![Improvising & Experimental Music of Ottawa and Outwards. [2010 to 2023]](https://www.improvisedmoo.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMOOLogoHighQuality-e1662557657744.png)
Performing at Gigspace, Saturday September 7th, 8:00pm
- Ellwood Epps – Trumpet
- Aurélien Tomasi – Alto Sax
- Scott Thomson – Trombone
- Stephane Diamantakiou – Bass
- Ivan Bamford – Drums
Togetherness! is a Montreal quintet which plays joyful, adventurous, swinging music from South Africa and beyond. They play compositions by Abdullah Ibrahim, Dudu Pukwana, Johnny Dyani, William Parker, Don Cherry, Ellwood Epps, and more. Togetherness! is a highly unified group sound, exciting and surprising improvisation, and an energetic take on performance which aims to uplift the band and listeners together.
Featuring long-time friends of IMOO Ellwood Epps and Scott Thomson, the band was formed in 2016 and has since played more than a dozen performances, including the Montreal Jazz Festival, the Something Else! Festival in Hamilton, and a tour of Ontario. The music speaks to fans of swinging jazz, danceable grooves, and the avant-garde, all essential elements within the tradition of South African jazz music.