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Instruments that Built the Foundations of Jazz
…his engaging and rhythmically-layered small combo, Luka has worked extensively as a composer, conductor, music director, and sound designer for theatre. Date: Friday, June 28, 2024 Location: Ocean Artworks –…
Tom Lee Workshops 2024
…the collaboration of bi-coastal communities. Her albums Into a Heart Pt. II and New Doors (Jackson/Wilson Duo) both won Music Nova Scotia’s “Jazz Recording of the Year” in 2022 and…
Festival Artists Who Defy Boundaries
…will be performing a very special duo set for only $10 at 11PM! Date: Saturday, June 22, 2024 Location: Performance Works Time: 7:30PM Tickets: Available online for $37 plus fees…
Improvisation is the Backbone to Jazz
…June 26, 2024 Location: Revue Stage – 1601 Johnston St. Vancouver, BC Time: 5:00PM Tickets: Pay what you can Sakina Abdou + Peter Knight & JP Carter Based in…
Getting There Was Twice The Fun
…member yet, you can visit evo.ca and use promo code SHAREEVO to get FREE Membership plus 30 FREE driving minutes. We partnered with Evo to ensure that getting to our…
Prophecy’s Modern Twist on Jazz History
…since opening in 2024. This is Prophecy’s first time participating in the 2025 Vancouver Jazz Festival Club Series, and they’ll be extending their Wednesday night jazz sessions to five nights…
Hip Hop as a Headliner
…than previously thought. Rooted in the sounds of Ragtime and Blues from the early 20th century in New Orleans, Jazz and Hip Hop both evolved from a style of music…
Steve Smith’s Groove Blue Organ Trio
Tony Monaco Hammond organ, Vinny Valentino guitar, and Steve Smith drums evoke the sounds of classic Blue Note organ trios of the 60’s. Smith’s zestful drumming gives a distinct Latin…
Steve Smith’s Groove Blue Organ Trio
Tony Monaco Hammond organ, Vinny Valentino guitar, and Steve Smith drums evoke the sounds of classic Blue Note organ trios of the 60’s. Smith’s zestful drumming gives a distinct Latin…
Guitars (and a dobro) at the Festival: Part One
…as she outlines her take on the process. https://youtu.be/9htsch-seMw Halvorson’s newest album Code Girl features her lyric work through vocalist Amirtha Kidambi, and the band Thumbscrew has been getting rave…
NEXT GENERATION OF JAZZ & BEYOND
One of the big joys of any festival is discovering new artists. That pleasure is doubled when the artist is both new to you, and new to the public spotlight….
Advocacy
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Late Nights for Cool People: Ironworks, China Cloud and Jam
…on, with Freedom Muzik “Amsterdam meets Vancouver” – a new trio with John Dikeman, John Brennan, and Jake Hardy – Tiny Pyramids with Berlin based Tyson Naylor – Jeff Younger’s…
CYPHER
…mainstay in the Vancouver hip-hop, spoken word, and improvisation scenes, to develop their skills, collaborate, and create a professional recording and promo package including headshots. Produced with the support of:…
Winter Jazz Sneak Preview
…lineup. Check it out before heading down to Granville Island this weekend – we hope to see you there! Click for more information and to see the full lineup. https://open.spotify.com/user/coastaljazzblues/playlist/3DcjqcsY8ByZczl8A4GnLC?si=Xg0epcmxTVaEeCnExjW1Jg…
Partikel
Full of startling and immensely satisfying left-turns, London’s Partikel is one of the most exciting and forward-thinking groups working in Europe. The quartet fuses bold melodies with mixed-meter vamps and…
Donor Spotlight: Franco Ferrari
…confidence that my contributions are being utilized in a way that I can be proud of. Becoming a member, a volunteer, a user of the service, a patron or an…
Rup Sidhu Ties Knots In Time
…residency. Participants will work closely with facilitator Rup Sidhu, who is a mainstay in the Vancouver hip-hop, spoken word, and improvisation scenes, to create a professional recording and promo package…
Basilissa
A trio of long-time Vancouver musicians with a shared penchant for wandering the world and exploring varied musical traditions, Basilissa is rooted in the bittersweet Portuguese folk music known as…
Nubya Garcia
…Camden Music. But it isn’t until you listen to albums like 2020’s Source and 2024’s Odyssey that you hear broader creativity shining through: it’s jazz, classical, dub, R&B, and whatever…
International Harmonies at The Festival
…2024 Vancouver International Jazz Festival is proof of this. Dozens of countries are represented, both through travelling musicians, and through local folks who have absorbed the musical stories of other…
Festival Artists Reinventing the Jazz Genre
…rhythm sections in punk history? We’ll find out on June 23rd, but the fiery new album released on Impulse Records by The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis gives us some…
aja monet
…work has continuously found new depths and new resonances. aja monet is a griot, a storyteller, a chronicler, and your grandmother telling you about her first love all at once….
5 Nights in Paradise: DJ Saba
…performer at the Vancouver Jazz Festival, playing both traditional Iranian music in 2023 and freeform improv jazz in 2024. They also took centre stage at the Shadbolt Centre for the…
BCLC’s Festival Partnership a Win-Win for Community Groups
…Artworks during the Vancouver International Jazz Festival. The BCLC Community Ticketing Program was a standout feature of the 2024 Vancouver International Jazz Festival, exemplifying BCLC’s commitment to community engagement and…
COASTAL CREATES A MUSICAL UNIVERSE
…June – would make his Vancouver Jazz Festival debut in 1989. Wayne Horvitz Electric Circus performed at the 2024 Vancouver International Jazz Festival. Photo by Matt Taylor As well, the…
Join the Coastal Jazz Board of Directors
Are you interested in stewarding the future of Coastal Jazz? We are currently recruiting expressions of interest to join the Coastal Jazz Board of Directors for the 2024-25 anniversary season…
New Educational Initiative Explores Musical Improvisation
Acclaimed Multi-Instrumentalist Shahzad Ismaily Leads the New Improvisers Studio Coastal Jazz and Western Front are pleased to present the inaugural year of the New Improvisers Studio, a week-long educational initiative…
New Jazz Underground
…Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. New Jazz Underground have dedicated their lives to the legacy of jazz and the promise of dynamic new creative paths. The future of Jazz will come…
THE WONDERFUL CHAOS OF JAZZ
…to today’s New Improvisers Studio. (Note this article was updated 02.19.25) Editor’s note – We were so honoured to have Shahzad Ismaily host the inaugural New Improvisers Studio in 2024….
Sounds that Swing at the Jazz Festival
…year’s line up seems to invite a whole new round of debate on what, exactly, is Jazz? And why aren’t my favourite Jazz musicians playing this year? And why is…
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Peregrine Falls + Shahzad Ismaily
…and Vijay Iyer, was nominated at the 2024 GRAMMYs for Best Alternative Jazz Album, a brand-new category added to reflect the explosion of genre-blending, envelope-pushing hybrid forms of creative music….
How to Foster a Vibrant Music Scene
…word about your favourite local artists, your support makes a significant difference. Want to know who’s playing where? Sign up for our weekly newsletter for news on upcoming local shows….
THE BIG DADDY OF WEST COAST FESTIVALS
…Vancouver’s Stanley Cup defeat to the New York Rangers. The riots wreaked havoc across downtown causing over a $1 million in damages. It was a wild year. Meanwhile, the “Big…
Unwritten Thursdays: City Poems
…hip-hop at countless festivals with poems featured in numerous publications. Cut to Fortress was published by Nightwood Editions in 2022 with this new collection to come 2025. Jillian Christmas is…
WANNA BE STARTING SOMETHING
You wouldn’t think Michael Jackson would be the talk of the 24th annual Vancouver International Jazz Festival, but news of his untimely death on June 25, 2009 – the day…
THE FESTIVAL FINDS ITS NICHE
1991 Festival program guide cover In 1991 the onset of a new decade was still looking rough around the edges, proving change can be hard. While the economy was strong…
The Future of Live Performance
…is taken, the federal government is at risk of reducing funding to this program which would result in organizations like Coastal Jazz receiving 23% less funding in 2024-2025 and beyond….
Vancouver Youth Jazz Orchestra
…of the Vancouver Jazz Orchestra over four weeks of rehearsals in June. The intensive culminates with a live performance on the closing day of the 2024 Vancouver international Jazz Festival….
Kassa Overall
…his 2024 album on Warp Records, Kassa pushes his kaleidoscopic, subversive vision further, layering Roland 808s against avant-garde drumming—in the vein of his mentors Elvin Jones and Billy Hart—alongside all-star…
JAZZ FEST’S BIG BANG
…had been recognized by All About Jazz as “a giant in the making,” and would go on to play the Festival again and again, most recently as our 2024 headliner….
Sakina Abdou, Shahzad Ismaily & Dan Gaucher
1601 Johnston St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3R9 2024 Coastal Jazz Artists in Residence Sakina Abdou and Shahzad Ismaily are joined in far-reaching sonic exploration by one of the West Coast’s…
Anthony D’Alessandro Quartet
Join Toronto-based pianist Anthony D’Alessandro and his quartet featuring NYC’s Benny Benack III on the Vancouver stop of their cross-Canada tour for an evening of swing, standards, and original music…
Ballads, Bossas, and Blues
…music and often explore polyrhythms, polymetre and odd-time signatures. They have released two EP’s on Bandcamp, with the latest, 2, in 2024. Featuring: Jake Huse tenor saxophone/composition, James Huumo keys,…
Christine Jensen Quartet
…Canadian talent. Quite a regular at the JUNOs, her dynamic and expressive Quartet album Day Moon won for Jazz Album of the Year (solo) in 2024. Inspired by seeing a…
MESTIZX
MESTIZX is an eclectic and celebratory expression of post-genre, de-colonial latinx music. Bolivian-born singer/multi-instrumentalist Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti and Chicago expat drummer Frank Rosaly’s 2024 debut on International Anthem and Nonesuch…
BCLC Community Ticketing Program Returns
Coastal Jazz is proud to welcome BCLC back as a major Festival partner for 2024, including the return of the BCLC Community Ticketing Program! With the help of partners like…
The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis
…and the rich tradition of the Impulse! label–a tradition that the combustive quartet is now a part of with their eponymous 2024 release. For his part, Lewis relishes the chance…
Thank You for an Amazing Festival
…you can reach out to me by email (luke @ coastaljazz.ca) to discuss how you can support us in bringing an even more memorable experience to the 2024 Festival. Your…
DJ O Show Artist Talk, moderated by Gillian Thomson
Passion, positivity, and professionalism make 2024 Coastal Jazz Artist in Residence DJ O Show one of the most sought-after DJs working today. O Show—a.k.a. Orene Askew—is a proudly Afro-Indigenous member…
An Artist’s Journey Through Coastal Jazz
…power that music has in building community. Can we count on you to give $20, $40, or even $50 today? Your support will help us kick off 2024 on a…
GETTING THE KEYS TO THE CITY
…Maurier International Jazz Festival Week,” citing the commitment of Coastal Jazz & Blues Society to the “promotion, growth, development, dissemination, and enjoyment of jazz and blues music in Vancouver.” Meanwhile,…
Blue Moon Marquee
750 Hornby St, Vancouver, BC V6Z 2H7 Winners of the 2024 JUNO Award for Blues Album of the Year, Blue Moon Marquee swings, jumps, and grooves their way through jazz…
Gig List: Dec 3
…tour through New York City! Micah’s show “Christmas in New York” includes favorite holiday tunes, Nylons classics and Jazz standards that pay tribute to the musical history of New York!…
Micah Barnes (of The Nylons) Christmas in New York
This Holiday season let chart topping Jazz crooner Micah Barnes take you on a musical tour through New York City! Micah’s show “Christmas in New York” includes favorite holiday tunes,…
Guilt & Co.
…of New Orleans. Thursday June 30th GROUNDUP feat. MERIDIAN Meridian is an exciting new band of many in-demand young musicians from Vancouver. It features Ardeshir Poukeramati on saxophone, Seb Chamney…
Cross-border collaboration connecting high-calibre artists
…year that I’ve been trying to get happening for the past two years as well as a new Haram record and a new quartet record in the works for the…
New Things at Coastal
We’ve had a lovely, busy fall, so we thought we’d take the opportunity to update you about some new things at Coastal Jazz. First up, we have two new staff…
Buy a Record, Make a Difference 12: Meredith Bates
…along the way with Jenny Scheinman in NYC and Carla Kihlstedt in Boston. There’s nothing I love more than meeting new people and creating new collaborations. It’s always exciting to…
Jeff Parker & The New Breed
Guitarist/composer Jeff Parker’s eclectic ensemble The New Breed plays “grooves that ooze and wend, sounding like a broken trance, or like experimental hip-hop as science experiment” (The New York Times)…
Gig List: Nov 26
…of the finest jazz musicians in the city. An Evening of Big Band Jazz and Zappa Douglas College, New West (7:30pm) Featuring the Douglas College Dues Band, led by Jill…
New Improvisers Studio
Coastal Jazz and Western Front present the second annual New Improvisers Studio, a free week-long educational initiative for up to ten young musicians aged 17 to 24. The New Improvisers…
Gig of the Week: February 3-9
…a part of that city’s musical history. But there is so much more to the music many call jazz (Black American Music) in New Orleans than just Louis Armstrong. New…
Gary Comeau and the Sounds of New Orleans
Gary Comeau with his Sounds of New Orleans Trio lays out a soundscape of the jazz, roots, Latin and R&B blues from the cultural rich history of New Orleans. From…
Gary Comeau and His Sounds of New Orleans
From the rich cultural history of New Orleans comes Gary Comeau and His Sounds Of New Orleans, laying out a soundscape of jazz, roots, Latin, R&B, and blues. From the…
Gig List: April 22
…Witness the emergence of 3 of Vancouver’s up-and-coming classical, new, and genre-bending musicians as they step into the spotlight: Julia Chien (percussion), Alex Mah (composer & interdisciplinary artist), and Matthew…
Volunteers
Thank you for your interest in volunteering! Volunteering at the TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival is a great way to hear amazing live music, make new friends, meet old friends,…
Jodi Proznick: New Horizons
…Bassist of the Year twice. HAmong her many honours, Jodi was awarded the Western Canadian Music Award for Jazz Artist of the Year for 2019. Jodi Proznick’s New Horizons Project…
Bright Moments Series Closes with Joshua Zubot and Strings
…to be able to come to a new city and develop relationships with new musicians, and it’s exciting to hear what these players are creating on the other side of…
Biboye Onanuga New Standards Quartet
…Daze Days, and the beloved weekly jam New Standards. With Vancouver standouts Mary Ancheta keys, Gordy Li sax and bassist Lida Magnusthis, inter-provincial Quartet embodies the New Standards spirit by…
Buy a Record, Make a Difference 5: Gordon Grdina
Buy a Record, Make a Difference is a new series we have created to help local musicians generate income during COVID-19. It is based on the principle that we should…
Buy a Record, Make a Difference 4: Aram Bajakian
…New Music Curator at Western Front, one of Canada’s leading artist run centers for art and new music. I have several of my own projects, like Aram Bajakian’s Kef, which…
Hip Pocket Presents the Sound of New Orleans, feat. Gary Comeau
Gary Comeau with his Sounds of New Orleans Trio lays out a soundscape of the jazz, roots, Latin and R&B blues from the cultural rich history of New Orleans. From…
From New York: Sheryl Bailey
Hailed as a “sizzling guitar goddess,” by The NYC Jazz Record, Sheryl Bailey has transcended the familiar trio of organ, guitar, and drums and raised it to an exciting new…
Gig List: Oct 29
…instrumentals. Each week’s brings a little something new to the mix – and this week it’s the scary sounds of New Orleans! Halloween Howl Pat’s Pub (6pm) Join the Spooky…
From New York: Manuel Valera Trio
Grammy-nominated pianist and composer Manuel Valera was born and raised in Havana, Cuba. Well known on the New York modern jazz scene, Manuel has garnered national American reviews and lent…
FROM NEW YORK: CHAMPIAN FULTON
Recognized as a Rising Jazz Star by the Downbeat Magazine Critic’s Poll in 2015, Champian’s “galvanizing presence” (The New Yorker) and her alluring musical presentation have made her “a charming…
FROM NEW YORK: CHAMPIAN FULTON
Recognized as a Rising Jazz Star by the Downbeat Magazine Critic’s Poll in 2015, Champian’s “galvanizing presence” (The New Yorker) and her alluring musical presentation have made her “a charming…
From New York: Ray Gallon Trio
A NYC-native, pianist Ray Gallon has been a mainstay on the jazz scene for over thirty years. Rooted in bebop and blues, his expressive, swingin’ playing melds old and new…
Spotlight on Montreal
…piece for him, back when the two lived and worked on the scene in New York years ago. Malcolm Goldstein is an improvising violinist and crucial composer of new music…
From New York: Spike Wilner Quartet
…extensive performance and recording career attest to a wide-ranging list of collaborators among New York icons. With Tyler Mitchell bass and Anthony Pincotti drums, and special guest trumpeter Joe Magnarelli….
Late Night Cool Hangs and Vegan Pizza (Maybe)
…party begins at 5pm, for the afternoon sessions at Ironworks, with plenty of new and great collaborations not to be missed. If you are interested in some new musical adventures…
The New Improvisers Studio
Coastal Jazz and Western Front are pleased to present the inaugural year of The New Improvisers Studio, a week-long educational initiative for 12 young musicians ages 17 to 24 from…
The New Improvisers Studio
Coastal Jazz and Western Front are also pleased to present the second year of the New Improvisers Studio (NIS), a week-long educational initiative for 10 young musicians aged 17 to…
Gig List: April 15
…a night of original straight-ahead jazz with forays into new grooves to the Frankie’s stage. Included will be material from his 6 CD releases, as well as some new and…
Gig List: August 27
…his new recording with the Hart, Scone and Albin trio Leading the British Invasion. Earlier in his career, he worked extensively in New York with the Glenn Miller Orchestra, organist…
From New York: Ken Fowser Quintet
From New York, the hard-hitting Ken Fowser Quintet is fronted by trumpet impresario Josh Bruneau, a rising star in the jazz scene. Debuting his new highly-acclaimed album Now Hear This…
From New York: Ken Fowser Quintet
From New York, the hard-hitting Ken Fowser Quintet is fronted by trumpet impresario Josh Bruneau, a rising star in the jazz scene. Debuting his new highly-acclaimed album Now Hear This…
Buy a Record, Make a Difference 2: Jesse Zubot
…recording I’d like to promote is called ‘Songs of Tales’. The new album is called ‘Life is a Gong Show’ and comes out May 1st, 2020. This recording is led…
Gig List: Dec 10
…New York: Peter Bernstein Frankie’s Jazz Club (8pm) Friday and Saturday night! Jazz guitarist Peter Bernstein has been a part of the jazz scene in New York and abroad since…
Downtown Jazz
…at the time, the music was celebrated by the people and tolerated by the country’s then-monarch. But in 1975, new governmental powers hit the pause button on this new musical…
From New York: Nick Hempton
A swinging, soulful, CD release! Straight from the jazz organ rooms of Harlem, veteran New York saxophonist Nick Hempton is bringing the blues, boogaloos, and shuffles of Jimmy Smith, Stanley…
Jodi Proznick: New Horizons
With New Horizons, Multiple National Jazz Award winner, JUNO nominee, WCMA Jazz Artist of the Year, and all-around spectacular Vancouver bassist/composer Jodi Proznick explores repertoire from Herbie Hancock, Woody Shaw,…
Paris New York Heritage Festival
Take a voyage of discovery between Paris and New York (with a stop in Vancouver), with the Paris-NewYork Heritage Festival. Blues, hip hop, jazz, and funk are all stops along…
From New York: Misha Piatigorsky Trio
…legendary cellist Gregor Piatigorsky, with international upbringing followed by international acclaim, he works in New York City to advance the modern jazz sound beyond the standards. With John Lee bass…
From New York: Roxy Coss Quintet
…Roxy is on the board of the Jazz Educators Network; on faculty at Juilliard, The New School, and BMCC; and is a founder of Women In Jazz Organization (WIJO). With…
From New York: Sam Taylor Trio
New York-based saxophonist Sam Taylor has been hailed as “wise beyond his years” (All About Jazz) and “remarkable” (Toronto Music Report). A Philadelphia native, Taylor is a recording artist on…
From New York: Nick Hempton
A swinging, soulful, CD release! Straight from the jazz organ rooms of Harlem, veteran New York saxophonist Nick Hempton is bringing the blues, boogaloos, and shuffles of Jimmy Smith, Stanley…
From New York: Tardo Hammer Trio
New York jazz pianist Tardo Hammer’s deft artistry has graced the bandstands of legends from Annie Ross, Lou Donaldson, and Art Farmer through Junior Cook, Lionel Hampton and Abbey Lincoln….
Craig Scott Quintet play Milt Jackson’s ‘In A New Setting’
Vibraphonist Craig Scott teams up again with tenor saxophonist Cory Weeds to present selections from the Milt Jackson, McCoy Tyner album In A New Setting. The Scott/Weeds collaboration, the acclaimed…
From New York: George Colligan
…(Whirlwind Records) is his 30th as a bandleader. Colligan, a New York resident for 15 years, now resides in Portland, Oregon where he is an Associate Professor at Portland State…
From New York: Peter Bernstein
Jazz guitarist Peter Bernstein has been a part of the jazz scene in New York and abroad since 1989. Peter has appeared in groups led by Sonny Rollins, Bobby Hutcherson,…
From New York: Peter Bernstein
Jazz guitarist Peter Bernstein has been a part of the jazz scene in New York and abroad since 1989. Peter has appeared in groups led by Sonny Rollins, Bobby Hutcherson,…
Late Nights for Cool People!
…new neural pathway. And you get a new neural pathway. YOU ALLLLLLL GET NEW NEURAL PATHWAYS!!! But, I’m still very much a newbie. Still checking it all out. And while…
From New York: Nick Hempton
From the legendary organ rooms of Harlem and Greenwich Village, veteran New York City saxophonist Nick Hempton is bringing his free-blowing blend of “barroom excitement and modern jazz finesse” to…
From New York: Nick Hempton
From the legendary organ rooms of Harlem and Greenwich Village, veteran New York City saxophonist Nick Hempton is bringing his free-blowing blend of “barroom excitement and modern jazz finesse” to…
It’s a French Fries and Champagne Party
…reminiscent of New York speakeasies, Parisian cabarets, and New Orleans Jazz Halls. It charted on the top 10 of the Billboard Jazz Chart. https://open.spotify.com/album/3heL0BxCl4Ts7IhS0NRYSv The Hot Sardines new album is…
Gary Comeau & The Sounds of New Orleans
Gary Comeau – keyboard / vocals, Adam Rohrlick – electric guitar / tenor saxophone, Chris Nordquist – drums / washboard / vocals Gary and the boys serve up New Orleans…
From New York: Tardo Hammer Trio
New York jazz pianist Tardo Hammer’s deft artistry has graced the bandstands of legends from Annie Ross, Lou Donaldson, and Art Farmer through Junior Cook, Lionel Hampton and Abbey Lincoln….
