Artists

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  • Alice and Other Heroes

    A dreamy, otherworldly encounter between film and live music.

  • Mike Allen Quartet with Grant Stewart

    The Mike Allen Quartet has garnered critical praise across the country.

  • Altered Laws

    Vancouver’s Altered Laws creates distinctly original music that combines Latin, pop, Brazilian, mainstream, and avant-garde jazz, sometimes subtly and sometimes with intense forward-drive.

  • Anthony Braxton's Sonic Genome Project

    The Sonic Genome is one of the most thrillingly ambitious experiments by musical visionary/saxophonist/composer Anthony Braxton: less a concert than the creation of an int

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  • George Benson

    25th annual TD Canada Trust Vancouver International Jazz Festival
    June 25 - July 4, 2010

  • Anthony Braxton 12 + 1 Tet

    Anthony Braxton, composer, saxophonist, clarinetist, flautist, pianist, and philosopher, is widely and critically acclaimed as

  • Taylor Ho Bynum

    New Yorker Taylor Ho Bynum is a brass instrumentalist/composer committed to the further exploration of composition and improvisation pioneered by masters like Ellington, I

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  • Chai Found Music Workshop: Made in Taiwan

    Sizhu, or Chinese chamber music, translates as “bamboo and silk," the materials used to make its haunting instruments.

  • Laura Crema

    Great jazz singers share three qualities—a unique vocal timbre that sets them apart, the songs they choose, and the fresh ideas they bring to those songs.

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  • Drumheller

    Toronto’s Drumheller defines the inside and outside of that city’s contemporary jazz scene. This five-piece often sounds twice its size.

  • Duke Ellington's Sacred Music

    Dee Daniels • Fred Stride Orchestra • James Caddell
    Phoenix Chamber Choir • Troy McLauglin

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  • Kellylee Evans

    Juno-nominated singer/songwriter Kellylee Evans is a unique voice in the urban jazz world, and many of today’s top musicians have taken notice.

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  • Florence K

    “Florence is beguiling. Her long, aquiline nose, wide set dark eyes, bobbed black hair and that smile, oh that smile, make for a commanding, yet impish presence.

  • Bill Frisell

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  • Chris Gestrin Quartet

    Vancouver-based pianist Chris Gestrin is unquestionably one of the major jazz talents in the country and is in high demand as a musician, composer, and producer.

  • Gordon Grdina Trio

    Guitarist, composer, and oud player, Vancouver’s Gord Grdina has a concept that blends mainstream jazz, freeform improvisation, and Arabic classica

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  • André Lachance Quartet

    Well known as one of Canada’s best jazz bassists, André Lachance is also gaining a reputation as a fine jazz guitarist in the tradition of Wes Montgomery and

  • Deborah Ledon

    Captivating, electrifying, unforgettable…Vancouver-based singer/songwriter Deborah Ledon is as extraordinary as her life story.

  • Fred Lonberg-Holm

    Chicago-based cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm works in many varied contexts including the Valentine Trio (Jason Roebke, Frank Rosaly); Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet; Ken Vander

  • The Lost Fingers

    This acoustic trio from Quebec City plays the pop hits of the ’80s in a swinging gypsy-jazz style inspired by their musical hero Django Reinhardt.

  • René Lussier

    Guitarist René Lussier is one of the pillars of innovative music in Quebec.

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  • Joe Magnarelli & Gary Smulyan with the Tilden Webb Trio

    Veteran New York trumpeter Joe Magnarelli’s big sound and sensitive swing have been heard with the likes of Lionel Hampton and Tom Harrell.

  • Andy Milne/Benoit Delbecq

    Andy Milne is considered one of the most distinctive voices in New York’s jazz scene, performing with Steve Coleman, Ravi Coltrane, Ralph Alessi, and Cassandra Wilson.

  • Mimosa

    If Serge Gainsbourg, Antonio Carlos Jobim, and Billie Holiday all hung out together one night and wrote tunes, they might sound something like Mimosa’s concoctions—an original bag of sa

  • Sharon Minemoto

    Pianist/composer Sharon Minemoto is one of the leading players on our scene.

  • Sharon Minemoto Trio

    Pianist/composer Sharon Minemoto is one of the leading players on our scene.

  • Torsten Müller

    Renowned German bassist Torsten Müller continues to be a valued collaborator on Vancouver’s creative music scene since making the city his home almost a decade

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  • Nathan & The Deep Dark Woods

    Slow-burning tunes to heat up a cold winter night. The Winnipeg quartet Nathan plays ethereal, acoustic pop with hand-warming melodies.

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  • Jessica Pavone

    Brooklyn-based string instrumentalist/composer Jessica Pavone is best known for her work with Anthony Braxton’s 12 + 1 tet and for her duo project with guitarist Mar

  • Peggy Lee's Film in Music

    Vancouver cellist Peggy Lee was inspired to create Film in Music after hearing improvised solos by Evan Parker, Peter Evans, and Mary Oliver at the 2008 Time Flies Festiva

  • Paul Plimley Solo/Trio

    When does he sleep? Vancouver’s Paul Plimley plays the piano, guitar, vibraphone, marimba and synthesizer.

  • Jodi Proznick Quartet

    Vancouver bassist/composer Jodi Proznick is a Canadian jazz star on the rise.

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  • Quatuor Bozzini

    Moving freely from avant-garde events to traditional concerts, the Montreal-based string quartet Quatuor Bozzini was characterized by the Irish Times as a “group which gets its teeth

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  • David Schnitter/Bill Coon/Ken Lister/Craig Scott

    Tenor sax titan David Schnitter came to prominence in the ’70s with Art Blakey. He’s also worked with Freddie Hubbard and Frank Foster.

  • Sara Schoenbeck

    Californian Sara Schoenbeck is a bassoonist who dedicates herself to expanding the sound and role of her instrument in the worlds of contemporary notated and improvised mu

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  • Marianne Trudel

    One of the great new voices on our national music scene, Quebec-based pianist/composer Marianne Trudel draws equally on classical, jazz, and free-improv idioms.

  • Brad Turner Quartet

    Vancouver-based Brad Turner is one of Canada’s most prominent and prolific jazz artists.

  • Brad Turner Quartet

    Vancouver-based Brad Turner is one of Canada’s most prominent and prolific jazz artists.

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  • Ugetsu

    Named after the Japanese word for fantasy, this Vancouver group began its life as an Art Blakey tribute band and has since become one of the country’s finest original ensembles.

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  • Dylan van der Schyff

    Vancouver drummer Dylan van der Schyff is a heavyweight in the city’s acclaimed jazz and improvised music community.

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  • Cory Weeds Quintet featuring Jim Rotondi

    New York trumpeter Jim Rotondi is a major figure on the international jazz scene.

  • Håvard Wiik Trio

    One of Norway’s most extraordinary artists, pianist/composer Håvard Wiik first made his mark in Vancouver at the Jazz Festival with the Scandinavian powerhouse

  • Tony Wilson Sextet

    A major force in our city’s creative music community, guitarist/bandleader Tony Wilson is one of the most original guitar stylists on the Canadian scene.

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