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Up Town Waterloo jazz Fesli val features eclectic lineup for 1 7th season By Boanmc v- '5_ ;,~. - j '1â€" . . music industry. Chmm‘cleSrafi' £~ {if $3 3&1“? .. I Their complete mastery of their instru- : ’ ’- ' 4 r! 4 s. '° ‘13 merits allows them to perform magic when ivine Brown "5 one artist who nevuwor- / l '. ‘ \ l they are together. And the musical magic . Dries about the weather when she plays ’ , ‘ ' i \\ , >_ they create is infectious outdoorfristivalsliketheUpTownWater- /’ g .. a“, ., - “We’ve got the costumes and all that stuff loolaui'vfiival. _ y " ‘ " “1?“ ‘3 but we couldn‘t do that without having the The Juno Award-winning singer said open ‘ \ g ' â€" ' f";- ’ musical chops to do it." said Underhill. "We air festivals bring out the people who are ' â€"/ ‘ like to give people a show, but we back it up going to stick it out to hearsomegood music. ‘ ~~ with really great music and our players are e They don't let a little thing like rain stop ‘ 17 _ -: . 4; J W. some ofthe topjazz players in Canada." them. even if it has been an unseasonably 4 1. . I? ’ There will also be some popular latin jazz cold and wetsummersofar. . War- f 3&5? ' 5 performed at this year's festival with the “This is kind of funny but I actually kind of 33 ~. . ' . \ is inclusion of Chilean based Zapati~jazz. like how unpredictable the weather can be.” ' if 3 ., ' They’re a group of young adults brought said the Toronto-based singer. “i like seeing _ . gfl in by lsabel Cistema of Neruda Productions. how people will still stick around to see a ‘ g ‘ , ‘ 5 t 2 7 " a; which supports a music school in the South good show in the rain. _ "~ ‘ ‘ S 5, American country. it’s the second time ‘And I love in an outdoor setting how fam- - . j ' l ‘Q . " they've performed in the area. last year. they ilies and people in general like to come out . L: . i“; 5 were featured in shows with the K-W Sym- and haveagoodtime." ‘ i ‘ 7 i . 1. phony as part of a 20-person big band Brown will be performing Saturday night ' r» _ t ‘ orchestra during the three day. free festival which starts ‘ - ' “There's a new thing in South America this Friday The UpTown Waterloo Jan Festi- ;. .- i now milled salsa jan and it's becoming really val is still going strong in its 17th year and '.' l , popular,” said Cisterna. “These guys do a ‘* hasn’t let the yoomy forecastâ€" both weath- " ‘ blend of salsa jazz and latin jazz. and they er and economic â€" keep it from making it 5“ , .- fig have a repertoire that even includes some one of city’s biggest summer attractions ; . ' ‘ ‘ wail-v...- "a; funk" The UpTown Waterloo Tau Festival opens , » .< " ‘ ' ' They even do their own interpretation of luly 17 with Carol McCartney. Zapati-jazz . jazz standards like Harry Mancini‘s famous and Chris Smith. On luly 18. the shows gets ’ ‘ Pink Panther theme. started early with the Toronto All-Star Band " “They've turned that into a mambo." said Q, opening at 1:30 pm. Brown takes the stage Cistema. “lt’ssocool.” later in the day at 730 pm. followed by jazz Patti Brooks. executive director of the prodigy, Michael Kaeshammer. Up'ibwn BIA. said there's a lot of excitement The three-day festival wraps up luly 19 The Sum Demons close out the three day 11me Waterloo Jazz Festival this Sunday. The about this year’s lineup starting at noon with Power Play and ends festival kids off Friday night at 6 p.m. ‘ “Three-quarters of the artists are people with the infectious jazz. rap. fusion of the , M””°’° we haven't seen before," said Brooks. “We’re Shuffle Demons celebrating their 25th "l'm a versatile artist, and i love to sing They broke up for a little while in the very excited about that" armiversarytogether. jan music." said Brown "l've been singing it 1990s, but founder and saxophonist Richard Despite the economic challenges out Brown said the outdoor festivals really since my mid-teens and it's just a part of me. Underhill brought them back together for the there. she said organizers strived to continue allow artists to connect with an audience and “I choose to sing R&B and soul right now band's 20th anniversary in 2005. They’re tour- to keep the festival free and accessible to as they. in turn, can help energize the per- with elements of pop in it, but l’m an multi- ing again for the band's‘ZSth anniversary this many people aspossible. former. faceted artist and you'll get to see some of yea: 'We've out a couple of artists off the total “it‘s relaxed, but l'm up there jumping that at the show." "Our band lsjust open to new ideas.” said roster and started the shows earlier in the around malu’ng sure everybody is having a Brown isn't the only artist from an eclectic Underhill about what keeps them going. day'said Brooks good time," said Brown. “There‘s a lot of ener- background who will be performing at this "We’re open to any whims and expressions of "We had a choice to make â€" we could gy there as well." year's festival. lust ask the Shuffle Demons the players either do that or gate the festival and that's Although Brown latest album, The love who close the Showon Sunday. 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