"I really enjoyed your gig tonight and so did all my friends. I know lots of the songs in your repertoire. It's really nice to hear them sung by someone with a good voice. Do keep me on your mailing list for future gigs."
Felicity, jazz fan, after the April 1, 2017performance at Zola's
Friday, May 5, 2017: Katie Diamond and friends were the host band at Jacquie's Jam, this time at the Black Irish Pub, 15 Selkirk St.
Saturday, May 6, 2017: the Katie Diamond Band opens the show at Camp Fortune, for a fund raiser to benefit Sentiers Chelsea Trails, in memory of one of the founders of SCT, Richard Garlick. The evening also featured The B-Sides, legendary Chelsea-based rock band, as well as Cajun band, Les Poutines Etoufées.
Saturday, April 1, 2017: Zola's, 2194 Robertson Road. With Bert Waslander on keys. A great venue and a full house with jazz fans from as far away as Chelsea. Which is quite a hike from Zola's.A
capacity crowd beat the blahs with a cozy evening of indoor conviviality and jazz with the Katie Diamond Band. on January 19, 2017 at the Earl of Sussex Pub.
The band featured veteran jazz musicians Bert Weslander on keys , Richard Moxley on sax and Alf Warnock on bass, accompanying Katie D on vocals. The guys also served up some of their distinctive instrumental interpretations of well-loved jazz tunes.
In addition to several private engagements since the spring of 2016, I was thrilled to be invited by the Glebop Trio to sing with them at the Arrow and Loon, on Sunday October 2 .
The Glebop Trio has been performing at the Arrow and Loon for the past 14 years. The trio features three accomplished musicians: bandleader John Haysom on trumpet, flugel horn, valve trombone & various other brass instruments; Bert Waslander on piano; Howard Tweddle on standup bass