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SUMMARY:LATE SHOW: Ava Mendoza + Emad Armoush
DESCRIPTION:Ava Mendoza (solo) \nMendoza is a guitarist\, songwriter and composer. Best known for her solo guitar/voice performances\, and as the leader of the experimental rock band Unnatural Ways\, she has received critical acclaim for her guitar work’s compelling combination of technique and visceral impact. Performing/recording credits include work with William Parker\, the Bill Orcutt Quartet\, Marc Ribot\, Hamid Drake\, Carla Bozulich\, Fred Frith\, Malcolm Mooney\, Mike Watt\, Nels Cline\, John Zorn\, Negativland\, the Violent Femmes\, and more. \n“The guitar has a turbulent\, crashing energy\, erupting in violence\, then settling back into a back slouching blues riff… thick and visceral enough to feel like a bodily presence\, but it’s animated by an eerie\, untethered spirit\, corpus and shadow joined at the foot. It’s classic blues touched with the chaos of rock and the exploratory courage of free-jazz.” – Aquarium Drunkard \n\nEmad Armoush (solo) \nArmoush‘s music has been described as “haunting but authoritative\, melancholic but inviting”. Syrian/Canadian multi-instrumentalist musician and singer Emad Armoush has been very active in the arabic\, flamenco\, world and the creative improv music scene of Vancouver since 2000. Inspired to bring his roots from arabic and flamenco traditions into his current musical life and influences\, Emad has released four albums since 2021. “Fragrance”\, and “Distilled Extractions” with the members of his group Rayhan\, some of Canada’s most innovative improvising musicians\, “Electritradition”\, an album of 5 duets\, and “Lunar” with his most recent project\, The Avant-garde Flamenco Trio. An album of all original music and lyrics reflecting on the human cost of war and conflict in the Middle East. His debut solo album “Reminiscing Onwards” recorded and produced by Jesse Zubot at Drip Audio\, features all original compositions layering voice and an array of acoustic instruments\, percussions\, and colored with electronics\, is ready to be released soon. \n 
URL:https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/ava-mendoza-emad-armoush-late-show/
LOCATION:The Hargrove\, Back Alley Entrance\, 150 E 3rd Avenue\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V5T 3C1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Year Round
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SUMMARY:EARLY SHOW: Ava Mendoza + Emad Armoush
DESCRIPTION:Ava Mendoza (solo) \nMendoza is a guitarist\, songwriter and composer. Best known for her solo guitar/voice performances\, and as the leader of the experimental rock band Unnatural Ways\, she has received critical acclaim for her guitar work’s compelling combination of technique and visceral impact. Performing/recording credits include work with William Parker\, the Bill Orcutt Quartet\, Marc Ribot\, Hamid Drake\, Carla Bozulich\, Fred Frith\, Malcolm Mooney\, Mike Watt\, Nels Cline\, John Zorn\, Negativland\, the Violent Femmes\, and more. \n“The guitar has a turbulent\, crashing energy\, erupting in violence\, then settling back into a back slouching blues riff… thick and visceral enough to feel like a bodily presence\, but it’s animated by an eerie\, untethered spirit\, corpus and shadow joined at the foot. It’s classic blues touched with the chaos of rock and the exploratory courage of free-jazz.” – Aquarium Drunkard \n\nEmad Armoush (solo) \nArmoush‘s music has been described as “haunting but authoritative\, melancholic but inviting”. Syrian/Canadian multi-instrumentalist musician and singer Emad Armoush has