Big Idea
Big Idea (an eleven piece ensemble featuring some of Toronto’s best extemporizers and classical musicians) performs new and recent work composed especially for the group by Bob Stevenson. These compositions combine jazz, free extemporization and composed music in fresh, innovative ways, creating music that speaks in the time.
Personnel: Sandy Baron, violin; Parmela Attiriwala, viola; Andrew Downing, cello; Victor Bateman, bass; John Gzowski, guitar; David Shotzko, vibraphone; Jeff Halischuk, drums; Jim Lewis, trumpet; Stephen Donald, trombone; Jonnie Bakan, alto saxophone and Bob Stevenson, clarinets, compositions, direction.