Tuesday Night Jazz at the Church Tuesday is thrilled to present the Kate Wyatt Trio – direct from Montreal!
Date: Tuesday, June 3, 2025
Time: 7 PM
Location: James Bay United Church, 511 Michigan St.
Admission by donation — suggested: $20
Tuesday night jazz at the church is thrilled to present the Kate Wyatt Trio – direct from Montreal!
Pianist and composer Kate Wyatt has been a respected voice in Canadian jazz for over two decades!
After her most recent release, Artifact, Kate has been receiving overdue attention, both at home and abroad, with an active tour schedule in Canada, the US, Europe, and Asia.
In her summer cross-Canada tour, Kate brings with her longtime musical collaborators, including renowned Montreal bassist Adrian Vedady and acclaimed Montreal-based drummer
Louis-Vincent Hamel!
Join us for an evening of contemporary Canadian jazz at its finest!
Kate Wyatt and her jazz trio present a concert featuring music from their highly anticipated new album Murmurations. The celebrated pianist and composer, one of Montreal’s finest jazz musicians, offers a glimpse into the many layers of her musicianship. Strikingly adventurous and astonishingly creative, Wyatt punctuates her performances by sharing insight into her inspiration with the audience.
Kate Wyatt has been praised as having “musical ideas and a style of playing and writing that is on par with the current jazz piano elite: Mehldau, Yaron Herman, Shai Maestro, Fred Hersch,” and has been hailed as “one of the top artists of Montreal, Quebec, or even Canadian jazz.” (Cardin/Brunet, panm360.com). Her last album Artifact was released to overwhelmingly excellent critical reviews, and was featured on “Best Jazz of 2022” lists from Canada, the US, and Europe. From Peter Hum of the Ottawa Citizen: “Pianist and composer Kate Wyatt is making some of Canada’s most exciting and engrossing small-ensemble jazz these days.”
Kate Wyatt has performed with many recognized and respected musicians, including Kenny Wheeler, Jay Clayton, Ira Coleman, Yannick Rieu, Christine Jensen, Itamar Borochov, Ranee Lee, Don Thompson, Barry Elmes, Al McLean, and the Orchestre National de Jazz de Montréal (ONJ). She has a passion for improvisation and innovation, and strives for a high level of sensitivity and interaction in her performances. Her music has been recognized with awards from the Canada Council for the Arts, FACTOR, the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, and the Conseil des arts de Montréal, and she was recently nominated for the prestigious Canadian 2025 Paul de Hueck and Norman Walford Career Achievement Award.
As well as being a passionate performer and composer, Wyatt is a deeply invested music educator. She heads the jazz program at Marianopolis College and conducts masterclasses around the country. Kate has been working as part of the Canadian Amateur Musicians/Musiciens Amateurs du Canada (CAMMAC) teaching team for over 10 years and has recently been asked to join the faculty at JazzWorks Canada.
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