Laila Biali with Jodi Proznick

× Join award-winning Canadian jazz artists Laila Biali and Jodi Proznick in a special double bill. Jodi will open the night with her JUNO-nominated album "Sun Songs" featuring Laila on vocals. Laila will follow with a quartet performance highlighting material from her JUNO-winning self-titled album, her latest release Out of Dust, Canadian songbook arrangements, and reimagined pop hits. Award-winning singer-songwriter, pianist and CBC Music national radio host Laila Biali has headlined festivals and venues spanning five continents from New York City’s Carnegie Hall to Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts, and supported international icon Sting. Laila's live show is eclectic and energetic, a true representation of her on and off stage. Melodies take thrilling left turns and pre-choruses give way to instrumental interludes. One minute Biali is soaring over a bluesy storm of handclaps and hard-charging keyboard riffs, the next she is pouring out her soul on an impassioned ballad. It’s jazz, it’s pop, it can’t be put into a box but it’s beautiful.

Jodi Proznick’s second award winning album as a leader, Sun Songs, invites the listener into a musical experience that explores the depths of and reverence for the dualities of life. Sun Songs represents the unbridled potential of every woman’s most powerful contribution – her own story and features her award winning ensemble featuring Tilden Webb on piano, Jesse Cahill on drums, the effervescent Laila Biali on vocals as special guest Chris Davis on trumpet.

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