By Genevieve Huchulak
Special to the Record
Originally from Ottawa, Ont., Teighan Couch moved to Nanaimo with dreams of becoming a vocalist under the inspiration of her favourite jazz artists Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie and the Oscar Peterson Trio.
She is a powerful, soulful vocalist with a knack for scat and a devoted love for the healing power of song.
Couch last performed for the Georgia Straight Jazz Society at The Little Red Church in February. She is excited to be returning to the Little Red Church in Comox this Thursday, Oct. 12, with a quintet under her own leadership. The quintet will feature a lineup of incredible young musicians with Garret Poitras on vibraphone, Andrew Janusson on guitar, Brock Meades on bass and Adam Robertson on drums.
Couch will be showcasing something special this performance and the quintet will be playing a number of her original compositions that are going to be featured on a soon-to-be-recorded EP.
Her music draws inspiration steeped in the traditions of swing, bebop and many great musicians such as Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, the Oscar Peterson Trio, Ahmad Jamal, Roy Hargrove and many more. Her peers are all graduates from the Vancouver Island University Jazz Studies Program and Couch herself just finished her degree last spring.
Don鈥檛 miss this vibrant young singer this Thursday, Oct. 12 at The Little Red Church in Comox.
Doors open at 7 p.m. with the downbeat at 7:30 p.m.
Visit for information about upcoming performances.
Genevieve Huchulak is a board member of the Georgia Straight Jazz Society
