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Best Jazz & Blues in Ottawa

Jesse Cook at NAC Southam Hall

Jesse Cook

Canadian guitarist, producer and nuevo flamenco star Cook turns his lighting quick fingers to flamenco, rumba, jazz plus various other forms of world music into his work. A Juno Award winner, he has also received accolades from Acoustic Guitar magazine, and is a three-time winner of the Canadian Smooth Jazz award for Guitarist of the Year. To top that off, he has also sold more than 1.5 million worldwide, cementing himself as a global guitar superstar.

Colin James at NAC Southam Hall

Colin James

Candian-born blues rocker Colin James returns to the road with his distinctive, gravel-toned vocals and his catalog of nearly 20 albums. First bursting onto the scene in the 80s, James can go from country-tinged folk to blues anthems at the click of a finger. You had best wear your favorite foot-tapping shoes because you're going to be doing it all night!

Branford Marsalis at NAC Southam Hall

Branford Marsalis

Three-time Grammy Award-winning saxophonist and New Orleans native Branford Marsalis has jazz running through his veins. The sons of a jazz singer and music professor, Marsalis and his brothers have risen to the upper echelons of modern jazz due to their virtuosic playing and technique. In an astounding four decade career, the living legend has performed and recorded with the likes of Miles Davis, Art Blakey and Herbie Hancock.

Jan 22 - 23, 2025

NAC Southam Hall

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