Brilliant Corners - Matt Endahl and Nancy Walker Duos

Fri May 8th, 2026
Door opens: 7:30 PM
Show: 8:00 PM

Matt Endahl and Nancy Walker Duos.

Pianist and composer Nancy Walker has been recognized with honours

Canada-wide, including the Montréal Jazz Festival’s Grand Prix de Jazz, the

National Jazz Awards Keyboardist Of The Year Award, a JUNO nomination for

Instrumental Album Of The Year (Rainy Days And Mondays, 2006), and an

induction into the Mississauga Music Walk Of Fame. A dynamic improviser,

an artful composer and a responsive accompanist, Nancy has been praised

both for her work as a solo artist and as a musical collaborator. As a side

player she can be heard on a wide range of recordings, by artists from

saxophonist Kirk MacDonald to vocalist Emilie-Claire Barlow to children’s

entertainer Raffi. More recently she can be heard on the 2024 recording

Here’s To Life by John Neudorf (on which she was both pianist and co-

producer), and Sarah Jerrom’s 2025 JUNO-nominated Magpie.

Nancy has several discs to her credit as leader. Her most recent (released

September, 2025) is Deeper Down, featuring Nancy as pianist and composer,

with Tara Davidson (saxophones), Lauren Falls (bass) and Ethan Ardelli

(drums). Her compositions reflect her view of the age we live in - at times

intense, at times poignant, at times cerebral. Her inspirations include

architecture, cinema, literature, visual art and nature.

“Nancy Walker has played enough piano to know how to keep listeners

interested however hard she pushes the boundaries of familiarity.” Toronto

Star

“Harmonically she's influenced by the usual suspects—Evans, Hancock,

Jarrett, etc.—but her delicate touch and denser harmonic constructs brings

to mind British pianist John Taylor as well...Walker's music is easy on the

ears, but don't mistake that for lacking in interest or challenge, because she

masks an advanced harmonic concept within an accessible veneer.” All

About Jazz

“A fine example of the modern jazz musician’s art.” The Globe and Mail

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