Combining the talents of singer/actor Raoul Bhaneja and pianist/arranger Jesse Whiteley, Blue Standard has built a following and solid reputation in Toronto since the release of their debut recording “A Good Thing” in January 2019.
Inspired by some of the great male vocalists of jazz like Nat King Cole, Joe Williams, Jimmy Scott, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles and more, Blue Standard performs a selection of some familiar and many not so familiar classics digging into the core materials of top notch presentation… true melody, deep interpretation and most importantly, a real good time.
Bhaneja is known to audiences across Canada for this work on stage and screen and for his three decades of fronting Maple Blues Award winners Raoul and The Big Time, who made their long awaited debut at Upstairs Jazz in early 2024. Whiteley who also performs in The Big Time is from the first family of Canadian roots music, is a pianist, arranger, songwriter and singer in his own right, who works night after night in Toronto both on his own projects and as an in demand side man spanning blues, jazz, swing and even country music.
For this performance Blue Standard is thrilled to be joined by special guest Jody Golick, long time veteran of the Montreal blues and jazz scene including his many years in The Stephen Barry Band.