Gig List: Mar 18
…Kits Beach Soundwalk & Bill Frisell Solo Guitar from 1986 Western Front (7pm) (FREE) This new series will recreate the tour bus listening party by inviting local artists and composers…
Gig List: Nov 5
…Front New Music, Coastal Jazz, NOW Society, and Montreal’s Suoni Per Il Popolo. Tue Nov 6 Mythos (Modulus Festival) The Roundhouse (8pm) Vancouver’s cutting-edge chamber ensemble is known for boldly…
From New York: Katie Thiroux Trio
…(The New Yorker), Katie Thiroux has become a bold standard-bearer for the emerging generation of jazz singer/instrumentalists. Following her prodigious beginnings on bass at age 8 and studies under renowned…
The New Marauderz
An energetic party band, playing a mix of retro rock/pop/new wave classics. Based in Vancouver they perform as a duo or trio and cover such artists as Dire straits, Elvis…
Recruiting New Board Members for 2023
The Coastal Jazz & Blues Society is putting out an open call for new board members to join the organization at the November 2022 AGM. If you are interested in…
From New York: Champian Fulton
…a smile on your face. With Cory Weeds tenor saxophone, Paul Rushka bass, and Joe Poole drums. RELATED EVENTS FROM NEW YORK: CHAMPIAN FULTON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2019 FRANKIE’S JAZZ…
From New York: Pianist George Colligan
…is his 30th as a bandleader. Colligan, a New York resident for 15 years, now resides in Portland where he is an Associate Professor at Portland State University. With John…
From New York: Champian Fulton
…a smile on your face. With Cory Weeds tenor saxophone, Paul Rushka bass, and Joe Poole drums. RELATED EVENTS FROM NEW YORK: CHAMPIAN FULTON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2019 FRANKIE’S JAZZ…
Matt Mitchell’s tribute to Tim Berne
…somewhat of an endurance test! But it was cool *smile* with a full house, packed with lots of familiar faces and plenty of new ones (to me) as well. For…
New York Standards Quartet
A collaborative band of jazz stalwarts, the New York Standards Quartet is made up of world-class musicians who have been playing, composing and arranging music based on classic jazz standards…
From New York, Texas & Vancouver: The Davis / Danderfer Quintet
…jazz drummer Quincy Davis and clarinetist James Danderfer, this group features JUNO-award winners Oliver Gannon guitar and Brad Turner piano as well as stellar New York City bassist Karl Kohut….
From New York: Noah Preminger Quartet
Prolific Brooklyn-based saxophonist Noah Preminger is a winner of a Downbeat Magazine’s Rising Star Best Tenor Saxophonist award, and has recorded over twelve critically acclaimed albums. The New York Times…
Gig List: Oct 1st
…Holcomb & Peggy Lee and a performance by The Microcosmos String Quartet playing new music by Bradshaw Pack. Wed Oct 3 Jazz Piano Through a Classical Lens: John Stetch UBC…
From New York: Ari Hoenig Trio
…fastest moving on the New York jazz scene. His distinctive improvisation style reflects Mediterranean, South American, and North African influences but is nonetheless always rooted in the traditions of American…
B3 for Bunny: From New York, Akiko Tsuruga
…stay.” Since landing in the mecca for jazz, New York City, Akiko has been embraced not only by audiences, but by her fellow musicians, as one of the top organ…
Announcing our new executive director
…finding new ways to bring memorable music experiences to as many people as possible. When not immersed in music, you can find her roaming the local mountains. Nina will join…
From New York, Texas & Vancouver: The Davis / Danderfer Quintet
…jazz drummer Quincy Davis and clarinetist James Danderfer, this group features JUNO-award winners Oliver Gannon guitar and Brad Turner piano as well as stellar New York City bassist Karl Kohut….
Buy a Record, Make a Difference 29: Parlour Panther
Buy a Record, Make a Difference is a new series we have created to help local musicians generate income during COVID-19. It is based on the principle that we should…
From New York: Larry Fuller Trio
One of the premier mainstream jazz pianists performing internationally, critics have said Larry Fuller “swings like a beast!” Harnessing his bandstand collaborations with many jazz giants – Fuller has led…
FROM NEW YORK: LEZLIE HARRISON
Lezlie Harrison is her own personal renaissance. Her constant state of evolution and growth brings with it, gifts for those paying attention. As a vocalist both bold and subtle, her…
Gig List: Jan 28
…(8pm) Part of the Jazz for Barb Series presented with the Italian Culture Centre This new quintet features some of Canada’s finest jazz musicians performing a variety of favourite tunes…
New York Saxophonist Harry Allen
Simply put, Harry Allen has it all. He’s consistently reliable and endlessly adaptable, swinging and inventive, thoughtful and resourceful, smooth and bold; plus, and this counts for a lot, easygoing,…
Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters
…a kind of haunted desert blues, bolstered by a pulsing rhythm, ghostly backing voices, and a viola chasing the melody of an electric oud. The anthemic rock beat of “New…
New Volunteers
Gig List: Oct 22nd
…Band with Jack Stafford at the legion. Sawdust Collector Series Gold Saucer (9pmish) New Works 13 featuring Wallgrin, Alvaro Rojas, and Kate Franklin & Jamie Robinson. Wed Oct 24 Downtown…
Young Headliners Come In Hot
…Cultch featured the Brad Turner Quartet, Vijay Iyer (dubbed one of “today’s most important pianists” by The New Yorker) with his quartet, François Houle Tentet, and the nine-piece New Jungle…
Gig List: Mar 4
…and tuba with a rhythm section. The program includes new arrangements of works by Monk, Nelson, Hagen, Lennon/McCartney, Arlen, Mingus, Stride and more. Hits Like a Girl The Heritage Grill…
Digital Jazz Hotline #41
…Ahead/Mainstream Heart of the City Festival: Jazz Confluence – Carnegie Theatre, 401 Main St. (7pm) | Straight Ahead/Mainstream ISCM World New Music Days: Vancouver New Music String Orchestra & Vancouver…
New York Saxophonist Harry Allen
Simply put, Harry Allen has it all. He’s consistently reliable and endlessly adaptable, swinging and inventive, thoughtful and resourceful, smooth and bold; plus, and this counts for a lot, easygoing,…
Gig List: Jan 14
…at the Heatley. Wed Jan 16 VSO New Music Festival/Early Music Vancouver New Music for Old Instruments Thomas Tallis & “Missa Charles Darwin” Christ Church Cathedral (7:30pm) With two GRAMMY…
From New York: Larry Fuller Trio
One of the premier mainstream jazz pianists performing internationally, critics have said Larry Fuller “swings like a beast!” Harnessing his bandstand collaborations with many jazz giants – Fuller has led…
North Shore Jazz
…deeply human musical expression. The closing weekend of the festival will feature another free concert at the West Vancouver Memorial Library on Friday, June 28 th at 7:30pm. New York…
Black BC Artists Whose Music You Should Purchase (and Stream!)
…“Daniels’ voice has a hypnotic quality, delivering an impressive range that gives the romantic songs and verse of 50 years ago new life and raw emotion.”” PURCHASE “THE PROMISE” Khari…
FROM NEW YORK: LEZLIE HARRISON
Lezlie Harrison is her own personal renaissance. Her constant state of evolution and growth brings with it, gifts for those paying attention. As a vocalist both bold and subtle, her…
A New Appreciation of Jazz
Herbie Hancock | Photo by Chris Cameron From June 21 – July 1, 2013 the Vancouver International Jazz Festival continued its musical domination of the city with 1,800 musicians and…
From New York: Emmet Cohen Trio
“Cohen demonstrates his remarkable range and abilities, which evoke both Chick Corea and Earl “Fatha” Hines at his most adventurous.” —WGBO Rapidly establishing himself as Vancouver’s (and the world’s) favourite…
Ulysses Owens Jr.’s Generation Y
…album as leader, A New Beat, was recorded at the legendary Rudy Van Gelder Studios in New Jersey and is out now on the Cellar Jazz record label. In the…
Book your holiday get-together at Frankie’s Jazz Club
…friends. Micah Barnes December 17, 8pm “Nicely bridges the gap between Cole Porter and Elvis Costello” – The Globe and Mail https://youtu.be/9NfRgPFaDOE Micah’s New York Stories, released in 2015, pays…
From New York: Emmet Cohen Trio
“Cohen demonstrates his remarkable range and abilities, which evoke both Chick Corea and Earl “Fatha” Hines at his most adventurous.” —WGBO Rapidly establishing himself as Vancouver’s (and the world’s) favourite…
Q&A with John Brennan of Temporal Drum Set
…the Temporal Drum Set, an immersive sound installation that investigates the relationship between the “sonic memory” of instruments and improvisation. Western Front New Music’s Róisín Adams sits down to have…
Festival Focus: Saxophonists
…a semi-regular visitor to our city ever since. This year he’s part of an exciting quartet at The Ironworks with New York pianist Angelica Sanchez, and Vancouver stalwarts Peggy Lee…
The Gig List: March 26
Welcome to our new blog series, The Gig List, in which each week we’ll highlight the diversity of concerts happening in-and-around Vancouver. We’ll remind you to get out and see…
Gig List: May 1
…5, 8PM Frankies Jazz Club, 755 Beaty Street, Vancouver “Among the most important composers to come into jazz in the new millennium”–JazzTimes Hailing from Azerbaijan, the New York-based Amina Figarova…
IronFest IV: Craig Taborn
…in a wide variety of situations including jazz, new music, electronic, rock, noise and avant garde contexts. The New York Times Magazine calls Taborn “One of the best jazz pianists…
Gig List: Nov 19
…of the finest jazz musicians in the city. Petunia and the Vipers WISE Lounge (8pm) They’re back! Part old-tyme, part new times, part no time at all, part all-of-the-time. Join…
Digital Jazz Hotline #37
…– Tangent Cafe, 2095 Commercial Dr. (8:30pm) | Mainstream/Straight Ahead Sarah Kennedy & Nick Peck – Heritage Grill, 447 Columbia Street, New Westminster (8pm) | Mainstream/Straight Ahead Mandy Rushton sings…
John Stetch & Vulneraville
Six-time Juno nominee John Stetch brings his New York quartet Vulneraville to Frankie’s Jazz Club in celebration of Stetch’s 15th album The Vancouver Concert (recorded this past May). A native…
But is it Jazz?
…Jazz Festival in 2013 This also is not entirely a new phenomenon, especially for Vancouver. In the ‘90s and early 2000s the Jazz Festival’s New Groove series brought DJs, Senegalese…
TO THE BEAT OF – JAZZ?
…Performance Works hosted the New Groove Series booking fusion and funk acts. A blend of jazz and electronics also showed up with Englands Cinematic Orchestra and Toronto trio The New…
Gig List: May 13
…Young returns to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, the location of his first solo live performance in Vancouver in 1971, for a very special solo show Sawdust Collector Series: New Works…
Frankies Jazz Club
…jazz styles of New Orleans. A powerful combination that delights audiences at home and abroad. Joining her are Wynston Minckler on bass, Jens Christiansen on tenor saxophone, and Dean Thiessen…
The Gig List: April 9
…organ, Brad Turner drums. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HYjCRkYRUg New York Standards Quartet Friday, April 13, 8pm Frankie’s Jazz Club, 755 Beatty Street, Vancouver A collaborative band of jazz stalwarts, the New York Standards…
John Stetch Trio CD Release
…and NPR, such as Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz twice. His new CD features flavors of Tchaikovsky, Mozambique, Bulgarian Bluegrass, Lady Gaga and a New Orleans take on Canada’s national anthem….
Gig List: April 8
…Cole Schmidt & James Meger. Wed Apr 10 New Orford String Quartet Pyatt Hall (7:30pm) Hailed for their “ravishingly beautiful tone” as well as their “extraordinary technical skills and musicianship”…
Festival Focus: Trumpets
…could fall asleep in it, but can absolutely slay when it’s warranted. He’s got a brilliant new album out on Cellar Live, and is leading some of New York’s best…
The Hot Sardines
…Music Classics), the jazz collective broadens its already impressive palette, combining covers and originals as they effortlessly channel New York speakeasies, Parisian cabarets, and New Orleans jazz halls. Come hear…
Buy a Record, Make a Difference 11: Dylan van der Schyff
Buy a Record, Make a Difference is a new series we have created to help local musicians generate income during COVID-19. It is based on the principle that we should…
GO BIG AND GO GLOBAL
…locations expanded to 26 venues. New ones included Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Gardens, Metrotown Plaza in Burnaby and the CBC Building for a series of open-to-the-public recording sessions for its new…
Hidden Gems in the Free Program
…a city with too many nicknames, (that don’t include the words “No Fun”), who brings a set of tunes from her new album featuring Mike Lent on bass and Sandro…
Spotlight On: Made In The UK
…It’s worth having a look at a recent New York Times article that discusses the vitality of the UK jazz scene and Shabaka Hutchings’ role within. It looks like a…
Irreversible Entanglements
…saxophonist Keir Neuringer, trumpeter Aquiles Navarro, and drummer Tcheser Holmes, their new album Protect Your Light — on the legendary Impulse! Label — is “a major statement from artists who…
All ‘Bout that Bass
…newcomers to the scene? Feeling a little shy? If you’re reading this, chances are you are already a jazz expert… but if you fall into the music-newbie camp and have…
Buy a Record, Make a Difference 7: Dawn Pemberton
…in the world. 3. What’s your latest recording (or a recording you’d like to promote)? Where can people get it? I’m currently working on some new music. I’m trying to…
Buy a Record, Make a Difference 9: Daniel Hersog
…music is inspired by Gil Evans Bob Brookmeyer, and Duke Ellington. 3. What’s your latest recording (or a recording you’d like to promote)? Where can people get it? My new…
Buy a Record, Make a Difference 1: Peggy Lee
Buy a Record, Make a Difference is a new series we have created to help local musicians generate income during COVID-19. It is based on the principle that we should…
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
…Band at 8 years old, and the New Orleans Philharmonic by 12. He moved to New York in ‘79, fresh out of high school, and quickly traded his Julliard plans…
Festival Positions
The 2023 Festival First Timers Club
By Tim Reinert The Vancouver International Jazz Festival is celebrating its 38th anniversary this year. Although the festival constantly changes and evolves, its commitment to showcasing artists who are new…
Buy a Record, Make a Difference 13: Stephen Lyons
Buy a Record, Make a Difference is a new series we have created to help local musicians generate income during COVID-19. It is based on the principle that we should…
Buy a Record, Make a Difference 14: Julia Ulehla
Buy a Record, Make a Difference is a new series we have created to help local musicians generate income during COVID-19. It is based on the principle that we should…
All the Clubs
For music and refreshments check out this incredible array of clubs featuring jazz and blues inspired music during the Festival! The Cascade Room 2616 Main Street Music schedule New to…
Review: Cécile McLorin Salvant, Jazz at Lincoln Center
…Vocalist of the Year. (Did I mention that she’s also a talented visual artist who recently hosted her own gallery show in New York? See her website for some beautiful…
Gig List: May 6
…Ol’ Man River and other famous songs, much fiery oratory, and a defiant testimony to the House Un-American Activities Committee. Sawdust Collector Series: New Works #17 Gold Saucer (9:30pm) Weekly…
Tim Berne – A Leader in the Downtown Scene
…amazing new trumpet player you won’t know named Herbie Robertson that’s going to blow everyone’s mind?” They were picking up bass players along the way and for our Western Front…
All That Jazz
…some nightly jazz while people watching on the sly. Railway Stage and Beer Craft 579 Dunsmuir St. The old Railway Club got a new facelift! Walls lined with old newsprint,…
A BLUEPRINT FOR SUCCESS
…featured 20 artists who were considered among the most creative on the burgeoning Swedish music scene. New Dutch Swing at the Cultch returned for featuring Han Bennink, who was so…
Dirty Projectors
…Solange, and David Byrne, Dirty Projectors’ David Longstreth “is a playful conceptualist who moves in a handful of directions all at once” (New York Times). SPIN calls the stunning new…
Bria Skonberg
New York-based Canadian singer, trumpeter, and songwriter Bria Skonberg has been described as one of the “most versatile and imposing musicians of her generation” (Wall Street Journal). Recognized as one…
FESTIVAL TALES: INSIDER INFO with NOU DADOUN
…the airport or the Western Front or Granville Island or the New York Theatre etc. The last night of the festival, the closing concert at the New York Theatre was…
In the Press: Part One
…20th year with Coastal Jazz and is the newly minted managing director for artistic programming. She talked with Alexander Varty at the Georgia Straight last week about her team: “Robert…
VANCOUVER’S FIRST DANCE PARTY IN THE STREETS
…fest had exploded to new heights. The previous year’s event drew about 100,000 people – a 30 percent jump over 1988 – and the team at Coastal Jazz anticipated a…
B3 For Bunny: Brian Charette
New York-based organist Brian Charette has established himself as a leading man in modern jazz. Charette is a Grammy-nominated, Hammond-endorsed artist who was the winner of the 2014 Downbeat Critics’…
Amina Figarova Sextet
“Among the most important composers to come into jazz in the new millennium”–JazzTimes Hailing from Azerbaijan, the New York-based Amina Figarova is an internationally influenced—and recognized—composer, pianist, and bandleader. Those…
John Boutté Quartet
…choice of repertory and his rapport with musicians all point back to New Orleans. It’s hard to imagine him settled in any place else.” – The New York Times …
Guitars at the Festival: Part Two, the Local scene
…Some guitarists leave Vancouver for new opportunities, some move here for new opportunities. Such is the case with Aram Bajakian. Although perhaps the choice might have been more personal than…
Trace Quartet
Trace Quartet shapes and twists jazz idioms from the 21st century, and reimagines the genre’s conventional forms, to create new sonic visions through its own unique lens. Featuring new original…
THE DEBUT OF DOWNTOWN JAZZ
Janelle Monae performs at the 2012 Jazz Festival In 2012, after many months of behind-the-scenes work with the City of Vancouver, Coastal Jazz unveiled a new location for the Jazz…
The Gig List: April 16
…755 Beatty Street Vancouver From New York, the hard-hitting Ken Fowser Quintet is fronted by trumpet impresario Josh Bruneau, a rising star in the jazz scene. Debuting his new highly-acclaimed…
Earth Ball
…Pinx, Kamikaze Nurse, Eschatons, Psychedelic Dirt, and CROTCH, as well as in collaborations with artists like Deerhoof, Chris Corsano, and William Hooker. They’ve hit remarkable milestones for such a new…
Bill Charlap
…2021 marks the 17th year of Bill’s artistic directorship of New York City’s Jazz in July Festival at the Kaufmann Concert Hall at 92Y. He has produced several concerts for…
The David Weiss Sextet
Moving jazz forward has been David Weiss’s modus operandi ever since he appeared on the scene in the late eighties when he established himself in New York by touring and/or…
The David Weiss Sextet
Moving jazz forward has been David Weiss’s modus operandi ever since he appeared on the scene in the late eighties when he established himself in New York by touring and/or…
Immanuel Wilkins & Lutosławski Quartet
…pluming gestures of space and breath. Listeners were introduced to this riveting sound on Wilkins’ acclaimed debut Omega, which was named the #1 Jazz Album of 2020 by The New…
The Bad Plus
The New Yorker was onto something when they called The Bad Plus “the Coen brothers of jazz: ironic and dead earnest, technically brilliant, beyond versatile…and pretty hard to pin down.”…
Vince Mai Quintet
Influenced by diverse talents like Freddie Hubbard, Miles Davis, and Chris Botti – Vince brings a night of original straight-ahead jazz with forays into new grooves to the Frankie’s stage….
Gig List: Sept 17
…DE BRIGITTE (LOST IN TRANSLATION) Western Front (8pm) Called “the most visceral and distinctive alto saxophonist of this era” by The New York Times, New York alto saxophonist and composer…
Q&A with Elizabeth Bougerol of The Hot Sardines
The Hot Sardines are a New York based hot jazz ensemble formed by bandleaders Elizabeth Bougerol and Evan Palazzo. They released their latest album French Fries and Champagne in 2016…
Buy a Record, Make a Difference 20: Kristin Fung
Buy a Record, Make a Difference is a new series we have created to help local musicians generate income during COVID-19. It is based on the principle that we should…
Gig List: May 28
…all-new album planned for 2018. With Lou Mastroianni piano, Allan Johnston bass, Roderick Murray trombone, Rolando Preza congas/vocals, and Raphael Geronimo timbales/vocals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hbqg4FPefc RESERVE TABLE Sweet and Hot Wednesdays: Jen…
Guitar Wizards – Female Division
…Emily Remler. Herb Ellis called her the new superstar of guitar and in a 1982 interview with People magazine, Remler said: “I may look like a nice Jewish girl from…
Second Show: Immanuel Wilkins & Lutosławski Quartet
…pluming gestures of space and breath. Listeners were introduced to this riveting sound on Wilkins’ acclaimed debut Omega, which was named the #1 Jazz Album of 2020 by The New…
Buy a Record, Make a Difference 19: Jesus Caballero
Buy a Record, Make a Difference is a new series we have created to help local musicians generate income during COVID-19. It is based on the principle that we should…
Buy a Record, Make a Difference 6: Colin Cowan
Buy a Record, Make a Difference is a new series we have created to help local musicians generate income during COVID-19. It is based on the principle that we should…
MGB
…the jazz/world fusion room. —Pop Matters Complex, intricate, idiosyncratic, and rockin’—those are the adjectives that best describe this cross-border collaboration between Vancouver guitarist Gordon Grdina, and New York’s Matt Mitchell…
Hudson’s Powerhouse Players Unite on Tour
…egos whose joint efforts produce results that are anything but super. Thankfully, that’s not the case with new jazz supergroup Hudson. All four members of this all-star, multi-generational quartet—drummer Jack…
VANCOUVER LANDS ON THE WORLD STAGE
…But the biggest news was that Vancouver was hosting the World Exposition on Transportation and Communication, aka Expo 86. The city had spent millions transforming itself with new buildings and…
Rumba Calzada
…including Montreal, Miami, New York, LA, Columbia, Venezuela, Peru, Malaysia and Manila, Rumba Calzada is gearing up for more tours and recordings, with an all-new album planned for 2018. …
Tim’s Picks from our Free Show Lineup – Part Two
…double bill with Vancouver’s hottest new improvising trio, KneeJerk. Speaking of which…KneeJerk is a new (ish) trio that straddles the line between minimalism and chaos. Although they’ve only played a…
Lakecia Benjamin and Phoenix
1218 Cartwright St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3R8 “Benjamin exudes star-quality and authority in equal measure.” – textura New York-based saxophonist, arranger, composer, and bandleader Lakecia Benjamin is one of the…
Buy a Record, Make a Difference 23: Shannon Scott
…going. 3. What’s your latest recording (or a recording you’d like to promote)? Where can people get it? I’m currently working on a new recording; my most recent recording for…
Buy a Record, Make a Difference 3: Elisa Thorn
Buy a Record, Make a Difference is a new series we have created to help local musicians generate income during COVID-19. It is based on the principle that we should…
Lucinda Williams
LUCINDA WILLIAMS “It’s all come full circle,” says three-time Grammy Award winner Lucinda Williams about her powerful new album, Good Souls Better Angels. After more than forty years of music…
72 Bands in 12 Days
…player. Darius Jones, Angelica Sanchez, Peggy Lee, Dylan van der Schyff, at Ironworks Two New York heavy hitters plus two Vancouver legends plus newly written sound sketches by Darius Jones…
Buy a Record, Make a Difference 26: Jodi Proznick
Buy a Record, Make a Difference is a new series we have created to help local musicians generate income during COVID-19. It is based on the principle that we should…
Amirtha Kidambi / Julia Úlehla / Darius Jones
A key figure in New York’s experimental scene, vocalist Amirtha Kidambi (Elder Ones, Mary Halvorson) rethinks the building blocks of music through bold improv with a host of innovators. Simply…
Buy a Record, Make a Difference 28: Katherine Penfold
Buy a Record, Make a Difference is a new series we have created to help local musicians generate income during COVID-19. It is based on the principle that we should…
Tim Berne & Gregg Belisle-Chi with Gordon Grdina
Join three of North America’s finest and most fiercely creative avant-garde musicians for a night of electrifying new music. This performance will feature two sets: Gordon Grdina will begin the…
The Jason Winikoff Hot 5
750 Hornby St, Vancouver, BC V6Z 2H7 The Jason Winikoff Hot 5 plays early swing and New Orleans trad jazz from the seminal 1900-1930s era, pulling influence from pioneers like…
Cherry Glazerr
Hailed as “LA’s new faces of rock” by The Los Angeles Times, Cherry Glazerr is everything you’d want from your new favourite indie band: super catchy riffs, punk rock abandon,…
Unwritten Thursdays: Chris Corsano & Elisa Thorne + Cat Toren, James Meger & Liam Murphy
…purchase until January 18th) 1st set: CHRIS CORSANO & ELISA THORNE 2nd set: CAT TOREN, JAMES MEGER & LIAM MURPHY Chris Corsano is a New York-based drummer who has been…
Stringsongs With Laura Crema and Bill Coon
…CBC Radio. Juno nominated guitarists/composer Bill Coon co-creates a book of new songs with acclaimed Vancouver vocalist and performer Laura Crema. This group’s intention is to create a unique juxtaposition…
Dave King Trio – Sold Out!
