{"artistName":"Jodi Proznick","artistId":102239,"artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ca2/ca2e8d4df6882a9cc5baa704587dc482_xl.jpg","srcset":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ca2/ca2e8d4df6882a9cc5baa704587dc482_sm.jpg 50w,https://artist99.cdn107.com/ca2/ca2e8d4df6882a9cc5baa704587dc482_md.jpg 80w,https://artist99.cdn107.com/ca2/ca2e8d4df6882a9cc5baa704587dc482_lg.jpg 200w,https://artist99.cdn107.com/ca2/ca2e8d4df6882a9cc5baa704587dc482_xl.jpg 340w","artistBio":"\u003cp\u003eJodi Proznick is a Canadian jazz bassist born in Vancouver. \nIn 1993, Proznick won the General Motors Award of Excellence as one of the top young musicians in Canada. McGill University awarded Proznick a performance scholarship in 1997 as a member of the prestigious McGill Big Band I. In 1998, she won the IAJE \"Sisters in Jazz\" competition which brought her to New York to perform with Ingrid Jensen and to Detroit to open for Geri Allen. In 2004, The Jodi Proznick Quartet was awarded the Galaxie Rising Star of the Vancouver International Jazz Festival. Jodi was awarded a Canada Council for the Arts Specialized Music Sound Recording Grant for her debut release \"Foundations.\" In 2007, the Jodi Proznick Quartet was awarded a Canada Council Festival Travel Grant to perform at the Montreal International Jazz Festival as part of the GM Prix De Jazz competition. \nIn 1998, Jodi obtained her B.Mus. from McGill University and in 2006, her M.Ed. from Simon Fraser University. \nSince moving back to Vancouver in 2000, Proznick has become a top call bassist. She has played and/or recorded with international stars such as David \"Fathead\" Newman, Ed Thigpen, Jeff Hamilton, Charles McPherson, Seamus Blake, George Coleman, Sheila Jordan, Mark Murphy, Eric Alexander, Lewis Nash, Warren Vache, Herlin Riley, Richie Cole, Bobby Shew, Wycliffe Gordon, Ryan Kaisor, Gerald Clayton, Tamir Hendelman, Eddie Henderson, Eddie Daniels, David Hazeltine, George Colligan, Kitty Margolis, Patience Higgins, Jim Rotundi, Houston Pearson, Scott Hamilton, George Robert, Grant Stewart, Ingrid Jensen, Joe Magnarelli, Gary Smulyan, Jim Snidero, Paul Bollenbeck, John Proulx and Canadian stars such as Denzal Sinclaire, Brad Turner, Phil Dwyer, Ian McDougall, Oliver Gannon, P.J. Perry, Don Thompson, Kirk McDonald, Hugh Fraser, Dee Daniels, Laila Biali and many others. A highlight in her career was opening for Oscar Peterson with the Oliver Gannon Quartet at the Orpheum in the summer of 2004. Jodi was a featured soloist with the violinist Mark Fewer and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, with the Vancouver Chamber Choir and with Elektra. She also accompanied Michael Bublé in the closing ceremonies of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games. \nProznick was awarded Bassist of the Year at the 2007 and 2008 National Jazz Awards. Her group, the Jodi Proznick Quartet, which features pianist Tilden Webb, drummer Jesse Cahill and tenor saxophonist Steve Kaldestad, won the Acoustic Group of the Year award and their album Foundations (Cellarlive) won for Album of the Year. In the fall of 2007 the group completed a 20 date Canadian tour that took them from Whitehorse to Montreal. She was also nominated for a Juno Award in 2008. \nJodi is also a regular member of the Tilden Webb Trio, the Jill Townsend Big Band, the Joel Haynes Trio, the Miles Black Trio, the Oliver Gannon Quartet, the Ian McDougall 12tet and the Cory Weeds Quartet. \nProznick is on faculty at Capilano University and has been on faculty at the CYMC Pacific Jazz Workshop, the Yukon Arts Summer Music Program and Kwantlen University College. She has been an adjudicator and clinician at festivals across Canada including Music Fest Canada, the Envision Jazz Festival, the Brandon Jazz Festival, the Winnipeg Optimist Festival, the West Coast Jazz Festival and the Nelson Jazz Festival. She has given clinics and concerts at McGill University, Brandon University, St. Francis Xavier University, Western Michigan University, Grant McEwan Community College, Capilano College, and UBC as well as the BCMEA and IAJE conferences.