been very active in the arabic\, flamenco\, world and the creative improv music scene of Vancouver since 2000. Inspired to bring his roots from arabic and flamenco traditions into his current musical life and influences\, Emad has released four albums since 2021. “Fragrance”\, and “Distilled Extractions” with the members of his group Rayhan\, some of Canada’s most innovative improvising musicians\, “Electritradition”\, an album of 5 duets\, and “Lunar” with his most recent project\, The Avant-garde Flamenco Trio. An album of all original music and lyrics reflecting on the human cost of war and conflict in the Middle East. His debut solo album “Reminiscing Onwards” recorded and produced by Jesse Zubot at Drip Audio\, features all original compositions layering voice and an array of acoustic instruments\, percussions\, and colored with electronics\, is ready to be released soon. \n 
URL:https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/ava-mendoza-emad-armoush/
LOCATION:The Hargrove\, Back Alley Entrance\, 150 E 3rd Avenue\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V5T 3C1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Year Round
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260316T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260316T180000
DTSTAMP:20260613T182509
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SUMMARY:Robyn Jacob & Leah Abramson Talk about Songwriting and the Creative Process
DESCRIPTION:As we grow The Hargrove into a space where our community gathers\, we are proud to present a series of workshops over the coming months. These workshops\, moderated by Co-Artistic Director Cole Schmidt\, are aimed at creating conversation with musicians that have been an integral part of the Coastal Jazz community throughout the years. If you’d like to hear more of the music inspiring these talks\, check out the LOST DOG SUNDAY concerts\, a monthly series hosted by Barking Sphinx and Kevin Romain. \nJanuary 19th – Tony Wilson Talks About the Blues\nFebruary 23rd – Feven Kidane & Nebyu Yohannes Talk About Ethiopian Music\nMarch 16th – Robyn Jacob & Leah Abramson Talk about Songwriting & the Creative Process \nCatch Only a Visitor and The Abramson Singers on March 20th\, hosted by Barking Sphinx and Kevin Romain.
URL:https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/robyn-jacob-leah-abramson-workshop/
LOCATION:The Hargrove\, Back Alley Entrance\, 150 E 3rd Avenue\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V5T 3C1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Year Round
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260223T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260223T180000
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SUMMARY:Feven Kidane & Nebyu Yohannes Talk About Ethiopian Music
DESCRIPTION:As we grow The Hargrove into a space where our community gathers\, we are proud to present a series of workshops over the coming months. These workshops\, moderated by Co-Artistic Director Cole Schmidt\, are aimed at creating conversation with musicians that have been an integral part of the Coastal Jazz community throughout the years. If you’d like to hear more of the music inspiring these talks\, check out the LOST DOG SUNDAY concerts\, a monthly series hosted by Barking Sphinx and Kevin Romain. \nJanuary 19th – Tony Wilson Talks About the Blues\nFebruary 23rd – Feven Kidane & Nebyu Yohannes Talk About Ethiopian Music\nMarch 16th – Robyn Jacob & Leah Abramson Talk about Songwriting & the Creative Process \nCatch Feven Kidane and Nebyu Johannes in ረብሻ (Rebsha) on February 22nd\, hosted by Barking Sphinx and Kevin Romain.
