The Bassment is one of Canada’s premier jazz clubs and provides musicians of all skill levels a venue to showcase their talents in front of a live audience while accessing a variety of professional, concert-grade instruments. The club offers an intimate, personal concert space with a world-class stage for local, national, and international artists.
Here’s a sample of what’s happening next at The Bassment
Benjamin Deschamps – Augmented Reality
Sunday, November 26
JAZZ TRAVELLERS SERIES • DOORS @ 6:30PM • SHOW@7:30PM • RUSH SEATING
Saxophonist and composer Benjamin Deschamps is well-known on the Canadian jazz scene for his first three critically acclaimed albums. Having played across Canada and in Europe, he returns with a new musical project called Augmented Reality, winner of Quebec’s Opus Award for Best Jazz Album in 2023. Inspired by jazz greats such as Donny McCaslin and Ben Wendel, Benjamin explores a more electric, powerful, and lyrical sound while remaining true to his unique and ingenious style. He will be accompanied by Nicolas Ferron (guitar), Charles Trudel (keyboards), Sébastien Pellerin (bass) and Al Bourgeois (drums). Jazz fans won’t want to miss this introspective, mature, and innovative musical experience.
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Alma Flamenca, Kari Alba, & Duencdecillo Present Devoción
Thursday, November 30
WORLD MUSIC SERIES • DOORS @ 6:30PM • SHOW@7:30PM • RUSH SEATING
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Kari Alba and her dance company Alma Flamenca are celebrating 25 of flamenco art in Saskatoon. Duendecillo, a performance ensemble made up of performers from Cadiz, Spain and Saskatoon, has prepared a program of flamenco art entitled Devoción. The evening will feature El Bancalero (vocals), José Vega (guitar), Kari Alba (dancer), and a number of advanced students from Alma Flamenca including Colleen Kastning, Rachel Heidecker, Rusty McCaig, and Victoria Beaudin.
Devoción aims to bring the audience on a journey to the heart that reveals the profound respect, admiration, and unbreakable connection that draws Duendecillo together in a treasured emotional chemistry.
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Belle Plaine
Friday, December 1
COUNTRY ROADS SERIES • DOORS @ 7:30PM • SHOW @ 8:30
Regina singer-songwriter Belle Plaine (Melanie Berglund) was raised on the Canadian prairies near Fosston, SK – population 45. The ingenuity, lonesome yearning, and collaborative work ethic of country life have infiltrated her songwriting, her sound, and her methods. A reverence for artists who defy categorization has led Belle to create a brand of roots music combining the vintage blues and swing tones of the 1940s with classic country styles made popular in the heyday of the Grand Ole Opry. She sees the sees the world as it is adding layers of tenderness and mercy with her evocative, plaintive, and soulful vocal style. Belle’s easy charm shines bright from the stage and her subtle wit can pull a chuckle out of the toughest farmer or truck driver.
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Queen Kong
Saturday, December 2
WORLD MUSIC SERIES • DOORS @ 6:30PM • SHOW@7:30PM
Led by drummer, vocalist, and composer Lorie Wolf, Queen Kong is an exploration of sounds inspired by the Radical Jewish Culture movement in New York founded by John Zorn. Queen Kong seamlessly blends Ashkenazi Jewish idiom with jazz, free improv, rock, and punk to create new sounds and ideas. Lorie is joined by some of Toronto’s top young jazz and world music performers, improvisers, movers and shakers including Michael Winograd (clarinet), Max Forster (trumpet), Nathan Dell-Vandenberg (trombone), Graham Campbell (guitar), and Tom Richards (sousaphone)
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A Classic Christmas: Wingerter & Janovsky
Saturday, December 3
JAZZ SINGER SERIES • DOORS @ 1:00 • SHOW@ 2:00
Plumber by day vocalist by night Trevor Wingerter and music teacher by day pianist by night Martin Janovsky team up to present an entertaining performance of Christmas and seasonal classics. Expect to hear everything from Silent Night to Winter Wonderland. A Bassment Christmas tradition, A Classic Christmas is sure to sell out – get your tickets asap!
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Jay Semko presents an Intimate Winter Night of Songs, Stories & Poems
Friday, December 8
SONGWRITER SERIES • DOORS @ 7:30pm • SHOW @ 8:30pm
Saskatoon singer/songwriter and poet Jay Semko is best known for his work as bassist and vocalist with multi-platinum JUNO Award nominees the Northern Pikes, and as an award-winning solo recording artist and music composer for film and television. Jay will be performing songs from his vast catalogue accompanied by the stories behind them with tales of his adventures with the Pikes and beyond, as well as selections from his new album, Spiritual, and will also share poems from his book The Poetry & Lyrics of Jay Semko. Jay will be joined by a number of surprise musical guests – this evening promises to be a unique musical celebration with one of Canada’s finest songwriters and storytellers.
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