Event Details
Date: Friday, June 22, 2012
Start Time: 8:00 PM
Event Type: Concerts, Festivals
Last Updated: June 11, 2012
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TD Toronto Jazz FestivalLine Up Shuffle DemonsShuffle DemonsThe Shuffle Demons are a Canadian band led by Richard Underhill, whove provided some of the most innovative and high-energy jazz to come out of North America in years. Theyre virtually impossible to find outside Canada and were equally non-existent on the Web until this page was created to solve both of those problems.The band started as three saxophones, stand-up bass, and drums. They played a type of jazz they termed Bop Rap, with wild free-jazz improvisations and some hip tunes. They wore wild suits, berets, and goatees, covering the occasional Monk or Rollins tune but mostly writing their own jazz heads and humorous tributes to Torontos public transportation system among other things.The Band now consists of one saxophone (with some heavily computerized effects), drums, bass, and guitar, and they play a version of acid jazz which they like to call Cyber-Jazz or Trip-Hop.