Jack de Keyzer has been nominated for a Canadian Maple Blues Award for Guitarist of the Year!
Congratulations to all the nominees....see the full nominees list HERE.
2010 Juno Winner
Blues Album of the Year
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A big thanks to the Canadian Armed Forces for making our show and extended stay at Alert base, Nunavut (800 kms from the North Pole!) an experience of a lifetime. The hard work and dedication these men and women bring to serve Canada is truly inspiring. We played music every evening while we were snowed in at Alert, enjoyed great times and made a lot of new friends. Many thanks to Commanding Officer, Major Denis Letellier, Master Warrant Officer R R.J. Dumelie , Petty Officer Second Class, Louise Nadeau and Lieutenant Colonel Joel Roy, and all at CFB Alert for their hospitality on land and in the air! Also a big shout out to our hosts Show Tours, Brian Slack, Nancy Labelle and Gary Quatros along with my stellar band and co-headliners Steve Strongman, Paul Deslaurier, Dawn Tyler Watson and Chuck Byrn. We will post pics of the Arctic adventure soon.
Jack de Keyzer has been nominated in three Maple Blues categories this year. (Electric Act, Guitarist and Bassist (Alan Duffy)) Congrats and Good luck to all the nominees! Please register here to Vote.
JUNO AWARD WINNER:
2010 BLUES
ALBUM OF THE YEARWe are pleased to announced that the Corktown sessions has won the 2010 Juno Award for BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Thanks to Caras and The Junos, band mates, Alan Duffy, David McMorrow, Danny Lockwood, Rick Donaldson, engineers Al Cannon and Lou Ferlinetto. Photographer, Mark Zelinski. All my music biz colleagues. Thanks to my wife, Emily and family, Adrian, Martin, James, Charlotte, Bobby, the O'Rourke family, and many loyal friends and fans. THANK YOU for all your support and for enabling us to do what we love to do!
Creative Math and Music presents
"Blues Master Class Workshop" by Juno
Award Winner & 2010 Juno Nominee Jack de Keyzer ...May 5, 12, 19 & 26th
from 8:30 - 9:30 pm @ Creative Math and Music, Pickering Location ...for more
details
to order online
http://www.jackdekeyzer.com/masterclass.
or http://www.creativemathandmusic.com
***Note new added time slot 8:30-9:30 (7-8 is full)
The Corktown Sessions receives 2010 Juno Nomination, Blues Album of the Year
Jack de Keyzer's "The Way That I Love You " has been selected as a finalist in in the Blues category for The International Songwriting Competition (ISC/Nashville Tennesse). ISC finalists were chosen out of approximately 15,000 entrants, making this an extraordinary achievement. The celebrity judges include Steve Winwood, Tom Waits, John Mayall and Jeff Beck.You can view all the finalists and semi-finalists by going to http://www.songwritingcompetition.com/winners.htm
Jack de Keyzer The Corktown Sessions Live (blue star records)
Corktown sessions Sample MP3
Blue Star records is pleased to release Jack de Keyzer: the Corktown Sessions. The Corktown sessions capture Jack de Keyzer (lead vocals, guitar) and his stellar band David McMorrow (organ, piano) Alan Duffy (bass) and Danny Lockwood (drums) live in concert. The CD was multi-track recorded by Hamiltonian, Al Cannon, on a warm spring evening (May 1, 2009) in Hamilton, Ontario, in the raucous and historic, environs of the Corktown Pub. Alternately soaring, swinging, and shuffling through a dozen blues and r&b classics, five covers and seven de Keyzer originals the disc captures the blues guitarist at the top of his game in front of a very vocal and enthusuastic hometown crowd. The informality of a nightclub setting allowed the band to stretch out, yet still burn intensely through the varied repertoire, highlights of which are Robert Johnson's When You Got a Good Friend, Stevie Wonder's Signed Sealed, Delivered and de Keyzer's , Engine Trouble and The Way That I Love You. The conversational aspect evident between the players, with de Keyzer's vocals, the icing on top, results in a highly entertaining recording and excellent example of small group, ensemble playing. The Corktown Sessions is a must have CD for fans of blues and guitar.
