Big Rude Jake is a truly intelligent and original song-writer and lyricist. Jake's first band, The Gentleman Players became notorious in Toronto garnering legions of fans. Their claim to fame? Playing traditional style jazz music in rock clubs and bars. Jake has played in some of the city's seediest dives as well as the most prestigious rock clubs around.

Never one to be pigeon-holed, Big Rude Jake has recorded a number of studio albums, each one a radical departure from the previous.

Come by The Drake Cafe every sunday for homestyle brunch, great conversation and the musical stylings of Big Rude Jake.