Quincy has been selected to recieve the 2010 Mitch Mitchell Rotary Award. Every year at the Markham Jazz Festival, the Markham–Unionville
Rotary Club awards an up-and-coming Jazz performer or group with
a plaque and scholarship in memory of Mitch Mitchell.
July 2010
Quincy's new cd is finally out. He is having a cd release party on Sunday, Aug. 22, 7 pm, at Annex Live (296 Brunswick, at Bloor).
Quincy has finally released his new cd, 'On Q'. It will be available on CDBaby and ITunes shortly. The cd is mostly a collection of originals by Quincy, with some of the tunes written in colaboration with his father, Eddie Bullen. Quincy plays keys on all the tracks and has many wonderful players with him including, Larnell Lewis on drums, Alex Toth on bass, Andrew Stewart on bass, Lucian Gray on guitar, Rob Christian on sax and flute.
Quincy performed for three nights during the Beaches Jazz Festival Streetfest to huge crowds. He was joined by his father Eddie and other special guests, including wonderful soul singer Glen Ricketts.
For the second year in a row, Quincy was the host of the Beaches Jazz Festival Youth Initiatives Youth Stage at Woodbine Park. Over 75 young musicians were featured on the Youth Stage.
April 2010 Quincy's schedule of summer gigs is filling up. See the gigs page for all the dates.
March 2010 Quincy will be playing a regular piano gig at Harlem Underground, (745 Queen St. West)
every Tues. and Thurs. Come on out and enjoy some fantastic southern cooking and some cool jazz!
July 2009
A new video has been added to Quincy's media page.
Quincy had a fantastic weekend performing at the Beaches Jazz Festival Streetfest! The crowds were huge.
Quincy will be hosting the Youth Stage at the Beaches International Jazz Festival Woodbine Park.
FREE concert tonight (Fri. July 3)!! Come to the Unionville Bandstand (Unionville Main St. at Fred Varley Drive) for a free Quincy Bullen/Rob Christian Concert. Starts at 7pm. With special guests!
Come down to the Dominion on Queen tonight (Thur. July 2) to see Quincy and Friends perfom as part of the Toronto Jazz Festival!!! Quincy will be joined by singer Jenna Glatt, drummer Larnell Lewis, bassist Alex Toth, Rob Christian on sax and others. (500 Queen St. East, Toronto, 8:30pm, $10 cover)
June 2009
Welcome to Quincy Bullen's new website. Quincy is just completing grade 11 and is working on a full schedule of summer gigs and a new CD. Check back often for updates.
2008News
XM Satelitte Radio has picked up three of the Quintessential Boys tunes for their jazz stations!
The Quintessential Boys performance at the Jazz by Genre Summerfest is profiled and reviewed in the latest issue of The Live Music Report. Read the article here.
Come see and hear some amazing music starting this Thurs. Aug. 9, Jazz by Genre Summerfest at The Docks @ 11 Polson St., presented by the Nu Jazz Society
The Quintessential Boys are pleased to announce that today, Aug. 3 Marisa Lindsay was profiled in the Toronto Star!!! Here's a link to the article.
The Quintessential Boys CD, Underage is Number 2 on the weekly top 30 Chart at CIUT.FM!
The boys will be performing up at Wasaga beach this week to promote the Wasaga Beach Festival (Aug. 25-26). They
will be filmed for Rogers Television and have an interview scheduled at a Collingwood radio station.
The Quintessential Boys (trio) have been selected to perform at the Press Launch of the Beaches International Jazz Festival.
The Quintessential Boys new CD, Underage is now available for download at Itunes
Quincy was recently profiled in the Pride News paper see the cover and read the article here.
The CD Underage can now be purchased online.
It can also be purchased at Amazon.com, Chapters/Indigo, Sams and other CD retailers.
The CD release party at the Trane Studio was a huge success! It was totally sold out, standing room only. The Quintessential Boys performance was fantastic. The very vocal, all-ages audience showed their appreciation after each song, with cheers and loud applause! It was a great party! To everyone's delight, Juno nominated jazz singer Molly Johnson, with her children, came to the show!
CD's are now available email info@quintessentialboys.com. The CDs will soon be available at CDBaby and Itunes.
The song, Holy Montuno off the Quintessential Boys' new cd, Underagewas recently played on CBC radio.
The Quintessential Boys would like to announce the date and location for their upcoming CD release of Underage.
The Boys will be performing on Sunday, April 29 at the Trane Studio (964 Bathurst St.)
Starting at 3:00 pm, tickets are $10.00. This is an all-ages event!
For tickets email: info@quintessentialboys.com
The Quintessential Boys new album, Underage is almost ready for release. It's coming in April 2007. All new!!! music clips have been added to the music page.
We have just added some song clips and a full-length mp3 of the original song, Holy Montuno, by the Quintessential boys. Go to the Music Page to download. (limited time only)
Quintessential Boys have a new website!!! Watch for updates.
Quintessential Boys' new CD, Under Age, will be released in January 2007.
Quintessential Boys are profiled in the local paper. Read it here.
