October Songs Brian Dickinson & Penderecki String Quartet

• 1 Autumn Glow 08:26
• 2 October Songs Pt. 1 07:45
• 3 October Songs Pt. 2 09:15
• 4 October Songs Pt. 3 11:06
• 5 Spring Sprung In 05:43
• 6 Touch Her Soft Lips and Part 11:20
• Total Runtime 53:35

Info zu October Songs

This recording is a collaboration with the Penderecki String Quartet, featuring original compositions by pianist Brian Dickinson. It features saxophonist Kelly Jefferson and bassist Jim Vivian. The centerpiece is a three-part suite entitled "October Songs". The closing track is Dickinson's lush orchestration of The William Walton piece, "Touch Her Soft Lips and Part".

Brian Dickinson, piano
Kelly Jefferson, tenor and soprano saxophones
Jim Vivian, bass
The Penderecki String Quartet:
Jerzy Kaplanek, violin
Jeremy Bell, violin
Christine Vlajk, viola
Katie Schlaikjer, cello

Recorded at Inception Sound, Toronto on May 6th and 7th 2025
Engineered by Chad Irschick
Mixed by Michael Haas, Mastered by Reuben Ghose (Mojito Mastering)
Produced by Brian Dickinson assisted by Sam Dickinson
Executive Producer: Cory Weeds

Brian Dickinson
has been a fixture on the Canadian jazz scene for over thirty-five years. He has performed internationally with artists including Lee Konitz, Jerry Bergonzi, Michael and Randy Brecker, Pat LaBarbera, Kirk MacDonald, Kenny Wheeler and John Abercrombie. He is a mul?ple Juno award winner with two recent nomina?ons for his recordings, “Fishs Eddy”, a trio offering featuring the bass work of George Mraz and “The Rhythm Method”, a quintet recording. His most recent recording is, “Music for Jazz Orchestra” (October 2017), a recording of original music for big band featuring some of Canada’s best, including: Kelly Jefferson, Kevin Turco]e, John MacLeod, Luis Deniz, Perry White and Al Kay, among others. As a sideman, he has played on over eighty recordings. For the past two years, he has been an active member of the “Canadian Jazz Collective” touring and recording in Europe and North America.

Kelly Jefferson
Multiple Juno award–winning saxophonist, composer and educator Kelly Jefferson has been a leading figure in the Canadian jazz community and beyond for over twenty-five years. He has performed with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Maria Schneider, Christian McBride, Kenny Werner, Phil Woods, Clark Terry, Al Jarreau, Michel LeGrand, Brian Blade, Randy Brecker, Renee Rosnes, Russell Malone and Joey DeFrancesco. Kelly holds a Bachelor of Music degree from McGill University in Montreal and a master’s degree from Manhattan School of Music in New York City. Kelly has performed extensively in Canada, the United States, Japan, Thailand, Europe, South Korea and China, including a nine-month tour with legendary trumpeter Maynard Ferguson. The Kelly Jefferson Quartet release Next Exit, was nominated for a 2011 Juno Award. Kelly is also a member of the collective trio TuneTown, along with bassist Artie Roth and drummer Ernesto Cervini. Mr. Jefferson is currently a faculty member at both the University of Toronto and York University, and has adjudicated at music festivals and has given numerous clinics and workshops throughout North America. An active freelance musician and guest artist, Kelly performs regularly with groups that include the Carn-Davidson 9, Emilie-Claire Barlow and The Shuffle Demons.

Jim Vivian
has been at the forefront of music making in Canada for 30 years, and has performed and/or recorded with most of the well known jazz artists working in the country today. Originally from Newfoundland, he moved from St. John’s to Toronto in 1979 to pursue classical bass studies with Thomas Monohan and Thorvald Fredin. During the early 1980’s he began to focus more on jazz and improvised music, studying with Dave Holland at the Banff centre, and later in New York with Holland and Marc Johnson. Jim has long-standing associations with many musicians in Toronto and across the country such as Mike Murley, Jeff Johnston, Don Thompson, Brian Dickinson, and John MacLeod, to name a few. He appears on over 100 recordings, 30 of which have been nominated for Juno awards in as many years. He has also performed and recorded with many internationally esteemed artists such as John Abercrombie, Jerry Bergonzi, Mick Goodrick, David Leibman, John Taylor, Kenny Wheeler, and Norma Winstone. Jim holds a Masters Degree in Music from York University and has been on Faculty at the University of Toronto Jazz Department since September 2001.

The Penderecki String Quartet
approaching the third decade of an extraordinary career, has become one of the most celebrated chamber ensembles of their genera?on. These four musicians from Poland, Canada, and the USA bring their varied yet collective experience to create performances that demonstrate their “remarkable range of technical excellence and emotional sweep” (Toronto, Globe and Mail). Their recent schedule has included concerts in New York (Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall), Amsterdam (Concertgebouw), Los Angeles (REDCAT at Disney Hall), St. Petersburg, Paris, Prague, Berlin, Rome, Belgrade, Zagreb, Atlanta, as well as appearances at international festivals in Poland, Lithuania, Italy, Venezuela, Brazil, and China. The PSQ champions music of our ?me, performing a wide range of repertoire from Haydn to Zappa as well as premiering over 100 new works to date. Described by Fanfare Magazine as “an ensemble of formidable power and keen musical sensitvity”, the PSQ’s diverse discography includes the chamber music of Brahms and Shostakovich (Eclectra and Marquis labels) and their recently released Bartok cycle. They enter their 20th year as Quartet-in-Residence at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario.

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