The young Sinatra at a Gin Joint. Reid's Distillery.
Whisky drinker Alex Bird is fairly new (to me) on the jazz music scene in Toronto, but his music roots go very deep into the jazz history. He emulates Sinatra and style of 1950's crooners, but he writes many of his own songs. His adoptive parents (orphanage in Romania) took him at very young age to see the best jazz in Toronto and in the clubs in NYC. He met people like Tony Bennett, Ray Charles, Diana Krall, Oscar Peterson and even performed with them as a child. He studied acting (and it shows) and has parts in TV series. His band Jazz Mavericks feature high calibre young musicians such as Jacob Gorzhaltsan (sax) and Ewen Farncombe (piano). At Reid's Distillery (Gin) they also had Julian Bowes (bass). Alex is also a very good photographer and poet. His song "3:52 in the Morning" sounds like it was written by Leonard Cohen.
160. Reid's P1480611; Taken 2022 Dec 13, Upload 2022 Dec 15. Lmx -ZS100.
"3:52 in the Morning" (2020)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdkrn7XjnyM