“It started with some quiet toe-tapping, but as the sounds of bass, drums and guitar swelled over the course of an hour, the audience reaction rose with it, until the music was met with whoops and a standing ovation.

Compared to the typical response from a jazz concert crowd, the applause might have been a bit unrestrained — and the differences didn’t stop there.

Most of the listeners were dressed exactly the same — a blue T-shirt and jeans — and the venue wasn’t a stage, hall or stadium, just a gym with a punching bag hanging in the corner.

But for The Bill Frisell Trio, and the inmates who packed the seats at the Collins Bay Institution in Kingston, Ont., on Tuesday, those differences are all part of what made this show so special.”

Read the full article by Dan Taekema (and watch the video) at CBC News.