Robert Lee is a Toronto-based upright bassist, composer, and bandleader whose work blends contemporary jazz with Korean traditional music and storytelling. A graduate of Berklee Valencia, Lee leads The Robert Lee Group, a project that fuses jazz improvisation with Korean folk elements, earning him recognition as a 2025 Toronto Arts Foundation finalist for “Breakthrough Jazz Artist” and a contributor to the 2024 Juno-nominated album Little Bit a’ Love by Denielle Bassels.
Robert Lee Group
Baejjang - Korean Music Trio
Dance performances by - Jihun Back
Allison Au (pronounced “ow”) is a JUNO award-winning Canadian saxophonist, composer and arranger. Leader of the Allison Au Quartet, she has toured extensively throughout Canada and the US. Winner of the 2017 Montreal Jazz Festival TD Grand Prix de Jazz, the 2017 Halifax Jazz Festival Sting Ray Rising Star Award, and a 2017 Finalist for Toronto Arts Foundation Emerging Jazz Artist Award, Allison was also recognized by SFJAZZ’s 2018 list of “10 Rising Instrumentalists You Should Know.”
Where: Hugh's Room Live
Toronto
M4M 2G7
Canada