Le Duc des Lombards
(l-r) Lorne Lofsky (guitar), Brian Dickinson (piano), Virginia MacDonald (clarinet), Derrick Gardner (trumpet), Neil Swainson (bass), Kirk MacDonald (saxophone), Bernd Reiter (drums)
Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club. Photo: Robert Crowley
Lorne Lofsky, Derrick Gardner, Neil Swainson, Kirk MacDonald.
Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, London, England
Virginia MacDonald, Lorne Lofsky, Neil Swainson, Derrick Gardner
Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club
Bernd Reiter
Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club. Photo: Robert Crowley
The Canadian Jazz Collective (L-R: Brian Dickinson, Virginia MacDonald, Lorne Lofsky, Derrick Gardner, Neil Swainson, KirkMacDonald & Bernd Reiter).
Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club. Photo: Robert Crowley
Virginia MacDonald.
Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club. Photo: Robert Crowley
Brian Dickinson.
Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club. Photo: Robert Crowley
Virginia MacDonald, Derrick Gardner, Kirk MacDonald, Lorne Lofsky.
Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Bar. Photo: Robert Crowley
Neil Swainson
Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club
May 11 Performance
Sound Check. Photo: Robert Crowley
Le Duc des Lombards, Paris France
Le Duc des Lombards
May 4th, 2022
Dining in Paris
(l - r) Judith Humenick, Brian Dickinson, Virginia MaDonald, Lorne Lofsky, Bernd Reiter, Neil Swainson, Kirk MacDonald, Derrick Gardner, Kiro Samuel
Canadian Cultural Centre – Industry Showcase Concert
Virginia MacDonald, Derrick Gardner & Kirk MacDonald
Canadian Cultural Centre – Industry Showcase Concert
Canadian Cultural Centre – Industry Showcase Concert
Canadian Cultural Centre – Industry Showcase Concert
Canadian Cultural Centre – Industry Showcase Concert
Kirk MacDonald, Derrick Gardner, Virginia MacDonald, Neil Swainson
Canadian Cultural Centre – Industry Showcase Concert
Kirk MacDonald & Lorne Lofsky
Jazzland – Vienna, Austria
Virginia MacDonald, Derrick Gardner, Kirk MacDonald, Bernd Reiter, Lorne Lofsky
Jazzland – Vienna, Austria
Derrick Gardner & Kirk MacDonald
Jazzland – Vienna, Austria
Virginia MacDonald, Derrick Gardner, Kirk MacDonald, Bernd Reiter, Lorne Lofsky
Birdland Jazz Club, Neuberg, Germany
Lorne Lofsky, Brian Dickinson, Virginia MacDonald, Derrick Gardner, Neil Swainson, Kirk MacDonald, Bernd Reiter
Birdland Jazz Club, Neuberg, Germany
Lorne Lofsky, Brian Dickinson, Virginia MacDonald, Derrick Gardner, Neil Swainson, Kirk MacDonald, Bernd Reiter
Birdland Jazz Club, Neuberg, Germany
Lorne Lofsky, Virginia MacDonald, Derrick Gardner & Kirk MacDonald
Birdland Jazz Club, Neuberg, Germany
The Audience
Lorne Lofsky & Virginia MacDonald
Black Forest Recording Studio – Villingen, Germany
Black Forest Recording Studio – Villingen, Germany
Bernd Reiter & Derrick Gardner
Black Forest Recording Studio – Villingen, Germany
Filming for German TV Documentary
Black Forest Recording Studio – Villingen, Germany
Lorne Lofsky, Neil Swainson, Brian Dickinson
Black Forest Recording Studio – Villingen, Germany
Film Session
Black Forest Recording Studio – Villingen, Germany
Bernd Reiter, Lorne Lofsky, Neil Swainson, Brian Dickinson
Black Forest Recording Studio – Villingen, Germany
Friedhelm Schultz, Judith Humenick & Virginia MacDonald
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Two-time Juno Award winner and recipient of the Toronto Music Association’s Life Time Achievement Award, saxophonist/composer Kirk MacDonald is one of the most well-established Canadian jazz musicians of his generation. With over 100 compositions spanning sixteen CDs as a leader/co-leader, Kirk has led ensembles on tours across Canada, Spain, France, England, Germany, Italy, The US, Egypt, and India.With an established reputation as one of Canada’s leading saxophonists, Kirk MacDonald cut his first record at the age of thirteen, and the scope and depth of his catalogue are legendary. Throughout his career, he has received numerous awards including one East Coast Music Award, two Jazz Report awards, the International Jazz Soloist award, and SOCAN’s Hagood Hardy Award for Composition. Kirk has worked with many leading musicians in a variety of musical genres, and critics describe him as “A powerhouse with mature style”.For more info, visit canadianjazzcollective.com
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Over the course of a 40+ year career, Lorne Lofsky has played, toured, and recorded with some of the most prominent names in Jazz including Oscar Peterson, Chet Baker, Ed Bickert, Pat LaBarbera, Ray Brown, Joey DeFrancesco, and many others.![]()
Born, raised, and based in Toronto, Canada, Lofsky’s career began when Oscar Peterson offered to produce his first record, It Could Happen To You (Pablo Records), in 1980. During the years that followed, Lofsky worked extensively in the Toronto area and toured with the likes of Pat LaBarbera, and fellow guitarist Ed Bickert. Bickert and Lofsky’s fruitful collaboration ran from 1983 through 1991 and produced two widely-acclaimed recordings including the well-known 1990 Concord release This Is New.![]()
A master guitarist known for pianistic voicings and virtuosic skill, Lorne Lofsky is considered one of Canada’s great musical treasures. This Song Is New is his first recording as a leader in over two decades and signals an exciting new page in the guitarist’s illustrious career.
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