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1 let’s have a natural ball 5:16 (Albert KIng)
2 blues thing 5:19 (de Keyzer)
3 when you’ve got a good friend 5:36 (Robert Johnson arr.by de Keyzer)
4 king of the blues 5:35 (de Keyzer)
5 signed sealed delivered 4:52 (Garrett, Hardaway, Wonder, Wright)
6 i want to love you 5:47 (de Keyzer)
7 the way that i love you 5:41 (de Keyzer)
8 engine trouble 7:07 (de Keyzer)
9 ride with me 4:57 (de Keyzer)
10 hold on i’m coming 4:44 (Isaac Hayes, David Porter)
11 soul lover 6:13 (de Keyzer)
12 rock this house 5:26 (Jimmy Rogers)
See Jack de Keyzer on tour!
Jack is nominated for three Maple Blues Awards Guitarist, Entertainer and Electric Act of the Year. Votes can be cast online at http://www.mapleblues.ca/register.aspx
until December 13th. Winners will be announced at the Maple Blues Award Gala in Toronto on January 18th, 2010.
Jack de Keyzer interviewed and performing "I Want To Love You" at The Phoenix Concert Club in Toronto earlier this year on Mako Funasaka's Talkin Blues Podcast site http://www.talkinblues.podbean.com/
Jack de Keyzer is voted Great Canadian Blues artist of the year by listeners of Holger Peterson's Saturday Night Blues , Radio Programme. Saturdays at 10:00 p.m. (10:30 NT) on CBC Radio One. This is the 18th year of the radio award, previous winners include Jeff Healey, Harry Manx, Donnie Downchild Walsh, Sue Foley and David Wilcox.
After coming in first place last winter in the Pickering Rotary Music Festival , James de Keyzer (18) places first in the Ontario Music Festival Grade 9 Classical Guitar competition.
Congratulations, James!
Jack de Keyzer at the Prime Minister's Residence 24 SUSSEX DRIVE
In January Jack was invited by Prime MInister Steven Harper's wife, Laureen Harper to 24 Sussex to give a private show and lesson for their 12 year old son Ben Harper.
To register and cast your votes please follow this link. http://www.mapleblues.ca/register.aspx
Deadline is this Saturday, December 6th 11:59pm PT. Congratulations to all the nominees!
The ISC is based out of Nashville and song judges include jazz guitarist John Scofield, Tom Waits, Jerry Lee Lewis and Rolling Stones producer, Steve Lillywhite.
Call the show at 1-866-267-0454 to request Blues Thing and keep it on air across North America
CBC Galaxie radio Top 10: Jack de Keyzer/ Blues Thing
Feb 6/ 08 Jack de Keyzer's Blues Thing
is nominated as Blues Album of the Year at the 2008 Juno's.
Canada's Music Awards. Congratulations to all the nominees!
Feb 4/ 08 Jack de Keyzer's song That's The
Only Time has placed in the finals (out of 15,000 entries) at the International Songwriting
Competition. You can also vote for your
fave tune (separate from the ISC adjudicators) in the People's Voice Award here.
Jan 21/08 Thanks to the Toronto Blues Society and all our friends
and fans across Canada for voting Jack de Keyzer "Guitarist of the Year"
at the 2008 Maple Blues Awards. Congratulations to all the nominees and winners. And a
special shout out to fellow guitarist nominees, Kevin Breit, Mel Brown, Shawn Kellerman
and Garret Mason. We are honoured!
Welcome! Jack de Keyzer (Juno Award recipient) is one
of Canada's premier blues guitarists, singers and song writers. Performing 150 shows
a year from coast to coast and internationally, de Keyzer and his band play high energy
rhythm & blues, funk and rock that always gets people up on the dance floor. High
caliber musicianship keeps the band in demand for theatres and concert halls.
