Gershwin, Porter, 'n Me: Angela Verbrugge, Ray Gallon

Fri. June 5th Hotel Wolfe Island Wolfe Island Ontario $20
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Gershwin, Porter, 'n Me: Angela Verbrugge, Ray Gallon

Western Canadian Music Awards ‘Jazz Artist of the Year’ nominee.
Event can be attended in person In-Person Event Venue is part of the Downtown Kingston Business Improvement Area
Music Jazz / Blues Pop / Rock / Indie
Fri. June 5th + Add to Calendar Hotel Wolfe Island
6:00pm - 8:30pm $20

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Angela Verbrugge
Traditional vocal jazz from Victoria BC
Ray Gallon
from New York City New York

Event Description

Catch this special Steinway and voice performance in Hotel Wolfe Island’s Piano Room!

There will be two shows for different sets:
6-6:50pm (catch the 5pm ferry from Kingston to attend this set) & 7:30-8:20pm (catch the 7pm ferry to attend this set).

Admission will be collected at the door.

Gershwin, Porter, ‘n Me:

Western Canadian Music Awards ‘Jazz Artist of the Year’ nominee Angela (Clancy) Verbrugge brings Gershwin- and Cole Porter-era standards to life with her signature charm. A finalist in the International Songwriting Competition, Verbrugge weaves in timeless stories of the heart with her own Canadian jazz compositions and lyrics.

The Kingston-born, Amherstview-raised, Vancouver Island-based artist is described as “both hip and a hoot” (JazzWeekly), and has toured in Japan, Hong Kong, S. Korea, Taiwan, Türkiye, the UK, Germany, Luxembourg, France, Italy, and coast to coast in Canada — all since 2021! She has released four albums to great reviews from the international jazz press, topped polls in JazzTimes and All About Jazz, and is regularly played on leading jazz radio programs. Her recorded songs have been streamed almost a million times across platforms.

Backed by a stellar pianist —New York City Grammy-nominated jazz pianist Ray Gallon — you can expect a performance featuring beloved classics and new favourites delivered with irresistible musical chemistry. Save the date now for an unforgettable evening of jazz standards, original Canadian lyrics, and heartfelt music for Angela and Ray’s debut on Wolfe Island.

Angela Verbrugge (vocals)
Vancouver Island vocalist Angela Verbrugge was nominated for Jazz Artist of the Year at the 2024 Western Canadian Music Awards. In 2025, All About Jazz announced that Verbrugge had topped their Reader Poll for Jazz Vocalist, and in 2020, Angela won the JazzTimes’ Readers’ Poll for Best Female Vocalist. She “possesses a winsome, brightly-burnished, pliable voice, ample emotional intelligence, and conspicuously good taste. Angela’s four albums feature standout arrangements of standards and original songs in the style of the Great American Songbook. The projects received praise in All About Jazz, JazzTimes, Jazzwise, Couleurs France, Syncopated Times, Jersey Jazz, LA Jazz Scene, and publications around the world, leading to tours to Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, S. Korea, Türkiye, the UK, Germany, France, Luxembourg, and eight provinces — all since 2021. Her music has charted on JazzWeek, been featured by CBC and NPR, and she held the number one spot on the Earshot Jazz charts for multiple weeks. Angela’s tracks have been streamed a million times across streaming platforms since her debut in 2019.

Ray Gallon (piano)
To listen to pianist Ray Gallon is to take a journey through the great lineage of jazz piano, from its inception to the cutting-edge present. His playing is imbued with the vocabulary, sensibilities, and soul of the very architects of the jazz art form. Born, raised, and living his whole life in Manhattan, NYC pianist Ray Gallon has been a mainstay on the jazz scene for over thirty-five years. Rooted in bebop and blues, his expressive, swingin’ playing melds old and new into a fresh, original style. As a young player, Ray was taken under the wing of piano giants John Lewis, Hank Jones, and Jaki Byard. He has performed at major jazz festivals and venues around the world with such luminaries as Ron Carter, Lionel Hampton, Art Farmer, Benny Golson, George Adams, Les Paul, and Wycliffe Gordon. Ray has appeared at the White House and the Kennedy Center, sharing the stage with jazz legends including Dizzy Gillespie, Milt Jackson, Sweets Edison, and Joe Williams. An in-demand accompanist, he has worked with many vocal greats, including Jon Hendricks, Sheila Jordan, Dakota Staton, Gloria Lynne, Jane Monheit, and Chaka Khan. Ray’s Cellar Live recordings include such luminaries as Kenny Washington, Ron Carter, and Lewis Nash, and Ahmad Jamal called his recorded work “extraordinary”.

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Hotel Wolfe Island
1237 County Road 96
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Gershwin, Porter, 'n Me: Angela Verbrugge, Ray Gallon @ Hotel Wolfe Island Jun 5 2026 - May 18th @ Hotel Wolfe Island

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