Join Secret Salon Series, the perfect combination of intimate concerts, in super-secret locations, all geared to stir up your curiosity for superb music, fabulous headliners, and music to remember.
Ross Wooldridge is a versatile Canadian jazz musician, composer, and bandleader, known for his work on piano, clarinet, saxophone, and flute. He leads the Galaxy Orchestra and co-leads The Dixie Demons, specializing in swing and traditional jazz. A longtime collaborator with artists like Alex Pangman and Jeff Healey, Ross is also a dedicated music educator in Toronto.
Carolyn Credico is a jazz and pop singer from Hamilton, Ontario. A graduate of Mohawk College’s Applied Music Program, she studied jazz voice under Bob Hamper and was featured on Jazz FM 91.1’s Jazzology. Her debut album, Pieces of Dreams, features jazz greats Don Thompson, Reg Schwager, and Pat Collins. Carolyn performs regularly across Toronto, Hamilton, and the Niagara Region.
About the show:
Often lost to the mists of time, the vast Great North American Songbook offers hundreds of examples of buried treasures in Verses - those forgotten bits of music that precede the much-loved and well-remembered refrains.
Experience the joy of renewing your love for these great songs as Ross and Carolyn dust off these delicious morsels of music and tell you the history behind each song! Marvel at the beautiful interpretations of Carolyn Credico, and Ross at the piano.
"Unearthing the rarely heard verses"