Yvette Tollar sings Joni Mitchell
August 23 & 24 @ 8:00 PM

Yvette Tollar - Vocals
Band - TBA

Vocalist Yvette Tollar is a mainstay on the Canadian  jazz and world music scenes. She studied in New  York with Sheila Jordan and participated in  workshops at the Banff Centre for the Arts, working  with Dave Holland, Kenny Werner and Joe Lovano.  

Tollar started her professional career at 16, and has  been a regular at several Toronto live music spots  for years. She is a former member of the The Merlin  Factor, and she has recorded with the Toronto Tabla  Ensemble for Japan's Naxus label. She has also  toured her own ensemble through Europe and parts  of Canada. In addition, has collaborated with  guitarist Kevin Breit, pianist David Restivo, her  brother Ernie Tollar, and sings with the Hungarian  band Kek Duna, performs with Michael Occhipinti’s  “Shine On: The Universe of John Lennon” provides  backing vocals for Maryem Tollar and has sung with  Rich Brown’s contemporary jazz super group  rinsethealgorithm. 

She released her album "Ima" in November 2008 at  the Glenn Gould Studio, earning a 2009 JUNO  Award nomination. Yvette is now finishing an album  dedicated to the music of Joni Mitchell.