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SUMMARY:My Sister Maria
DESCRIPTION:Vocalist Maria Gabrielle is carving out a distinctive voice across BC and Toronto with original music that moves between folk and jazz\, alongside a strikingly unique approach to jazz standards. Raised performing alongside her father\, she absorbed a deep sense of stagecraft and play from an early age. That foundation continues to shape her live performances today\, where spontaneity\, storytelling\, and a natural sense of connection define her presence on stage. \nFeaturing Maria Gabrielle on vocals/acoustic guitar/wurlitzer\, Daniel Deorksen electric guitar\, Jake Kostuchuk electric guitar\, Bella Fedrigo upright bass\, and Nicholas Bracewell drums.
URL:https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/my-sister-maria/
LOCATION:Bentall Centre Dunsmuir Patio
CATEGORIES:Festival
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SUMMARY:Rhythm Changes Podcast Live feat. Wendy Eisenberg
DESCRIPTION:Rhythm Changes is a Vancouver-based\, Canadian music-focussed website founded by Will Chernoff in 2020 as “a home for creative\, improvising\, local music people”. It’s best known for a curated local live music listing service called “the gig list” and for publishing weekly stories and artist interviews. The Rhythm Changes podcast is at over 125 episodes and counting! For this special live podcast recording\, Chernoff will sit down with 2026 Coastal Jazz Artist in Residence Wendy Eisenberg for a conversation about their genre-defying work\, before opening the floor to questions from audience members.
URL:https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/rhythm-changes-podcast-live/
LOCATION:Tom Lee Music Hall\, 728 Granville Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6Z 1E4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Festival
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SUMMARY:Malcolm Aiken Quartet
DESCRIPTION:Malcolm Aiken is a JUNO-nominated jazz trumpeter and producer. He has performed with noteble artists such as Chucho Valdez\, Noel Gallagher (Oasis)\, John Hammond Jr\, David Hidalgo\, Jim Byrnes\, Patrick Watson and Jimmy Bosch. He’s played for global audiences at the 2010 Winter Olympics\, and for world figures including the Dalai Lama\, Reverend Desmond Tutu and Shirin Ebadi. He performs every Wednesday with his quartet fearuring Max Zipursky on piano\, Matt Reid on bass and Joe Poole on drums.
URL:https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/malcolm-aiken-quartet/
LOCATION:Prophecy\, 801 W Georgia St. (Entrance on Howe St.)\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6C 2E5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Festival
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260630T210000
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SUMMARY:The Dog Ears
DESCRIPTION:The Dog Ears is a Vancouver-based quartet made up of four seasoned musicians whose backgrounds span jazz\, blues\, soul\, rock\, Latin\, and R&B. Guitarist Les Toth\, drummer Ken Leedham\, saxophonist Bob Walker\, and bassist Glenn Rowley each bring decades of performance experience and a lifelong passion for music to the group. Drawing on influences ranging from Motown and classic rock to jazz and swing\, they’ve developed a sound rooted in both musicianship and joy. The Dog Ears delivers an engaging mix of jazz standards\, swing\, R&B\, and blues with warmth\, groove\, and personality.
URL:https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/the-dog-ears-2/
LOCATION:Coquette Brasserie\, 2685 Arbutus Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6J3Y4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Festival
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SUMMARY:MC 4
DESCRIPTION:Mark Campbell plays guitar in this incendiary and adventurous quartet. Mark is a long standing performer from the Vancouver area and mixes elements of rock\, jazz and reggae into his playing. An in demand and seasoned performer\, Jason Overy holds down drum kit duties with the MC4. He has developed curriculum in percussion\, hand drumming and Taiko drumming and teaches music in a variety of settings. Upright bassist Russell Scholberg brings his many years of expertise and creativity to the MC4. He is a veteran musician and teacher from the Vancouver scene having performed with many different and diverse groups. Multi instrumentalist Laurence Santos adds tenor saxophone and keyboards to the group. A performer\, composer and teacher\, Lzo brings his talented gifts to the West Coast scene\, recording and performing out of Vancouver.
URL:https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/mc-4/
LOCATION:2nd Floor Gastown (at the Water St. Café)\, 300 Water St\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6B1B6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Festival
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SUMMARY:Scotty Hills (Early Show)
DESCRIPTION:Scotty Hills is originally from the Canadian prairies but has travelled the world gathering stories and sounds for making music that connects to our human nature\, deep in the soul. Candid heartbreak lullabies to soulful songs with a message\, all with a gentle reverence for world rhythms. His sound is somewhere between the magic he heard on his grandma’s Carpenter records\, and the Carter Family radio show his grandpa would yodel to. Mix this with the sophisticated arrangements of his mom’s Anita Baker tapes\, and his deep love for Chicago Blues. All of these influences produce a harmonic density which glues together his honest\, poignant lyrics\, and soulful voice.
