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1601 Johnston St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3R9

Called “one of the modern titans of the tenor” by All About Jazz, James Brandon Lewis’ Jesup Wagon was named 2021 Album of the Year by both Downbeat and JazzTimes. A song cycle inspired by George Washington Carver, its dreamlike mosaic of gospel, folk-blues and catcalling brass bands established Lewis as one of the most provocative musical voices of his generation.

Since then, he’s with post-punk instrumental power trio The Messthetics (featuring Fugazi’s rhythm section), hip-hop MC P.SO the Earth Tone King, and on Marc Ribot’s folk/Americana Songs of Resistance. The legendary Sonny Rollins said of Lewis “when I listen to you, I listen to Buddha, I listen to Confucius…I listen to the deeper meaning of life.”

Lewis is joined by Chicago Underground co-founder Chad Taylor drums, and Josh Werner (Bill Laswell, Ches Smith).

This show is part of our Granville Island Jazz series