Introducing Canadian Songbook
Canadian Songbook invites you into warm, honest conversations with some of Canada’s most remarkable musical voices.
Hosted by Juno-winning drummer and composer Ernesto Cervini, this documentary-style podcast explores how music shapes lives across geographies, generations, and genres.
Whether you're drawn to stories of growth and transformation, curious about creative culture, or simply interested in the lives of some of the people who make up Canada’s vibrant music scene, Canadian Songbook offers an intimate and inspiring portrait of what it means to grow through music in Canada.
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Creators and Guests
Host
Ernesto Cervini
JUNO Award winner Ernesto Cervini is a sought-after drummer, composer and bandleader and an influential presence on Canada’s modern jazz scene and beyond. He has documented his vision with the Ernesto Cervini Quartet (featuring Joel Frahm), the innovative sextet Turboprop, numerous co- led trio projects including MEM3, Myriad3 and TuneTown, and also the quartet Tetrahedron, featuring acclaimed guitarist Nir Felder, electric bassist Rich Brown and alto saxophonist Luis Deniz. In all these settings, as J.D. Considine of JazzTimes has written, Cervini “drums like someone who’s an arranger at heart, carefully placing each accent for maximum melodic impact.” He’s been cited by Modern Drummer for his old-school knowledge and feel in the spirit of Art Blakey and Billy Higgins, yet credited by Musicweb International as a maker of music “grounded in the language of hard bop but not confined by it.”
Producer
TPR Records, LTD
TPR Records is a media company dedicated to the promotion and preservation of Canadian music, with a focus on Jazz and improvised music.
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