In°WATHiltXJCHwNICLE'ihesmt-sduy. July 14.1010 _ Hot nights in the city 0 O O I UpTown Waterloo Jazz Festival set to add summer sizzle to the Clty this week line the show Friday night on a ,. stage were she caused a sultry sen- . g - sation three years ago. a The Russian born Milman won '. ‘ it the luno Award for jazz vocal . ' album of the year for her second is _ CD. Make Someone Happy. in 2008. A . _ 5 , She returns this year singing . i a) , - (I: ' some of her favourite tunes by Cole ' frag; . L_ " . 4 -. " Porter, johnny Mandel and Duke 5D? , t s h ' - ' . Ellington while also putting her " ' ‘ » - x A spin on classic songs by loni " "are ‘ ' ‘ “1 Mitchell. Paul Simon and Bruce , l y, Springsteen. ‘ ' ‘ Milman said she's of the school . ~ of thought that songs written by the ‘ '_ likes of living legends like Mitchell stand up to being reinterpreted as jam numbers ‘ . "l love Joni Mitchell. She's one of my favourite artists and songwrit- . ers." said Milman. “She’s a real i inspiration. especially as female _ artists go. She‘s the complete pack- age." But how do you turn a classic i song by “The Bossâ€. Bruce Spring- steen. like I’m on Fire into a jazz , . number? Listen to Milman's ver- sion and you'll understand. ‘ A “it’s tricky when you get into . ‘ legacy artists like Bruce Springsteen Sophie Milman will be the headliner Friday night at the 18th annual °' Paul Simon, you dont want to Matt Dusk is returning from a European tour to headline the main stage UpTown Waterloo Jazz Festival. streams more 23:33:32,215:ng that have been Saturday night at the annual jazz festival. wwrrm: more BY 30ch just how big this festival has grown Saturday’s main stage headliner that the people of Waterloo have a He thinks the years of selling a Chrom'cleStaflr with morethan 15 performances. will be another Canadian with an real appreciation for lazz and l'm million albums 3 year are far The satellite stage gets its ofï¬cial international resume, Matt Dusk, thrilled to be a pan of it." he said. behind the music industry, howev- e temperature will get hotter launch Friday at noon with local fresh off a European tour that Dusk got his big break in 2004 er a new era will develop that will this weekend as the 18th annu- jazz artist Andriy Tikhonov, fol- included the North See [an Festi- on The Casino. a Fox reality show replace the sales of yesterday And al UpTown Waterloo [an Fasti- lowed by a Jan for Kids program at val before a stop in Paris, where he was the in-house enter- he's managed to find that audience. V3] 89“ set 10 heat UP the city With 1 pm. and TOp Pocket at 3:15 pm. Dusk said in an e-mail interview tainer at the Golden Nugget and "Regrets . . . I've had a few, but three days of siuling performances On Saturday The lason White that music infuses European cul- was given a big push. Dusk said it then again. . . too few to mention." starting this Friday. Trio, local jazz institution Tim Louis ture and creates receptive audi- was a blessing and a curse because said Dusk in an impish reference to In addition to the main stage and Cadence perform on the satel- ences. “Plus with over one billion it introduced him to an audience of the Frank Sinatra classic MyWay. this year at the Waterloo City Cen- lite stage at the square starting at people in such a small area there is millions. But it made him more of a “I perform the music that i love. "9 parking 10! right "8X! to City noon. room for every genre ofmusic." personalitythanaperformer. . . you can't take that away from Hall, there will also be a satellite At night the attention will be all That's why he’s thrilled that Since then he's released three me." stage for performances at the on the main stage with Toronto's there even is a festival as successful albums, including his latest. Good Fora full schedule ofevents visit Waterloo public square recognin'ng Sophie Milman returning to head- as the one in Waterloo. "It seems News, in2009. www.upt0wnwaterlooja71.ca. CALL FOR NOMINATIONS ‘ LURE!- D,_ Raymond Zhang REGION 4 REGIONAL TOURISM ORGANIZATION o I N T A l c A I ~ or. Anh Le , VOLUNTEER BOARD OF DIRECTORS ~ . ‘ Region 4 RTO is being established as a not-for-proï¬t corporation pursuant to the 519-746-8558 0 WWI-MW.“ Ontario Ministry of Tourism's new funding strategy for tourism marketing and ’ , " ’ ' a ’ development. .. . 1.3 ' A j an “IBM Dr... . g ~ The Transitional Steering Committee seeks nominations for an industry led m5 TOOTH . board to represent tourism industry sectors and stakeholders from Huron, Perth ; . 7 . g _ . 8. Wellington Counties and Waterloo Region. ‘ mrrENINGI . o For complete details about Region 4 RTO. its board structure and the mm “Militant a“, : nomination/application process visit www.rto4tranaltlon.ca . {MIN ($199 valid.) . " .. Inquiries may be directed to: nominationsQrtoAtr-ansltionca . . -- ' t» a. ~ t mm It weekends . _ _, DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS: JULY 31, 2010 0 Manta Wilmaâ€