This article was last updated on April 16, 2022
Canada: 
Oye! Times readers Get FREE $30 to spend on Amazon, Walmart…
USA: Oye! Times readers Get FREE $30 to spend on Amazon, Walmart…
“The boogie-woogie pianist best known as a must-see live act…”
– Bernard Perusse – Montreal Gazette
According to the popular website All About Jazz, virtuoso jazz pianist and vocalist Michael Kaeshammer, is “an artist brimful with talent,” and, “is the kind of troubadour who is instantly recognizable because of his sharp inflection and delicate phrasing.” One of the most exciting, young, jazz pianists in the country today, Kaeshammer garnered accolades throughout the Canadian Music Industry for each of his three Juno Award nominated recordings No Strings Attached, Strut and Days Like These. He has gone on to establish an international following for his dynamic live performances. Michael Kaeshammer performs live at the Markham Theatre on Friday, February 17, 2012 at 8 p.m.
Beloved for his captivating live performances, Kaeshammer’s on-stage presence is nothing less than charming, endlessly energetic and irresistibly engaging. His Koerner Hall debut will feature a three-piece horn section along with Michael’s renowned live rhythm players, musicians Marc Rogers (bass) and Mark McLean (drums).)
After studying classical piano for seven years in his German homeland, a 13-year-old Kaeshammer (pronounced “case-hammer”) discovered boogie-woogie and stride piano as played by Albert Ammons, Meade Lux Lewis, Pete Johnson, Pinetop Smith, and Fats Waller. In three years, the teen wunderkind was playing boogie-woogie piano in clubs, concerts, and festivals all over Germany. He attracted attention almost immediately after his family moved to the west coast of Canada, turning heads at performances at blues and jazz festivals across the country during the summer of 1996.
The Toronto-based Kaeshammer is best known in Canada, but has performed and toured extensively in the United States and Europe. Some of his most popular songs are “On a Saturday Night” from the album No Strings Attached, “Comes Love” from Strut, and “Cinnamon Sun” from Days Like These. Still in his early 30’s, Michael Kaeshammer is a three-time Juno Award nominee, and the winner of the 2002 West Coast Music Awards’ Musician of the Year and Performer of the Year. His sixth album, Lovelight — a recording that is being hailed as his best work to-date, is produced and co-written by Ron Lopata (Jacksoul, Tomi Swick).
For more information please visit www.michaelkaeshammer.com
Be the first to comment