Tom Vickery & Joey Smith

Tom is a local legend in Victoria originally from Nova Scotia. He arrived in Victoria in 1985 as bandmaster at Royal Roads Military College. Tom played for many years at the Bengal Lounge and has been featured at Hermann’s Jazz Club for 38 years.
Karel Roessingh is a composer, arranger, producer and musician who has written scores for over five hundred television episodes, and many award-winning films, documentaries, and promotional videos. He has recorded and produced more than fifteen of his own CDs, including several for the Canadian Naturescapes series distributed world-wide, two jazz trio CDs and many solo piano CDs. His latest solo project, Birdsong in the Parkade, was recorded with a Steinway grand piano in a Victoria parkade, with original music based on birdsongs collected across Canada.
http://www.roessong.com

Joey is one of Victoria’s most beloved guitarist and bassist originally from Chattanooga, Tennessee. After touring for two and a half years with the Glenn Miller Orchestra as bassist and arranger, Joey settled in Victoria. For the past 35 years he has been bassist and guitarist for many local groups and has collaborated with various international touring artists.