PARISIAN JAZZ
What: Edie Daponte Under Paris Skies: The Music of Édith Piaf
Where: Dave Dunnet Community Theatre, Oak Bay High School, 2121 Cadboro Bay Rd.
When: Friday, May 10, 7:30 p.m. (doors at 6:45)
Tickets: $35 at Nicholas Randall (2180 Oak Bay Ave.), Lyle’s Place (770 Yates St.), the Royal McPherson box office (rmts.bc.ca or 250-386-6121)
Why: Victoria’s Edie Daponte is a regular performer at several of the city’s jazz haunts, but she tackles a job of a different description on her new recording, Under Paris Skies. A tribute to the French jazz made famous by Édith Piaf, the recording will be celebrated in grand style Friday with a concert at the Dave Dunnet Community Theatre in Oak Bay. Daponte will be joined for the concert by a very capable quartet featuring Joey Smith (bass), Karel Roessingh (piano), Damian Graham (drums) and Aaron Watson (guitar). Highest recommendation.
INSTRUMENTAL GUITAR
What: Brad Prevedoros
Where: Wood Hall in the Victoria Conservatory of Music, 907 Pandora Ave.
When: Saturday, May 11, 7:30 p.m. (doors at 7)
Tickets: $20 at the Alix Goolden Performance Hall box office, ticketfly.com, or 250-386-5311
Why: Brad Prevedoros is deep into a career that continues to impress, and his new recording should add to his reputation as one of the foremost guitarists in the area. Cloud Hidden is album No. 15 from the Galiano Island-based Prevedoros, who will be joined at the Saturday concert celebrating its release by bassist Paul Wilkinson-Teel and percussionists Brad Hawkes and Ray Rothschild. The Wood Hall in the Victoria Conservatory of Music is tailor-made for Prevedoros’s West Coast flamenco.
LIVE ELECTRONIC
What: Astrocolor with Bousada, Mr. Moe and Matt Rose
Where: Capital Ballroom, 858 Yates St.
When: Saturday, May 11, 9 p.m.
Tickets: $21.50 at ticketrocket.co and Lyle’s Place (770 Yates St.)
Why: The shapeshifting entity that is Victoria collective Astrocolor will have the Capital Ballroom teeming Saturday night, with their dance-happy live electronic music as the backdrop. Nothing is off limits musically during Astrocolor’s concerts, and surprises are to be expected, from unannounced guests to the high-wire antics of frontman Neil Cooke-Dallin. He’s one of many must-see members in what has become one of the city’s most dependable live attractions.
