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Rhythm Changes writer, podcast host, and musician Will Chernoff hosts a conversation with author Chris Wong, whose new book, Journeys to the Bandstand: Thirty Jazz Lives in Vancouver, chronicles the creative lives and musical journeys of 30 extraordinary artists who have helped shape Canada’s West Coast jazz scene. Wong dedicates each chapter to one remarkable artist, or a small group of impactful musicians mostly based in Vancouver, as well as some American musicians who have made an indelible impression on the city’s jazz community. Journeys to the Bandstand weaves a first-person perspective with extensive written and audio-visual history gathered from articles, books, letters, recordings, films, and more. It is a compelling collection of long-form portraits and an incomparable chronology of key events in Vancouver’s jazz history. A self-professed lifelong music nerd and aficionado of jazz and other genres. Journeys to the Bandstand is Wong’s first book, a passion project honed over more than a decade.