Edmonton Jazz Society/Yardbird Suite Past Performers
 Please note: this list is continually being updated and does not yet include many performers who were presented by the Edmonton Jazz Society in the 1970's, 1980's and 1990's.

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Canadian Performers

Kiran Ahluwalia
 Ken Aldcroft
 Lina Allemano
 Mike Allen
 Steve Amirault
 Chris Andrew
 Lane Arndt
 Beth Arrison
 Marc Atkinson
 Charlie Austin
 Dave Babcock
 Randy Bachman
 Tommy Banks
 Michael Bates
 Alexis Baro
 Jean Beaudet
 Marc Beaudin
 Anna Beaumont
 Peter Belec
 Gilles Bernard
 Don Berner
 Ed Bickert
 Seamus Blake
 George Blondheim
 Remi Bolduc
 Francois Bourassa
 Gail Bowen
 Don Bradshaw
 David Braid
 Craig Brenan
 Jim Brenan
 Jeri Brown
 Brian Buchanan
 Jane Bunnett
 Ralf Buschmeyer
 Glenn Buhr
 Vivianne Cardinal
 William Carn
 Alain Caron
 James Carson
 Francois Carrier
 Pierre Cartier
 Eugene Chadbourne
 Bobby Cairns
 Ken Chaney
 		Morgan Childs
 Dawn Chubái
 Cindy Church
 Bill Coon
 Paul Cram
 Laura Crema
 Stuart Crosley
 Jeari Czapla
 Dee Daniels
 Tara Davidson
 Kris Davis
 Rubim de Toledo
 Alex Dean
 Kevin Dean
 Lorraine Desmarais
 Melody Diachun
 Dino Dominelli
 Sandro Dominelli
 Michel Donato
 Dianne Donovan
 Wrey Downs
 Chet Doxas
 Jim Doxas
 Jerrold Dubyk
 Phil Dwyer
 Kevin Elaschuk
 Barry Elmes
 Lisle Ellis
 Bill Emes
 Kellylee Evans
 Jane Fair
 Bernard Falaise
 Wayne Feschuk
 Cheryl Fisher
 Simon Fisk
 Tom Foster
 Hugh Fraser
 Eric Friedenberg
 Rosemary Galloway
 James Gelfand
 Bill George
 Mike Gillespie
 Tom Gilroy
 Andrew Glover
 Thom Golub
 		John Gray
 Gordon Grdina
 Michelle Gregoire
 Gary Guthman
 Bobby Hales
 Glen Halls
 Kate Hammet-Vaughan
 Bartha Hartman
 Knut Haugsoen
 Joel Haynes
 Jim Head
 Michael Herring
 Mike Herriott
 Ken Hoffman
 Steve Holt
 Tyler Hornby
 Owen Howard
 Francois Houle
 D.D. Jackson
 Bill Jamieson
 Christine Jensen
 Ingrid Jensen
 Jeff Johnston
 Shelley Jones
 Michael Kaeshammer
 Eyvind Kang
 Aaron Keyes
 Tom King
 George Koller
 Diana Krall
 Jake Langley
 Ranee Lee
 Rollanda Lee
 Mo Lefever
 Peter Leitch
 Mike Lent
 Marilyn Lerner
 Lorne Lofsky
 Mathias Lupri
 Rene Lussier
 Earl MacDonald
 Kirk MacDonald
 Zen Magus
 Julie Mahendran
 Peter Manley
 		Marty Majorowicz
 Darryl Meyer
 Jon McCaslin
 Jeremiah McDade
 George McFetridge
 Cindy McLeod
 Dean McNeill
 Brett Miles
 Joel Miller
 Andy Milne
 Al Muirhead
 Mike Murley
 Torsten Müller
Bruce Nielsen
 Phil Nimmons
 David Occhipinti
 Michael Occhipinti
 Roberto Occhipinti
 Maxwell Roach
 Audrey Ochoa
 Doug Organ
 Elsie Osborne
 Tilo Paiz
 David Parker
 Roy Patterson
 P.J. Perry
 Jim Pinchin
 Karin Plato
 Paul Plimley
 Bernard Primeau
 Bill Prouten
 Jodi Proznick
 Lester Quitzau
 Joshua Rager
 Min Rager
 Claude Ranger
 Dave Restivo
 Bill Richards
 Doug Riley
 Chandelle Rimmer
 Maxwell Roach
 Bryn Roberts
 Barry Romberg
 Renee Rosnes
 Mike Rud
 		Campbell Ryga
 Ian Sadler
 Ron Samsom
 Ron Samworth
 Kent Sangster
 Daniel Schnee
 Joe Sealy
 Bernie Senensky
 Earl Seymour
 Darren Sigesmund
 Judy Singh
 Johanna Sillanpaa
 Denzal Sinclaire
 Bill Smith
 Sheri Sommerville
 Diana Stabel
 John Stetch
 Johnny Summers
 Ben Sures
 Harley Symington
 Pierre Tanguay
 Rick Tait
 Chris Tarry
 Don Thompson
 Rob Thompson
 Bob Tildesley
 Paul Tobey
 Amanda Tosoff
 Marianne Trudel
 Brad Turner
 Ross Ulmer
 Richard Underhill
 Dylan van der Schyff
 Norm Villeneuve
 Brodie West
 Nancy Walker
 Martin Walters
 Flora Ware
 Kenny Wheeler
 Tony Wilson
 Rhonda Withnell
 Brent Wright
 Dave Young
 Mike Zilber

