Canadian Jazz Star Laila Biali

About this episode

The episode features an interview with Canadian jazz star Laila Biali discussing her career and her Grammy-nominated album 'Wintersongs'.

She's one of the biggest jazz stars in Canada who performs worldwide. Multi-award winning Laila Biali is a singer, pianist and host of a national CBC music show (called Saturday Night Jazz). Laila has headlined many jazz festivals and venues - including New York's Carnegie Hall and Beijing's National Centre for the Arts. Our host Stefan Zaichkowski caught up with Laila as she was working in the mountains of Banff - to speak with her about her career and music. The interview starts with a discussion about Laila's 2026 Grammy nominated album "Wintersongs".

People in this episode

Host: Stefan Zaichkowski

Guest: Laila Biali

Topics covered

• jazz
• music career
• interview
• Grammy nominations
• Canadian artists

Keywords

• Laila Biali
• jazz
• Grammy
• CBC
• music
• interview
• Banff
• Carnegie Hall
• jazz festivals

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CBC

Books & works: Wintersongs

Places: Banff, New York, Beijing

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