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Quinn Quinn / About This Artist

Artist Details and Stats:

Hometown: Edmonton, AB, CA

Label: Imagine That! Enterprises

Website: https:

Sounds Like: Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong, Quincy Jones, Kenny G, Grover Washington, Jr., marilyn monroe

Genre: Jazz

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Biography:

Soprano sax player Quinn Quinn has played almost every street corner of every major city in Canada, before settling in Edmonton. Classically trained, Quinn mostly plays jazz,and blues but has been known to play "a little of everything..including country.

Currently, Quinn performs on Saturday mornings at the Old Strathcona Farmers' Market in Edmonton.

Vocalist Chantel Hilton, a Jill of all trades, has a vintage look and style akin to Marilyn Monroe, in both her modelling career and her vocal sounds.

Press:

““I just love playing music, I’ll play a lot of upbeat stuff,” he said. “I like just about every genre.””
Andrea Ross - Edmonton Journal

"Earlier in the evening, the rich vibrato of a soprano saxophone resonated throughout Churchill LRT station as pedestrians shuffled by, many on their way to City Hall to enjoy the last hours of 2013. But busker Quinn Wade prefers to ring in the New Year with some Phantom of The Opera, Glenn Miller, The Beatles, and classic old school jazz. He will finish at midnight with a performance of Auld Lang Syne, of course. “I like New Year’s in Edmonton, I like New Year’s, period,” he said. “It’s the start of a new year and new years always need good music — and it’s too cold outside.” Dressed in a blue coat and brown tuque, Wade kept warm in the LRT station as temperatures dipped to almost -20 C outside. Draped in twinkling Christmas lights, his instrument was also dressed for the festive occasion — and provides a practical heat source, he explained. Relaxed in his wheelchair with his instrument case open in front, the busker of more than 20 years said he wouldn’t want
ANDREA ROSS - Edmonton Journal

"...choice of repertoire always depends on the type of crowd he is playing for. “There’s a real science to busking . . . you have to gear your stuff to what the [people] want.” He tries to keep his material fresh, but will gladly take requests or even song suggestions from his many clientele."
Stephan Boissonneault - The Griff

“He can belt out hundreds of tunes from his memorized repertoire -- blues, rock, Celtic, classical, jazz and theme tunes -- and his delivery is powerful.”
Elizabeth Withey - Edmonton Journal