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1993, after winning the General Motors Award of Excellence as one
of the top young musicians in Canada, bassist Jodi Proznick moved
from her native White Rock, B.C. to Montreal, P.Q. where she obtained
her Bachelor of Music from McGill University under the tutelage of
Michel Donato, Eric Legace and Alec Walkington. Jodi was awarded a
Performance Scholarship in 1997 as a member of the McGill Big Band
I. She performed extensively in Montreal, appearing in club and concert
venues as well as on local television and radio programs. In Montreal,
Jodi performed with Juno nominated Ranee Lee, Joel Miller, Christine
Jensen, Kelly Jefferson, Michel Cusson (of Uzeb), André White,
Steve Amirault, Greg Clayton and many others. In 1998, Jodi gained
international recognition as a member of the IAJE Sisters in Jazz
Quintet which brought her to New York to perform with Ingrid Jensen.
The group toured together in the spring of 1998, including an opening
performance for Geri Allen in Detroit.
Since moving to Vancouver in 2000, Jodi has become
a top call bassist. She has played with international jazz stars
such as George Coleman (Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock), David Fathead
Newman (Ray Charles), Ed Thigpen (Oscar Peterson Trio, Ella Fitzgerald),
Charles McPherson (Charles Mingus), Sheila Jordan, Seamus Blake,
Eric Alexander, Ryan Kaisor (Lincoln Center Orchestra), Eddie Henderson,
Eddie Daniels, Mark Murphy, George Colligan, Kitty Margolis, Patience
Higgins, Jim Rotundi, Houston Pearson, Scott Hamilton, Ingrid Jensen,
Frank Catalano, Darrell Grand as well as Carsten and Christina Dahl.
Jodi has also performed with Canadian greats such as P.J. Perry,
Ian McDougall, Denzal Sinclaire, Oliver Gannon, Brad Turner, Kirk
Macdonald, Phil Dwyer, Mike Allen, VEJI, Hugh Fraser, Campbell Ryga,
Dee Daniels, Karin Plato, Brian Dickinson, Kate Hammett-Vaughan,
Bill Coon, Heather Bambrick, Jean-Francois Groulx, Ron Paley, Celso
Machado, Kia Kadiri, Maestro Bramwell Tovey, Jennifer Scott, Melody
Diachun, Dave McMurdo, The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, The Vancouver
Chamber Choir and many others. She has been featured on over a dozen
recordings including a recent release with the Tilden Webb Trio
featuring the legendary David Fathead Newman. She has performed
on CBC Radio´s Jazzbeat, Hot Air, Silence en Jazz, the Early
Edition, West Coast Performance and Sounds Like Canada.
A highlight for Jodi was opening for Oscar Peterson
with the Oliver Gannon Quartet at the Orpheum in the summer of 2004.
Also In 2004, Jodi won the Galaxie Rising Star Award of the Vancouver
International Jazz Festival with her own group, the Jodi Proznick
Quartet. The group released their debut CD Foundations on Cellar
Live in October of 2006 which features many of Jodi´s compositions.
She is a member of many critically acclaimed groups including the
Tilden Webb Trio, the Joel Haynes Trio, the Jill Townsend Big Band
and the Weeds/Minemoto Quartet.
In 2005, Jodi had the opportunity to play a concert
series with VSO concertmaster Mark Fewer and Grammy nominated classical
pianist, John Novecek for CBC´s West Coast Performance. In
the winter of 2007, Jodi was a featured performer with the Vancouver
Symphony Orchestra. After a successful performance at the 2007 Montreal
International Jazz Festival for thousands of people, the Jodi Proznick
Quartet is headed off on a fall Canadian tour of Saskatoon, Whitehorse,
Vancouver, Edmonton, Montreal, Toronto, Brandon, Winnipeg, Regina
and Medicine Hat among other dates.
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