THE AL SIMMONS BAND FEATURING RON PALEY, GREG LOWE & DANIEL KOULACK
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2012
2pm & 8pm
THE PARK THEATRE
698 OSBORNE STREET
Adults: $20 advance / $25 door
Al Simmons is best-known to audiences in Winnipeg and around the world for his one-man, multi-prop, music-filled, off the wall performances. Al is a man dedicated to the all-but-lost art of combining comedy with song, dance, magic, and sight-gags in true Vaudeville style.
For two performances as a part of Jazz Winnipeg’s 2011/2012 Concert Season, Al has invited three of Winnipeg’s top jazz musicians—Ron Paley(piano/accordian), Greg Lowe(guitar) and Daniel Koulack(multi-instrumentalist)—to join him to perform new, never-heard-before material as well as best-loved classics from his catalogue of recordings. Performing with these top-drawer players will also afford him the versatility to perform songs from these recordings he doesn’t normally get to perform live.
In the entertainment business since 1970, the popular Manitoba-based children’s performer is likely Canada’s most versatile comedian. He puts on a funfest, full of bizarre gadgets, wild costumes, unique songs, crazy vaudeville-inspired routines and of course bad puns.
Al’s debut album “Something’s Fishy at Camp Wiganishie” earned a Juno nomination for best Children’s Album. His follow up recording was a brilliant ode to vaudeville, “Celery Stalks at Midnight”. It won the 1995 Juno Award and the 1996 U.S. Parents’ Choice Award. “The Truck I Bought From Moe”, his third album, garnered a Juno nomination and a Parents’ Choice Award.
www.alsimmons.com
