Keith Todd - Off the Grid - Jazz at the Griff

Name: Keith Todd - Off the Grid - Jazz at the Griff
Start: 2026-03-26T19:30:00-07:00
End: 2026-03-26T21:15:00-07:00
Location: Charles Bailey Theatre

Schedule

Thu Mar 26 2026 at 07:30 pm to 09:15 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Charles Bailey Theatre | Trail , BC

The Jazz at the Griff series, presented by Trail & District Arts Council, brings you Keith Todd’s “Off the Grid ”, on Thursday, March 26 at 7:30 pm. Enjoy the jazz club vibe of The Griff as you savour a glass of wine in a setting that is up close and personal with the band.
Off the Grid is a Kootenay based group featuring Doug Stephenson (Guitar), Mark Spielman (Bass) and Steve Parish (drums), Clinton Swanson (Sax), Daralyn Fox (Horn) and Keith Todd (Trombone).
Laying down the groove spanning multiple styles including jazz, old school, Afro and Latin funk.
With a wide range of standards including Spain, Mercy Mercy Mercy, and Chameleon as well as some originals this tight ensemble excites the audience with their high energy shows.
Trombonist Keith Todd was first inspired to take up the trombone by a Canadian Brass concert. He went on to receive a BMus in trombone performance and his teaching certification from the University of Victoria. Keith has played with jazz group Bessie and the Back Eddies, the 11-piece funk band Hornography, the Symphony of the Kootenays, and performs regularly in musical theatre productions in Nelson. He teaches/taught instrumental music at Trafalgar Middle School, where many of his bands received local, provincial, and national recognition.
Doug Stephenson has been an integral member of Western Canada's music community for over thirty years. The Calgary native is a bassist, guitarist, composer, producer, and mixing engineer. He has performed with artists such as Charlie Rouse, Les McCann, Bob Murphy, Jay Thomas, John Stowell, Tommy Banks, P.J. Perry, Altered Laws, Campbell Ryga, and Blues legend Big Miller.
Mark Spielman is a bass player whose career has been divided equally between live performance, studio session and education. As a member of “The Circle,” a Florida-based contemporary jazz group, he opened for Hall and Oates, Chicago, Rod Stewart and George Benson. Other performance credits span a variety of styles including jazz dates with Frank Gambale, Dee Daniels and Jimmy Haslip, as well as pop/rock artists such as Ellen MacIlwaine, Shari Ulrich and Paul Janz.
Steve Parrish has a BA in Audio Engineering from the Berklee College of Music and studied Drum Set at Berklee, jazz drum set privately with Frankie Dunlop (Thelonious Monk, Lionel Hampton). Mentored by the legendary Les Paul at age 17, Steven's also played, engineered and/or programmed tracks for Rock 'n' Roll legend Cub Koda, Ian Hunter, Joe Bouchard of Blue Öyster Cult and Rap artist Stezo-E. He has played Jazz with Anthony Braxton and Pat LaBarbara, Robben Ford, John Handy, Jimmy Haslip, Max Bennett, Bob Mintzer, Frank Gambale, Mike Stern, Pat Mastellotto and Oz Noy, among others.
Clinton Swanson is a saxophonist, composer, arranger and leader of several bands in the Kootenays. Swanson grew up in the Slocan Valley and performs on sax with numerous ensembles under his own name and as a sideman, including Below the Belt, Hornography, Sax Drive, and Jazz at the Griff favorites Swing, Bluegrass, Old Country, Rock, Pop, and Disco aficionados The Devils You Don’t.
Daralyn Fox is a trumpet player and composer/arranger based out of Rossland, BC. Daralyn has studied music performance at MacEwan University in Edmonton AB and St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish NS with a focus on jazz. She has also studied with the likes of William (Bill) Dimmer, Dominic Spera, and Jon Faddis. In her time as a performing artist, she has had the pleasure of playing with the incomparable Tommy Banks, Bobby Cairns and Dominic Spera.
2 x 45 minute sets plus intermission.
Single tickets are $25. Individual Ticket Under 30 years old (with ID): $12.50.
Or buy a 5-show series pass for Jazz at the Griff for only $104. Limited availability. Get your pass now!
Passholders may choose between December 3 or 4 for the Soulstice Christmas show with Melody Diachun and Laura Landsberg. Plus, when you buy a series pass you can get a 20% discount on The Fretless with Madeleine Roger on January 27.
Patron Members get a 20% discount on full price tickets.
All individual tickets available online at purchase.trail-arts.com, by phone at 250-368-9669, and in person at the Bailey Box Office at 1501 Cedar Ave., Trail. Series passes available only by calling or visiting the Box Office.
All shows general admission. Groups of 4 may reserve a table at the box office.
The Jazz at the Griff series is made possible thanks to funding from McEwan Law, BC Arts Council, BC Touring Council, the Government of Canada, and Tourism South Kootenay. We also gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Province of British Columbia.