By Genevieve Huchulak
Special to the Record
The Georgia Straight Jazz Society presents the unique sounds of The Monik Nordine Trio on Thursday, April 18 at the High Tide Public House (268 5th St., Courtenay).
The Monik Nordine Trio has been performing for audiences from Stockholm to Vancouver Island since 2021, starting with Nordine’s collaboration with Andreas Hellkvist and Daniel Olson in Sweden. The material ranges from soul jazz with a nod to Sonny Stitt and Don Patterson, and from calypso to jazz-rock fusion in the Miles Nordine recently returned from Trinidad where she joined Rellon Brown and the Dominant Sevenths at Naparima Bowl and worked with sitarist Mungal Patasar at North Coast Jazz Fest in Trinidad (2023).
She has toured with Hugh Fraser’s band VEJI and completed a residency in Stockholm, Sweden in 2021 with funding from the Canada Council for The Arts and the BC Arts Council to work with Ann Sofi Söderqvist.
To hear some of Nordine’s smooth sounds, visit bit.ly/3xupMWK
The Monik Nordine Trio promises to be a night to remember.
The performance starts at 7 p.m. Seating is first come, first served. Admission is $15 for members; non-members, $20.
Annual memberships are $25 and will be available at the door.
Genevieve Huchulak is the president of the Georgia Straight Jazz Society