17 January – IMOO: 134: Newman/Segger/Ng cd release

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Paul Newman – tenor saxophone
Karen Ng – alto saxophone
Heather Segger – trombone

Three great horn players from Toronto drop by to celebrate the release a new cd – consisting of long-scale duo compositions from Paul Newman.

Heather Segger is an active member of the Toronto jazz and improvised music communities as trombonist, composer, bandleader, curator, and educator.  Currently, Heather performs and arranges in local ensembles, and her own projects involve elements of composition/improvisation, visual art, and movement.  Heather has had the pleasure of performing with an eclectic group of artists including Sylvie Courvoisier, Dave Douglas, members of the ICP Orchestra, Broken Social Scene, and Owen Pallett.
Toronto based saxophonist Karen Ng is an eclectic musician involved in many different projects all over the grid. She has had the happy opportunity to perform all over the world, touring Canada, the US, Europe and Asia. She has appeared on stage with the likes of Do Make Say Think, Fresh Snow, Bry Webb, L CON, Del Bel and Broken Social Scene. Also an active member in the Toronto improv scene, Karen plays with Ken Aldcroft’s Convergence Ensemble, Pete Johnston’s See Through Trio/Quintet, Imaginary Flesh (formerly Clarinet Panic), THREADS, Interstellar Orchestra, Josh Cole 4tet and has been a long-time member of the great Dave Clark’s Woodshed Orchestra. She was awarded the Chalmers Professional Development Grant by the Ontario Arts Council in 2015 to study with the saxophone section of the ICP Orchestra in Amsterdam and Berlin.

Paul Newman is a saxophonist and composer. A native of Ottawa, he was educated at St. Francis Xavier University, The Banff Centre for the Arts, and most recently, York University where he studied composition with David Mott. Duo Compositions, features Newman in duets with trombonist Heather Segger and saxophonist Karen Ng. His latest solo outing, Compositions for Solo Soprano Saxophone, was released in the spring of 2013. There is another on the way. Paul lives in Toronto with his cat, Mahalia.