…reinterpretations of standards, rich with free interplay and quiet rumination. Dave King is one of the most celebrated drummers in modern jazz. His contributions to the Minneapolis and New York…
JAZZ MUSIC HAS A MAJOR MOMENT
…the good news of bringing in a younger demographic to a never-ending world of jazz. In fact, youth was a big theme that year. As a Harvard sophomore, Mark Zuckerberg…
Brad Shigeta Boptet
Canadian jazz trombonist Brad Shigeta is a proud new resident of Vancouver after two decades living in New York City where he performed, toured and recorded with Clifford Jordan, Illinois…
Pink Martini: Good Riddance, 2020!
Everyone’s favorite “little orchestra” Pink Martini brings some much-needed holiday cheer to your living room this December with a pair of brand new streaming concert events. We’re sending our holiday…
Pink Martini: Home for the Holidays
Everyone’s favorite “little orchestra” Pink Martini brings some much-needed holiday cheer to your living room this December with a pair of brand new streaming concert events. We’re sending our holiday…
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The Enduring Connections of Artists in Residence
…as part of the New Improvisers Studio program. Shahzad Ismaily Brooklyn-based multi-instrumentalist/composer Shahzad Ismaily has been called the “musician’s favourite musician.” A deeply empathic player, he’s worked with…
Gig List: Apr 1
…Her award-winning performances combine a theatrical energy with charismatic and original interpretations. Sawdust Collector Series: New Works #16 Gold Saucer (9:30pm) Weekly performance series curated by Barbara Adler, Cole Schmidt…
2nd Floor Gastown (at the Water St. Café)
…it is just coming back to life as performances make their way back into our lives. This performance will feature some music from the album, new music from the yet…
Gordon Grdina, Jim Black, Oscar Noriega, Mat Maneri
This new quartet brings heavy-hitters from New York-based groups like Endangered Blood, AlasNoAxis, and Square Peg together with JUNO Award-winning Vancouverite Gordon Grdina guitar/oud (Haram, Peregrine Falls) to channel intense,…
Darius Jones, Peggy Lee, Angelica Sanchez, Dylan van der Schyff
Called “the most visceral and distinctive alto saxophonist of this era” by The New York Times, Darius Jones’ incisive work “poses big questions about the relationship between the African-American tradition…
An Interview with James Meger
…introduction. Obviously so many things in the music, specifically that thing with a new band where you’re discovering the possibilities in the music and between the people involved for the…
The Straight-Ahead Scene: Jazz at Pyatt Hall & Frankie’s Jazz Club
…Cedar Walton, Nat Adderley, and Louis Hayes to name a few! Over the years Vincent has become a dear friend and I’m so happy we’re presenting his new quartet. An…
Peter and Will Anderson Quintet
“Virtuosos on clarinet and saxophone,” (New York Times) Washington DC native identical twins and Juilliard graduates Peter and Will Anderson are known for their unique renditions of classic jazz songs…
Itamar Erez’s Quartet & “Mi Alegria” CD launch
…his new release (and 4th CD) Mi Alegria in June 2019 and will play selections from that new CD at this show with his fantastic quartet. With Itamar Erez piano…
Cory Weeds Quintet featuring Atley King & David Hazeltine
Alto saxophonist Cory Weeds teams up with frequent collaborator, New York City pianist David Hazeltine for a night of hard swinging thoughtful jazz. David Hazeltine is one of a handful…
Cory Weeds’ Birthday Bash
…from Los Angeles Roy McCurdy as they form the house trio for the night! They will be joined by guests Stephen Riley (North Carolina) and Grant Stewart (New York) tenor…
AHEAD BY A CENTURY
…and gun control into the spotlight. Napster, which allowed users to download and trade music off the Internet for free, made its debut. It’s credited with spawning a decade known…
Gordon Grdina’s Nomad Trio with Matt Mitchell and Jim Black
Gordon Grdina is “the rare jazz guitarist who plays a lot of notes, yet manages to find a way not to waste them” (New York Music Daily). He also spearheads—and…
Wawona
Pianist/composer/producer Quincy Mayes investigates how narrative is uniquely conveyed through both live performance and visual media. The new four-piece Mayes co-leads with vocalist/producer Yuyu Feng 冯榆喻 (China) creates acoustic experiences…
Cory Weeds Quintet featuring Atley King & David Hazeltine
Alto saxophonist Cory Weeds teams up with frequent collaborator, New York City pianist David Hazeltine for a night of hard swinging thoughtful jazz. David Hazeltine is one of a handful…
Cory Weeds Little Big Band Explosion
Inspired by tenor heroes Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis and Gene Ammons, saxophonist Cory Weeds has invited a tremendous assortment of Canadian and American musicians to join him in this new straight-ahead,…
Cory Weeds Little Big Band Explosion
Inspired by tenor heroes Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis and Gene Ammons, saxophonist Cory Weeds has invited a tremendous assortment of Canadian and American musicians to join him in this new straight-ahead,…
The Arntzens: 3 Generations in Jazz
…talk about the Arntzens. Spanning three generations, this prolific musical family dazzles with melodic, swinging tunes rooted in the New Orleans tradition. Patriarch Lloyd Arntzen discovered the music of Jelly…
International Podcast Day
…Infidels Jazz Show Speaking of Ironworks, stalwart Ironworks MC and Vancouver jazz flaneur Tim Reinert has great show that posts new episodes on Mondays. Eclectic, just like Tim! The A-Trane…
The Gig List: Sept 10
Mon Sep 10 Bria Skonberg Frankie’s Jazz Club (8pm) – SOLD OUT! Recognized as one of 25 for the Future by DownBeat Magazine, New York-based Canadian singer, trumpeter, and songwriter…
Tia Brazda
Tia Brazda’s jazz-pop gems and bold style have made a sparkling impression at home and abroad, paying homage to the golden era while remaining daringly modern. Her new album Daydream…
Makaya McCraven
…multi-talented force whose inventive process and intuitive, cinematic style defies categorization. Blurring the boundaries of jazz and electronic music, his “hypnotic, wholly new and radically communal” (Pitchfork) Universal Beings—featuring collaborations…
Jeremy Pelt Quintet
The newest of esteemed trumpet player and composer Jeremy Pelt’s musical projects, The Jeremy Pelt Quintet features an exciting collection of young talents. With Victor Gould on piano, Richie Goods…
Buy a Record, Make a Difference 18: Marin Patenaude
Buy a Record, Make a Difference is a new series we have created to help local musicians generate income during COVID-19. It is based on the principle that we should…
Where to Start with Sun Ra
…I can share some suggested records that may be helpful starting points for a new listener ready to discover Sun Ra. Jazz by Sun Ra from 1956 This is Sun…
EDM Legend Bonobo brings live band to the Marquee Series
…– making arrangements, bringing the band together, rehearsing, and fine-tuning. The result is something that honours the music’s electronic roots while bringing it into a totally new world of sound….
Vince Mai Quintet
Influenced by diverse talents like Freddie Hubbard, Miles Davis, and Guido Basso, Vince brings to Frankie’s a night of original straight ahead jazz with forays into new grooves. Included will…
An Interview with Indigenous Artist in Residence Russell Wallace
…with some great musicians. I am also excited by creating new work based on St’át’imc language, Salish music form, and investigating Indigenous contributions to Jazz. Can you tell us a…
COLLOQUI-WHA?
…by social and cultural exhaustion, what can the improvising arts and activism contribute to the realization of hopeful futures? How do theatrical, musical and artistic practices of improvisation offer new…
Limbs of the Stars
Discorder described Limbs of the Stars’ engaging, “shadow-shrouded riches” as “a mix of jazz, folk, and turn-of-the-century indie rock accented with flourishes of New Weird America.” Featuring guitarist/vocalist Stephen Lyons…
Davina and The Vagabonds
Filled with New Orleans charm, Memphis soul swagger and tender gospel passages, Davina and The Vagabonds’ music synthesize 100 years of American tradition with tunes combining both edgy nostalgia and…
Alvaro Rojas’ Gran Kasa
…of Canada’s finest new music groups, including Turning Point Ensemble, Aventa Ensemble, and the Microcosmos String Quartet. Gran Kasa, his latest project, features an all-star lineup of Canadian musicians from…
Kneebody
…Winter, Edition, and Brainfeeder. Their brand-new album, Reach (on GroundUP), coalesces the unmistakable sounds Kneebody have cultivated over two decades, while boldly pointing towards new directions for the veteran collective….
Digital Jazz Hotline #49
Over the holiday break vice-regal Julie Payette announced her first round of appointments of Order of Canada recipients. We’re thrilled to see Vancouver’s own Oliver Gannon honoured as a new…
Adam Robert Thomas
…has a new self-titled release and will be performing soulful, funky music from this album that debuted at #11 on the soul charts of Roots Music Report. With Darren Paris…
Buy a Record, Make a Difference 21: Dalannah Bowen
Dalannah Gail Bowen will be performing as part of Winter Jazz on Feb 21 at 3:45PM. RSVP for free here: RSVP Buy a Record, Make a Difference is a new…
Lucy Lambert Trio
…Bessie Smith. She has performed extensively across Canada, in Vancouver and Montreal, as well as having toured and performed throughout Europe and America, traveling to both New Orleans and New…
Makaya McCraven
…music, his “hypnotic, wholly new and radically communal” (Pitchfork) 2018 album Universal Beings—featuring Shabaka Hutchings, Tomeka Reid, Jeff Parker, and other greats—made ‘Best-of’ lists in the New York Times, Billboard,…
Artist Interview: Laila Biali
…for the lighting of the Rockefeller Christmas Tree in New York City in 2015. I was pinching myself that I got to sing backup for an iconic artist at an…
More Must-See Free Shows
…DK O Show. Come find out what makes some of your favourite musicians tick! Shahzad Ismaily New Improviser’s Studio at Western Front One of the cooler things about this year’s…
Big Lazy
“Simultaneously noir and pastoral, gothic and modern, Big Lazy conjures images from big sky country to seedy back rooms with cinematic clarity.” – Kosmos New York-based Big Lazy’s music falls…
Jeremy Pelt Quintet
The newest of esteemed trumpet player and composer Jeremy Pelt’s musical projects, The Jeremy Pelt Quintet features an exciting collection of young talents. With Victor Gould on piano, Richie Goods…
George Colligan Trio featuring Buster Williams & Lenny White
New York multi-instrumentalist George Colligan is one of the most original and compelling jazz artists of his generation. For this current project he is touring with two legends of music….
Our Friends and Club Partners: Hastings Mill Brew Co. AKA Pat’s Pub
…our Jazz enthusiasts every Saturday from 2pm to 6pm. Catch some of the best in the industry from Vancouver favorites like Sharon Minemoto, to bright new talent like Ilhan Saferali….
Things to Do While Self-Isolating
…thank you for your service!). This massive collective shift to life indoors has left many anxious and looking to fill their time with material other than the news, but it…
Cory Weeds Quartet
Tenor saxophonist Cory Weeds teams up with New York keyboardist Ben Paterson for what promises to be a hard swinging affair. The two shared the stage last November when Ben…
CANCELLED: Woods/Stowell/Black Trio
…on countless albums and tours. This exciting new trio is proud to announce the imminent release of their new album. With John Stowell guitar, Kevin Woods trumpet, Miles Black piano….
Robert Plant: A Personal Reminiscence
…version of “In a Gadda Da Vida…” And then this album appears. Gnomically called Led Zeppelin, (because who knew there was going to be a II, III, IV, and V)…
Cory Weeds Quintet CD Release
…the release celebration, Weeds will be joined on the front line by fiery New York trumpeter, Josh Bruneau! In addition to music from the recording, they will be celebrating the…
Cory Weeds Quartet
Tenor saxophonist Cory Weeds teams up with New York keyboardist Ben Paterson for what promises to be a hard swinging affair. The two shared the stage last November when Ben…
CANCELLED: Geoffrey Keezer Trio with guest Gillian Margot
…with stellar guest vocalist Gillian Margot, perform selections from Geoffrey’s new album “On My Way To You”. Their program includes brand-new compositions as well as essential reimaginings of songs by…
Josh Zubot Quartet
Composer/violinist Josh Zubot is always on the lookout for new adventures in music. Over his busy career he’s led or co-led eclectic groups like Subtle Lip Can, Mendham, Josh Zubot…
Digital Jazz Hotline #54
…– Straight Ahead/Mainstream Adam Rohrlick’s Hip Pocket New Orleans Mardi Gras with Gary Comeau – Provence Marinaside, 1177 Marinaside Crescent (6pm) – Traditional Wednesday Night Blues: Steve Kozak w. Dave…
The Vancouver Jazz Scene
…immediately, with many of the scene’s stalwarts taking advantage of this “new normal” by performing online concerts, or releasing that live record they didn’t had time to mix before, or…
Saba Amrei, Lisa Cay Miller & Adrian Avendaño + Emad Armoush, Josh Zubot & Parmela Attariwala
…the genre-defying West Coast improv community since 2017, working with Tony Wilson, SICK BOSS, and Dálava, and international artists like Darius Jones and Gerald Cleaver. Rhythm Changes called the new…
Why You Should Volunteer with Us This Summer
…appreciation party is always a lively and memorable event! 4. Skills Whether you’re looking to further develop pre-existing skills or start working on some new ones, we have a volunteer…
Patricia Barber – Cancelled
…been called “conspicuously literate and restlessly inventive” by The New Yorker, celebrated vocalist/pianist Patricia Barber has again broken artistic boundaries with her first album in six years, Higher, which rethinks…
Ring in 2018 with Mazacote
Say goodbye to 2017 and hello to 2018 with Mazacote! Mazacote is a hard hitting six piece Latin dance band, playing horn-driven New York salsa dura and beats from Colombia,…
Seven Drummers to Check Out at Jazz Fest 2019
…finally, he’ll be playing with Endangered Blood, his long-running band with some of the biggest names of the ‘90s New York downtown scene. Antonio Sanchez, with Migration (The Blueshore at…
Tony Wilson’s Burn Down the Cornfield
West Coast guitarist/composer Tony Wilson brings his stratospheric imagination and serpentine playing to this new project that blends a lean jazz trio with strings. Tony Wilson is one of the…
Cory Weeds Quintet CD Release
…the release celebration, Weeds will be joined on the front line by fiery New York trumpeter, Josh Bruneau! In addition to music from the recording, they will be celebrating the…
Artist Interview: Jamie Lee
…in my 2nd year at Cap when I saw Allison Au Quartet at Tangent Cafe. They were touring across Canada with their new album “Forest Grove” back then, and it…
Jamison Ross
The Grammy-nominated and Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz award-winning drummer, bandleader and vocalist blends “New Orleans funk and second line with modern gospel, classic doo-wop and soul jazz” (The New…
Kris Davis, Ingrid Laubrock, Dylan van der Schyff
One of modern jazz’s most in-demand pianists, Kris Davis’ resolutely individual artistry offers “uncommon creative adventure” (JazzTimes). The New York-based musician has worked with John Zorn, Tyshawn Sorey, and Mary…
George Colligan Trio featuring Buster Williams & Lenny White
New York multi-instrumentalist George Colligan is one of the most original and compelling jazz artists of his generation. For this current project he is touring with two legends of music…..
Ethan Ardelli Quartet
Toronto-based drummer Ethan Ardelli brings his quartet to Frankie’s Jazz Club to promote the release of their debut album “The Island of Form”. Recorded in New York City at Sear…
Naughty Professor
“…among the finest jazz-funk bands in New Orleans.”—Offbeat Magazine Weaving together complex, inventive compositions and organic improv, this iconoclastic New Orleans sextet honours its hometown’s jazz, R&B, and brass-band traditions…
Tim’s Picks on Sax & Guitar
…9PM Zoh Amba, Central Park, New York, NY. Amba had a banner year in 2022, with three critically acclaimed records to her name. The most obvious sound comparison one can…
Kuya Quartet
…melodies, classics from Filipino composers and new originals inspired by the genre. A veritable plethora of possibilities for re-imagined and adventurous interpretations. Noriega’s first foray into this concept materialized into…
Vincent Herring Quartet – Sold Out
…From sensual ballads, to earthy, gospel-tinged blues and no-holds-barred post-bop barnburners—the Vincent Herring Quartet delivers the goods on all levels! His new quartet of top-shelf New York jazz players features…
Vincent Herring Quartet
…From sensual ballads, to earthy, gospel-tinged blues and no-holds-barred post-bop barnburners—the Vincent Herring Quartet delivers the goods on all levels! His new quartet of top-shelf New York jazz players features…
Mike Allen feat. Peter Washington & Lewis Nash
In January, 2019, with the help of FACTOR, tenor saxophonist Mike Allen and producer Cory Weeds hopped on a plane and flew to New York and entered the hallowed grounds…
Ciao, Bella! Spotlight on Italy
…the New England Conservatory, she came in third place in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocals Competition in 1998. Since then, she’s been nominated for two Grammys and collaborated with…
Ethiopiques: Revolt of the Soul
…music was celebrated by the people and tolerated by the country’s then-monarch. But in 1975, new governmental powers hit the pause button on this new musical expression. Ethiopiques: Revolt of…
Kendra Shank & John Stowell
New York vocalist Kendra Shank and Portland guitarist John Stowell have been having musical conversations for three decades, resulting in a deep synergy. “New York Conversations” – their co-led duo…
Mike Allen feat. Peter Washington & Lewis Nash
In January, 2019, with the help of FACTOR, tenor saxophonist Mike Allen and producer Cory Weeds hopped on a plane and flew to New York and entered the hallowed grounds…
Tom Keenlyside Quartet
This outing for the Tom Keenlyside Quartet will feature new and exciting material, publicly performed for the first time at Frankie’s, with original musical contributions from all the band members….
Gig List: Jan 21
…is an evening of improvised music in variable combinations not to be missed. Sweet & Hot Wednesdays: Jen Hodge All-Stars Guilt & Co (930pm) Expect hard swinging grooves, boisterous New…
SICK BOSS & Jaimie Branch’s Fly or Die II: Bird Dogs of Paradise
…Jaimie Branch’s debut Fly or Die, which was dubbed one of the “Best Albums of 2017” by The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, NPR Music, WIRE, Stereogum, Aquarium Drunkard,…
Digital Jazz Hotline #46
…8 CJBS: From New York Champian Fulton – Frankie’s Jazz Club, 755 Beatty St (8pm) – Straight Ahead/Mainstream Diana Krall – Queen Elizabeth Theatre, 630 Hamilton St (8pm) – Straight…
Itamar Erez Quartet
…and that mountaintop of arts performance, New York’s Carnegie Hall. As far-ranging as he is, both musically and geographically, “it’s hard to locate Itamar Erez’s music in any particular place…
Harpdog Brown & The Uptown Blues Band
Canada’s classic blues icon is back on the road again bringing his new Uptown Blues Band to Frankie’s. Harpdog is a real-deal purveyor of classic electric blues. Think of the…
Former Nylon Micah Barnes
Jazz singer-songwriter and vocalist Micah Barnes created a classic vocal jazz recording with his critically acclaimed New York Stories (eOne Music) which topped the jazz charts in 2016 and launched…
Hip Pocket Quartet plays Grant Green
This quartet lays out a soundscape of Jazz, Roots, Latin, R&B and Blues from the cultural rich history of New Orleans. From the Jazz influence of Louis Armstrong, the New…
Buy a Record, Make a Difference 27: Sara Kim
Buy a Record, Make a Difference is a new series we have created to help local musicians generate income during COVID-19. It is based on the principle that we should…
The Future in Outer Space!
…lead by action, our queens listened, our queens made bright futures out of an unfair path, our queens cried and laughed. Our queens knew they were just like us, from…
Jessica McMann, Karen Donaldson-Shepherd, and Beverley McKiver
The Indigenous Artist Residency is a new program that celebrates innovative Aboriginal artists and provides opportunities for collaboration, performance, and skills development supported by the Coastal Jazz and Blues Society….
