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20 • WATERLOO CHRONICLE • THURSDAY, MAY 25, 2017 Our EASIER, all-new FOR 2017 Nominations site is NOW OPEN! www.waterlooreaderschoice.ca Check out every category, or just your favourite categories, with ease! Do you see your favourite business, service or person already nominated? If "YES" you don't need to nominate them again in that category. You can move on to another category. If "NO" you can nominate your favourite for consideration as an official nominee in the 2017 Waterloo Chronicle Readers Choice Awards. It's that easy! Official vOting fOr the 2017 Winners cOmmences June 1, 2017 Have fun readers! ARTS FOCUS The Grand River Jazz Society pres- ents two eclectic concerts this weekend at the Jazz Room with Dave Woodhead's "Confabulation"on Friday followed by Van- couver singer Andrea Superstein on Saturday. Bassist and multi-instrumentalist Wood- head is one of the most accomplished and truly original musicians in Canada, and his whimsical and rambunctious Confabulation is a thrill-ride for players and audiences alike. As a versatile and sympathetic session player, his work can be heard on well over 250 albums including many by Canada's finest contemporary folk artists. In concert he has played the Montreux Jazz Festival with Don Ross and Oliver Schroer, the Calgary Folk Fest with Gil Scott-Heron and worked with saxo- phone legend David Sanborn. He was the long-time bassist for Canadian folk legend Stan Rogers, worked extensively with Loreena McKennitt, Valdy, and vision- ary violinist and composer Oliver Schroer. Recently he has toured the U.S., U.K. and Australia with master songwriter James Keel- aghan. The band is the perfect vehicle for his genre-defying musical eclecticism: melod- ic fretless bass, harp-like fi ngerstyle ukulele, intriguing time signatures and some unex- pected chord changes. All are blended seam- lessly together in riveting compositions that range from the quirky to the kick-ass to the contemplative. The band features Doug Wilde on key- boards, Colleen Allen on reeds, Rich Greenspoon on drums, Bob Cohen on guitar and Dave Woodhead on bass. On Saturday, Vancouver native Superstein makes her first visit to the Jazz Room with her quartet. She knows the jazz rules and she breaks them all, gleefullytaking swing, blues, Latin and ballad and subtly infusing pop, indie rock and other unexpected styles and elements. As Tom Harrison, music critic for the Vancouver Province, said is "redefi ning jazz." Playing on her eclectic tastes and broad musical knowledge, Superstein takes listen- ers on a musical trip that starts in Tin Pan Alley and twists its way to today. Re-envision- ing standards like I Love Paris, giving them a trip-hop facelift, while turning pop anthems like Venus into dark sultry film noir scores. She invites us to question genre and ask why music has boundaries at all. Th e Grand River Jazz Society is an all vol- unteer organization. Volunteers are always welcome to help greet patrons at the door and generally assist in managing the event. Th e Grand River Jazz Society's purpose is to advance the public's understanding and appreciation of jazz as an art form. Th e society also supports the development of and excel- lence in jazz as an art form in Canada. It does so through diff erent programs that are intend- ed to be cost-eff ective and aligned with how members of the public are most likely to par- ticipate in the society's programs. Friday and Saturday concerts start at 8:30 p.m. For more information, visit www.kwjazz- room.com. Two eclectic performers take the stage at the Jazz Room Vancouver's Andrea Superstein plays the Jazz Room for the � rst time this Saturday, bringing her eclectic interpretation of jazz standards to local audiences. • Traveller's Diarrhea • Cholera • Hepatitis A • Hepatitis B • Typhoid • Meningitis • Yellow Fever • Japanese Encephalitis • Measles, Mumps, Rubella • Tetanus • Pneumonia • Flu (Seasonal and Swine) www.webermedical.ca/Travel We carry vaccines for the following on premises to help avoid delays!