![]() ![]() Sun Songs represents a new chapter in her career. Her accolades include numerous National Jazz Awards in Canada, and she was the featured bassist for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games’ closing ceremonies and soundtrack. A dedicated jazz edu- cator, Proznick is a faculty member at Kwantlen Polytechnic University and serves as the artistic director of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s School of Music Summer Jazz Workshop. Among the luminaries with whom she has performed or toured are pianist Harold Mabern, saxophonists George Coleman and Seamus Blake, singer Dee Daniels and multi-in- strumentalist Phil Dwyer. It felt like the most joyful thing I had ever seen in my life.”Ī first-call bassist, Proznick has played on 40 recordings. “I was a 13-year-old kid with my jaw on the floor. “We were in the fourth row,” she reminisced. ”Īt age 13, she experienced a pivotal moment at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, where she saw a trio performance by pianist Gene Harris, bassist Ray Brown and drummer Jeff Hamilton. ![]() “I dug the idea that the bass was in the back of the band and I could just do my thing and play and be a support. “I had not seen many girls play the bass and that was cool,” she recalled. Starting on the piano at 3 years old and musically literate by age 5, Proznick settled on the bass in the eighth grade. Music was central to Proznick’s life even as a toddler. Featuring emotionally charged material, Sun Songs is a powerful artistic statement. Today, Proznick is re-energizing her career as a bandleader with the new album Sun Songs (Cellar Live), a collection of eight original com- positions and an interpretation of Stephin Merritt’s “The Book Of Love.” Proznick’s top-notch band includes pianist Tilden Webb (who is also her husband), saxophonist Steve Kaldestad, drummer Jesse Cahill and vocalist Laila Biali. After earning a Juno nomination for her 2007 quartet album, Foundations, Proznick discovered she was pregnant, and she learned that her mother had been diagnosed with early-onset dementia and therefore would need a great deal of assistance and care. Ten years ago, bassist Jodi Proznick’s ascending career hit a plateau due to fam- ily matters. ![]()
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