Robin Holcomb – Late Show
…by Westerlies Records. Called “staggeringly beautiful” by The New York Times, the great Bill Frisell’s praise of the singular collection of songs is even more urgent: “Listen closely. We need…
IronFest V: Night One – Asrar Quartet + Jessica Ackerley Trio
…tradition with the addition of veteran Vancouver drummer Kenton Loewen. Ali Razmi’s sublime compositions, set with the words of mystic poets Rumi, Khayyám and Hafez, bridge old and new in…
Gig List: August 20
…Fri Aug 24 Cory Weeds w. Ben Paterson Frankie’s Jazz Club (8pm) Two event special, also performing Sat Aug 25th Tenor saxophonist Cory Weeds teams up with New York keyboardist…
Robin Holcomb – Early Show
…by Westerlies Records. Called “staggeringly beautiful” by The New York Times, the great Bill Frisell’s praise of the singular collection of songs is even more urgent: “Listen closely. We need…
Letter to CJBS Members
…the community and we are committed to recruiting new candidates to achieve that and to encourage a wider spectrum of voices at the table. With that in mind, we note…
The Ironworks
…Wilson feature their new album on July 02, and Talking Pictures plays their first jazz festival gig in many years on July 03. We end the festival with two duets…
Sona Jobarteh
1218 Cartwright St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3R8 With her shimmering 21-string Kora melodies and heart-swelling vocals, Sona Jobarteh is “a griot for a new generation of West Africans” (BBC). Breaking…
Laraaji
…in his own lane for decades, an 80 year-young American multi-instrumentalist visionary sound artist LARAAJI NADABRAHMANANDA & one of the pioneers of the new-age and ambient philosophies. In the early…
Gig List: Sept 24
…Gold Saucer (9pm-ish) Katie Duck/Lisa Cay Miller/Ron Samworth/Kai Basanta This weeks’ hot collective features multi-methodology dancer Katie Duck; pianist and director of the New Orchestra Workshop Society Lisa Cay Miller;…
Brad Shigeta Boptet
Trombonist Brad Shigeta spent two decades in New York City working and recording with Clifford Jordan, Illinois Jacquet, and Wynton Marsalis. This quintet will be playing fiery new arrangements of…
Around the World in Five Concerts
…for Vancouver’s diverse audiences. If you want to try something new, learn something about your fellow humans, and experience the world through music, think about taking a trip around the…
Festival Focus: Pianists
…A few years ago, Coastal asked me to emcee a Davina gig at Frankie’s. I knew the name, but wasn’t familiar with her music at all. It didn’t take long…
Digital Jazz Hotline #47
…Modern Big Top Tuesday – Libra Room, 1608 Commercial Dr (8:30pm) – Straight Ahead/Mainstream Sawdust Collector Series: Final New Works 2017 w. Robyn Jacob & Elisa Thorn / Maya Tenzer…
Bradley/McGillivray Blues Band
“Bounce out the old year and ring in the new with Bradley/McGillivray Blues. Hip, grit, power and tenderness–this band is one of Vancouver’s live music treasures, fusing blues, jazz, funk…
Ilhan Ersahin, Dave Harrington and Kenny Wollesen Trio
With drummer Kenny Wollesen (Tom Waits, John Zorn, Norah Jones) and Dave Harrington (of electronic duo Darkside) guitar/bass/electronics, New York-based Swedish/Turkish saxophonist and impresario Ilhan Ersahin captures the vibe of…
Buy a Record, Make a Difference 25: Alvaro Rojas
Buy a Record, Make a Difference is a new series we have created to help local musicians generate income during COVID-19. It is based on the principle that we should…
Hip Pocket Quartet plays Grant Green
This quartet lays out a soundscape of Jazz, Roots, Latin, R&B and Blues from the cultural rich history of New Orleans. From the Jazz influence of Louis Armstrong, the New…
North Shore Jazz: Bringing you maverick music choices for 17 years!
…https://youtu.be/beN3Isqxgyk Drummer/vocalist extraordinaire, Jamison Ross and his swinging band, will bring their soulful, New Orleans inspired jazz to the BlueShore for another debut performance on June 27. It wasn’t enough…
Patricia Barber Trio – SOLD OUT
…The New Yorker, celebrated vocalist/pianist Patricia Barber has again broken artistic boundaries with her first album in six years, Higher, which rethinks the canons of jazz songwriting into a highly…
Aram Bajakian & Julia Ulehla
…and legendary ethnomusicologist. An experiment in how traditional songs grow when transplanted to new lands and new times. Late Night Shows at The China Cloud, 524 Main Street, 2nd Floor,…
Emerging Artists at the 2019 Jazz Festival
…first album with Blue Note records, plays as a side man for pretty much everybody in New York these days, and is quite frankly the most talked about vibraphonist that…
Davina and The Vagabonds
With New Orleans charm, Memphis soul swagger, and tender gospel passages, Davina and The Vagabonds synthesize 100 years of American music with original tunes full of edgy nostalgia and fresh…
COLLOQUIUM
…practices of improvisation offer new and alternative forms of creative knowledge? 10am Panel: Approaches Beau Stocker (York University), “Rhythm in improvised music composition and performance: Improvised music models of East…
Gig List: May 14
…worked with George Wallington, Charles Mingus, and Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers (1956-1958). He also participated on a string of jam session-flavoured records for Prestige and New Jazz before he found…
The Ironworks
…shows there for years before they realized that the Jazz Festival had other venues. Somehow Ironworks manages to hold 140 people, yet also delivers an intimate, New York-style jazz club…
Gig List: Dec 17
…and the Vipers WISE Lounge (8pm) They’re back! Part old-tyme, part new times, part no time at all, part all-of-the-time. Join Petunia and The Vipers for their Monday night residency…
Jason Winikoff’s Crescent Quintet Presents
The Jason Winikoff Quintet will present a diverse sampling of New Orleanian jazz from various points of the city’s rich musical history. Selections will include traditional barnburners made famous by…
Buy a Record, Make a Difference 22: Sharon Minemoto
Buy a Record, Make a Difference is a new series we have created to help local musicians generate income during COVID-19. It is based on the principle that we should…
Happy Holidays!
…of Christmas Jazz On a warm July day in 1961 Ernie Wilkins came to a Count Basie Orchestra gig at Birdland in New York with a newly completed manuscript in…
Melissa Aldana Quartet
Fast-rising New York-based tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana has made quite a splash since relocating from her native Chile. Her pure tone and “cultured, emotionally weighted, purposeful sound” (Boston Globe) draws…
The Tao of Wu
…not only rap, but the music industry as a whole. Given that the group of New York rappers from the “slums of Shaolin” (Staten Island), first hit the scene back…
Jessica McMann and Karen Donaldson-Shepherd Workshop
The Indigenous Artist Residency is a new program that celebrates innovative Aboriginal artists and provides opportunities for collaboration, performance, and skills development supported by the Coastal Jazz and Blues Society….
Buy a Record, Make a Difference 24: Missy D
Buy a Record, Make a Difference is a new series we have created to help local musicians generate income during COVID-19. It is based on the principle that we should…
Julian Lage
…technical facility and seemingly boundless curiosity” (The New York Times), the always astonishing New York-based guitarist has collaborated with Gary Burton, Nels Cline, Béla Fleck, John Zorn, and scores of…
Milk Crate Bandits
Expect a night of high-energy New Orleans jazz, intimate acoustic moments and cheeky vocals with the Milk Crate Bandits. The Vancouver group has released two EPs, The Neighbourhood and The…
Buy a Record, Make a Difference 8: Ruby Singh
Buy a Record, Make a Difference is a new series we have created to help local musicians generate income during COVID-19. It is based on the principle that we should…
MUSIC NERDDOM AND JEFF PARKER
…recent solo/band project – “The New Breed” and “Suite for Max Brown”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pO2wlIg018 Naturally, getting into Jeff Parker’s discography led to further discoveries – trumpeter Rob Mazurek, drummers Chad Taylor…
Peggy Lee & Cole Schmidt Trio feat. Dan Gaucher
…broad-minded understanding led them to a new trio concept: for each performance, Lee and Schmidt explore their new book of tunes under the everchanging influence of different drummers. In this…
Digital Jazz Hotline #45
We’re getting into the holiday spirit this week with Katherine Penfold performing songs from her brand new release Keep Christmas With You on Sunday at Frankie’s Jazz Club. Plenty of…
Brad Shigeta Organ Boptet feat. Cory Weeds
Canadian jazz trombonist Brad Shigeta moved to Vancouver after two decades living in New York City where he performed, toured and recorded with Clifford Jordan, Illinois Jacquet, Wynton Marsalis, and…
The Ironworks
…him on June 24 at The Ironworks, alongside New York drummer Gerald Cleaver. He’ll also be performing with long time collaborators Julia Uleha and Amirtha Kidambi on July 3. Every…
Dave Anderson Quartet featuring Dave Restivo
Coming off the release of his 4th album, New York saxophonist Anderson fronts a quartet featuring some of BC’s top jazz talent. The critically celebrated Melting Pot, also featuring Restivo…
Buy a Record, Make a Difference 16: Anita Eccleston
Buy a Record, Make a Difference is a new series we have created to help local musicians generate income during COVID-19. It is based on the principle that we should…
Downtown Jazz
…is a high point of the summer for many locals – myself included. It serves as a way to hear all kinds of new music without having to spend a…
A Little Festival History
…New York and Los Angeles and beyond. “What on earth happened between Miles and Wynton?” The Jazz Festival was on the map! Wynton Marsalis & Miles Davis. Photo by Chris…
The Comet Is Coming
…apocalypse. In the aftermath of widespread sonic destruction, what sounds remain? Who will lead the survivors to new sound worlds? Who will chart the new frontier? In a London warehouse…
Julian Lage Trio
…seemingly boundless curiosity” (The New York Times). The New York-based “modern master” (Jazzwise) has collaborated with giants such as Gary Burton, Nels Cline, Béla Fleck, and John Zorn. With his…
Buy a Record, Make a Difference 15: Andre Lachance
Buy a Record, Make a Difference is a new series we have created to help local musicians generate income during COVID-19. It is based on the principle that we should…
Angelica Sanchez, Chris Speed, James Meger, Kai Basanta
NYC pianist Angelica Sanchez (Wadada Leo Smith, Tyshawn Sorey) “seeks out the lyrical heartbeat within any avant-garde storm” (New York Times). Tenor saxophonist/clarinetist Chris Speed (Tim Berne, Kurt Rosenwinkel) is…
Pugs & Crows
“This is music of great strength and beauty.” – Georgia Straight Celebrating the release of their phenomenal new album Uncle!, Pugs & Crows incorporate influences from tango and chamber music…
THE DAWN OF DAVID LAM PARK
…still quite a few years away. Society hadn’t even been through the dot-com boom – or bust – yet. At the time, the internet was still a new kid on…
Hard Rubber Orchestra feat. Sal Ferreras
…The evening will also feature percussionist Sal Ferreras on the microtonal glass lumiphone, and a new Renaissance-inspired composition by bandleader John Korsrud. Presented with the Hard Rubber New Music Society….
Rudy Petschauer Quartet
…trio, garnering rave reviews on their new recording Leading the British Invasion. Earlier in his career, he worked extensively in New York with the Glenn Miller Orchestra, organist Jack McDuff,…
Immanuel Wilkins – Early Show
“One of the most compelling instrumentalists in improvised music” – NPR Morning Edition Hot on the heels of Omega (the #1 Jazz Album of 2020, per the New York Times),…
Josh Zubot Quartet
Composer/violinist Josh Zubot is always on the lookout for new adventures in music. Over his busy career he’s led or co-led eclectic groups like Subtle Lip Can, Mendham, Josh Zubot…
Buy a Record, Make a Difference 17: Kevin Romain
Buy a Record, Make a Difference is a new series we have created to help local musicians generate income during COVID-19. It is based on the principle that we should…
Andrea Superstein
…written by Superstein and arranged and produced by Shepherd. The two will also share some of their favourite works from albums past as well as new collaborations. Groundbreaking new music…
Immanuel Wilkins – Late Show
“One of the most compelling instrumentalists in improvised music” – NPR Morning Edition Hot on the heels of Omega (the #1 Jazz Album of 2020, per the New York Times),…
Darius Jones Quartet featuring Emilie Lesbros Le bébé de Brigitte (Lost in Translation)
“The most visceral and distinctive alto saxophonist of this era.” —The New York Times New York alto saxophonist and composer Darius Jones presents the most recent of the projects in…
Birch Pereira & The Gin Joints
…gigs in New York City, New Orleans and Los Angeles as well. In 2016 their first album, Dream Man, won Earshot Jazz Society’s “Northwest Jazz Recording of the Year” and…
Josh Zubot Octet
…been on purely acoustic string music. This new ensemble adds a more electronic, amplified approach and a wider orchestral palette for his soaring angular melody lines and deep rhythmic pulses,…
Unusual Instruments at Jazz Fest
…Ceccaldi – the Ironworks, Sunday July 1, midnight ($17) New York violinist/violist Mat Maneri will also be playing two shows for the Innovation Series: Gordon Grdina, Shahzad Ismaily, Mat Maneri,…
Buy a Record, Make a Difference 30: That’s a Wrap!
…a half months of interviews, we think there’s been something for everyone! If you’re in the mood for a new pop or neo-soul jam, we suggest checking out Katherine Penfold…
Buy a Record, Make a Difference 10: Mili Hong
Buy a Record, Make a Difference is a new series we have created to help local musicians generate income during COVID-19. It is based on the principle that we should…
The Reinvention of The Bad Plus
…after they all moved to New York and launched their debut at the Village Vanguard. Subsequently, Vancouver audiences had many opportunities to see the trio in their appearances at the…
Gig List: July 16
…textures to create new sounding and explorative songs. Kai Basanta is a Vancouver based drummer/producer. Kai blends ethereal soundscapes with off-kilter beats in his new solo project. Barbara Adler is…
Witch Prophet
Witch Prophet layers vocal harmonies, loops, and raps over irresistible hip hop, jazz, and soul-inspired beats from her partner, turntablist/producer Sun Sun. The Toronto-based queer East African singer-songwriter’s new album…
Gig List: Feb 11
…Cash-only. Sun Feb 17 Bobby McFerrin: Circlesongs Chan Centre for the Performing Arts (7pm) The concert will feature Gimme5 — McFerrin’s newest band of veterans from his Voicestra group Joey…
Dan Weiss Starebaby featuring Craig Taborn, Matt Mitchell, Ben Monder & Trevor Dunn
Hailed as one of the top five jazz drummers by The New York Times, Dan Weiss’s forward-thinking compositions and innovative playing have pushed musical limits for years. Starebaby is the…
Western Front Workshops 2023
…John Dieterich of Deerhoof, and percussionist/Music Research Strategist Marshall Trammell, moderated by Vancouver New Music Artistic Director Giorgio Magnanensi. In association with Vancouver New Music. All events are free and…
WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND
…to BIV News at the time. “The festival is the same number of days as last year…we will have a fabulous range of concerts happening throughout Vancouver.” Same, girl. Same….
Subtle Degrees: A Dance That Empties
“…music that is deeply rewarding. ****1/2” —Downbeat A Dance That Empties (New Amsterdam) is Travis Laplante’s latest album-length composition, written for Subtle Degrees, a two-musician ensemble featuring Laplante (tenor saxophone)…
Everybody loves singers: Roberta Gambarini, Morgan James, Maya Rae, Macy Gray, and more
…her YouTube covers. The New York-based singer-songwriter and Broadway chanteuse released her first album, Reckless Abandon, last year which she co-wrote with several other musicians and sang all of her…
Live from Amsterdam
…MOORE’S DICE CUP TRIO A new project from veteran Amsterdam-based reeds player Michael Moore, Dice Cup Trio takes Max Jacob’s 1923 collection of tightly constructed, absurdly humorous prose poems Le…
Old Soul Rebel + JB The First Lady
OLD SOUL REBEL A powerhouse duo that puts a new shine on Southern-tinged blues rock, Old Soul Rebel was named one of Canada’s best new bands by CBC Radio. Inspired…
Digital Jazz Hotline #53
…Straight Ahead/Mainstream Jazz Vespers: Steve Smith – St. Andrew’s-Wesley, 1022 Nelson St (4pm) Blue Prints_new prints w. Alanna Ho/Kivanç Tatar/Ben Brown/Roxanne Nesbitt – Gold Saucer, 207 W Hastings St (8pm)…
Assertion
…Ritchie drums/vocals, Russell Sholberg bass, and Charlene Vickers bass/electronics/vocals, the long-running band’s new recording Medusa was released in January 2021. Split into two distinct halves, it leads with original songs…
Thad Bailey-Mai Quartet
The Thad Bailey-Mai Quartet is a colourful mosaic of inspirations. Thad’s trumpet playing draws from many different branches of the jazz lineage, old and new, while his genre-defying compositions are…
DJ Paisley Eva
…energy mix of obscure underground tracks and beloved classics for over ten years. Her choice, chance-taking selections are plucked from house, disco, new wave, pop, and whatever keeps people moving….
Juhli Conlinn Trio: A Tribute to Edith Piaf
…taken her on a journey around the world, where she has breathed new life into 1930s and 1940s vintage harmonies with the Company B Jazz Band. One memorable moment was…
Dylan Cramer Trio
…along with Paul Desmond, Johnny Hodges and Stan Getz. Expect the trio to play selections from Cramer’s five recordings, along with new material from their upcoming album. Michael Creber and…
Open Jazz Jams
…Saul June 22 – Biboye Onanuga New Standards Quartet June 23 – Chris Fraser Quartet June 24 – MUSICMUSICMUSIC June 25 – Let’s Make the Water Turn Black – Frank…
Al Muirhead’s Canadian Quintet
JUNO-nominated trumpeter Al Muirhead “is a bright light on the Canadian jazz scene. Listeners will find themselves luxuriating in Muirhead’s deep, mellifluous tone…. 4 Stars!” (Downbeat Magazine). His new Canadian…
Peggy Lee Band
…texturing of her detailed, emotionally deep compositions, Lee exudes mastery in quietude and in fire. Premiering new music alongside selections from its rich back catalogue, this all-star band inhabits a…
Biboye Onanuga Quartet
…in the Edmonton scene through his instrumental hip-hop/jazz band Good Information and the two-year (so far) tenure of his weekly music series, New Standards. Inspired by innovators like Ambrose Akinmusire,…
Rudy Petschauer Quartet
Jazz drummer Rudy Petschauer has played with jazz greats such as Lou Donaldson, David Fathead Newman, and Diana Krall. Rudy can be heard in heavy rotation on NPR, getting rave…
B3 For Bunny: Pat Bianchi Trio
Grammy-nominated organist and winner of Downbeat Magazine’s 2016 rising star poll, Pat Bianchi is one of the premiere organists on the international scene today. His command of the instrument, harmonic…
William S. Taylor Trio
William Taylor was born in New Orleans and moved to Seattle at age 14. He was recruited by the BC Lions to move to Vancouver but ultimately gave up sport…
Leah Abramson’s Songs For a Lost Pod
Called “consistently wonderful” (Georgia Straight), and “a special kind of talent” (Vancouver Sun), composer/vocalist Leah Abramson’s new project explores inter-species communication and ecological issues from the perspective of various whale…
Melody Diachun
…freedom and excitement of improvisation with funk, R&B, and fun. Celebrating her new release Get Back to the Groove, the focus is on irresistible originals, unexpected covers, and compelling grooves….
Dean Thiessen’s Stranger Friends 4tet
…the creativity of his fellow musicians. The new album Thank You, Friend is, as Dean says, “a celebration of the music that has given me so many friendships, and the…
Bonnie Northgraves Hot 4
…smokey, rich, and explorative, and her trumpet playing a call to the early jazz styles of New Orleans while being lyrically intriguing, evolved, and playful. With one foot rooted in…
10 Phenomenal Women at the 2019 Jazz Festival
…Frankie’s on June 24th. 10. Ikue Mori Ikue Mori is so cool. Originally from Tokyo, she emigrated to New York in ’77 and has been making beautiful noise ever since….
Laila Biali
…Award winners Chris Botti, Paula Cole and Suzanne Vega, and recorded with and supported international icon, Sting. Be one of the first to hear her highly anticipated new self-titled release!…
Kobo Town
…on their new album, Carnival of the Ghosts. Trinidadian songwriter Drew Gonsalves’ buoyant music stimulates both body and mind; his infectious grooves juxtaposed with incisive lyrics inspire fans worldwide, including…
Paul Keeling Trio CD Release
…new 2019 CD release “Focal Practice.” Through his unique, high-integrity compositions, Keeling delivers upbeat, deeply lyrical improvisational flights. At times bluesy and bold, other times tenderly expressive, but always in…
Missy D
Good things are happening for Vancouver’s Missy D! The hiphop, rap, and soul artist’s blend of old and new school urban music with jazz was recently featured at SxSW in…
Nels Cline, Scott Amendola, Peggy Lee, Lisa Cay Miller, Lisen Rylander Löve
…projects. “If the new improvisational movement means to convey the spirit of jazz without reiterating its stylistic clichés, then Vancouver-based pianist Lisa Miller deserves to be considered one of its…
Evan Arntzen Quartet with special guest Lloyd Arntzen
…Arntzen guitar/banjo, Don Ogilvie guitar, and Jennifer Hodge bass, they’ll share their joyful take on classic New Orleans jazz, plus stories of how the music made its way to Vancouver….
Farida Amadou with White People Killed Them
…Spirituals) is an experimental percussionist and designer of interculturally-situated, arts-driven social engagement interventions. Presented in association with Vancouver New Music This show is part of our Granville Island Jazz series…
Karin Plato
…The National Jazz Awards in Toronto for Canadian Jazz Vocalist of The Year. In September 2018 she released a new recording, “This Could Be The One,” featuring several original songs…
Gig of the Week: Feb 24-Mar 1
…as one of the most exciting jazz pianists to see live in New York these days. It’s not often that you get to see a pianist with a rep like…
Kevin Breit Presents Johnny Goldtooth and The Chevy Casanovas
Infinitely creative, this wild and whimsical new project from award-winning Canadian guitarist Kevin Breit (Norah Jones, k.d. lang) situates the swaggering, edgy, mythical Johnny Goldtooth in a dust-swept land of…
Macy Gray
…its way onto the charts in the United States, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland. Macy will be releasing her forthcoming album on Mack Avenue Records in the fall….
DJ Shub
Considered the Godfather of PowWowStep, DJ Shub broke new ground on a growing genre of electronic music. Born Dan General, the Six Nations Mohawk producer began his career with JUNO…
Peter Bernstein/Larry Goldings/Bill Stewart
…for charting new ground with hard-swinging, yet thoughtful music. Peter’s warm, feather-light touch and fluid improvisation with Larry Goldings’ warm hum, and Bill Stewart’s polyrhythmic and melodic focus, create a…
Lydia Hol & Dawn Pemberton
…and world music. A regular collaborator with The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer, her deep musicality and irresistible verve make Dawn the new queen of Canadian soul! With Max Zipursky…
Spanish Harlem Orchestra
The 13-piece all-star powerhouse Spanish Harlem Orchestra shows why they’re “the leading light of the salsa reconstruction movement” (Newsday) by doing what they do best: hard-hitting, high-energy, no-holds-barred New York…
FESTIVAL TALES: INSIDER INFO with FRANCO FERRARI
…a recent recording of theirs. These are consummate musicians of great technical skill and wide-ranging creativity. Its music that I already knew, I had the recording, and others of theirs,…
Joani Taylor featuring PJ Perry with Neil Swainson and Miles Black
Reservations are currently full, to be added to the wait list, please contact Frankie’s Jazz Club at 604.688.6368. “When (Joani) performs for an audience, she takes them to someplace new…
Chris Botti with special guest Michael Kaeshammer
…his live show what a votive candle is to a fireworks display” (New York Times). Through a string of stellar albums as a leader, plus work with an encyclopedia of…
Cory Weeds Quintet with guest Tyler Henderson
…studios with Bill Charlap, Joey DeFrancesco, Champian Fulton, Roy McCurdy, and many other jazz masters. Since moving to New York in 2019, Tyler Henderson has established himself as one of…
Cat Toren / John Korsrud Quintet
1531 Johnston St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3R9 This new quintet boasts two unique composers, an ensemble of uncommonly gifted accompanists, and an array of distinctive contemporary compositions. Cat Toren is…
Under the Surface
“Powerful music without compromise.” – Nederlands Dagbla Dutch trio Under the Surface create mysterious, immersive improvisations that have the gravity and certainty of meticulous compositions. Finding new paths for melody…
Dan Weiss
Hailed as one of the top five jazz drummers by The New York Times, Dan Weiss’s forward-thinking compositions and innovative playing have pushed musical limits for years. Dan will give…
Bonnie Northgraves and the Sentimental Gentlemen
Vancouver’s Bonnie Northgraves is known for her rich, emotive voice, and joyful trumpet playing. Specializing in vintage jazz from the 1920s and 30s, she not only breathes new life into…
Paul Pigat Trio and Big Lazy
Vancouver-based Paul Pigat Trio plays a set of virtuoso vintage pop from the West Vancouver Municipal Library. Viewers will then beam into Barbés bar in Brooklyn for New York noir-jazz…
Roberta Gambarini Quartet with guest Emanuele Cisi – CANCELLED
…Roberta Gambarini got her start singing in clubs when she was only 17. After receiving training at the New England Conservatory, she came in third place in the Thelonious Monk…
Dawn Pemberton
…and world music. A collaborator with The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer and Khari Wendell McClelland, her deep musicality and irresistible verve make Dawn the new queen of Canadian soul!…
Suin Park Quartet
Composer/pianist Suin Park finished their graduate studies in jazz piano in Korea before moving to Canada to explore new musical challenges. Active in a variety of projects in both countries,…
Rumba Calzada
…for more tours and recordings, with an all-new album planned for this year. With Lou Mastroianni piano, Allan Johnston bass, Roderick Murray trombone, Rolando Preza congas/vocals, and Raphael Geronimo timbales/vocals….
