Introducing Ardeshir Ballades & Scherzos To bring the project to

To bring the project to life

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encapsulating the essence of his musical journey during that period

while folk icon Linda Thompson duets with Bobby Gillespie on a shimmering cover of Fleetwood Mac’s Over & Over

Introducing Ardeshir Ballades & Scherzos To bring the project toIntroducing Ardeshir is the 2026 debut album by Vancouverbased saxophonist and composer Ardeshir Pourkeramati, released on Cellar Live as a straightahead jazz set rooted firmly in the hard bop tradition. Across ten tracks, he leads a quintet of fellow Vancouver young lionstrumpeter Julian Borkowski, pianist Winston Matsushita, bassist David Caballero, and drummer Graham Villettewith percussionist Juan Encinales and guest saxophonists Steve Kaldestad