The Up and Over Trio is Alberta’s hottest new modern jazz group featuring Galaxie Rising Star Award recipient Chris Andrew on piano, WCMA Jazz Artist / Instrumental Artist of the Year winner Rubim de Toledo on bass, and Alberta’s top call jazz drummer Jamie Cooper. Between them, they have accompanied some of the world’s leading jazz artists and, as a trio, have worked extensively since 2016 backing the who’s who of Albertan talent.

Through original compositions, the trio explores the gamut of sounds available to the modern jazz piano trio. Taking influence from Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Joey Caldarazzo, Robert Glasper and more, the trio cultivates a new sound for themselves, which is intriguing and inviting