pizza plus tax 2ND MEDIUM PIZZA $5 . 9 9 + t a x 2441 Lakeshore Road West (Bronte Village Mall) 827-7778 511 Maple Grove Road (Maple Grove Village) 842-1114 Looking for a winter escape? Look no further than COGECO@Home high speed Internet access over cable. Go online and read newspapers from all over the world. Get expert advice on finances, sports and more. You can even book your winter vacation. With the easy-to-use custom browser finding what you want is a breeze. COGECO@Home. It's the winter break everyone can use. Give yourself a winter break for only $39.95* a month. (PCOGI :CQ i H o m e . High speed Internet access over cable Available at C m N - 8 7 7 - 8 -ATHOM E W i l l www.cogeco.ca/home 0 RadioShack. *Cable m odem rental $10 /m o n th credited for COGECO Cable customers. Regular price of $ 49.95/m onth for non-basic cable customers ($39.95/m on th and $10 /m o n th cable m odem rental). Standard installation charge of $149.95 for laptop com puters and non-basic cable customers. Not available in all areas. Some restrictions may apply. Additional diarges w ill apply for non-standard installations.