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Jorge & Sarah<br />
Jazz, blues, and Latin music<br />
<strong>Band</strong> <strong>Biography</strong><br />
Jorge Gavidia and Sarah Begin<br />
have been active on the Toronto<br />
jazz scene since 2009 when guitarist<br />
Jorge Gavidia and vocalist<br />
Sarah Begin decided to put their<br />
creative energy together to form<br />
an original jazz and blues project.<br />
Along with the leadership<br />
of Jorge Gavidia and Sarah Begin,<br />
the band features the very<br />
talented Galen Weir on bass.<br />
In December 2010, the Jorge Gavidia and<br />
Sarah Begin Quintet released their first album<br />
titled You Never Know, an album featuring 9<br />
original compositions by Jorge and Sarah. The<br />
two songwriters are well versed in the jazz tradition<br />
and the blues. Their debut album is a<br />
modern look at cool jazz and blues music that<br />
was largely inspired by the couple’s trip to<br />
Montreal in 2009 and by their love of animals.<br />
Their songs and live performances are highly<br />
lyrical and entertaining while maintaining a<br />
modern edge to them.<br />
Jorge Gavidia and Sarah Begin are currently active<br />
as regular performers in some of Toronto’s most<br />
popular jazz clubs and in other venues around the<br />
Greater Toronto Area. The successful release of<br />
their first album brought with it a busy performance<br />
schedule and they are also making plans and<br />
writing music for their second album which they<br />
hope to start recording in the months to come.<br />
www.myspace.com/jorgeandsarah<br />
852 Broadview ave, apt 204<br />
Toronto, Ontario, M4K 2R1<br />
(416) 910-7920<br />
info@jorgegavidiamusic.com
Jorge & Sarah<br />
Jazz, blues, and Latin music<br />
Press Quotes<br />
“So often do I hear the words “original compositions”<br />
and wish they would stick to standards, however<br />
this time it paid off. Sarah has a voice that can handle<br />
jazz or Latin songs and she knows how to swing.<br />
Jorge is a very melodic guitar player and seems right<br />
at home in the Latin vein.”<br />
-Dave Milbourne, Toronto Jazz Magazine.<br />
“For the blues to work, the vocals have<br />
to convey real pain. Bégin is no<br />
smooth operator like Norah Jones; her<br />
voice isn’t meant to soothe or comfort.<br />
This isn’t Starbucks-sponsored blues;<br />
this is the gritty stuff in dive bars.”<br />
- Leslie Connors, JazzTimes<br />
852 Broadview ave, apt 204<br />
Toronto, Ontario, M4K 2R1<br />
(416) 910-7920<br />
info@jorgegavidiamusic.com<br />
“The Jorge Gavidia & Sarah Bégin Quintet eschew<br />
the studio gloss of much contemporary jazz, which<br />
is a smart move. The spellbinding guitar riffs in<br />
“Mr. Molari Swings” and “Tabby Cat” would have<br />
been declawed by sugary production. The raw,<br />
minimalist approach may have lost commercial flavors,<br />
but it is true to the roots of this music.”<br />
- Robert Sutton, JazzTimes<br />
“Not only does Bégin sound like a blues vocalist from the ’40s and<br />
‘50s – Billie Holiday comes to mind – but the instruments themselves<br />
seem to have time traveled out of the past.”<br />
- Robert Sutton, JazzTimes<br />
www.myspace.com/jorgeandsarah
Jorge Gavidia - Guitar
Sarah Begin - Voice