GENIE AWARD nominee Luke Nicholson started playing music at the early age of five. Raised in a musical family where after diner jam sessions became the nightly norm. Music has always been and continues to be his passion. Guitar and the piano are his main strengths, however he is quite capable with many.

Last year Luke had the fortune of winning Molson Canadian's Battle of the bands, earning an opening slot at the Molson Amplitheatre for a Tom Petty show.

This year promises to be even better, with two songs (including the end credit "BREATHE" which earned a GENIE AWARD nomination)in the motion picture "Poor Boy's Game" (starring Danny Glover and Rossif Sutherland) and a full length album in the works. He is currently being produced by Byron Wong, who has worked with artists such as David Bowie, David Usher, Crystal Method,and Beck.

Uniqueness is only true when you have experienced other venues enabling you to compare. The Reservoir Lounge is a one-off. There is no other venue in the world like it. The Reservoir Lounge has innovatively set the standard in Toronto for Swing Jazz and Jump Blues.

The open upright Piano sitting dominantly on the 12-inch high stage can be seen from every seating area in the house. You can't but feel as though you are part of the venue and have every bit of importance as the band themselves. The audience is the unique factor in this whole equation.

The Reservoir Lounge on Wellington Street is on the same level as the internationally famous bourbon street in New Orleans. You don't have to fly on a jet plane to St. Louis, Chicago or New Orleans to have a taste of great swing jazz and superb fusion cuisine.

People visit the Reservoir Lounge from all over Greater Toronto, surrounding suburbs and as far away as from International countries, to be part of the Swing Jazz era for an evening.

The Reservoir Lounge is therefore home to not only the performers but also hundreds of regular patrons from greater Toronto and from countries far away. Top headliner entertainers have come to pay a visit as well. Word gets around to all corners of the globe.

One night after a full evening of entertaining thousands of people at the Roy Thomson hall, Tom Jones and his friends dropped by the Reservoir. After a few minutes, the bandleader welcomed Tom to the room and asked if he would get up on stage to sing an old favorite. A few hours later, Tom Jones is still on stage singing away his originals from over the years, and loving every moment of it, and just as much as the audience.

Peter O'Toole has been a distinguished guest at the Reservoir Lounge during a film project at Toronto in the year 2000. Prince, Rod Stewart, Nick Nolte, Chas Palmetieri, Gary Busey, Colin James, Carla Colins, Alanna Myles, are all outstanding examples of renowned performers casually dropping by at the Reservoir.

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