Stuart Broomer Preview

Ashkenaz Festival.
This biennial celebration of Yiddish culture includes enough cutting- edge improvisation to qualify as Toronto’s most adventurous jazz festival. Drummer Aaron Alexander leads the New York–based Midrash Mish Mosh, bringing a hard-bop precision and force to the mix of klezmer, free jazz and world-beat elements. Sept. 3. CIBC Mainstage.

	Toronto Life, preview of the 2006 Ashkenaz Festival in Toronto, by Stuart Broomer
	Ashkenaz Festival. This biennial celebration of Yiddish culture includes enough cutting- edge improvisation to qualify as Toronto’s most adventurous jazz festival. Drummer Aaron Alexander leads the New York–based Midrash Mish Mosh, bringing a hard-bop precision and force to the mix of klezmer, free jazz and world-beat elements. Sept. 3. CIBC Mainstage.