The Kirk MacDonald Quartet
Last Show: Tuesday 2 nd May 2017
PizzaExpress Jazz Club (Soho)
Hailed by Jerry Bergonzi as “a bridge between tradition and modern saxophone playing” and “one of the shining lights in Canada’s jazz scene”, Kirk MacDonald is an award-winning Canadian saxophonist, composer and educator who has “maintained his integrity as one of Canada’s leading saxophonists for over 25 years” (Pat LaBarbera). His album Vista Obscura, which features LaBarbera alongside Harold Mabern, Neil Swainson and André White, won the 2015 Juno Award for Jazz Album of the Year, and his 2017 release Silent Voices, with co-leader LaBarbera and featuring Swainson and Adam Nussbaum, has been met with critical praise in Canada.