As the days grow darker and the nights longer, Kensington Market artists are preparing to bring back the light with the
In the photo, he’s not actually swallowing fire. “I’m playing a brass ‘saxophone’ with a wick on the end that gets lit by costumed stilters as I perch atop a tall ladder,” he says. This is the moment that officially kicks off the parade, which winds through Kensington Market and ends with a massive bonfire in a nearby park.
With five albums under his belt, including 2022’s “Live at Lula,” Underhill has become a staple in the Toronto jazz scene. He regularly plays in trios and quartets around town, as well as in a standing gig at Reposado each Saturday, with the Rider Raiders brass band.