Jonno Lightstone
February 12 @ 5:00 PM

Jonno Lightstone - Clarinet / Flute
Band - TBA

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Jonno Lightstone is regarded as one of Toronto's finest klezmer  musicians. A clarinetist, equally at home on flute and saxophone, he  is a multi-faceted musician whose projects, however eclectic, always  reveal his passion for klezmer and his thorough knowledge of the  

idiom. He is the leader of the Yiddish Swingtet, a trio whose music  runs the gamut from traditional Eastern European klezmer to  American jazz and swing. He founded Hu tsa tsa, a traditional  klezmer group with a chamber music aesthetic and has performed  klezmer music to the R & B grooves of Matzo Ball Gumbo.  Klezmology, a group dedicated to exploring the interface between  klezmer music and free improvisation is a partnership with renowned  saxophonist David Mott, and drummer Nick Fraser. In collaboration with guitarist Brian Katz, the duo Lightstone / Katz explores rarely  performed klezmer repertoire, creating a variety of diverse moods by  weaving together klezmer melodies with the sounds and textures of  chamber music, modal jazz, Indian raga, and blues. 

Lightstone has produced and played on a number of CDs 

including, Hu Tsa Tsa’s Well Tempered Klezmorim, The Hot Latkes' Eine Kleine Klezmer Muzik, Matzo Ball Gumbo’s Peyes Up Front, and  The Yiddish Swingtet’s Shul Days. He has performed with the touring  Broadway show Evita, Zalman Mlotek’s Soul to Soul and has played  at many festivals including: Ashkenaz, The Distillery Jazz Festival,  Toronto Jazz Festival and, Caribana. 

A much sought after teacher, he teaches privately at Royal St.  George College and has led klezmer workshops at Lakefield Music,  CAMMAC and Klezkanada. He has coached award-winning  ensembles and is the musical director of Klezkonnection, Canada’s  largest community klezmer orchestra. He holds a Masters Degree in  Ethnomusicology from York University.