URL:https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/scotty-hills/
LOCATION:Guilt & Co.\, 1 Alexander Street\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6A 1B2\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Keyon Harrold "Foreverland and Songs For Miles"
DESCRIPTION:Keyon Harrold is a Grammy Award-winning trumpeter\, vocalist\, and producer hailed by Wynton Marsalis as “the future of the trumpet.” On Foreverland\, a Grammy-nominated album that features crossover collaborations with Common\, Robert Glasper\, PJ Morton\, and Laura Mvula\, Keyon’s world-class band freestyles and solos across through the spectrum of African American music to create a brand of sonic expression that‘s been enthusiastically called “Bop Pop Hip-Hop Jazz!!!”. \nHarrold first stepped into the international spotlight with his work as the trumpet voice in Don Cheadle’s Miles Davis biopic Miles Ahead\, and his genre-defying career includes work with Beyoncé\, Rihanna\, Jeff Beck\, and Keith Richards. Whether leading his powerhouse ensemble\, performing with orchestras\, or presenting special programs like Jazz and the Birth of Hip Hop\, Harrold’s emotionally-charged compositions are in constant\, thrilling variation\, flowing from rock to hip-hop to classical piano and back again\, glued together by Keyon’s bright\, jazz-rooted melodic motifs. \nCalled “a scorching trumpeter” by the New York Times\, Harrold’s current ensemble is making some of the strongest artistic statements of any musical group today. \nFor Accessible seating please contact: boxoffice@coastaljazz.ca
URL:https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/keyon-harrold/
LOCATION:The Vancouver Playhouse
CATEGORIES:Festival
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SUMMARY:Chris Gestrin Quartet
DESCRIPTION:Keith Jarrett’s European Quartet was a modern jazz group featuring pianist Keith Jarrett\, saxophonist Jan Garbarek\, bassist Palle Danielsson\, and drummer Jon Christensen\, active in the mid-to-late 1970s. Their distinctive sound\, a blend of lyrical melody and free improvisation\, became synonymous with the aesthetic of the German record label\, ECM. It was and continues to be hugely influential to the sound of jazz and creative music. For this concert\, Chris has put together a quartet featuring some of his great friends and musicians from Vancouver to pay tribute to some of Jarrett’s unique and beautiful compositions from this time frame. \nWith Chris Gestrin piano\, Jon Bentley tenor & soprano sax\, Jodi Proznick acoustic bass\, and Joe Poole drums.
URL:https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/chris-gestrin-quartet/
LOCATION:Frankie’s Jazz Club\, 755 Beatty Sreet\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6B 2M4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Caley Watts + Great Aunt Ida
DESCRIPTION:Caley Watts \nCaley Watts is a Cree singer/songwriter who grew up along the river banks\, mountain ranges\, and rainforest of Nuxalk Territory\, and her blend of folk and roots draws heavily on the pace and beauty of her home. In praising the “understated magic” of Caley’s music\, CBC Music said “it’s easy to imagine oneself whisked far away from the insularity of daily life\, to somewhere wilder and grander.” Caley’s debut album River’s Daughter is the result of more than three years of mentorship and co-writing sessions with an incredible community of artists\, including William Prince\, Serena Ryder\, Kinnie Starr\, and Katie Pruitt. \nJoining Watts are Kenton Loewen drums\, Scott Smith guitar\, and James Meger bass. \nPresented in association with Talking Stick Festival. \n\nGreat Aunt Ida \nPianist and songwriter Ida Nilsen’s Great Aunt Ida project has existed in various shapes and places since 2003\, beginning in and returning to Vancouver\, BC. Influenced by a variety of genres but rooted in popular song\, Nilsen’s writing has been called “intimate and honest”\, “warm and spare\,” bordering on misanthropic\, and “somehow unlike any other girl/piano combo.” Active in the Vancouver music scene in the late 90s and 2000s\, Nilsen was a member of The Buttless Chaps\, acclaimed post-rock group The Beans\, and experimental improv group Cunt. Flash forward to 2026\, and Great Aunt Ida’s absorbing new material reflects on grief\, change\, connection\, and relationships with space and place.
URL:https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/caley-watts-great-aunt-ida/
LOCATION:The China Cloud\, 524 Main Street\, 2nd Floor\, Vancouver\, BC\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Festival
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SUMMARY:Petunia & the Vipers (Late Show)
DESCRIPTION:Louis Armstrong was once asked what his favourite kind of music was\, and his response was simple; “Good music”. Petunia & the Vipers’ sound may not sit comfortably in one certain genre\, but “Good Music” describes it well. Hank Williams on acid… Tom Waits meets Elvis at Woody Guthrie’s Hobo junction… Avant-Country night club scene music… One of the best bands in the world today\, of any kind… hillbilly-flavoured-swing inflected-ragtime-goodtime-thunderously rolling-one-of-a-kind-you-don’t-want-to-miss-this-sort-of-a-show… A new music that springboards off of music of the past and jumps into the present day\, left with only echoes of the past… Something in between 1920’s and steam punk. It’s good for your mind… These are just a few of the words uttered by folks around the globe trying to pin down a description of all that is Petunia & the Vipers.
URL:https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/petunia-the-vipers/
LOCATION:Guilt & Co.\, 1 Alexander Street\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6A 1B2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Festival
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SUMMARY:Tom Wherrett Trio with Cuong Vu
DESCRIPTION:Three veterans of the Vancouver creative jazz scene—guitarist Tom Wherrett\, drummer Dan Gaucher\, and bassist Karlis Silins—come together to explore the intersection of jazz\, rock\, and improvised music with one of the most dynamic masters of genre-shunning innovation\, trumpeter Cuong Vu. Crossing “idiosyncratic sonic territory and blurred stylistic borders” in service of “riveting instrumental fire” (Earshot Jazz)\, the Seattle-based innovator won two Grammy Awards as part of the Pat Metheny Group\, and has played with the likes of Jamie Saft\, Chris Speed\, and Myra Melford. \nOpen Jazz Jam to follow\, hosted by Tom Wherrett Trio. Presented in association with Tyrant Studios.
URL:https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/tom-wherrett-trio-with-cuong-vu/
LOCATION:Tyrant Studios\, 1019 Seymour St\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6B 3M3\, Canada
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