Karin Plato Quintet

from Vancouver BC

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Karin Plato Quintet

Label: independent

Karin has made Vancouver her home since 1985 and has established herself as one of Canada's finest jazz vocalists, composers and arrangers. She is the producer of The Joy of Jazz Concerts series. www.joyofjazzconcerts

Karin Plato grew up on the prairies in a small farming community called Alsask in the province of Saskatchewan. She studied the piano throughout her childhood. She later attended the University of Saskatchewan where she received her Bachelor of Music Degree in piano and voice. In 1985 she moved to Vancouver to study jazz and arranging at Capilano College. In 1996 and 1998 she studied vocal jazz at the Banff Centre For The Fine Arts with vocalists Sheila Jordan and Jay Clayton.

In the late 1990s Karin seriously began to pursue a career as a jazz vocalist and composer. She began to appear in Vancouver jazz clubs performing a repertoire of jazz standards and originals and started performing in jazz festivals and concerts in BC, Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Karin recorded her first album of jazz standards and originals in 1996 on a recording called Pastiche. In 1998 she recorded There's Beauty in the Rain for which she was nominated for a Juno award. (2000 Juno Awards) In the winter of 2000 Karin released two new recordings: Blue Again; a collection of duets; and Snowflake Season; a jazz/Christmas recording. In 2003 she released her fifth album The State of Bliss which features a guest appearance by Canadian vocalist Denzal Sinclaire on two duets.
Her most current release is "Out Of Town" featuring original songs and several select jazz standards.

Jazz/Blues

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Past Events

Jun

2007

20:00

Karin Plato Quintet

$15

Ironworks

Jun

2006

Karin Plato Quintet

CBC/Radio-Canada Studio One Jazz

Jul

2005

12:00 23:30

Eve Smith Quartet, Nancy Walker Quartet, Trio Derome Guilbeault Tanguay, Robert ...

Free

Performance Works

Jun

2005

Sharon Minemoto Quintet, Karin Plato Quintet, Mike Allen Trio

O'Doul's Restaurant and Bar

Jun

2005

Karin Plato Quintet

O'Doul's Restaurant and Bar

Current Lineup

Karin Plato

Chris Gestrin

piano

Laurence Mollerup

bass

James Danderfer

clarinet

Joe Poole

drums

Past Members

Lou Mastroianni

keys

? - 2016

Rod Murray

trombone

? - 2016

Paul Rushke

bass

? - 2016

Nino Dipasquale

drums

? - 2016

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