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Doc Barrister & his Harlem Four

Brian Graville, Reide "Barrister" Kaiser, Colin "Doc" Bray and Jeff Healey  Photo by John Grimley

This occasional band specializes in the music of the early 1930s. Its leader, the flamboyant Doc Barrister, has a particular liking for the stride piano of works of the late Fats Waller, James P. Johnson and Willie "The Lion" Smith. They play infrequently in the Toronto area to wildly enthusiastic audiences.

The hot combination features some of the best local jazz musicians: Reide "Barrister" Kaiser (piano), Colin "Doc" Bray (string bass), Brian Graville (trumpet) and Tomas Jardim (acoustic guitar) or Jeff Healey (acoustic guitar).