(a photo dan took while we were in Brooklyn on our 2010 tour, i think thats a Banksy yes?)

Apparently Evan now knows how to internet, you can follow him on the twitter and twitter him @evanarntzen

FYI we are working on stuff for this year, fingers crossed the stars align, and you’ll see us appear magically in a puff of smoke on a stage right in front of you. It will be like twitter, but real. And with sound.

(p.s. I’m also on the twitter @joshcolemusic)

The October Trio has been nominated for the Julian Award of Excellence for Emerging Canadian Jazz Artist, by the west coast radio show, Jazz Spectrum. It would be really great (assuming of course that you like the band and our music) if you could take a second and vote for us.

Voting is easy. Just send an e-mail to prentice.jazzspectrum@gmail.com and write “I vote for the October Trio” in the body.

Voting ends on February 3rd at 9PM PST.

Jazz Spectrum air Wednesdays at 6 PM PST on CJSP 90.1 and on a podcast at www.cjsf.ca.

more info can be found here 

“Without Bjork’s dramatic vocal to draw the spotlight, the band opens a lot of space in the song, especially in the second half when the bass dances to higher and higher octaves, allowing the melody, delicately handled by Arntzen, to cascade into the stratosphere.”

sorry everyone, the clinic and gig are canceled, hopefully we’ll reschedule for the new year. 

Thank goodness for Peter Hum’s blog/twitter feed, and the job it does keeping the Canadian jazz scene present in peoples minds!

Here is his review of ‘New Dream’

“When its members are able to unite, the band throws off big musical sparks, as brightly or moreso than any of their Canadian peers of their generation.”

“These are musicians who are not afraid to go “outside”, but their process is so smart, and so measured, that most listeners will have no difficulty hanging on for the ride.”