IN THE MOOD QUARTET plays pop, swing and Jazz of the 1940s

Event Description

Featuring vocalist Angela Verbrugge, and military historian Susan Ray-Dunne

Performs traditional pop and jazz of the late 1930s and 1940s WW2 era - the songs of love and longing, playful flirting, and swingin’ distraction. This music defined a decade and uplifted hearts through dark wartime days. This Remembrance Day, join us to bob your head, tap your toe, reflect and remember those who lose their lives fighting for peace in a unique format. Songs from The Andrews Sisters, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Vera Lynn and more like We’ll Meet Again, For All We Know, Bluebirds Over the White Cliffs of Dover, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, I’ll Never Smile Again, and In the Mood.

Angela, who relocated to Victoria in 2019, previously would perform this annually to critical acclaim in Vancouver area. This year she was nominated for Jazz Artist of the Year at the Western Canadian Music Awards. She won the JazzTimes’ Readers’ Poll for Best Female Vocalist and has a number of popular vocal jazz albums out on all streaming platforms, the most recent on the OA2 Jazz label, Origin Records USA. This year alone, her music has brought her on tours to Japan, Taiwan, France, Germany, Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and throughout her home province of British Columbia. Dr Tony Genge is a masterful jazz pianist, well-versed in the 40s style. They are joined by Nanaimo's fine rhythm section of tasteful bassist Ken Lister and swingin' drummer Graham Villette.

The event includes a special reading and historical insights by military historian and author Susan Raby-Dunne. Susan is the author or numerous books including John McCrae: Beyond Flanders Fields, and works as a First and Second World War battlefield and historical tour guide.

This show sells out every year. Reserve NOW to avoid being turned away.

“Angela’s music brings joy. You can hear that Angela is imaginative, but her singing rests securely on deep emotional understanding. She understands the song, not only as notes and syllables on paper, but also the heart-messages it sends us. She conveys tenderness, thoughtfulness, wit, and ardor: emotions and perceptions aimed right at us through her very human voice, its phrase-ending vibrato signifying a sweet earnestness. Her art is her own, and she offers rare pleasures.” JAZZLIVES