Ken Aldcroft- guitar
Karen Ng- alto saxophone
Emily Denison- trumpet
Scott Thomson- trombone
Wes Neal- double bass
Joe Sorbara- drums

“Convergence is neither a jazz crew playing tunes nor a free-improv unit, slipping from one to another both within and between songs. While I am as addicted as anyone to energy music’s sugar high, Aldcroft’s formula leads to an ultimately more satisfying full-course banquet.”
Lawrence Joseph, Cult Montreal 2012

This six-piece group, featuring the instrumentation of a fairly conventional modern jazz ensemble, began as the primary conduit for Ken Aldcroft’s compositional and conceptual work. The Ensemble has started a commissioning program to perform the compositions of its members. In performance, a set list serves less as a road map for the execution of a composition and more like a menu of possibilities; the group’s members can, individually or collectively, spontaneously arrange any of the available material. Employing a system of aural and gestural cues, the group playfully and creatively reshapes each piece in the spirit of free improvisation, the approach that underpins the ensemble’s composite musical experience. The Convergence Ensemble presented Joe Sorbara’s “Wire Cutter Suite” in the fall of 2014 and since it’s inception have performed at the Suoni Festival in Montreal, the Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival, the 416 Festival, toured Canada in 2007 and toured central Canada numerous times. They have released six CDs: Tangent (2014), Saskatoon (2013), Sneaky Pete-Slugs’ (2012) Our Hospitality (2009), Trolleys (2008) and The Great Divide (2006).

http://www.kenaldcroft.com/convergence.asp

Doors 730pm, Music 8pm
$15 or PWYC