By Greg Buium Vancouver Sun from John Korsrud.com
"If it feels a little easier to pin a label on John Korsrud, he'd probably understand. Just go ahead and try.The Vancouver composer, trumpeter and bandleader has spent more than a dozen years zapping musical stereotypes, clearing away a spot on the city's arts scene that hadn't really been there before.He's best known, perhaps, for his Hard Rubber Orchestra, a 17-piece group that's become a kind of calling card nationwide. Yet the question remains: Is it a contemporary music ensemble, or a jazz big band? The Canada Council calls it new music, although the Hard Rubber Orchestra's two CDs are on a Quebec label (Victo) specializing in musique actuelle, a French-Canadian strand of the avant-garde. But then how do you characterize their projects with local singer-songwriter Veda Hille or punk legend Joey Keithley?"
Besides being a composer of note, for many many years now, fans of the Jazzmanian Devils have also known Mr. Korsrud as the ubiquitous Johnny Reno. He is a charming, stand-up guy, who is funny and good looking, and one of the most talented trumpet players in town. His Latin Jazz Quartet plays regularly Every Sunday with Johnny Montuno at the Libra Room 1608 Commercial Drive 8pm. The Latin Jazz quartet features Michael Simpson, piano; Chris Trinidad, bass; Miguel Benevides, drums.
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