2011 NEWS:

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CGW is now on Sonicbids! - April 30, 2011

Very excited to have my trio on Sonicbids...stop by to check out our page:



www.sonicbids.com/chicagogoeswest


1+4 CD - April 14, 2011

My latest CD '1+4' was #1 in Canadian jazz radio charts for the entire month of March!  Thanks to everyone for their continued support!



www.earshot-online.com/charts/2011/March/jazz.cfm


3rd Annual Wetaskiwin Jazz Camp! - March 23, 2011



Registration is now open for the 3rd annual Wetaskiwin Jazz Camp: July 10-15!  Montreal legend Rémi Bolduc will once again be our Special Guest Artist!

See www.wetaskiwinjazz.com for more details and to apply!


March Update - March 14, 2011

Just finished an absolutely fantastic tour of Northern BC with the Hutchinson Andrew featuring Kodi Hutchinson and Chris Gestrin!  Beautiful week, great people and wonderful music.  Look forward to being up there again some day!

I'm giving a masterclass this Friday at 3pm at UofT's Faculty of Music in the Boyd Neel Room.


Radio Charts and Tour wrap up - February 28, 2011

Our new Cd '1+4' was number one this past week on Canadian Jazz Radio charts!  Thanks to everyone for all their support.

Another tour is in the books and the Jazz-in-Schools was fantastic this past week!  Thousands of smiling students and wonderful teachers and support staff.  This year's theme was teamwork and next year's theme will be 'Communication'.  Look forward to it!

Thank you to our following sponsors for their support of this tour:

  


1+4 premiers at #2 this week in Radio Charts! - February 9, 2011

My new CD '1+4' featuring the great Rémi Bolduc is #2 this week on Earshot national charts!!

www.earshot-online.com/charts/index.cfm


VFTF mini-tour Finished - January 18, 2011

Another January and another awesome tour with the Visions from the Farm Quartet (Chris Andrew, Kodi Hutchinson, Brent Mah).  We visited a few new cities and venues, which is always refreshing.  Thanks to everyone who supported us the past couple of weeks...we'll see you next time!


New CD '1+4' is now Available! - January 18, 2011



Very excited to announce that my new CD '1+4: Karl Schwonik Jazz Ensemble avec/with Rémi Bolduc' is now available online!  See the 'Buy CD's' section of this website for more info.  1+4 features: Rémi Bolduc, James Davis, Chris Andrew and Kodi Hutchinson.  The recording was made live at the Nancy Appleby Theatre in Athabasca in July 2010.

The CD was already #1 on the charts at CJSR 88.5 in Edmonton for the week of January 18!