Jennifer Hayes Quartet
With her crystal clear voice and impeccable swing feel, vocalist Jennifer Hayes has often been compared to the likes of Nancy Wilson and Ella Fitzgerald. Featuring new arrangements of standard…
Flora Scott Quintet CD release
…She has studied voice with Dee Daniels and briefly with Jay Clayton in New York as well as guitar, and now performs in and around Vancouver and Victoria. The Flora…
Peach Kelli Pop
LA’s DIY sunshine punk favourites Peach Kelli Pop are back with its fourth album Gentle Leader (Mint Records) exploring new ideas and complexity while maintaining the group’s colourful energy. With…
Roberta Gambarini Quartet with guest Emanuele Cisi – CANCELLED
…Roberta Gambarini got her start singing in clubs when she was only 17. After receiving training at the New England Conservatory, she came in third place in the Thelonious Monk…
Zappostrophe
This exciting new project explores the demanding music of the iconoclastic composer Frank Zappa. Composed of music department faculty from Douglas College and professionals in the community, this ambitious project…
John Gross & Billy Mintz
A master of saxophone multi-phonics (he literally wrote the book on it!), former Portlander/new-Vancouverite John Gross has played with Don Ellis, Tony Malaby, and Lionel Hampton. “Painterly and understated in…
B3 For Bunny: Pat Bianchi Trio
Grammy nominated organist and winner of Downbeat Magazine’s 2016 rising star poll, Pat Bianchi has established himself as one of the premier organists on the international scene today. His command…
BADBADNOTGOOD with special guests Mary Ancheta Quartet
…artists like Ghostface Killah, Kaytranada, and Kendrick Lamar. On their latest album, 2021’s compositionally complex and melodically adventurous Talk Memory, the group explores fusion, new age, and orchestral influences. With…
An Interview with Krystle Dos Santos
…are also expecting baby number 2 at Christmas, so I’ve been loving getting ready to welcome the new baby into our home. What have you been listening to lately? Is…
Java Jazz
…America, including a long standing gig in the lounge of the Western Bayshore Hotel and weekly performances at their recently sold jazz club The Java Jazz Café in New Westminster….
Lache Cercel
World renowned violinist/composer Lache Cercel is the creator of a new genre of music called Roma Jazz. His musical ideas have been presented in concerts performed on three continents. His…
Mike Allen Quartet
Tenor saxophonist Mike Allen’s new quartet – with music for trumpet, tenor, bass and drums – conjures the spirit of bands led by Dave Holland, Ornette Coleman, and Dewey Redman….
Benoît Delbecq François Houle Duo
…years extending the techniques of their instruments and creating a language of musical gestures to create spontaneous compositions. Their intuitive, challenging, and lyrical discourse continually moves in new and inventive…
Maria Ho Quartet
…McDougall, and Phil Dwyer, her two albums Where or When and Smile have received rotation airplay on jazz stations in New York, Denver, Denmark, and Italy. “Just a Touch” was…
Brothers Arntzen
Born into a musical family steeped in the tradition of New Orleans jazz, Arnt and Evan Arntzen play hot and sweet music for dancers and listeners alike. With Evan Arntzen…
Malcolm Aiken
…soul, and hip hop. His new 2025 album Northburn is a testament to this innovative blend, featuring deep grooves, ambient textures, and vintage synths, reminiscent of artists like Bob James…
Snotty Nose Rez Kids
…Music Awards, and made countless “best of” lists. If you’ve seen them live, you understand why—their music seamlessly weaves trap beats with lyricism that challenges Indigenous stereotypes, creating a new…
A2Z Collective
This new collective gets audiences moving, using elements of any genre to do it: Afrobeat, dancehall, funk, rock, reggae, soul, zouk, and more are energetically explored by the Vancouver quintet….
Ikue Mori Jim Black Duo
Ikue Mori is “one of the most singular musicians in modern music history” (Chicago Reader). Moving from Tokyo to New York in 1977, she co-founded the seminal no-wave band DNA,…
Joe Magnarelli Quintet featuring Ralph Moore – Early Show
Coming in hot with his new album If You Could See Me Now on Cellar Live, American trumpeter/flugelhornist Joe Magnarelli pays tribute to composer/arranger Tadd Dameron, who Dexter Gordon called…
Davis / Lee / Babin / van der Schyff
1601 Johnston St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3R9 The New York Times praised Caroline Davis’ “talent for deriving long, dizzying motifs from smaller melodic cells.” The innovative Brooklyn-based saxophonist/vocalist joins three…
JOYFULTALK
…the machine, or the man behind the curtain, someone has a great ear for off-kilter melodies and widescreen, trance-inducing, futurist out-jazz. The immersive new album Familiar Science is out now…
Michael Zilber Quartet
San Francisco-based saxophonist and composer Michael Zilber has been a part of the stellar New York scene, but his roots will always be in Vancouver. Zilber has been described by…
Mr. Boogie Woogie with Rob Montgomery & Friends
Mr. Boogie Woogie (aka) Eric-Jan Overbeek is considered among the top blues pianists playing today. Hailing from the Netherlands, he studied the piano from an early age and has an…
Darrifourcq, Hermia, Ceccaldi
A new group featuring three of Europe’s most dizzyingly creative musicians, this astonishing trio’s fearless, joyful compositions take elements of free jazz, world music, rock, and chamber music and collage…
Grdina, Maneri, Dunn
(with Tiny Pyramids) This show brings together a trio of electric improvisers: incredibly versatile and beloved local Gordon Grdina (Haram, Dan Mangan); unendingly creative New York bassist Trevor Dunn (Mr….
IMPROVISING FORWARD: PERSEVERE, REPAIR, SUSTAIN
**Due to unforeseen circumstances Day 2 of the colloquium will be postponed. Please check the Western Front/Coastal Jazz/IISCI websites in the coming weeks for a new date** Recent weeks have…
Simple City
An engaging new collaborative approach to the modern jazz trio, guitarist Arthur Smith (Tiny Havoc), bassist Jeff Gammon (The Sojourners), and drummer Kevin Romain (Sprïng) have worked together in the…
Brad Turner Quintet CD Release
Formed 24 years ago, the JUNO-nominated Brad Turner Quartet has been a mainstay of the Vancouver jazz scene while garnering international attention as an ensemble of keen interactive sensibilities, formidable…
Big Easy Funk Ensemble
Big Easy Funk Ensemble celebrates the amazing variety of music that has grown out of the Jazz, Blues and Snazzy Grooves of New Orleans. The 9 member band includes a…
Ghost-Note
Multiple Grammy winners, Snarky Puppy rhythm dynamos Robert “Sput” Searight and Nate Werth put percussion in the spotlight with their new project, Ghost-Note. Featuring internet star Dywane “MonoNeon” Thomas (Prince)…
Andrea Superstein
Subtly infusing electro, indie, and other unexpected elements, singer Andrea Superstein is “redefining jazz” (Vancouver Province). Superstein’s new release, Worlds Apart, brings fresh ideas to the forefront, showcasing powerful vocals…
Dalannah Gail Bowen
…the top blues CDs of the year. Her latest release, 2019’s Looking Back is another step in a new and more introspective direction, with the music drawing more heavily from…
Mike Allen Quartet
Saxophonist Mike Allen and his band perform new and classic compositions by Canadian guitar legend Sonny Greenwich. As a member of Sonny Greenwich’s bands in the 1990s, Mike’s playing first…
JAZZ FEST PROVES ITS STRENGTH
…an estimated 510,000 people in attendance, with 31 shows on the calendar selling out. The Ironworks premiered as new late night venue, taking over from previous late-night spot Studio 16,…
Talking Pictures
“Treading the blurry line between new music and jazz, Talking Pictures excels in juxtaposing sonic textures.” — Ottawa Citizen Formed in 1993 by guitarist/composer Ron Samworth (NOW Orchestra, DarkBlueWorld), the…
Sona Jobarteh
With her shimmering 21-string Kora melodies and heart-swelling vocals, Sona Jobarteh is “a griot for a new generation of West Africans” (BBC). Breaking from a seven-century-old tradition which reserved the…
James Danderfer Gatsby Trio
…Benny Goodman and Jelly Roll Morton trios, this group evokes the spirit of the small 1930’s cabarets of New Orleans and Chicago. With John Stetch piano and Joe Poole drums….
Morgan Childs Quartet
Drummer Morgan Childs returns to his native city for a performance with Vancouver-based musical associates old and new. A seasoned veteran of the Canadian music scene, Morgan spent 10 years…
Dawn Pemberton
…chips on Pemberton becoming “the new queen of Canadian soul.” With a tight, expressive band featuring Gavin Youngash guitar, Mike Ardagh drums, Max Zipursky keys, and André Lachance bass, Dawn…
Alsarah & The Nubatones
“The new star of Nubian pop.” —The Guardian Brooklyn-based Sudanese vocalist/songwriter Alsarah filters diverse African and Arabic influences through contemporary soul. The result is melodic, layered, and lyrically deep East…
Cory Weeds Quartet with David Hazeltine
Alto saxophonist Cory Weeds teams up once again with New York pianist David Hazeltine in preparation for their second collaboration. It’s Easy To Remember, recorded in 2016, was released to…
Trevor Dunn, JP Carter, Nick Yacyshyn
If you’re into mind-bogglingly creative music, you’re already way into New York bassist Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle, Nels Cline Singers, Electric Masada). Dave Grohl’s favourite drummer Nick Yacyshyn pummels mightily…
Meghan Gilhespy Trio
Modern jazz vocalist Meghan Gilhespy is an innovative new voice in the Vancouver contemporary jazz scene. Brimming with soulful standards and whimsically expressive avant garde excursions, Gilhespy’s debut album Vive…
NOW with Farida Amadou
…Dave Douglas. “If the new improvisational movement means to convey the spirit of jazz without reiterating its stylistic clichés, then pianist Lisa Cay Miller deserves to be considered one of…
Female Vocalists
…will be making her Vancouver debut this year. After winning the Jazz Times 2021 Critics’ Poll Award for Best New Artist, and releasing one of last year’s very best vocal…
Stop Time III
…iteration of his geographically-restless Stop Time calls upon pianist Róisín Adams, vibraphonist Michael Davidson, and bassist Sean Cronin to animate a brand-new set of Gaucher’s sonically rich, rhythmically detailed compositions….
In the Pocket at Frankie’s Jazz Club
…Cory Weeds Quartet with Tyler Henderson from New York City, and local, dynamic stars Arvind Ramdas Quintet, and Feven Kidane playing the music of Charles Tolliver. With in-house prepared ingredients,…
Blue Moon Marquee
…clubs and crowded bar rooms of Montreal and New York, and rhythm section Jasmine Colette Ohlhauser on bass and percussion, Morgan Onda on tenor sax and Darcy Phillips on piano….
John Lee Trio
New York City saxophonist Grant Stewart joins John Lee Trio for a performance filled with elegance and passion. Grant Stewart is one of the most highly regarded saxophonist of his…
Adi Braun
…the leading ladies of the cabarets and clubs, east and west of the Atlantic. From the smoke and burlesque of Berlin to the sleek sophistication of New York, Moderne Frau…
Giulia Valle Trio
…1990s, she started travelling to New York, meeting great musicians and studying with people such as Ben Street and Bruce Barth. At age 27, she created her first ensemble, the…
Coastal Jazz & Blues Society Announces Board of Directors Transition Plan
…community. Effective immediately, the CJBS board will be composed of two existing directors – Mitchell Edgar and Mike Matich, and two newly appointed directors, Meredith Bates and Julia Ulehla. After…
Peter Bernstein/Larry Goldings/Bill Stewart
…for charting new ground with hard-swinging, yet thoughtful music. Peter’s warm, feather-light touch and fluid improvisation with Larry Goldings’ warm hum, and Bill Stewart’s polyrhythmic and melodic focus, create a…
Chet Doxas Quartet
New York City saxophonist, Chet Doxas and his Montreal-based brother and drummer, Jim have been making music together since they were children. Raised in a musical home, their experience and…
Chris Gestrin’s Shadows Quartet
An eclectic pianist, multi-keyboardist, composer, and producer, 11-time JUNO Award winner Chris Gestrin has worked on more than 300 albums across an array of genres. Deftly combining classical, jazz, new…
Cory Weeds Quartet with David Hazeltine
Alto saxophonist Cory Weeds teams up once again with New York pianist David Hazeltine in preparation for their second collaboration. It’s Easy To Remember, recorded in 2016, was released to…
Corey Harris
Harris began his career as a New Orleans street singer, followed by a musically inspiring year of living in West Africa. Over 30 years, the MacArthur “Genius” award-winner has created…
Journeys to the Bandstand – A Conversation with Author Chris Wong
1531 Johnston St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3R9 Rhythm Changes writer, podcast host, and musician Will Chernoff hosts a conversation with author Chris Wong, whose new book, Journeys to the Bandstand:…
Blue Strange
Blue Strange at its core delivers an ideal mix of roots and modern rock. On the outside they are constantly evolving their set with new tunes, nodding to any genre…
Frankie Hidalgo & the MVPs
…dance the night away. Using his experiences and musical knowledge, he brings about a new flavour of music that is true to his artistry. 3 sets – $6 per set…
Jeff Younger’s Dreaming Skies
A departure from his effects-heavy Devil Loops and the large ensemble bombast of The Unsupervised, Jeff Younger’s new project Dreaming Skies is an intimate space occupied by melodic colouring and…
Rumba Calzada
…for more tours and recordings, with an all-new album planned for this year. With Lou Mastroianni piano, Allan Johnston bass, Roderick Murray trombone, Rolando Preza congas/vocals, and Raphael Geronimo timbales/vocals….
Ring in 2019 with Mazacote
…Layne on congas, Japanese pianist Niho Takase, jazz trumpeter Malcolm Aiken and special guest Rod Murray on trombone. This special New Year’s Eve concert includes show and three course dinner….
Will Bonness Quartet
…(Solo). He will perform music from his latest album Is This a Dream? with his new quintet: Virginia MacDonald clarinet, Jocelyn Gould voice, Curtis Nowosad drums, and Daniel Fortin bass….
William S. Taylor Trio
William Taylor was born in New Orleans and moved to Seattle at age 14. He was recruited by the BC Lions to move to Vancouver but ultimately gave up sport…
JP Carter / Lisen Rylander Löve / Luke Stewart / Jason Nazary
…(Anteloper) drums as essential links along that timeline: four artists who mastered their traditional instruments before adding extended techniques and electronic processing en route to entirely new modes of expression….
Yonatan Gat & Eastern Medicine Singers
“One of the most incredible performances you’ll ever see” – NPR Renowned New York-via-Middle-East experimental/psych composer and guitarist Yonatan Gat (Monotonix) and Rhode Island-based Algonquin drum group Eastern Medicine Singers…
Malcolm Aiken
…soul, and hip hop. His new 2025 album Northburn is a testament to this innovative blend, featuring deep grooves, ambient textures, and vintage synths, reminiscent of artists like Bob James…
Tony Wilson & Patsy Klein Band
A stunning and symbiotic new collaboration: guitarist Tony Wilson’s original songs interweave bittersweet and transcendent melodicism with the plaintive, emotional voice of Vancouver hidden gem Patsy Klein (Veda Hille). Understated…
Hot Jazz Wednesdays feat. Josh Roberts
…and 40s. The band features New Orleans-inflected clarinet, driving rhythm, and electric guitar inspired by early masters Charlie Christian, Barney Kessel and Eddie Durham. 3 sets – $6 per set…
Eric Reed
…Marsalis, his emergence as a leader on the New York jazz scene and the 30 albums that he made under his own name, Reed kept a secret that plagued him….
Cat Toren and Fabian Kallerdahl
An intercontinental meeting of sublime improvisers. JUNO Award-winning pianist Cat Toren (Pugs & Crows) leads expansive groups in both Vancouver and New York, while keyboardist Fabian Kallerdahl (MUSICMUSICMUSIC, Lina Nyberg)…
BC Stage 3: What does it mean for the Jazz Festival?
…& 4 are weekends, we are unable to have a new plan approved in time to change our capacities. We must continue to operate under our current safety plan. For…
Sam Tudor + Kandle featuring Kendel Carson and Debra-Jean Creelman
…bring new energy to every performance. KANDLE feat. KENDEL CARSON AND DEBRA-JEAN CREELMAN Walking a zigzag line through the annals of outlaw country and the unadorned roots of rock ’n’…
Alexander Hawkins
Alexander Hawkins is a pianist, organist, and composer, recently labelled as ‘one of the most unique voices in contemporary music’, whose work has reached a ‘dazzling new apex’ (Downbeat, US)….
Jen Hodge All Stars
…sound that is strongly rooted in tradition inspired by swinging jazz through the eras. Her new release, All’s Fair in Love and Jazz is getting noticed in the North American…
Jodi Proznick Quartet with Laila Biali
Tables currently full, wait list upon request, contact Frankie’s Jazz Club at 604.688.6368 Composer, and bassist Jodi Proznick’s new release Sun Songs explores the dualities of life and death. A…
Adria Kain + Janette King
…experiences, from the palliative effects of the natural world to embracing her identity as a queer Black woman, Adria’s new album When Flowers Bloom reminds us what it’s like to…
Darius Jones with Strings featuring Gerald Cleaver
Called “the most visceral and distinctive alto saxophonist of this era” by The New York Times, Darius Jones’ incisive work “poses big questions about the relationship between the African-American tradition…
Peter Bernstein/Larry Goldings/Bill Stewart
…for charting new ground with hard-swinging, yet thoughtful music. Peter’s warm, feather-light touch and fluid improvisation with Larry Goldings’ warm hum, and Bill Stewart’s polyrhythmic and melodic focus, create a…
Donny McCaslin and his Band
…Blackstar, the shapeshifting legend’s profound influence inhabits saxophonist Donny McCaslin’s powerhouse new music, which “steps boldly into hybrid, tough-to-classify musical terrain, grafting sleek, emotive electrojazz onto lush, proggy art rock”…
David Esler’s Boperation
Boperation deploys again at Frankie’s. Vancouver’s finest Boperatives transport you back to the jazz clubs of New York, Paris, and San Francisco. The best in jazz from 1945 to 1965….
Christie Grace Band
…Smooth Jazz Charts in 2017 and was nominated for an Independent Music Award in New York. With Chris Gestrin piano, Laurence Mollerup bass, Daryl Jahnke guitar, and Buff Allen drums….
Mary Ancheta Quartet
…melodies and irresistible grooves. Mary’s film scoring experience seeps into the music, creating a cinematic landscape of sound—expect a new album in 2022 based on her score compositions. With Joel…
FESTIVAL TALES: HILARIOUS STORIES & CONNECTIONS MADE
…park. I was new to the country and I didn’t know to bring a blanket to an outdoor festival. I went to sit on his empty blanket when the next…
Marin Patenaude
…sophomore album Sight Unseen was released in 2020 amidst a world of uncertainty, and she’ll be releasing a follow-up album in 2022 that adventures into new and exciting sounds and…
Emma Augustsson, Cat Toren, Mili Hong
…contemporary dance, theatre and visual arts. JUNO Award-winning pianist Cat Toren (Pugs & Crows) leads expansive groups in both Vancouver and New York. Drummer Mili Hong is one of the…
WAS 2002 PEAK FESTIVAL?
…highlights included pianist Kenny Werner, Bill Frisell International Quartet, Dave Holland Quintet and Charlie Haden. Performance Works continued its successful New Groove series while the North Shore expansion included free…
Itamar Erez Quartet
…on the Canadian jazz scene playing selections from his new CD Mi Alegria, as well as other original compositions. With Mike Braverman reeds, James Meger bass, and Kevin Romain drums….
Ilhan Ersahin’s Istanbul Sessions
New York-based Swedish/Turkish saxophonist, impresario and general scene-maker Ilhan Ersahin’s exploration of his Turkish roots began in the ‘90s and continues to this day with this Istanbul-based creative take on…
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
A film by Sophie Huber Switzerland/USA/UK One can’t overstate the influence of Blue Note Records, the jazz record label founded in New York in 1939 by German refugees Alfred Lion…
Sakina Abdou + Peter Knight & JP Carter
…a powerful, precise sound, sometimes caustic, sometimes full of grace and quietude. On Goodbye Ground, her debut album for the cutting edge New York label Relative Pitch Records, Abdou’s intense…
John Paton’s Parallax
Saxophonist/composer John Paton has led many distinctive projects over the years, including Soft Morning City and Black Top Blues Band. His new quartet with Thomas Hoeller guitar, James Meger bass,…
Soundings of Malcolm Goldstein
Internationally acclaimed violinist, composer, and sonic conceptualist Malcolm Goldstein (John Cage, Ornette Coleman) has been active in new music and experimental improvisation since early 1960s. Now based in Montréal, his…
Liturgy with BIG|BRAVE + Farida Amadou (solo)
…rhythmic complexity and unyielding, trance-inducing use of repetition is pushed to maximalist proportions on the new album 93696. With guitarist Mario Miron, bassist Tia Vincent-Clark, and drummer Leo Didkovsky, Hunt-Hendrix…
Ingrid Laubrock
A DownBeat Rising Star, German-born, Brooklyn-based tenor saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock (Tom Rainey, Anthony Braxton) channels new music influences into her “wildly inventive’ (JazzTimes) approach. Laubrock will give a one hour…
Christopher Fraser Vital Organ Trio
Christopher Fraser is one of the Vancouver jazz scene’s most exciting new guitarists. A sharp improviser, Fraser takes a soulful and playful approach to traditional jazz. His original compositions and…
Mimosa
On the heels of (and inspired by) its Canada 150 project featuring female Canadian composers, Mimosa presents its own new original compositions as well as a selection of tunes by…
Malcolm Goldstein
Internationally acclaimed violinist, composer, and sonic conceptualist Malcolm Goldstein (John Cage, Ornette Coleman) has been active in new music and experimental improvisation since early 1960s, and is a master facilitator…
Joel Ross Good Vibes
Undoubtedly the most thrilling new vibraphonist in America, Joel Ross has a way of being everywhere interesting at once. From innovative albums with Makaya McCraven, revolutionary combos like Marquis Hill’s…
Only A Visitor
…in Canada and internationally. In the works: one new full-length record and a theatrical concert collaboration with composer Nancy Tam, which will be presented at Music on Main’s Modulus Festival…
Michael Blake’s Variety Hour: Halloween Special
The New York City based saxophonist Michael Blake is no stranger to hometown fans. He’s been performing and recording with members of his band The Variety Hour for over a…
Blue Moon Marquee
…guitarist/vocalist A.W. Cardinal, an Albertan who cut his teeth in the jazz clubs and crowded bar rooms in Montreal and New York, and one-woman rhythm section Jasmine Colette Ohlhauser bass/percussion….
