The Toronto Jazz Festival is a jazz event in Toronto which takes place for 10 days in late June through early July. Like the Beaches International Jazz Festival , most of the events are outdoors and located throughout the downtown core. The hub of the festival is Nathan Phillips Square , with more than 40 other locations spread out all across the city. It attracts over 500,000 people and is the city's third largest annual music festival next to NXNE and The Beaches International Jazz Festival . Incorporating a blend of jazz styles - from straight-ahead to bop to fusion to avant-garde- with tastes of other genres (for example, blues, funk, R&B, hip-hop, Latin, etc...) the festival has something for everyone. It was formerly known as the DuMaurier Jazz Festival, until the ban on tobacco advertising by the federal government forced the need for a new sponsor. Today, the festival is sponsored by TD Bank and has since dropped the word "Downtown" from its title.
4-580: Originally started in 1987, the Festival was co-founded by Executive Producer Patrick Taylor and Former Artistic Director Jim Galloway ; currently, the Artistic Director is Josh Grossman. Roy Thomson Hall , the CN Tower and Metro Convention Centre were the three venues for that inaugural season. Miles Davis , Roberta Flack and Tony Bennett were the headliners that year. This jazz festival article
8-491: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a Canadian festival is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Toronto -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Jim Galloway James Braidie Galloway (28 July 1936 – 30 December 2014) was a jazz clarinet and saxophone player. He based his career in Canada after emigrating from Scotland in
12-701: The mid-1960s. Galloway was born in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland. He studied graphic design at the Glasgow School of Fine Arts. He also studied clarinet and alto saxophone, and began playing in local Glasgow venues. Galloway moved to Toronto in 1964. He worked briefly as a graphic designer, and played in local bands, including the Metro Stompers. He went on tour in Europe and the United States with Buddy Tate in
16-581: The mid-1970s, and soon after formed the Wee Big Band. Galloway recorded many jazz albums, both with his own band and in collaboration with other well-known jazz musicians. His album Walking on Air was nominated for Best Jazz Album at the Juno Awards of 1980 . He was a co-founder of the Toronto Jazz Festival , and served as its music director from 1987 to 2009. In 2002 he was made a Chevalier of
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