Canadian Groups

Actual Jazz Quartet
 Alberta Jazz Ensemble
 Alberta Jazz Repertory Orchestra
 B3 Kings
 Benghazi Saxophone Quartet
 Big Idea
 Bomba
 Brenan Brothers Band
 Canadian Hot Stars
 Carn-Allemano Quintet
 Carsick Duo
 Chamber Graffiti
 		Chelsea Bridge
 CO2 North
 DADs Trio
 Dixieland Express
 DMB Quintet
 Double Duo
 Drumheller
 Edmonton Big Band
 Edmonton Jazz Orchestra
 Fern
 Fieldtrip
 GMCC Outreach Big Band
 goo!
 		Hecubus Trio
 Hutchinson Andrew Trio
 Inhabitants
 Jefferson-Grant Quintet
 Junction
 Le Dixieband
 Les Projectionnistes
 L'ile Bizzare
 Mad Satie Trio
 Manic Thematic Trio
 Melba Apartment Quartet
 Merlin Factor
 Mobius Quartet
 		Modo Trio
 Next Day Hill
 NOJO
 Nova Quartet
 nuSteps
 October Trio
 Pacific Salt
 Peters Drury Trio
 Primal Orbit
 Rabnett 5
 River City Big Band
 Saturday Pro Band
 Shucker
 		Strangeness Beauty
 Terrain
 Time Warp
 TIN Naked Band
 Toque
 U.R.J.E.
 VEJI
 Vibre
 V.S.O.P. Group
 Wine, Women and Song
 Workshop Six
 Yardbird Suite Allstars
 Zebradonk