A Trip Down Memory Lane
…Jazz and Blues Society. The non-profit organization was born with the intent of providing a 10-day music festival along with a year-long jazz presence. A new jazz era began. In…
Samara Joy w/ Pasquale Grasso Trio
…just named her Best New Artist, and she won the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition three years ago, at age 19. Velvet-voiced rising star Samara Joy is scarily good—and…
COLLOQUIUM
…practices of improvisation offer new and alternative forms of creative knowledge? Saturday Schedule: 10am Panel: Agilities Jay Hammond (Duke University),“Dreaming from the Ashes” Michael Wallace (Monash University), “Social Networks for…
Gig List: August 13
…on piano, with Laurence Mollerup on bass, and Craig Scott on drums. RESERVE TABLE Third Thursday Vocal Jazz Jam hosted by Nancy Newman Cottage Bistro Veteran vocalist Nancy Newman…
Emily Chambers
…fresh sound that hits you in the gut.” – Global News Originally from Vancouver, R&B singer Emily Chambers now calls Nashville home, she has toured the US twice in as…
Dan Weiss and Miles Okazaki
Unwritten Thursdays is a new monthly series at Tyrant Studios presented by Barking Sphinx Performing Society and Coastal Jazz. The first show on November 16th includes two separate sets of…
CANCELLED: Claire Devlin Quartet
**DUE TO TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS, THIS SHOW HAS BEEN CANCELLED** Formed in 2016, the Claire Devlin Quartet comprises four of Canada’s most exciting new voices in jazz. Hailing from across the…
Jasper Sloan Yip
“… eloquent and gently melodic” – New Music Canada A veteran of the Vancouver indie scene, Jasper Sloan Yip is known for his earnest warmth and skilfully introspective songwriting. In…
Jazz Salvation Organ Trio
Three of Canada’s most exciting Jazz musicians come together for the first time to form the Jazz Salvation Organ Trio, a new group dedicated to performing Gospel favourites, Jazz standards,…
David Lam Park Jazz Fun!
…supplier. New to the festival this year as our official specialty beverage supplier is Goodridge & Williams (maker of Nutrl). You can also enjoy these three sumptuous products; Nutrl sugar…
10 Days & 150 Free Shows!
…this! Ghost-Note is the new brainchild of Snarky Puppy’s Robert “Sput” Searight and Nate Werth. Ghost-Note’s core lineup is a rotating cast of players. For the Downtown Jazz performance, the…
Pivoting to Digital
…just announced the creation of a brand-new record label dedicated to celebrating and supporting musicians that play in various jazz traditions. The first release is It Becomes Us by Kenton…
Maria Ho
…in Vegas after he discovered her music. Maria’s latest album can be heard regularly in New York, Denver, Canada and Italy. Maria will be accompanied by Chris Sigerson piano, Marcos…
Angelica Sanchez
NYC pianist/composer/educator Angelica Sanchez “seeks out the lyrical heartbeat within any avant-garde storm” (New York Times). Since moving to the East Coast from Arizona, Sanchez has collaborated with notable artists…
Thus Owls
…stretch their already unusual indie-pop/avant-jazz compositions into new and surprising shapes with Samuel Joly drums/vocals, Vancouver saxophonist Chris Kelly, and acclaimed Swedish vocalist/saxophonist Lisen Rylander Löve. Plus: July 3 •…
Jenny Xu Trio
Canadian jazz-pianist, Jenny Xu, returns from New York to release her debut album as leader. Her sets will feature fresh, lyrically-improvised interpretations of beloved standards in the same vein as…
Marc Ribot (solo)
…jazz of Albert Ayler to the Cuban son of Arsenio Rodríguez. Rolling Stone points out that “Guitarist Marc Ribot helped Tom Waits refine a new, weird Americana on 1985’s Rain…
Rumba Calzada
…World Recording of the Year) and Independent Music Awards (Best Global Album). Rumba Calzada is gearing up for more tours and recordings, with an all-new album planned for 2018. With…
Gig List: Feb 25
…26 Andrea Gibson WISE Hall (8pm) American spoken-word performer, poet, and activist. Beirut Orpheum Theatre (8pm) Indie-rock/world-music band from Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Modelos Pay Tribute To Johnny Cash…
Dave Sikula Quintet
…century, like Cole Porter and Jerome Kern, plus the debut of several new originals that Sikula composed specifically for this choice ensemble. Ocean Art Works is sponsored in part by…
Todd Stewart Trio
One of the city’s most dynamic drummers returns to Frankie’s After Dark with a brand new trio featuring Cole Woodland on upright bass and Ru Ha on tenor and soprano…
WHAT IS IT ABOUT JAZZ?
…This year, Coastal Jazz launched the New Improvisers Studio with Western Front, a week-long educational initiative for young musicians ages 17 to 24 from any musical background who are interested…
Helen Hansen
Having recently issued another CD, Helen returns to Frankie’s with new arrangements of rare jazz tunes from the 1920’s to the 1960’s. This repertoire, which consistently delights listeners, will be…
A Time Remembered
…Remembered screens at 8:40pm at the VIFF Vancity Theatre. Bruce Spiegel’s sweeping documentary covers Evans’s boyhood in North Plainfield, New Jersey to his early death at age 51 in 1980….
Jasper Sloan Yip
…and gently melodic” (New Music Canada), his songs are reflective self-portraits that climb from whispered confessions to soaring soundscapes. With Graham Serl drums, Owen Connell keys, Nathan Shubert keys, Brandon…
Jasmine Jazz
…Wu suona are joined by Jodi, Bill Coon guitar, and James Danderfer clarinet/sax for new arrangements of Chinese traditional songs, jazz standards, and rarely heard tunes. Concertgoers can enjoy the…
Returning Volunteers
Steve Kozak
…awarded with a prestigious Maple Blues Award for New Artist or Group of the Year in Canada by the Toronto Blues Society. The Steve Kozak Band has been nominated for…
Tia Brazda
…de Jazz de Montreal and the Xerox Rochester International Jazz festival. Her new album Daydream is out this month and Frankie’s is the first date on her North American tour….
Paul Pigat (Cousin Harley) and Stephen Ulrich (Big Lazy)
Two guitar titans, Vancouver’s Paul Pigat and New York-based Big Lazy frontman Stephen Ulrich, perform as a duo! Expect to be wowed by a fabulous array of vintage pop, swing…
Emily Chambers
…fresh sound that hits you in the gut. Now living in Nashville, TN we are very excited to have Emily back in her home town to share her new music….
Benny Green
…19, Benny Green moved to New York City to join legendary vocalist Betty Carters band and never looked back. He would then assume the piano chair with some of jazz…
Serving up Trumpets and Keys
…June 30, July 01, 8:00PM Pianist Hazeltine has been at the forefront of New York’s contemporary jazz scene for over 25 years and we’re lucky to get periodic visits from…
Johnny O’Neal Trio
…jazz giants such as Clark Terry, Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, and Dizzy Gillespie in the ’80s New York scene, and took on the role of his hero Art Tatum in…
Celebrating Canada Day At Granville Island Jazz!
…from tango, to Afro-Cuban, Arabic, Salsa, and funk! I was never bored and there was always something new happening with the music! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNCxWHdjW5Y I also checked out Black Gardenia at…
Alvaro Rojas (solo)
…rock, jazz and improvised music communities. As a composer, Alvaro has had works performed by many of Canada’s finest new music groups, including the Turning Point Ensemble, Aventa Ensemble and…
Dominique Fils-Aimé
…Sade-like late-night sexy soul jams,” (Montreal Gazette), Dominique’s socially-conscious new album is both a call for, and reminder of, revolution—pointedly expressed with the fury of red-hot jazz. Thanks to SODEXPORT….
Fred Hersch (solo)
…was proclaimed “a living legend” by The New Yorker. Want more bang for your buck? Check out our ticket package options and save up to 50% on your festival experience!…
Chris Speed, Tommy Babin, Omar Amlani
Tenor saxophonist/clarinetist Chris Speed is one of the most active and distinctive voices in the pulsing New York Downtown jazz scene. He’s worked with Tim Berne, Claudia Quintet, AlasNoAxis, and…
Russell Malone Quartet
…solos while maintaining an unbelievable sense of swing. The Georgia-born, New York-based guitarist has worked with Harry Connick, Jr., Sonny Rollins, and Dianne Reeves. With his own quartet, Malone spins…
The Jerry Douglas Band
…jazz, blues, and rock. His bold new music is cinematic and stunningly detailed, hitting on an artful chamber Americana sound beyond the boundaries of anything he—or anyone else—has done before….
Burn Down the Cornfield
Burn Down the Cornfield was formed a year ago for a show at the TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival, fusing together a guitar trio with bass and drums and a…
Johnny O’Neal Trio
…jazz giants such as Clark Terry, Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, and Dizzy Gillespie in the ’80s New York scene, and took on the role of his hero Art Tatum in…
Jon Bentley Quartet
Soulful, bluesy, funky, straight ahead, and swinging: Jon Bentley’s saxophone/organ quartet plays a mix of classic jazz repertoire and originals from their brand new 2025 release “Go Ahead!” on the…
Hand to Earth: The Crow
…to combine ancient and modern influences, this innovative and ethereal musical alliance actually achieves that lofty goal – with old cultural ground being respected, while new artistic ground is broken….
Flora Scott Sextet
…in New York as well as guitar, and now performs in and around Vancouver and Victoria. The Flora Scott Quintet includes Chris Jeffries trumpet, Nick Apivor vibes/percussion, Graham Clark bass,…
Hear In Now
…between free jazz, contemporary classical, folk music, and avant-garde. With New York’s Mazz Swift violin/voice, Chicago cellist Tomeka Reid, and Siena, Italy’s Silvia Bolognesi double bass. Thanks to ICC Vancouver….
Tord Gustavsen Trio
On the sublime new album Opening, Norwegian pianist Tord Gustavsen reveals a fresh take on his highly lauded investigations into Scandinavian folk and jazz. The trio–including drummer Jarle Vespestad and…
Joe Magnarelli Quintet featuring Ralph Moore – Late Show
Coming in hot with his new album If You Could See Me Now on Cellar Live, American trumpeter/flugelhornist Joe Magnarelli pays tribute to composer/arranger Tadd Dameron, who Dexter Gordon called…
Russell Malone Quartet
…of swing. The Georgia-born, New York-based guitarist has worked with Harry Connick, Jr., Sonny Rollins, and Dianne Reeves. With his own quartet, Malone spins musical stories in dialects ranging from…
North Shore Jazz 2021
…feature the Paul Pigat Trio live streamed from the Library stage. Then we’ll go live to Barbes Bar in Brooklyn, New York, for a set with noir-jazz sensation Big Lazy….
Pianorama!
Music veterans Doc Fingers and Diane Lines are bringing an exciting new show, Pianorama to Frankie’s Jazz Club. The nimble fingers of Doc and Diane merge to form a fresh…
JPC & the BATTERY
…Carter (Destroyer, Inhabitants, Fond of Tigers) calls on drummers Cesar Chew (German Bringas) and John Brennan (Earth Ball) for an explosive new experimental psychedelic noise rock improvising free jazz ensemble….
Double Vibes
Inspired by an incredible concert of four of the world’s top vibes players, Nick Apivor has created a new group to explore the music of jazz mallet percussionists. Take in…
Bonnie Northgraves Quartet
…playing. Specializing in vintage jazz from the 1920s and 1930s, she breathes new life into classic tunes while also sharing her own compositions that blend modern influences with a timeless…
Dylan Cramer Trio
Alto saxophonist Dylan Cramer brings his swinging trio to Frankie’s Jazz Club. Enjoy selections from Cramer’s five recordings, along with new material from the group’s upcoming release. Cramer has been…
Eric Alexander Quartet featuring Eric Reed – Early Show
…his wide vocabulary touches on Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, the Sonnys (Stitt and Rollins), Charlie Parker, and Coltrane. Regularly working New York City’s most prestigious jazz clubs, he’s collaborated with the…
Miles Davis: The Birth of the Cool
…history from his affluent upbringing as the son of a prominent Illinois dentist, through his training at Julliard in New York, and on to the truly remarkable records and performances…
Kris Davis and Craig Taborn
…Craig Taborn that sparked further extensive collaboration. Soon the two pianists would embark on a 12-city tour of the U.S., with new music for the occasion. They released a live…
Veda Hille Sisterhood
…out of a lockdown collaboration with Nicholas Krgovich with a wealth of new material and a post-Covid need to sing with friends. Her latest ensemble Veda Hille Sisterhood (VHS) layers…
Marina Hasselberg + Matt Choboter
1601 Johnston St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3R9 Marina Hasselberg Eclectic and award-winning cellist Marina Hasselberg “has become a standout presence on Vancouver’s music scene” (Georgia Straight). Like her new Jesse…
Bonnie Northgraves Quartet
…12:30pm and planning for a short time in an outdoor line-up. Vancouver-based smoky-smooth trumpeter/vocalist/pianist Bonnie Northgraves style calls to the early jazz styles of New Orleans. Performing music from the…
Robin Holcomb, Torsten Müller, Dylan van der Schyff
…will move fluidly through improvised exploration and novel interpretations of Holcomb’s songs, which have been called “staggeringly beautiful” by The New York Times, and “excellent and baffling, just as it…
Artifacts
…Music’s third generation. Artifacts honour and advance the essential Chicago arts organization’s motto—Ancient to the Future—celebrating African-American culture while integrating new cross-genre ideas into the legacy of jazz and experimentalism….
Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
A film by Sophie Huber Switzerland/USA/UK One can’t overstate the influence of Blue Note Records, the jazz record label founded in New York in 1939 by German refugees Alfred Lion…
Digital Jazz Hotline #50
…(9:30pm) | World Tuesday, January 9 Bruno Hubert solo // Big Top – Libra Room, 1608 Commercial Dr (8pm) | Straight Ahead/Mainstream Sawdust Collector Series: New Dutch (Dance) Diplomacy w….
Gamelan Bike Bike
…frames—into tuned metallophones and gongs to perform new music for gamelan, including recent works from Balinese composer I Putu Gede Sukaryana (Balot). With Robyn Jacob, George Rahi, Wendy Chen, Shawn…
Matt Choboter – Scenes from the hypnopompic
Evoking the state between dreams and waking, pianist Matt Choboter’s new project embraces South Asian classical music’s nuanced polyrhythms and extended time cycles, refigured in the context of contemporary creative…
James Danderfer’s Gatsby Trio
Early jazz meets modern inspiration with James Danderfer’s swinging Gatsby Trio evoking the spirit of the small 1930s cabarets of New Orleans and Chicago. Reminiscent of the popular Benny Goodman…
Gig List: July 29
…jazz from his numerous albums and ten Billboard hits. Also featured is Kinga, debuting songs from her new album. With Kelly Brown guitar, Chris Haas drums, and Gord Lemon bass….
Bernice
With a live show full of intimate, “giddy energy” (Exclaim!), a new album out on taste-making Toronto indie label Arts & Crafts, and a lineup featuring members of Bahamas, Owen…
Indigenous work at Coastal Jazz
…explore Indigenous identity and history. The Indigenous Artist Residency is a new program that celebrates innovative Aboriginal artists and provides opportunities for collaboration, performance, and skills development supported by the…
Wu-Tang Clan
…hip-hop pioneer, The RZA, as a ground-breaking hip hop craftsman. With lyrics that combine the reality of 1990s New York and the world of martial arts, the Wu-Tang Clan has…
Dylan Cramer Trio
Alto saxophonist Dylan Cramer brings his swinging trio to Frankie’s Jazz Club for a night of blues, ballads, and Latin classics. Enjoy selections from Cramer’s five recordings, along with new…
Provence Marinaside
…June 26: Hip Pocket Quartet (6PM – 9PM) Thursday, June 27: Diane Lines Duo (2PM – 5PM) Saturday, June 29: Gary Comeau Sounds of New Orleans Trio (12PM – 3PM)…
JAZZ BECOMES LEGEND
…Guy’s New Orchestra which played two nights of the Innovation Series at the Roundhouse. Wayne Horvitz’s Gravitas Quartet (featuring Peggy Lee) bridged the gap between “thoroughly composed chamber music and…
Darius Jones Workshop
Called “the most visceral and distinctive alto saxophonist of this era” by The New York Times, Darius Jones’ incisive work “poses big questions about the relationship between the African-American tradition…
FESTIVAL TALES: SHOWS GONE RIGHT (& WRONG)
…he played a lot with his back to the audience and did not announce or speak much which I knew was standard for this part of his career. I also…
Ivan Hartle
…his fluid genre has elements of blues, soul, jazz and folk. Ivan draws inspiration from the classic soul sounds of Sam Cooke and Otis Redding, to new age artists like…
Sean Cronin
Sean Cronin, like many, has not performed his music in over a year. The last time he did, it was in New York, releasing his band Very Good’s ambitious LP…
Mazacote
There’s nothing like a Latin dance party – this one showcasing horn-driven New York salsa dura and beats from Colombia, Puerto Rico, and Cuba – to kick off summer.
Cory Weeds Quartet play Jackie McLean
…string of jam session-flavoured records for Prestige and New Jazz before he found a home at Blue Note for whom he recorded 21 albums as a leader and numerous more…
Eric Alexander Quartet featuring Eric Reed – Late Show
…his wide vocabulary touches on Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, the Sonnys (Stitt and Rollins), Charlie Parker, and Coltrane. Regularly working New York City’s most prestigious jazz clubs, he’s collaborated with the…
The Giving Shapes
Pianist/vocalist Robyn Jacob (Only a Visitor) and harpist/vocalist Elisa Thorn (Gentle Party) triangulate new music, indie-rock songcraft, and the far-reaching aesthetics of free improvisation. Released in 2020 on the American…
Supporting Artists During the COVID-19 Pandemic
…upcoming releases or who are trying to promote their own work. The news cycle and social media are – understandably – talking about COVID-19 nonstop. Sharing music and art with…
Matt Storm
…other artists for quite some time. His sound can be described as indie soul, playing on classic references such as Bill Withers intertwined with new sounds like Emily King, and…
The Matinee
…opted to track the new album all live off-the-floor and capture the performances they had so dearly been missing with no touring. The band brought in sought-after producer Steve Dawson…
Bill Runge Quintet
…Josh Groban, the VSO, Colin James, Arturo Sandoval, Natalie Cole, & Heart. Bill’s last CD; “A Tribute to the South American Masters” was released in 2006. This new quintet features…
Coastal Jazz Foundation
Parlour Panther
…enchanting indie rockers are embarking on a new musical journey with their album BLOOM, an apt title for a band that’s always growing! Presented in association with Queer Arts Festival….
Simon Millerd Sextet
…arrive at something like Simon Millerd’s beautifully bioluminescent music. He calls upon forward-thinking players from Vancouver, Vermont, and Montréal to celebrate the release of the striking new album, Cloud Mountain….
Quincy Mayes Workshop
…analog forms and compositions to be performed live is central to the group, as is creating new contexts for sampling, sequencing, and layering sound in digital workstations. Note: This workshop…
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR TOUCHES ON: MADE IN THE UK SERIES
…there’s always something new to catch the ear. This band is one of the most sophisticated and exciting piano trios on today’s jazz scene. We’re very proud to present this…
Bonnie Northgraves Quartet
Vancouver trumpeter/vocalist Bonnie Northgraves harkens back to the fertile and festive early days of New Orleans jazz. Performing classics from the ‘20s, ‘30s, and ‘40s, plus her own originals. She’s…
Festival Playlists 2018
…folk-rock interpretations of Zeppelin classics and new material, you’re sure to find something pleasing. GO TO PLAYLIST Then our Vogue Theatre and Jazz at Pyatt Hall series offer a variety…
Natasha D’Agostino Quartet
A distinct new voice in the Canadian jazz and improvised scene, Natasha D’Agostino’s captivating performances showcase her ability to weave together classic jazz sensibilities and nuanced harmony, with contemporary rhythm…
This Year’s Crowd Pleasers
…is a contemporary spin on the classic organ quartet, and they just released a brand new EP in anticipation of their upcoming summer tour. She’ll be opening for BADBADNOTGOOD, which…
Blue Moon Marquee
…flow freely through this raw trio of A.W. Cardinal, an Albertan guitarist/vocalist who cut his teeth in the jazz clubs and crowded bar rooms of Montreal and New York, and…
Jasper Sloan Yip
“… eloquent and gently melodic”—New Music Canada A veteran of the Vancouver indie scene, guitarist/vocalist Jasper Sloan Yip is known for his earnest warmth, skillfully introspective songwriting, and gorgeous chamber…
Why Nordic Jazz at the Festival?
…fortunate to attend the Berlin Jazz Festival and Total Music Meeting in 1972 (my first visit to Europe) where I heard many of my new heroes live – Garbarek, Andersen…
Peggy Lee Band
…quietude and in fire. Premiering new music alongside selections from its rich back catalogue, this all-star band inhabits a sound world where “melodies slide in and out of abstraction; skewed…
Big Names Big Crowds
…local scene was always well-represented across Festival stages, spearheading shows and showing up in various collaborations. Coastal Jazz commissioned cellist Peggy Lee to compose a new suite of music —…
Flat Earth Society plays live score to “The Oyster Princess”
…celebrated director Ernst Lubitsch, The Oyster Princess. These incredible musicians—with a combination of big brass, bass, sax, drums, keyboard, and guitar—will bring the film to life with exuberant new-jazz music….