It is not unusual for a de Keyzer crowd to applaud solos while dancing... or to dance in
their seats while listening for that matter! From the Molson Amphitheatre to
Hugh's Room (Toronto); from the Montreal Jazz Fest to the Vancouver Jazz and Calgary
International Blues Fests; from Blues Sur Seine (France) to the Puerto
Blues Festival (Mexico), de Keyzer and his top notch band, (Chris Murphy, sax, Alan
Duffy, bass, David Colter, drums) always deliver the goods. The latest CD,
"Blues Thing", their first all new original disc since 2003's Juno
Award winning "6 String Lover" is set for an October 2007
release. Advance clips from Blues Thing are available at http://www.myspace.com/jackdekeyzer.
Please visit the tour page for club, festival and concert listings, and
browse the music store to listen to and purchase one of Jack's award winning CD's and DVD.
Jack de Keyzer, a musical experience you will always remember.
"One of Canada's premier blues guitarists"
Hamilton Spectator
"A coveted super-hero in Canada. 6 String Lover blends blues with
elements of jazz, soul, r&b and early rock"
Blues Revue (US)
In addition to blues, you’ll hear smooth jazz, adult oriented rock and soul. De
Keyzer is well traveled, and his stylistic band operates like a well oiled
machine.Musicians and a grown-up crowd will thoroughly enjoy."
South West .com
You can register to vote on line at this link. http://www.mapleblues.ca/register.aspx
Jack de Keyzer is currently mixing tracks for his first all new original CD since 2002's Juno Award winner, 6 String Lover. (Silver Blues (blue star 2504) released last year, is a live album of previously released material.) The new CD, (working title: It’s A Blues Thing) takes off where 6 String Lover left off. The 14 tunes showcase de Keyzer’s expanding artistry in song writing, guitar playing and singing to best advantage. The song writing encompasses classic blues (Music is the Food of Love, It’s A Blues Thing) , jazz (Merciless Beauty, That’s How Much I Love You), soul, (Cry the Blues), funk (Bills) , r&b (If I Had Your Love) , and latin (Good Life) all bathed in the honesty and soul of the blues. The guitar playing shows off de Keyzer’s influences more than ever, with tips of the hat to personal guitar heros, BB King , Eric Capton, Albert King, Kenny Burrell ,Grant Green and Jimi Hendrix. As a vocalist de Keyzer wraps his warm, easy going & perfectly pitched vocal cords around smooth urban blues, jazz and gritty soul. By turns, earthy, sophisticated, playful, deep, swinging and funky, It’s A Blues Thing is sure to appeal to fans around the world. Strong song writing, masterful perfomances, well constructed arrangements and pristine recording (by Eric Abrahams) all come together to make It’s A Blues Thing an exceptional work. Produced by de Keyzer and Alan Duffy, the CD is set for a summer 2007 release date.
Musicians:
Jack de Keyzer, guitar, vocals
Chris Murphy, saxophone;
David Dunlop, trumpet;
Michael Fonfara, piano/organ;
Richard Thornton, conga, percussion
Alan Duffy, bass
David Colter , drums
blue star records
Director, videographer, Mako Funasaka captures guitar master, Jack de Keyzer and his sextet (Chris Muphy, saxophone; David Dunlop, trumpet; Martin Aucoin, piano/organ;Alan Duffy, bass and Tony Ajo, drums) performing blues, funk, jazz and soul in a set of original tunes recorded live at Toronto's, Hugh's Room. Mining songs from the Juno Award winning singer, guitarist's 25 year catalogue, the Silver Blues DVD also features interviews and studio footage from the de Keyzer "6 String Lover" Liquid Studio recording sessions along with live performance from The Distillery Blues Festival in Toronto. Silver Blues is an entertaining, inspiring and enlightening look into the life and artistry of musician, composer and vocalist, Jack de Keyzer.
"One of the most talented blues performers of his generation."Timmins
Daily Press
"Superb!" Maple Blues Magazine
"Great... an artist in his prime, comfortable in his surroundings and firing –
with his band – on all pistons. Such is the case with Silver Blues." Blues
Revue
SONG SELECTION:
Pleasure is my Business
High on your Love
The Way That I Love You
Dressed to Kill
If You Were My Woman (and I Was Your Man)
Cinderella
Soul Lover
King of the Blues
Engine Trouble
Nothing in the World
Jump Right To It
Total Time: 87 minutes Produced & Directed by: Mako Funasaka