By CKDP Staff

Ken Crone and the members of the Ken Crone Trio are proud to announce Friday Night Jazz, featuring Chris Norley. Chris will play Studio One on Friday, November 27, at 8 p.m.

Chris is a jazz guitarist, vocalist, teacher and composer based in London, Ontario, Canada. An active member of the regional jazz scene, he leads his own jazz groups, and has performed in various jazz, funk, pop, rock and country bands, as a solo act, and freelance musician. He was featured in the Profiles section of ArtScape Magazine November 2007 edition.

Twice nominated for Best Jazz Artist at the Jack Richardson Music Awards, Chris has performed live at the award evenings and was showcased on television news entertainment features. He has performed at Aeolian Hall Jazz Concerts, Jazz For The People concert series, the Stratford Jazz And Blues Festival, Forest City Jazz Festival, Quai du Vin Jazz Festival, Art In The Park Jazz Festival, live on Breakfast Television – Citytv and The New ‘PL (“News Now” evening news Entertainment Feature, “New Day” morning show), and at Canada Music Week. He has also performed at numerous corporate functions and conferences (clients include the University Of Western Ontario, Robarts Research Institute, General Electric Health Care, Freudenberg/North America, and MICCAI 2003 Conference) and extensively at jazz clubs and at private functions throughout Ontario.

Chris began his study of jazz with guitarist / composer Ben Heywood, who nurtured his love of the music, and encouraged him to study jazz performance at York University as a guitar and vocal major with Lorne Lofsky, Mark Eisenman, John Gittins and Bob Mover and Carol Welsman. He has attended master classes with Scott Henderson (of Tribal Tech) and Mick Goodrick.

He also has had the honour of performing with international recording artists including Lorne Lofsky (guitarist with Oscar Peterson), Pat LaBarbera (saxophonist with Elvin Jones, Buddy Rich), and Kirk MacDonald (1999 Juno award winner – best mainstream jazz album. Chris is also the author of the Southern Ontario Jazz Events page – an up to date listing of jazz gigs, concerts, festivals and radio shows in the region – which attempts to inform potential audiences about relevent events and raise awareness in the jazz listening community.

Tickets are $25 and are available by calling the CKtickets Box Office at 519-354-8338, by visiting 75 William Street North, Chatham, or online at www.cktickets.com.