International Performers

Rez Abbasi
 John Abercrombie
 Pepper Adams
 Nat Adderley
 Toshiko Akiyoshi
 Ralph Alessi
 Karrin Allyson
 Barry Altschul
 Ernestine Anderson
 Ray Anderson
 Peter Appleyard
 Steve Arguelles
 Ab Baars
 Derek Bailey
 Chet Baker
 Billy Bang
 Joey Baron
 Bruce Barth
 Gary Bartz
 Han Bennink
 Bob Berg
 Tim Berne
 Gene Bertoncini
 Andy Bey
 David Binney
 Jim Black
 Art Blakey
 Terence Blanchard
 Carla Bley
 Anthony Braxton
 Randy Brecker
 Willem Breuker
 Ray Brown
 Joost Buis
 Gary Burton
 John Butcher
 Don Byron
 Hadley Caliman
 Betty Carter
 Thomas Chapin
 Don Cherry
 Pete Christlieb
 Dawn Clement
 Richie Cole
 Ornette Coleman
 Steve Coleman
 Chick Corea
 Stanley Cowell
 Fernanda Cunha
 Andrew Cyrille
 Franco D'Andrea
 Paquito D'Rivera
 Palle Daniellson
 Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis
 Blossom Dearie
 		Tobias Delius
 Jack DeJohnette
 Barbara Dennerlein
 Loek Dikker
 Barbara Donald
 Christy Doran
 Pierre Dorge
 Dave Douglas
 Hamid Drake
 Mark Dresser
 Marty Ehrlich
 Dave Ellis
 Herb Ellis
 Weimar Escobar
 Robin Eubanks
 Art Farmer
 Joe Farrell
 Amina Figarova
 Fleurine
 Michael Formanek
 Sonny Fortune
 Al Foster
 Curtis Fowlkes
 Erik Friedlander
 Dave Friesen
 Bill Frisell
 Satoko Fujii
 Curtis Fuller
 Hal Galper
 Jan Garbarek
 George Garzone
 Stan Getz
 Dizzy Gillespie
 Frode Gjerstad
 Mick Goodrick
 Dexter Gordon
 Benny Green
 Johnny Griffin
 David Grisman
 Tom Guralnick
 Maciej Grzywacz
 Iro Haarla
 Charlie Haden
 Tim Hagans
 John Handy
 Roland Hanna
 Jim Hall
 Billy Harper
 Billy Hart
 Roy Haynes
 Jimmy Heath
 Percy Heath
 Joe Henderson
 Fred Hersh
 Billy Higgins
 		Dave Holland
 Paul Horn
 Wayne Horvitz
 Freddie Hubbard
 Steve Hudson
 Charlie Hunter
 Bobby Hutcherson
 Susi Hyldgaard
 Javon Jackson
 Milt Jackson
 Etta James
 Jan Jarczyk
 Al Jarreau
 Keith Jarrett
 Alphonso Johnson
 J.J. Johnson
 Marc Johnson
 Elvin Jones
 Clifford Jordan
 Sheila Jordan
 Theo Jorgensmann
 Barney Kessel
 Franklin Kiermyer
 Billy Kilson
 Nancy King
 Peter Knight
 Lee Konitz
 Steve Kuhn
 Joe LaBarbera
 Pat LaBarbera
 Katia & Marielle Labeque
 Steve Lacy
 Oliver Lake
 Pui Ming Lee
 Piotr Lemanczyk
 Victor Lewis
 Dave Liebman
 Jeanette Linstrom
 Charles Lloyd
 Joe Lovano
 Adam Makowicz
 Tony Malaby
 Russell Malone
 Charlie Mariano
 Thomas Marriott
 Wynton Marsalis
 Lyle Mays
 Christian McBride
 Paul McCandless
 Bernie McGann
 John McLaughlin
 Jay McShann
 Brad Mehldau
 Myra Melford
 Pat Metheny
 		Hendrik Meurkens
 Clarence 'Big' Miller
 Mulgrew Miller
 Roscoe Mitchell
 Ben Monder
 Jemeel Moondoc
 Eddie Moore
 Glen Moore
 Ralph Moore
 Airto Moreira
 George Mraz
 Mark Murphy
 Michael Musillami
 Randy Newman
 Mike Nock
 Fredrik Nordstrom
 Adam Nussbaum
 John O'Gallagher
 Darek 'Oles' Oleszkiewicz
 Makoto Ozone
 Evan Parker
 Kim Parker
 William Parker
 Joe Pass
 Jaco Pastorius
 Gary Peacock
 Michel Petrucciani
 Misha Piatigorsky
 Alberto Pinton
 Jean-Luc Ponty
 Chris Potter
 Prasanna
 Bobby Previte
 Julian Priester
 Andrew Rathbun
 Dewey Redman
 Joshua Redman
 Rufus Reid
 Steve Reid
 Sam Rivers
 Max Roach
 George Robert
 Red Rodney
 Wallace Roney
 Sonny Rollins
 Louise Rose
 Roswell Rudd
 Hċkan Rydin
 Pharoah Sanders
 Carl Saunders
 Marit Sandvik
 John Scofield
 Bert Seager
 Bud Shank
 Woody Shaw
 		Bobby Shew
 Maciej Sikala
 Steve Slagle
 Jarek Smietana
 Wadada Leo Smith
 Dr. Lonnie Smith
 Marvin "Smitty" Smith
 Steve Smith
 Chris Speed
 Alister Spence
 Tomasz Stanko
 Bobo Stenson
 Mike Stern
 Sonny Stitt
 John Stowell
 Dave Stryker
 Fredy Studer
 Ira Sullivan
 Steve Swallow
 Harvie Swartz
 Steve Swell
 Lew Tabackin
 Buddy Tate
 John Taylor
 Jacky Terrason
 Charles Tolliver
 Ralph Towner
 Trio Tarana
 Gebhard Ullman
 Sigurd Ulveseth
 Fred van Hove
 Nana Vasconcelos
 Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson
 David Virelles
 Miroslav Vitous
 Cuong Vu
 Collin Walcott
 Mal Waldron
 Melissa Walker
 Cedar Walton
 Mitch Watkins
 Bobby Watson
 Ernie Watts
 Trevor Watts
 Eberhard Weber
 Wolter Wierbos
 Buster Williams
 Jessica Williams
 Norma Winstone
 Jens Winther
 Phil Woods
 Reggie Workman
 Leszek Zadlo
 Attilio Zanchi

International Groups

13 Ways
 A.D.D. Trio
 Akiyoshi/Tabackin BB
 Aros
 Alive!
 Art Ensemble Of Chicago
 Atomic
 Available Jelly
 Bechet-Legacy
 Claudia Quintet
 Codona
 		Concord Super Band
 Dapp Theory
 Equinox
 e.s.t.
 European Jazz Quartet
 Fringe
 Heath Brothers
 ICP Orchestra
 Jazz Messengers
 Jazz Passengers
 		Jazz Band Ball Orchestra
 KaMoSc Trio
 kaufmann-gratkowski-de joode
 Koch-Schutz-Studer
 Lost Tribe
 Magic Malik Orchestra
 Maraca
 Masqualero
 Medeski Martin Wood
 		Mingus Dynasty Band
 Nana
 New Delta Akhri
 New Jungle Orchestra
 Out of the Blue
 Orange Then Blue
 Oregon
 Quantum
 Reflexionen
 Sackville Allstars
 		Sex Mob
 This Against That
 Timeless Allstars
 Trio 3
 United Front
 Urban Connection Trio
 Way Out West
 Who Trio
 Zanussi 5
 Zony Mash