I'm focussing on the International in #InternationalJazzDay today. Let's start at home: Canada's greatest jazz pianist: Oscar! 
Oscar Peterson by Carel de Vogel
His Canadiana Suite:

Oscar Peterson by Carel de Vogel
His Canadiana Suite:
Another great Canadian jazz pianist: Paul Bley 
Frans Schellekens
The Hague, 1990
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The Hague, 1990
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Diana Krall was born in Nanaimo, here on Vancouver Island. 
Peter van Agtmael, 2015
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With Paul Keller & Russell Malone at the 1996 Montreux Jazz Festival - Route 66:


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With Paul Keller & Russell Malone at the 1996 Montreux Jazz Festival - Route 66:
Arranger, composer, bandleader, composer Gil Evans was born in Toronto 
With Miles Davis at work on the album Miles Ahead
Photo: Don Hunstein, 1957

With Miles Davis at work on the album Miles Ahead
Photo: Don Hunstein, 1957
"It was not uncommon for Gil to come home to find Charlie Parker asleep while other musicians listened to recordings & studied scores of Prokofiev symphonies."
Gil Evans's 1961 album Out of the Cool features an Arnold Newman portrait.
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Gil Evans's 1961 album Out of the Cool features an Arnold Newman portrait.
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Guitarist Lenny Breau was born in Maine, but grew up in New Brunswick 
Jon Sievert, 1981
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A Touch of Jazz


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A Touch of Jazz
Don Francks & Lenny Breau in Toronto in 1963.
Great Canadian Jazz!, thanks to the great @thenfb
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Great Canadian Jazz!, thanks to the great @thenfb

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Oscar Peterson's 1980 album The Personal Touch featured songs written by or made popular by Canadians 
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With Oscar's long-time collaborator, Canadian guitarist Ed Bickert. And Canadian Ruth Lowe wrote these great lyrics:

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With Oscar's long-time collaborator, Canadian guitarist Ed Bickert. And Canadian Ruth Lowe wrote these great lyrics:
Two Montreal-born jazz pianists live at the Montreal Jazz Festival: Just Friends 
Oliver Jones & Oscar Peterson
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Oliver Jones & Oscar Peterson
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On #InternationalJazzDay, let's not forget Joni! 
The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines: Joni Mitchell with Jaco Pastorius, Don Alias & Michael Brecker

The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines: Joni Mitchell with Jaco Pastorius, Don Alias & Michael Brecker
So many great Canadian big band arrangers & band-leaders: Gil Evans, Kenny Wheeler, Rob McConnell, Maynard Ferguson, Guido Basso. And let's not forget Guy Lombardo! 
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Here's another @darcyjamesargue

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Here's another @darcyjamesargue
More Canadian jazz musicians for #InternationalJazzDay 
Another big band! Chelsea McBride's Socialist Night School @crymmusic
https://crymmusic.bandcamp.com/album/chelsea-mcbrides-socialist-night-school

Another big band! Chelsea McBride's Socialist Night School @crymmusic
https://crymmusic.bandcamp.com/album/chelsea-mcbrides-socialist-night-school
With members from the US, Canada, France, Chile, Israel, & Japan, Artemis is a great group to listen to on #InternationalJazzDay
And for this thread, our Canadian musician is @ingridjenmusic
https://www.npr.org/2018/11/21/669962702/women-in-jazz-for-artemis-its-bigger-than-a-cause?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nprmusic&utm_term=music&utm_content=2052
And for this thread, our Canadian musician is @ingridjenmusic

https://www.npr.org/2018/11/21/669962702/women-in-jazz-for-artemis-its-bigger-than-a-cause?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nprmusic&utm_term=music&utm_content=2052