Michael Herring, Allison Au & Ernesto Cervini Trio
September 17 @ 5:00 PM

Michael Herring - Bass
Allison Au - Sax
Ernesto Cervini - Drums

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Three of Canada's most respected jazz voices come together as the Michael Herring, Allison Au and Ernesto Cervini Trio to take the stage at the Rex. 

Michael Herring is a Toronto-based composer and double bassist, a JUNO nominee and 2026 Louis Applebaum Composers Award nominee whose playing and writing have shaped some of Canada's most distinctive jazz voices over two decades. He leads or co-leads eight bands spanning jazz, roots, Americana and indie rock, including the JUNO-nominated Peripheral Vision, co-led with guitarist Don Scott. His latest releases are 918 Bathurst Videos by Peripheral Vision, and singles, Front of Mind and Oh, Vulnerable Voice, co-written with Harley Card. His bass has been called "soaring and swooping" by the Toronto Star. 

Allison Au is a JUNO Award–winning saxophonist, composer and arranger and one of Toronto's most compelling bandleaders. Her sophomore record, Forest Grove, won the JUNO for Best Jazz Album: Group in 2016, with further nominations in 2013 and 2019. Her writing fuses jazz with classical, Latin, pop and R&B influences — most recently on 2023's Migrations, which wove vocals, strings and poetry into a meditation on her family's history. Ernesto Cervini is a JUNO Award–winning drummer, composer and bandleader whose playing has been called that of "an arranger at heart." He's built one of the most varied bodies of work on the Canadian scene, including the Ernesto Cervini Quartet, the JUNO-nominated sextet Turboprop, and the trio Myriad3. Critics have likened his feel to old-school greats like Art Blakey and Billy Higgins. 

Together, this trio brings the full weight of Toronto's jazz scene to one bandstand. It's a night not to be missed.