SOLOS: The Jazz Sessions
SOLOS: the jazz sessions is a 39 part television music profile/performance series produced in Canada by Original Spin Media. Each episode features complete musical pieces, interviews and behind-the-scenes footage with some of today's most notable jazz artists. Shot in HDTV with multiple moving cameras and a medley of elegant, cinematic lighting designs, SOLOS: the jazz sessions showcases an exciting and dynamic variety of jazz styles – from the blues and boogie-woogie to bebop and beyond.[1] The series premiered on Bravo! in Canada in the summer of 2004 and has subsequently been broadcast on HDNet,[2] CBC Bold,[3] Rave HD, Sky Arts,[4] VTR Chile, and Mezzo TV. The programs are filmed at Toronto's Berkeley Church performance and event venue.[5]
Season 1
- Bill Frisell
- Joe Lovano
- Brad Mehldau
- Charlie Hunter
- Andrew Hill
- Jacky Terrasson
- Kevin Breit
- Phil Dwyer
- Michael Kaeshammer
- James Blood Ulmer
- Mike Murley
- Paul Plimley
- Cyro Baptista
Season 2
- Greg Osby
- Andy Statman
- Lee Konitz
- John Abercrombie
- Gonzalo Rubalcaba
- Kurt Rosenwinkel
- Mark Turner
- Steven Bernstein
- Don Thompson
- Roscoe Mitchell
- Erik Friedlander
- Ethan Iverson
- Reid Anderson
Season 3
- Dave Young
- Marilyn Lerner
- Lorraine Desmarais
- Jean Beaudet
- Kelly Joe Phelps
- Jon Ballantyne
- David Braid
- Quinsin Nachoff
- Matt Wilson
- Matthew Shipp
- Matt Wilson & Lee Konitz
- Greg Osby & John Abercrombie