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 member. As luck would have it, Oliver is playing two nights this week at Frankie’s Jazz Club, for a live recording on Friday and Saturday.
Lot’s more to see this week in Vancouver to start your New Year off with a bang…
Tuesday, January 2
Sawdust Collector Series: Tommy Babin solo // Cat Toren Human Kind – Gold Saucer, 207 W Hastings St | Avant
Wednesday, January 3
Adam Rohrlick’s Hip Pocket – Provence Marinaside, 1177 Marinaside Crescent (6pm) | Blues
Wednesday Night Blues: Steve Kozak & Friends – Pat’s Pub, 403 E. Hastings St (7pm) | Blues
Ben Henriques Trio – Libra Room, 1608 Commercial Dr (8pm) | Straight Ahead/Mainstream
Jazz Evensong: Cat Toren & Friends – Brentwood Presb. Church, Bby, 1600 Delta Ave, Burnaby (8pm) | Gospel
Thad Bailey-Mai/David Blake/Eli Davidovici/Miles Wong – Presentation House, 333 Chesterfield Ave, North Vancouver (8pm) | Modern
Harpdog Brown & Guests – Guilt & Co., 1 Alexander St (9:30pm) | Blues
Thursday, January 4
Matt Choboter – Frankie’s Jazz Club, 755 Beatty St (8pm) | Modern
Bernie Arai/Chad Makela/David Blake/Tommy Babin – Tangent Cafe, 2095 Commercial Dr (8:30pm) | Straight Ahead/Mainstream
Friday, January 5
Live Recording with Oliver Gannon O.C. – Frankie’s Jazz Club, 755 Beatty St (8pm) | Straight Ahead/Mainstream
Emily Chambers & Guests – The Waldorf, 1489 E Hastings St (8pm) | Straight Ahead/Mainstream
Self Help: Elisa Thorn // Shapes // Meghan Gilhespy – Gold Saucer, 207 W Hastings St (8:30pm) | Avant
Saturday, January 6
Live Recording with Oliver Gannon O.C. – Frankie’s Jazz Club, 755 Beatty St (8pm) | Straight Ahead/Mainstream
Gabriel Hasselbach Quintet – Pat’s Pub, 403 E. Hastings St (3pm) | Straight Ahead/Mainstream
Miles Black & Tom Keenlyside – Brentwood Presb. Church, Bby, 1600 Delta Ave, Burnaby (7pm) | Gospel
Freedom Muzik: Lisa Cay Miller/Aram Bajakian/Colin Edward Cowan/JP Carter/Kenton Loewen/Giorio Magnanensi/Tommy Babin/Meredith Bates – China Cloud, 524 Main St (9:45pm) | Avant
Sunday, January 7
Karin Plato/Lorraine Foster Quintet – Frankie’s Jazz Club, 755 Beatty St (8pm) | Straight Ahead/Mainstream
Jazz Vespers: Maria Ho/Dan Reynolds/Laurence Mollerup/Dave Say – St. Andrew’s-Wesley, 1022 Nelson St (4pm) | Gospel
David Blake/Conrad Good/Joe Poole – Tangent Cafe, 2095 Commercial Dr (6pm) | Straight Ahead/Mainstream
Jazz Jam with Gabriel Hasselbach and Bruno Hubert – Blue Martini Jazz Cafe, 1516 Yew St. (8pm) | Straight Ahead/Mainstream
