Tania Gill and Andrea Scala

TANIA GILL : Toronto-based pianist and composer Tania Gill has spent over twenty years cultivating a singular but polymorphous musical approach. She has developed a distinctive improvisational language in jazz and improvised music, and has played in ensembles such as the Brodie West Quintet, Rebecca Hennessy’s FOG, See Through Trio, and the Titillators. She has also performed and recorded alongside Anthony Braxton, Kenny Wheeler, Joe Morris, Jean Derome, and Nick Fraser. Her own group, the Tania Gill Quartet, comprises leading Canadian musicians Lina Allemano (trumpet), Rob Clutton (bass), and Nico Dann (drums). Their acclaimed disc Bolger Station (2010, Barnyard Records), was nominated for best debut album in the Village Voice jazz critics’ poll and was included among the Globe and Mail’s top ten albums of the year. The follow-up, Disappearing Curiosities, launches in March 2022. Gill’s unconventional versatility keeps her engaged in an eclectic array of styles. She was a member of Deep Dark United and the Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band, and is a regular collaborator to vocalist Fides Krucker, and singer-songwriter Kyp Harness. She has also shared the stage with Steve Reich, Chris Whitely, Man Forever, Gord Downie, Mary Margaret O’Hara, the Weather Station, Hector del Curto, Margaret Atwood, and Charles Spearin’s Happiness Project. She is also supportive and dedicated educator and currently teaches at Humber College and University of Toronto, in addition to her roster of private students. ANDREA SCALA : Born in Italy, and now based in Toronto, Andrea Scala is a drummer and composer who has toured and recorded with established musicians in the field of rock, jazz, alternative and improvised music. His collaborations include David Binney, Shahzad Ismaily, Jozef Dumoulin, Roberto Tarenzi and many others.” Tania Gill – piano/synthesizer Andrea Scala – drums/electronics