Gig of the Week: February 10-16
…the Capilano A Band (plus some special guests) through five new pieces composed specifically for this event. It’s the first time that Golia has presented original music for big band…
Ana Velinova
Seattle based jazz vocalist Ana Velinova presents her brand new CD featuring original compositions and jazz favourites. With Tilden Webb piano, Rene Worst bass, Ben Henriques sax, and Joel Fountain…
Cory Weeds Quartet featuring special guest Tyler Henderson
…and then delivers with performances that shine. Arriving in New York from Houston in 2019 to attend Juilliard, Henderson has quickly established himself as one of the most sought-after pianists…
Parlour Panther
Parlour Panther‘s anthemic electro-pop dreamscapes blend unearthly guitar tones, layered synths, darkly beautiful grit, and transcendent harmonies. The boundary-pushing, binary-breaking duo’s new album Retrograde “easily sits alongside two other queer-adjacent…
Jon Bentley Quartet
…to record a new album for Cellar Live. Jon Bentley is a Juno nominated veteran jazz saxophonist with over 30 years of professional international experience and 30+ recordings as a…
Artist Residency
Rudiments for Hexadrome
…Hong, Jamie Lee, and Jennifer Yakamovich propose new sonic configurations while making space for past, present, and future sounds to emerge. Audiences can RSVP to visit the installation in person,…
Gary Comeau & the Voodoo All-Stars
A hot and spicy highlight of Vancouver’s roots music scene, Gary Comeau & the Voodoo All-stars’ New Orleans-style roots and blues have earned them the nickname the “Swamp Kings of…
Cory Weeds Quartet featuring special guest Tyler Henderson
…and then delivers with performances that shine. Arriving in New York from Houston in 2019 to attend Juilliard, Henderson has quickly established himself as one of the most sought-after pianists…
Flat Earth Society
…1998, when artist, clarinetist, saxophonist, keyboard player, composer, and producer Peter Vermeersch wanted to explore new horizons. Peter assembled a pack of inspired and inimitable musicians, forming a big band…
Brandee Younger Trio
…and Charlie Haden. A leading light in modern jazz, The New York Times raves that “no harpist has been more capable of combining all of the modern harp traditions—from Salzedo,…
Mike Clement Trio CD Release
Mike Clement is a fiery up-and-coming jazz guitarist. Originally from the west coast of Canada, Clement has quickly become an in demand performer and sideman upon his relocation to New…
Zappostrophe
This exciting new project explores the demanding music of the iconoclastic composer Frank Zappa. Composed of music department faculty from Douglas College and professionals in the community, this ambitious project…
Black Gardenia
…listeners to a time and place where cool was always classy and noir was the norm. Featuring the Billie Holiday-esque vocals of Daphne Roubini and songs from the new release,…
A FEST FOR THE CURIOUS LISTENER
…was up to them. Record companies had never done much to promote their music. From day one, the Coastal Jazz team took it on as their mission to introduce audiences…
Behind the Curtain with Coastal Jazz
…with a brand new event – Behind the Curtain with Coastal Jazz. Each year, we want to create one-of-a-kind experiences which will help you get closer to our work, mingle…
Michael Formanek Drome Trio
Focused on bassist Michael Formanek’s compositional output, which The New York Times praises as “graceful in its subversions,” Drome Trio’s debut Were We Where We Were sprung from musical palindromes…
Oliver Gannon Organ Trio
Join legendary Canadian guitarist Oliver Gannon as he leads a new trio featuring Nick Peck on hammond organ and Craig Scott on drums. Gannon cites Barney Kessell and Wes Montgomery…
Mazacote
…Juan Encinales on congas, pianist Niho Takase and trumpeter Malcolm Aiken. Playing music off their new album Nueva Era (TrebleFive Records), that was recently nominated as World Album of the…
Mark Lewis Quartet
…from Seattle and San Francisco to Rotterdam and Paris. His latest album, The New York Session, was recorded with veteran players George Cables, Victor Lewis, and Essiet Essiet, and earned…
Heather Keizur & Steve Christofferson
…melodica, and vocals add remarkable depth and surprise to their one-heart, one-mind presentations. Joining them this night are two BC jazz greats: bassist Russ Botten and back from New York,…
LA FABRIQUE LIVES UP TO LOCAL LORE
…music with Wednesday evening bands playing traditional, New Orleans, Latin, or gypsy jazz to lively, joyous crowds. On Saturday afternoons, bands play a mix of standards and original music for…
Christie Grace “Cloud’s Illusions” – An evening of Joni Mitchell Classics
…eternal love of Mitchell’s poetic genius along with several new arrangements. With Daryl Jahnke on guitar (original Joni Mitchell band), Dan Reynolds on piano, Conrad Good on bass, and Buff…
Angela Verbrugge Quartet CD Release
…release of her album “The Night We Couldn’t Say Good Night” recorded in New York City. The great NYC-based pianist Ray Gallon, who played on the record, will be seated…
Jocelyn Gould – Late Show
…Elegant Traveler as well as dynamic pieces from her brand new 2022 album Golden Hour, which adds her engaging, plaintive vocals to the well-established foundation of her jaw-dropping guitar work….
Oliver Gannon Organ Trio
Join legendary Canadian guitarist Oliver Gannon as he leads a new trio featuring Nick Peck on hammond organ and Craig Scott on drums. Gannon cites Barney Kessell and Wes Montgomery…
Andrea Superstein
…Andrea brings together some of Vancouver’s most celebrated musicians for this special night of new work. Not to be missed! With Chris Gestrin keys, Wynston Mickler bass, Nino DiPasquale drums,…
Raagaverse
Enthrallingly eclectic, this new collaborative Indo-Jazz fusion quartet interweaves Hindustani classical traditions, modern jazz, and poetry. Featuring Shruti Ramani voice, Jodi Proznick bass, Noah Franche-Nolan piano/Nord, and Nicholas Bracewell drums,…
Coco Jafro
Coco Jafro’s music creates a unique tapestry of sounds that captures the pulse, energy and vibrancy of innovative world music. From North African traditional music to Afro-Latin funk fused with…
Gig of the Week: Feb 17-23
…exciting musicians in jazz today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6ceFg0-JJM The last day of the festival is February 23rd, and trumpeter and singer Bonnie Northgraves brings her traditional New Orleans-influenced sound to Performance Works…
Louisiana Joymakers
Louisiana Joymakers made its debut appearance at Frankie’s Jazz Club last year and it’s great to have the band return to our stage to play a mix of well known…
Jimi James Fraser Sextet
…from Art Blakey, The VEJI (Vancouver Ensemble of Jazz Improvisation), Horace Silver, and other great multi-horn lineups of the 50s and 60s, the band absolutely cooks on originals and new…
The Show Must Go On
NOW Orchestra performed with George Lewis In the midst of 2003’s major news headlines like SARS, the US-led, post-9/11 invasion of Iraq, and the first same-sex marriage in Canada, the…
Tony Wilson’s Hellhound on My Trail
…sonic signature of West Coast guitarist Tony Wilson. A brand new group formed especially for the Festival, Tony Wilson’s Hellhound on My Trail features Dominic Conway sax, Joshua Zubot violin,…
Jennifer Scott Quartet
One of the leading vocal improvisers in Canada, Jennifer Scott leads this exciting progressive jazz ensemble. NuQuartet reworks gems from the American Songbook, presents repertoire from unexpected sources, and throws…
Maria Ho
…her two albums Where or When and Smile have received rotation airplay on jazz stations in New York, Denver, Denmark, and Italy. She is releasing her third album soon. Her…
Unwritten Thursdays: Jessica Moss + Matthew Ariaratnam, Lee Hutzulak & Jen Yakamovich
NEW MONTHLY SERIES AT TYRANT STUDIOS (1019 Seymour St. *upstairs*) Presented in collaboration by Barking Sphinx Performing Society and Coastal Jazz 9pm doors 9:30pm music $15-20 1st set JESSICA MOSS…
Isaiah Collier & The Chosen Few
…The Chosen Few “didn’t make the trip to kneel at the altar, they came to take up the torch and start new fires” (Free Jazz Collective). The Chosen Few features…
Jeff Younger’s Dark Matter Machine
A daring composer and improviser of mysterious, primal, and unpredictable music, guitarist Jeff Younger’s brand-new Dark Matter Machine generates beautiful melodies, angular juxtapositions, and expressionistic soundscapes with Jocelyn Waugh trumpet,…
Digital Jazz Hotline #51
…/Jazz for Barb: The Music of Lambert Hendricks & Ross – Frankie’s Jazz Club, 755 Beatty St (8pm) | Straight Ahead/Mainstream Third Thursday Vocal Jazz Jam hosted by Nancy Newman…
Greg Ward’s Rogue Parade
Saxophonist Greg Ward (Tortoise, Makaya McCraven) is “one of the most versatile jazz musicians of his generation, with a deep-seated curiosity that drives him to push himself into new territory”…
Evan Arntzen Quartet
With a powerful tone on clarinet and saxophone, and a charming singing voice to boot, New York-based Vancouver ex-pat Evan Arntzen (Bria Skonberg, October Trio) “has a distinctive style on…
Digital Jazz Hotline #60
…(7pm) | Straight Ahead/Mainstream Sonic Boom Festival: Mixed Ensemble Concerts – Pyatt Hall, 843 Seymour St (7 30pm) | New Music 29th Annual Festival du Bois: Contra Dance w. The…
Tomeka Reid Quartet
The New York Times recently called Chicago-based experimental cellist/composer/educator Tomeka Reid “one of the great energies in jazz: a melodic improviser with a natural, flowing sense of song and an…
Frankie Hidalgo & the MVPs
…both nostalgia and an urge to dance the night away. Using his experiences and musical knowledge, he brings about a new flavour of music that is true to his artistry….
That “Je Ne Sais Quoi” of Jazz
…vocal jazz, New Orleans jazz and gypsy Jazz. This venue promises a true feast of the senses to bring the community of Vancouver together in the charming neighbourhood of Kitsilano….
Russ Botten and Serious Grease!
You’ll have a tough time keeping your toes from tapping along to Russ Botten and Serious Grease! Playing tunes both old and new like “Birth of the Blues”, “Remember”, “Don’t…
Bill Runge Band
…Josh Groban, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Colin James, Arturo Sandoval, Natalie Cole, and Heart. Bill’s last CD, A Tribute to the South American Masters, was released in 2006. This new…
François Bourassa Quartet
…of a liquid and often lyrical sort” (New York Times) with reeds player André Leroux, bassist Guy Boisvert, and drummer Greg Ritchie. Thanks to the Canada Council for the Arts….
Willie Jones III Quintet
With an unparalleled style of rhythmic expression, drummer Willie Jones III is one of the world’s leading jazz drummers. His music honours his monumental influences – the late greats Philly…
Fawn Fritzen and the fellas
…of jazz, to powerful voices such as Bessie Smith, Anita O’Day, and Nina Simone. Simultaneously, she has created powerful new songs of her own, centred in candid storytelling. Fawn has…
Aerialists
…prog-trad sound. The transatlantic quintet draws from the wells of Nordic and Gaelic music while adding expansive modern textures and meticulously sculpted arrangements to create a genre defying new sound….
THE JAZZ FEST CIRCLE OF LIFE
…jazz programming Coastal Jazz produced, in addition to the annual festival. With the increased awareness, programmers knew they could use the festival as a way to elevate homegrown talents. Co-founder…
Gig List: Mar 11
…the town red with a new monthly-ish shindig in the WISE Lounge. Come dance! Wed Mar 13 The Supersonic Hearts Band Cascade Room (7:30pm) – FREE! The Supersonic Hearts Band…
In Memory of Ken Pickering
…for his sweetness and generosity. He truly loved it when others could experience the things that he was passionate about, whether it was a new exciting group from Sweden, or…
Willie Jones III Quintet
With an unparalleled style of rhythmic expression, drummer Willie Jones III is one of the world’s leading jazz drummers. His music honours his monumental influences – the late greats Philly…
Aquiles Navarro & Tcheser Holmes
Afro-Caribbean improvisational trumpet-and-percussion duo Aquiles Navarro and Tcheser Holmes, are longtime friends, collaborators, devotees of New York City’s creative music scenes, and members of celebrated free jazz collective Irreversible Entanglements….
Veronica Swift
…new eponymously titled album, she’s most certainly arrived. While the Wall Street Journal has praised her “miraculous voice and innate gift for entertaining a crowd”, Swift’s not just one of…
Josh Zubot Quartet + Darius Jones
…emotion, experimentation, and power. For this performance, they’re joined by special guest Darius Jones, who The New York Times called “the most visceral and distinctive alto saxophonist of this era.”…
Jocelyn Gould – Early Show
…Elegant Traveler as well as dynamic pieces from her brand new 2022 album Golden Hour, which adds her engaging, plaintive vocals to the well-established foundation of her jaw-dropping guitar work….
Parlour Panther
Queer, inspiring, and sexy, Parlour Panther packs a sonic punch. The previous album from these artful androgynes made BeatRoute’s top 25 local releases of 2018, and their hotly anticipated new…
Bill Runge Quintet
…Josh Groban, the VSO, Colin James, Arturo Sandoval, Natalie Cole, & Heart. Bill’s last CD; A Tribute to the South American Masters was released in 2006. This new quintet features…
Bill Coon Trio
…trio featuring Darren Radtke on acoustic bass and Joe Poole on drums. Bill will be playing original music from a few of his Cellar Live albums, some brand-new music, plus…
Snotty Nose Rez Kids
…Audiences will dance and sweat, but they’ll leave with new knowledge. Their album, The Average Savage, landed them a nomination for Best Hip Hop Album at the Indigenous Music Awards,…
John Gross/Campbell Ryga Quintet
…including a sublime release with New York pianist Renee Rosnes and work with PJ Perry, Ross Taggart, and Michael Bublé (on the GRAMMY-winning Crazy Love). Playing timeless soul jazz and…
Digital Jazz Hotline #42
It’s a brand new week! With a wide selection of jazz and jazz-adjacent music for y’all to check out! MONDAY NOV 6: Cottage Jazz Jam w. Jerry Boey Quartet –…
The Speakeasy Charm of Guilt & Co.
Wanting Qu | photo courtesy of Guilt & Co. By Zara Khan A must-see venue in the heart of Gastown that combines the charm of a New York City speakeasy…
Emily Chambers
…fresh sound that hits you in the gut.” – Global News Originally from Vancouver, R&B singer Emily Chambers now calls Nashville home. She just released her EP Magnolia. Recent highlights…
Mars Williams presents an Ayler Xmas
…Soul and Hal Russell’s NRG Ensemble, to name just a few. (His rock CV is also varied, including Akron New Wave band The Waitresses and work with Billy Idol, Ministry,…
FESTIVAL TALES: PERSONAL REFLECTIONS
…in the name of jazz. It’s really the best time of year. A testament to what can happen when you’re up for a new adventure, from volunteer Joni Miller: I…
Big Easy Funk Ensemble
Big Easy Funk Ensemble celebrates the amazing variety of music that has grown out of the Jazz, Blues and Snazzy Grooves of New Orleans.
Laura Crema & Bill Coon Quartet
…choice arrangements of genre-spanning tunes, the pair have created a new book of original songs that explore beautiful—and sometimes haunting—sounds, while nurturing joyful interplay between its members. Spanning blues, jazz,…
Saguaro
Saguaro is the latest project from Vancouver guitarist/composer Alvaro Rojas. The addition of horns to his longstanding trio brings new layers of density and intensity to the rhythm section’s bubbling…
The Terminal City Brass Band
Featuring traditional and contemporary New Orleans-style brass band music and a healthy dose of funk and honk. Bring a wind or percussion instrument (washboard?), your voice, or just your drinking…
Ken Vandermark and Not for Proper + Alvaro Rojas’ Music for 22
…rage alongside co-conspirators Meredith Bates violin, Josh Zubot violin, Parmela Attariwala viola, and Peggy Lee cello. This evening celebrates the group’s new self-titled album release, with cameos from American vocalist/producer…
Digital Jazz Hotline #39
…Vocal Jazz Jam hosted by Nancy Newman – Cottage Bistro, 4468 Main St. (7-10pm) | Straight-Ahead/Mainstream Hot Club Swing: New Orleans Ale Stars – Roundhouse, 181 Roundhouse Mews (8pm) |…
Ketchum & Sample Quintet
Vocalist Darlene Ketchum and pianist Bill Sample began writing together a few years ago and have just completed an album of original tunes. Their music is a bit bluesy, a…
Rumba Calzada
…up for more touring and recording, with an all-new album planned for 2018. With Lou Mastroianni piano, Allan Johnston bass, Roderick Murray trombone, Rolando Preza congas/vocals, and Raphael Geronimo timbales/vocals….
Kamil Piotrowicz Trio
…expressive complexity, Kamil’s Warsaw-based trio features Krzysztof Szmańda on drums and vibraphone, and Andrzej Święs on bass. Thanks to Festival JAZZTOPAD—Poland Presented in association with Polish Cultural Institute New York…
François Houle RECODER 4tet with Gordon Grdina, Mark Helias & Gerry Hemingway
…to play them”, and with his new RECODER 4tet, he’s brought together an absolute dream team. Drummer Gerry Hemingway first captured Houle’s ear on the legendary 1980s Braxton Quartet recordings,…
Andrew Millar Quartet
New York City based drummer Andrew Millar returns to Vancouver to play some hard bop inspired hits with old friends. With Steve Kaldestad saxophone, David Blake guitar, and André Lachance…
Bill Frisell Trio with Thomas Morgan & Rudy Royston
…after a performance, and a keen feel for how dynamic range can be used to convey emotion. But on his new double album, his fourth release for Blue Note Records,…
Wayne Horvitz Electric Circus
…as jumping-off points towards thrilling new sonic possibilities. After performing Electric Circus exclusively in Seattle since 2015, Horvitz is now presenting the band across Europe, Canada, and the US, using…
Don’t Get It? Don’t Sweat It
…in the tradition but looking for something new. From Albert Ayler’s ability to create complex emotion from simple melodies to Cecil Taylor’s formal experimentation; from the Art Ensemble of Chicago’s…
Five Alarm Funk and Too Many Zooz – SOLD OUT
…that like the unclassifiable born-in-the-New York-subways trio of drummer King of Sludge, saxophonist Leo P and trumpeter Matt Doe like them a lot! Too Many Zooz is an outrageous, high-energy…
BC Double Quartet
Acclaimed guitarist/composer Bill Coon is one of Canada’s most respected and talented musicians. His cool and classy new project combines a jazz quartet’s groove with the stirring sweep of a…
Oliver Gannon Trio
Join legendary Canadian guitarist Oliver Gannon as he leads a new trio featuring Nick Peck on hammond on organ and Joe Poole on drums. The weekend will be recorded for…
Vancouver Youth Jazz Orchestra
The Vancouver Youth Jazz Orchestra (VYJO) is an exciting new version of the High School Jazz Intensive. This program is a unique music residency for high school students in Grades…
WHY WE SUPPORT: Inspired by Giving Tuesday
…thing I knew, I was an airport greeter. Access was so different then, security was there but 9-11 changed the world. We had some sort of accreditation from Coastal where…
Kevin Romain Acoustic Trio
Debuting a suite of music inspired by neuroscience, socialism, humility, and fine coffee, this new chordless jazz trio from drummer/composer Kevin Romain (Only A Visitor, Enemy Pigeon) sets up shop…
Bend Sinister
…tight playing” (Vancouver Sun) into their anthemic, feel-good, stadium-ready bangers. Their new album Foolish Games finds the band at their catchy, infectious best. Pump your fists and come sing along!…
Richard Bona Asante Trio
…jazz and Afropop music. Bona’s new group, Asante Trio, is testament to his philosophy of cultural collaboration. Joining Bona is pianist Jesus Pupo, who pays tribute to the “piano Cubano”…
Steve Kaldestad Quintet
…and swinging, rhythmic propulsion as his lines unwind fluidly. He is joined by New York baritone saxophonist Gary Smulyan! With Chris Gestrin piano, Jodi Proznick bass, and Jesse Cahill drums….
Jen Hodge All Stars
A mainstay in the Vancouver jazz community before relocating to New York in 2019, bassist/vocalist Jen Hodge leads this pack of talented young musicians with a passion for playing raucous,…
Idle Moon
Featuring members of Miami Device, Pugs & Crows, and Jasper Sloan Yip’s band, the new Vancouver instrumental soul/groove band Idle Moon takes funky inspiration from The Meters, Mulatu Astatke, and…
Oliver Gannon Trio
Join legendary Canadian guitarist Oliver Gannon as he leads a new trio featuring Nick Peck on hammond organ and Joe Poole on drums. The weekend will be recorded for what…
We All Break
1218 Cartwright St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3R8 Like most great art forms, jazz developed by combining previously distinct, disparate elements into something new. We All Break follows in this tradition…
Les Filles de Illighadad
[CANCELLED] “Heavy, meditative, and tender” (New Yorker), Les Filles de Illighadad bring a sublime sound from central Niger. Guitarist/vocalist Fatou Seidi Ghali leads this ensemble through a hybrid of two…
2022 Impact Report
David Ward presents ‘Propeller’
Propeller is a new Vancouver series hosted by David Ward + his band Golden Future that unites local and international artists in the name of soul music, collaboration and dance….
STILL PUSHING MUSICAL BOUNDARIES
…maintained the delicate balance between established traditions and new and innovative impulses. “Over the years we’ve successfully achieved a strong and highly respected international profile within the jazz festival milieu…
Gabriel Palatchi Trio
…Palatchi’s music is an eclectic mix of cultures combining elements from Latin jazz, tango, funk, Middle Eastern, and more. Gabriel is on tour with his new release Made in Canada….
Kai Basanta
Vancouver based drummer/producer Kai Basanta blends ethereal soundscapes with off-kilter beats in his new solo project. Primal yet otherworldly, his distinct experimental electronic/left-field hip-hop sound can be heard on his…
Kids’ Table Quartet
The Kids’ Table Quartet is a brand new band featuring the compositions of Jeremy Page tenor saxophone and Cole Schmidt guitar.Grape juice will be spilled by the ridiculous rhythm section…
See You Now
A new ensemble that leans mystical, See You Now explores the kind of expansive territories travelled by Pharaoh Sanders, Sun Ra, Sonny Sharrock, and late-career John Coltrane. Veterans of the…
Thus Owls
…Post) sound finds Simon Angell’s charismatic guitar meeting the urgency of Erika Angell’s voice, stretching their already unusual indie-pop/avant-jazz compositions into new and surprising shapes. With Samuel Joly drums. …
Jazz at Pyatt Hall
…past few years than saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins? He has released two staggeringly good albums on Blue Note, received press from the New York Times and NPR, and is now leading…
Dawn Pemberton + Francis Baptiste
…Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer and Khari Wendell McClelland, her deep musicality, “honey-soaked pipes” (Vancouver Sun) and irresistible verve make Dawn the new queen of Canadian soul! Presented in association…
Oddity
The name of this cooperative quartet accurately describes the unusual, unique, and exceptional music they create. Formed a decade ago as an opportunity to work with each other on new…
Katherine Penfold
Celebrating her brand new Christmas album alongside the friends who helped make it happen, Katherine Penfold will be performing your favourite Christmas tunes, original music and Jazz/Blues standards all night…
Cory Weeds Little Big Band with special guest Carl Allen – Late Show
…straight-ahead jazz burning bright. Inspired by tenor heroes Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis and Gene Ammons, Weeds calls on New York-based drummer Carl Allen (Christian McBride, Cyrus Chestnut) and a wealth of…
Steve Kozak
…2013, Kozak was awarded with a prestigious Maple Blues Award for New Artist or Group of the Year in Canada by the Toronto Blues Society. The Steve Kozak Band has…
Joshua Zubot and Strings
…Honsinger, Sun Ra Orchestra’s Marshall Allen, and New York double bassist William Parker. After receiving his Electroacoustic Music degree in Montreal he was sought after and was quickly immersed in…
Steve Kozak & The West Coast Allstars
…prestigious Maple Blues Award for New Artist or Group of the Year in 2012 and the group was nominated for a 2017 Western Canadian Music Award as Blues Artist of…
Bill Runge Quintet
…Josh Groban, the VSO, Colin James, Arturo Sandoval, Natalie Cole, & Heart. Bill’s last CD; “A Tribute to the South American Masters” was released in 2006. This new quintet features…
Marquis Hill: Composers Collective
…composition,” muses Hill. “I started to wonder, ‘When did we stop doing that, playing each other’s music?’ In addition to Hill’s soulful, eclectic modern jazz compositions, the new album includes…
Cory Weeds Little Big Band with special guest Carl Allen – Early Show
…straight-ahead jazz burning bright. Inspired by tenor heroes Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis and Gene Ammons, Weeds calls on New York-based drummer Carl Allen (Christian McBride, Cyrus Chestnut) and a wealth of…
Tony Wilson’s Tribute to Sonny Greenwich
West Coast guitar treasure Tony Wilson pays tribute to legendary Canadian Jazz guitarist Sonny Greenwich, whose “broad strokes of melody, open tone, and sense of meditative concentration and leisure” (New…
Digital Jazz Hotline #40
…In a New Setting – Frankie’s Jazz Club 755 Beatty St (8pm) | Straight Ahead/Mainstream Thunder Lizard w. Jared Burrows/Nick Peck/Joe Poole – Tangent Cafe 2095 Commercial Dr (8:30-11:30pm)…
Caity Gyorgy
…rested on! Her debut took home Vocal Jazz Album of the Year at the 2022 JUNOs, and she’s already followed up with a new album…and another JUNO win at 2023’s…
Jeremy Pelt: the Artist
…“Romare Bearden Revealed.” But on his new album, Jeremy Pelt may be the first jazz artist to examine the relationship between music and sculpture. The five-movement “Rodin Suite” muses not…
Lindha and Fabian Kallerdahl
…leading jazz/improv label, HOOB Records. Their new album, The Thrill Is Gone, features improvisations gently interwoven with interpretations of classic tunes, such as their bold and wintery take on the…
David Blake Trio
Buy advance tickets here Vancouver-born guitarist David Blake is developing a name for himself in New York’s vibrant jazz community, and with “engaging melodies in the forefront, underscored by intricate…
ES:MO – Elizabeth Shepherd and Michael Occhipinti – Late Show
…band for her acclaimed albums MONtreal and The Signal. With their new duo album—nominated for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year at this year’s JUNOs—this pairing of two of Canada’s…
Ryan Oliver Quartet
Tough-toned saxophonist Ryan Oliver honed his craft here on the west coast as well as Amsterdam, Toronto, and New York. Juno-nominated Ryan has performed around the world with his own…
Daniel Hersog Jazz Orchestra featuring Noah Preminger and Scott Robinson
…and others, as well as a brace of folk-inspired Hersog originals. New York’s Scott Robinson and Noah Preminger join a stellar crew including Brad Turner, Bruno Hubert and Bernie Arai….
