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Guest Artists

JEANS ‘N CLASSICS BAND

STEVE LUCAS - Bassist

Steve Lucas is a Canadian session bassist, composer,
and producer with a wide-ranging list of recording and
touring credits, including Bruce Cockburn, Ron Korb,
Loreena McKennitt, The Band’s Levon Helm and Garth
Hudson, Big Sugar, Alan Frew, Moe Koffman, Seals & Crofts,
Buffy Sainte-Marie, Rik Emmett, and the soundtrack for the 2009 Academy Award-
nominated film, Precious.

Steve’s original electronic music has been featured in television productions The
Daily Show with Trevor Noah, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Diary of Alicia Keys
(DVD), NBC Dateline, Love It or List It, Real Housewives of Atlanta, Anthony Bourdain:
Parts Unknown, eTalk Profile featuring Gwen Stefani, Auto Racing TSN, Better Homes and
Gardens, and more. He also performed and composed music for Leonard Cohen’s
documentary film, This Beggar’s Description.

JEFF CHRISTMAS - Drummer

Jeff Christmas is a Canadian composer, arranger,
conductor, drummer, and percussionist who studied
at York University (Toronto), Western University
(London), and Berklee College of Music (Boston). He
has conducted and performed with symphony orchestras
across Canada and the United States, appearing with
artists such as Denny Doherty, Michael Burgess, The Rankins,
Ashley MacIsaac, J.P. Cormier, Martin Fry (ABC), Roger Hodgson (Supertramp), and
was recently conductor for legendary and multi-Grammy Award winning Michael
Bolton.
Jeff has been the guest conductor with the Tucson Symphony, Calgary
Philharmonic, Fresno Philharmonic, Roanoke Symphony, International Symphony,
and Jacksonville Symphony, among many others. His original compositions, “With
Glowing Hearts” and “Carry the Light,” were featured in the documentary Vancouver
2010 – Olympic Torch Relay. He has received multiple London Music Awards for
composing, the 2005 Jack Richardson Award for Classical Soloist/Conducting, and
a 2013 induction into Western University’s Don Wright Faculty of Music “Wall of
Fame”.

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