George Essihos at Hermann's Jazz Club

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Sunday, October 12th, 2014
4:00 PM

Jazz pianist George Essihos performs at Hermann's Jazz Club on October 12, 2014.

George Essihos lives in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He trained as a classical pianist but by the age of 40 had become fascinated by jazz. A chance meeting with Ahmad Jamal was the turning point in George's career, when he decided to re-invent himself as a jazz pianist. His style is unmistakable; he has a seemingly limitless capacity for improvisation and an amazingly active musical imagination. His concerts are fairly infrequent, so his devoted fans consider each to be a special event. This promted CBC Radio's Jurgen Gothe to say "George Essihos is the west coast's best kept jazz secret." http://www.islandnet.com/~jshandro/essihos.html