Diatom Ribbons: Kris Davis, Terri Lyne Carrington and Val Jeanty
…Carrington, and Haitian DJ, sound sculptor, and percussionist Val Jeanty. Since her emergence on the New York scene in 2001, Davis has become one of the music’s singular talents—a deeply…
TERMINAL CITY BRASS BAND
Featuring traditional and contemporary New Orleans-style brass band music and a healthy dose of funk and honk. Bring a wind or percussion instrument (washboard?), your voice, or just your drinking…
Jeremy Pelt: the Artist
…“Romare Bearden Revealed.” But on his new album, Jeremy Pelt may be the first jazz artist to examine the relationship between music and sculpture. The five-movement “Rodin Suite” muses not…
Jonathan Wilson
…releasing his sublime new album, Rare Birds. “Dizzying in ambition, dazzling in execution” (All Music), it diverges from his ’70s-Laurel Canyon-inflected work and takes cues from the high density ’80s…
Ben Henriques Quintet
…and daring band through swing, bebop, and a few surprising rock-tinged escapades. This performance will feature new music composed for the more traditional jazz instrumentation of trumpet, sax and rhythm…
Grungle
Grungle is defined as “stringing several mispronounced words together to form one unified, confused sound.” Grungle—the band—joyfully takes skronkiness in a new direction that’s actually very fluent, full-tilt, EDM-inspired brasshouse…
Joe Rainey & String Quartet
…Fog) and a Vancouver-based string quartet, Rainey makes the liminal sublime, radically fusing “layers of powwow songs to industrial-strength drums and blizzards of static” (New York Times) to create an…
William S. Taylor Trio
William Taylor was born in New Orleans and moved to Seattle at age 14. He was recruited by the BC Lions to move to Vancouver but ultimately gave up sport…
The Dardanellas
Co-conspirators in the groundbreaking Dálava—where they boldly reimagine Moravian folk tunes from over 100 years ago—Julia Úlehla and Aram Bajakian’s brand new group turns an artful, woozy post-Southern Gothic gaze…
Caroline Davis’ Alula ft. Chris Tordini and Kate Gentile
1601 Johnston St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3R9 Initial inspiration for Caroline Davis’ “most formally innovative group yet” (New York Times) sprang from the pages of The Sibley Guide to Birds,…
Waxwing
…and fierce improvisations offer “a treasure-trove of melody, emotion, and masterful musicianship” (Georgia Straight). This special Festival performance celebrates the release of their new Songlines Recordings album Flicker Down. Want…
Dawn Pemberton
…and world music. A collaborator with The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer and Khari Wendell McClelland, her deep musicality and irresistible verve make Dawn the new queen of Canadian soul!…
Sax virtuoso Kamasi Washington plays our Marquee Series
…jazz in a way that captivates young audiences hungry for new, uncompromising artistic experiences. And, in a fateful nod to harmonic convergence, rapper Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy-winning To Pimp a Butterfly,…
Java Jazz
…America, including a long standing gig in the lounge of the Western Bayshore Hotel and weekly performances at their recently sold jazz club The Java Jazz Café in New Westminster….
Pablo Cárdenas Afro-Cuban Trío
…jazz, fusion, and Cuban styles from traditional to contemporary. His trio featuring Afro-Cuban percussionist Israel (Toto) Berriel and bassist Peter Dowse are releasing brand new material at this Festival show….
Viviane Houle’s Unsung Songs
1601 Johnston St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3R9 Viviane Houle is one of Canada’s most dynamic and fearless vocal improvisers. With Unsung Songs, Houle releases a new album alongside a stunning…
The Interplanetary Adventures of Sun Ra: There Are Worlds They Have Not Told You Of!
…Arkestra, living as a commune, had migrated to New York City and was in the middle of the October revolution of free jazz. A young saxophonist from Little Rock Arkansas,…
Cécile McLorin Salvant
…the way. But after five critically acclaimed releases, Ghost Song (her new release and Nonesuch debut) immediately occupies a world of its own. A compact, cyclical, immersive suite of songs…
Gig List: July 23
…of Pat Zimmerli plus Blind River Wednesday, July 25, 8:30 PM Merge 1305 Powell St, Vancouver, BC V5L 1G8 Adventurous, modern music from New York- and Paris-based composer/saxophonist Patrick Zimmerli….
Ilhan Ersahin’s Istanbul Sessions
New York-based Swedish/Turkish saxophonist, impresario and general scene-maker Ilhan Ersahin’s exploration of his Turkish roots began in the ‘90s and continues to this day with this Istanbul-based creative take on…
Zoh Amba & Chris Corsano with Lisa Cay Miller
…St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3R9 One of the brightest new stars in avant-jazz, NYC-based composer/saxophonist/flutist Zoh Amba’s music is “a chaotic spiritual exploration, a path to enlightenment strewn with skronking…
WINTER JAZZ
…completely free, so why not check out something new? February 21, 8pm Lydia Hol & Dawn Pemberton Set times: Lydia Hol, 8pm; Dawn Pemberton, 9:20pm February 22, 1pm David Sikula…
Misha Piatigorsky Trio
…legendary cellist Gregor Piatigorsky, with international upbringing followed by international acclaim, he works in New York City to advance the modern jazz sound beyond the standards. With John Lee bass…
Festival JAZZTOPAD, Wroclaw Poland presents Maciej Obara Quartet
…a “fascinating blend of thoughtfulness, freedom, passion, superb improvising skills and structural discipline” (Herald Scotland). Thanks to Culture PL-Polish Institute of Adam Mickiewicz, Festival JAZZTOPAD-Poland, Polish Cultural Institute New York….
Insider’s Guide to the Festival
…for a late night hang packed with new sounds, it’s the place to be. The Imperial lineup includes electronic funk-pop outfit KNOWER, California rockers Cherry Glazerr, and rhythm-heavy Afrofuturist quartet…
Julian Lage Trio
“… one of jazz’s breezier virtuosos, possessed of an unflappable technical facility and a seemingly boundless curiosity.” —The New York Times In the spotlight since age eight, Julian Lage’s mastery…
Mr. Boogie Woogie with Rob Montgomery and Friends
Mr. Boogie Woogie is an award-winning piano player/singer from Holland with an international following. Celebrate the music of Fats Domino and others with a musical trip to New Orleans. A…
Steve Kozak Band
…won a prestigious Maple Blues Award for New Artist or Group of the Year in 2012 and the group was nominated for a 2017 Western Canadian Music Award as Blues…
Ches Smith’s Clone Row
Ches Smith’s June 2025 release on Otherly Love Records, Clone Row, debuts an adventurous new quartet featuring guitarists Mary Halvorson and Liberty Ellman, and bassist Nick Dunston. Smith finds endless…
TD CREATIVE MUSIC COMMISSIONS
…creative. What we finally landed on was to support artists with commissioning fees, allowing them to use this time to write new music while also paying their bills. With the…
Itamar Erez Quartet
…freedom of jazz” (Salt Peanuts). Playing selections from his engrossing new album Mi Alegria, Erez’s quartet features some of the Canadian jazz scene’s boldest, most sensitive players, including François Houle…
Misha Piatigorsky Trio
…legendary cellist Gregor Piatigorsky, with international upbringing followed by international acclaim, he works in New York City to advance the modern jazz sound beyond the standards. With John Lee bass…
Super K
…such as surf, jazz, and electronic psychedelia. Full of danceable grooves propelled by drummer Alex Reid and bassist Andrew Fyvie, Super K brings bold new sonic perspectives to traditional sounds….
Malika Tirolien
From Guadeloupe, and now living in Montreal, Grammy-nominated vocalist, songwriter and keyboardist Malika Tirolien offers an electric mix of creativity, sincerity, and pure vibe. Her new album HIGHER—coproduced with Snarky…
Let’s Make the Water Turn Black – Frank Zappa Tribute
Buy advance tickets here Zappa fanatics Tony Wilson and Daniel Deorksen have concocted a new sextet to tackle some of the prolific and idiosyncratic 20th-century composer’s most beloved hits (and,…
ES:MO – Elizabeth Shepherd and Michael Occhipinti – Early Show
…band for her acclaimed albums MONtreal and The Signal. With their new duo album—nominated for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year at this year’s JUNOs—this pairing of two of Canada’s…
PIQSIQ + Kee Avil
PIQSIQ Alternating between ancient songs and haunting new compositions, PIQSIQ draws upon Inuit throat singing traditions to create spine-tingling ambiance that transports listeners to the North and beyond. With roots…
Shahzad Ismaily Artist Talk (moderated by Julia Úlehla)
Shahzad Ismaily is a Brooklyn-based musician, composer, engineer, and founder of Figure 8 Recording. The New York Times called him “one of music’s most in-demand collaborators, flitting like a mischievous…
Steve Kozak Band
…national recognition in 2013, Kozak was awarded with a prestigious Maple Blues Award for New Artist or Group of the Year in Canada by the Toronto Blues Society. The Steve…
Amanda Tosoff with special guest Emilie-Claire Barlow – Early Show
…saxophonist Allison Au, bassist Jon Maharaj, and drummer Morgan Childs, Tosoff’s ensemble creates “thoughtful, sparkling, poetically-inspired chamber jazz!” (New York Music Daily). Thanks to the Canada Council for the Arts…
Ches Smith, Mat Maneri, Craig Taborn
…most notable musicians in New York’s vibrant creative music scene—drummer Ches Smith (John Zorn, Tim Berne, Marc Ribot), pianist Craig Taborn (Chris Potter, Dave Douglas, Wadada Leo Smith), and violist…
Sister Jazz Orchestra
Directed by Christian Morrison, the powerhouse 18-woman Sister Jazz Orchestra showcases Vancouver’s most accomplished female musicians while inspiring new generations of jazzwomen. Shining a light on composers from Mary Lou…
Saul Berson Plays Cannonball Adderley
From his earliest appearance on the New York jazz scene in 1955, alto saxophonist Julian “Cannonball” Adderley remained at the forefront of the jazz world. His blues-based tone, Charlie Parker-inspired…
John Lee
…amount of performing in cities located in North America including New York City (Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola, SOMETHIN’ Jazz Club), Boston (Wally’s Jazz Café, The Beehive), Washington (Kennedy Center Millennium…
Pasquale Grasso Trio feat. André Lachance and Andrew Millar
…Scofield or Frisell. Born in Italy and now based in New York City, Grasso’s astounding pianistic technique is informed not by modern jazz guitarists, but by bebop pioneers like Bud…
Harris & DeBray
…traditional blues songs, some roots classics and new original music. Their first CD, “Passin’ Time” has been in the top 40 on Reverbnation’s Blues Chart since its release last year….
Gordon Grdina, Matthew Shipp, Mark Helias
“…[Grdina is] a player of unbridled musical ingenuity” —World Music Report “Helias’ intense and almost indescribable bass playing… exists on a level reserved for the elite of new music bassists…
Jocelyn Waugh Quartet
In-demand Vancouver trumpeter Jocelyn Waugh (Locarno, Hard Rubber Orchestra) breathes vibrant life into myriad styles, from Mariachi to big band. With her new quartet featuring Chris Fraser guitar, Wynston Minckler…
James Danderfer’s Gatsby Trio
Early jazz meets modern inspiration with James Danderfer’s swinging Gatsby Trio evoking the spirit of the small ‘1930s cabarets of New Orleans and Chicago. Reminiscent of the popular Benny Goodman…
The Business of Branding a Festival
…to enter. Barbara recalled for us recently, “I had done a collage for a Laurie Anderson gig in New York and it really worked.” That collage art piece ultimately inspired…
LIVE FROM PARIS
…of the Year at France’s prestigious Victoires du Jazz—pianist and composer Roberto Negro’s new project expands on that work, both conceptually and in membership. Negro adds bassist Valentin Ceccaldi (Sylvain…
Bill Coon 4tet with Campbell Ryga
…solos to large-scale works for the VSO and the Norwegian Radio Orchestra. For this concert, Bill will unveil brand-new original tunes and cook on some fine arrangements of Thelonious Monk…
Gerald Cleaver, Tony Wilson, Luke Stewart
Bassist Luke Stewart (Irreversible Entanglements) is a ubiquitous and stylistically omnivorous presence on the DC scene. Dynamic and chameleonic, New York-based drummer Gerald Cleaver has played with fellow greats like…
Miles Okazaki’s Trickster
“complex & grooving. **** (four stars)” —Downbeat Guitarist Miles Okazaki’s approach to the guitar is described by the New York Times as “utterly contemporary, free from the expectations of what…
Bill Coon 4tet with Campbell Ryga
…solos to large-scale works for the VSO and the Norwegian Radio Orchestra. For this concert, Bill will showcase some new original tunes and cook on some fine arrangements of Thelonious…
Harley Card Quartet
…2015’s Hedgerow and his 2008 debut Non-Fiction – introducing eleven new compositions, and featuring stunning performances. With Harley Card guitar, Matt Newton piano, Dan Fortin bass, and Ethan Ardelli drums….
Miles Black Quintet Plays the Music of David Rehorick
David Rehorick started studying jazz piano around age thirty. During the 1970s and 80s, he performed with The Ungroupables, and later Jazz Configuration in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Two early compositions—Vancouver…
Sister Says
…intelligent and their creative chemistry produces a new take on songs redolent to Annie Lennox, The Eurythmics and Everything But The Girl” (BC Musician Magazine). Presented in association with Full…
Digital Jazz Hotline #59
…Club, 755 Beatty St, Vancouver (8pm) | Big Band Third Thursday Vocal Jazz Jam hosted by Nancy Newman – Cottage Bistro, 4468 Main St, Vancouver (8pm) | Straight Ahead/Mainstream Maria…
Jennifer Scott NuQuartet
One of the leading vocal improvisers in Canada, Jennifer Scott leads this exciting progressive jazz ensemble. NuQuartet reworks gems from the American Songbook, presents repertoire from unexpected sources and throws…
Chris Fraser Quartet
…to name just a few. His new quartet features John Nicholson tenor saxophone, Todd Stewart drums, and Conrad Good bass. Open Jazz Jam to follow, hosted by Chris Fraser Quartet….
Help Us Preserve Vancouver’s Cultural Jazz Legacy
…organizations such as Full Circle, Queer Arts, Vancouver New Music, The Western Front, NOW Society, VIFF, Capilano University and the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation. Our commitment to…
Sam Kirmayer feat. Ben Paterson
…35.” Sam’s sophomore album, High And Low (Cellar Live), features first call Montreal drummer Dave Laing, and internationally acclaimed New York City-based organist Ben Paterson, who Downbeat has described as…
Cool School: Get Hip to Jazz with Champian Fulton
“… a charming young steward of the mainstream Jazz tradition.” – The New York Times Find out the inside track on how to be a successful working jazz vocalist! In…
Gig List: May 7
…Trio – 2 night stand! Friday & Saturday, May 12/13, 8PM Frankie’s Jazz Club 755 Beaty Street, Vancouver New York jazz pianist Tardo Hammer’s deft artistry has graced the bandstands…
Gentle Party + Wallgrin
…electronic shimmers and Jessika Yliruusi’s hauntingly evocative voice. The Wire calls their lush new album, God Complex, “startlingly confident and accomplished.” WALLGRIN “The vocal equivalent of walking on water, Wallgrin’s…
WINTER JAZZ
…a number of artists commissioned as part of the Creative Music Commissions, presented by TD, a program that supported 20 Canadian artists to create new work during the early days…
Education
…of learning, listening and playing music, including our Sounds of Youth Stage, the Vancouver Youth Jazz Orchestra, the New Improvisers Studio, ongoing workshops and artist residencies. Announcements of our 2025…
SEAMUS BLAKE QUARTET
New York-based saxophonist/composer Seamus Blake is recognized as one of the finest exponents of contemporary jazz. His music is known for its sophistication, bold improvisations and sheer swagger. John Scofield,…
Sounds of Youth: Day 2
…Schedule: 12:00pm – Oak Bay Secondary Jazz Ensemble 1:15pm – Langley Fundamental Secondary Jazz Ensemble 2:30pm – Eric Hamber Secondary Jazz Ensemble 3:45pm – New Westminster Secondary Jazz Ensemble 5:00pm…
Ticket Info
Nazih Borish with Joutou/Silk Road
Enthusiasm for connections within the worlds of Arabic, flamenco, Indian and jazz music drives the dazzling performances of Montreal-based oud virtuoso Nazih Borish, whose new style of playing compliments collaborators…
Peggy Lee Band – Late Show
…mastery in both quietude and fire. Premiering new music alongside selections from its rich back-catalogue, the Peggy Lee Band builds a sound world where “melodies slide in and out of…
From San Francisco: Michael Zilber Quartet
Saxophonist and composer Michael Zilber has his roots in Vancouver, he is now based in San Francisco after being part of the New York scene. Zilber is described by NEA…
Festival Guide
Sakina Abdou Artist Talk, moderated by Dylan van der Schyff
…sometimes caustic, sometimes full of grace and quietude, and always full of suspense and surprise, as evidenced on Goodbye Ground, her debut album for the cutting edge New York label…
Steve Kaldestad Trio
…his latest, Live at Frankie’s, and New York Afternoon featuring Canadian jazz master Renee Rosnes. The Steve Kaldestad Trio features Steve Kaldestad sax, Steve Holy bass & Dave Sikula guitar….
Jen Hodge’s All That
…variety of jazz. All that jazz, if you will. At this, her last gig in Vancouver before relocating to New York City, Jen presents her original arrangements of tunes plucked…
Gabriel Hasselbach
…jazz from his numerous albums and ten Billboard hits. Also featured is Kinga, debuting songs from her new album. With Kelly Brown guitar, Chris Haas drums, and Gord Lemon bass….
Herbie Hancock – Restless Explorer
…in his desire to push forward and explore new terrain. He told an interviewer recently, “It was Miles [Davis] who showed me that it was cool to be open to…
Dominique Fils-Aimé
…from Montreal who puts the history of African-American musical culture into the heart of her work. Her new show invites you to delve into the roots of her soul with…
David Blake Quartet
The Montreal Jazz festival says that guitarist David Blake is a “genuine feast for the soul.” His contemporary sound is steeped in straddling original compositions with a new quartet featuring…
Cory Weeds Quartet with special guest Natasha D’Agostino
Join saxophonist Cory Weeds and his quartet with special guest vocalist Natasha D’Agostino. A distinct new voice in the Canadian jazz and improvised scene, Natasha D’Agostino’s captivating performances showcase her…
Sam Wilson Trio
…New Doors (Jackson/Wilson Duo) won Music Nova Scotia’s “Jazz Recording of the Year” in 2022 and 2023, respectively. “With a lyrical sensitivity to her instrumental compositions” this rising talent on…
Peggy Lee Band – Early Show
…mastery in both quietude and fire. Premiering new music alongside selections from its rich back-catalogue, the Peggy Lee Band builds a sound world where “melodies slide in and out of…
Steve Kozak Band
…with a prestigious Maple Blues Award for New Artist or Group of the Year in Canada by the Toronto Blues Society. The Steve Kozak Band has been nominated for a…
Jaimie Branch Fly Or Die
…everywhere, the band’s debut album is a celestial landscape of sound, and the work of a “hardscrabble imagination” (The New York Times). With Lester St Louis cello, Jason Ajemian bass,…
Morgan James
…maybe you’ve viewed her wildly popular YouTube videos where she covers the likes of Prince, Jeff Buckley, and Aretha Franklin. The New York Times raves that singer/songwriter Morgan James is…
Pantayo
…in 2020, Pantayo explore the possibilities of kulintang while “patching together practical feminism, punk ethos, Indigenous resistance, Asian visibility, queer fabulousness, and the universal thirst for new sounds” (Pan M…
Bill Coon Trio with Darren Radtke & Dave Robbins
…bass and Dave Robbins on drums. Bill will be playing original music from a few of his Cellar Live albums, some brand-new music, plus a selection of his favourite standard…
Jacob Collier – SOLD OUT
…multiple GRAMMY-winning Londoner combines elements of jazz, funk, folk, classical, Brazilian music, gospel, and soul (to name a few). “Jazz’s new prodigy” (London Jazz News), Jacob’s tour de force live…
GoGo Penguin – SOLD OUT
…most exciting band to emerge from the UK in years. The New York Times highlighted them as one of the 12 best bands at SXSW 2017. Made in the UK….
Malcolm Aiken Quintet
JUNO-nominated trumpeter and producer Malcolm Aiken leads this stellar ensemble known for its immersive fusion of jazz, pop and heavy grooves. Currently in residence at one of Vancouver’s hippest new…
Amanda Tosoff with special guest Emilie-Claire Barlow – Late Show
…saxophonist Allison Au, bassist Jon Maharaj, and drummer Morgan Childs, Tosoff’s ensemble creates “thoughtful, sparkling, poetically-inspired chamber jazz!” (New York Music Daily). Thanks to the Canada Council for the Arts…
Hot Jazz Wednesday feat. Josh Roberts
…swinging hot jazz of the 1930s and 40s. The band features New Orleans-inflected clarinet, driving rhythm, and electric guitar inspired by early masters Charlie Christian, Barney Kessel and Eddie Durham….
