Petr Cancura

Though he was born in the Czech Republic, made his mark in Canada and now lives in New York, the saxophonist, clarinetist and banjoist Petr Cancura has a feeling for the rural American South, particularly as depicted through black-and-white photographs…Read more

NAC PresentsPetr Cancura and Down Home
October 30
NAC Fourth Stage
7:30 p.m. (doors at 7 p.m.)
Tickets $ 33
http://nac-cna.ca/en/presents/event/9232

Petr Cancura - banjo, saxophone
Kirk Knuffke - cornet
Brian Drye - trombone
Garth Stevenson - bass
Richie Barshay…Read more

We are super excited to be invited to perform at the Halifax Jazz Festival this summer. We will be there July 6th and 7th. 
HalifaxJazzFestival.ca

I am super excited at how well Down Home is being received, we just recently found out we were nominated for the Jazz Instrumental Category at the Independent Music Awards!!!!

We are also hoping we can take home a JUNO…Read more

DOWN HOME just got nominated for the Juno Awards.
This is super exciting news for us! 

 "The saxophonist/banjoist's Down Home is three parts roots music, two parts jazz, one part blues, mixed on a country porch, and, pardon the cliché, it cooks... the saxophonist takes jazz back to a rural place... It's as if the windows…Read more

Here are some full reviews:

All About Jazz review of Down Home by Mark Corroto of All About Jazz focusing on jazz and country. 

Peter Hum's review from the Ottawa Citizen