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Jodi+Proznick","playStationPath":"/stations/280764063/play","stationId":280764063,"bioPath":"/music/Jodi+Proznick/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Martin+Speake","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d9a/d9af3b5b1d8f6cd012269dbb619a80ce_md.jpg","artistName":"Martin Speake","artistId":106345,"station_id":281862091},{"musicPath":"/music/Spike+Robinson+Quintet","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/e06/e06b714cc9706c1d9400c2fdc0b6efc2_md.jpg","artistName":"Spike Robinson Quintet","artistId":109155,"station_id":283944755},{"musicPath":"/music/Billy+Childs+Buster+Williams+Carl+Allen","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ef8/ef8ae5e6163518cb296459d9e9255a1c_md.jpg","artistName":"Billy Childs; Buster Williams; Carl Allen","artistId":107684,"station_id":281862656},{"musicPath":"/music/Ira+Sullivan","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/15f/15feaa4239f770ace44fa05b0425f073_md.jpg","artistName":"Ira Sullivan","artistId":106303,"station_id":328444435},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Leonard+Bros+","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/aed/aed69644837078e62695a3ac2ab50ce8_md.jpg","artistName":"The Leonard Bros.","artistId":88511,"station_id":271025839},{"musicPath":"/music/Jimmy+Cobb","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/bf4/bf405a3da2415a8d86f7a993eedae314_md.jpg","artistName":"Jimmy Cobb","artistId":105647,"station_id":281861960},{"musicPath":"/music/Ravi+Coltrane","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/588/588b06ae9ae147fe64bd28b28880097c_md.jpg","artistName":"Ravi Coltrane","artistId":109610,"station_id":282140695},{"musicPath":"/music/Herb+Geller","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/2f9/2f93eca961a76a37905db7f6b7b24b60_md.jpg","artistName":"Herb Geller","artistId":130462,"station_id":285078949},{"musicPath":"/music/Scott+Hamilton","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/080/0806c9f76687d47ffd1a08f396132d13_md.jpg","artistName":"Scott Hamilton","artistId":83713,"station_id":269167378},{"musicPath":"/music/Andrea+Pozza","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b80/b802ac7c8e2c7732c8e446d9184cea65_md.jpg","artistName":"Andrea Pozza","artistId":83664,"station_id":269118359},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Gene+Harris+Quartet","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/869/8699d005502ecbb986a70d5a090141b7_md.jpg","artistName":"The Gene Harris Quartet","artistId":83902,"station_id":269167446},{"musicPath":"/music/Pierrick+Pedron","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/35a/35a7e04892e0a5dacb9c6ec2ea80cd3c_md.jpg","artistName":"Pierrick Pedron","artistId":120082,"station_id":283329539},{"musicPath":"/music/Cory+Weeds","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/189/189cfd6b6e015aca7bb24cc013d1eef0_md.jpg","artistName":"Cory Weeds","artistId":137648,"station_id":286644561},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Geoff+Aymar+Quartet","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/f78/f7846b906d773a77d82f8d1ef8a193dd_md.jpg","artistName":"The Geoff Aymar Quartet","artistId":112006,"station_id":283945238},{"musicPath":"/music/Joshua+Redman+Elastic+Band","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/03a/03a61b964e7169d00c31a960d1b4816c_md.jpg","artistName":"Joshua Redman Elastic Band","artistId":103744,"station_id":287828528},{"musicPath":"/music/Sugar+Hill","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/697/69735988df445f034be455e117512ec6_md.jpg","artistName":"Sugar Hill","artistId":114021,"station_id":283945537},{"musicPath":"/music/Enrico+Pieranunzi+Marc+Johnson+Joey+Baron","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/f21/f21b59aa78e151a94414bd244c40b363_md.jpg","artistName":"Enrico Pieranunzi, Marc Johnson \u0026 Joey Baron","artistId":94916,"station_id":276007774},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Ray+Brown+Trio+with+Ralph+Moore","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ce3/ce3490d56b2f9dc4e0f4555f0166006e_md.jpg","artistName":"The Ray Brown Trio with Ralph Moore","artistId":108162,"station_id":283944685}]}