URL:https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/feven-kidane-nebyu-yohannes-workshop/
LOCATION:The Hargrove\, Back Alley Entrance\, 150 E 3rd Avenue\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V5T 3C1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Year Round
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260220T214500
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260220T230000
DTSTAMP:20260613T182509
CREATED:20260205T203556Z
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SUMMARY:Chris Corsano & John Brennan (Album Release) with Kim Alpert (visuals): Late Show
DESCRIPTION:Chris Corsano & John Brennan are a percussion duo focused on improvisation\, resonance\, and rhythm through collaboration. Since 2016\, they have developed a creative relationship that began when Brennan invited Corsano to contribute to The Temporal Drum Set (2016–2018)\, a sound installation and performance project examining the sonic memory and agency of the drum set. Their work bridges extended techniques\, instrument modification\, experimentation and free improvisation. \nThey have performed as a duo and in a trio with Elisa Ferrari\, with recent appearances including the Fake Jazz concert series in Vancouver (2024). In January 2024\, Corsano and Brennan recorded their debut duo album Buzzing With Rumours\, to be released on Mint Records in February 2026. \nChris Corsano is a New York–based drummer known for his innovations across free jazz\, avant-rock\, and experimental music. Described by The Guardian as “one of the world’s great drummers\,” he has performed with Björk\, Joe McPhee\, Paul Flaherty\, Okkyung Lee\, Bill Orcutt\, and many others. He has appeared on more than 180 recordings and received the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grant to Artists award in 2017. \nJohn Brennan is a drummer\, sound artist\, and improviser based in Vancouver\, on the unceded territories of the Musqueam\, Squamish\, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. His work spans installation\, sonic sculpture\, and performance\, with a focus on the acoustic memory of instruments and the extended potential of the drum set. He is a founding member of Earth Ball\, whose recent LP Outside Over There (Upset! The Rhythm) was ranked # 2 best records of 2025 by The Quietus. Their record Actual Earth Music Vol. 1 & 2 (Upset! The Rhythm) follows collaborations with Steve Beresford and Chris Corsano live at Cafe Oto. Brennan has also collaborated with Raven Chacon\, Victoria Shen\, John Dieterich\, Greg Saunier\, and many others. \nThey will be joined by a special guest Kim Alpert on visuals. \nIf you would like to get tickets to the Early Show click here.  \n\nKnown for performing live improvisational video systems\, music\, and poetry\, Kim Alpert works with a range of material from archival films\, home videos\, and analog synthesis. Alpert’s multimedia work spans printed material\, projections\, performances\, recordings\, installations and ephemera. Alpert’s practice focuses on collaborations with musicians and dancers/movers that embrace spontaneity. Kim’s aim is to create meaningful experiences both in the process of creation as well as for each viewer and audience.
URL:https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/chris-corsano-john-brennan-album-release-with-special-guest-late-show/
LOCATION:The Hargrove\, Back Alley Entrance\, 150 E 3rd Avenue\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V5T 3C1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Year Round
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260220T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260220T230000
DTSTAMP:20260613T182509
CREATED:20251217T193058Z
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SUMMARY:Chris Corsano & John Brennan (Album Release) with Kim Alpert (visuals): Early Show
DESCRIPTION:Chris Corsano & John Brennan are a percussion duo focused on improvisation\, resonance\, and rhythm through collaboration. Since 2016\, they have developed a creative relationship that began when Brennan invited Corsano to contribute to The Temporal Drum Set (2016–2018)\, a sound installation and performance project examining the sonic memory and agency of the drum set. Their work bridges extended techniques\, instrument modification\, experimentation and free improvisation. \nThey have performed as a duo and in a trio with Elisa Ferrari\, with recent appearances including the Fake Jazz concert series in Vancouver (2024). In January 2024\, Corsano and Brennan recorded their debut duo album Buzzing With Rumours\, to be released on Mint Records in February 2026. \nChris Corsano is a New York–based drummer known for his innovations across free jazz\, avant-rock\, and experimental music. Described by The Guardian as “one of the world’s great drummers\,” he has performed with Björk\, Joe McPhee\, Paul Flaherty\, Okkyung Lee\, Bill Orcutt\, and many others. He has appeared on more than 180 recordings and received the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grant to Artists award in 2017. \nJohn Brennan is a drummer\, sound artist\, and improviser based in Vancouver\, on the unceded territories of the Musqueam\, Squamish\, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. His work spans installation\, sonic sculpture\, and performance\, with a focus on the acoustic memory of instruments and the extended potential of the drum set. He is a founding member of Earth Ball\, whose recent LP Outside Over There (Upset! The Rhythm) was ranked # 2 best records of 2025 by The Quietus. Their record Actual Earth Music Vol. 1 & 2 (Upset! The Rhythm) follows collaborations with Steve Beresford and Chris Corsano live at Cafe Oto. Brennan has also collaborated with Raven Chacon\, Victoria Shen\, John Dieterich\, Greg Saunier\, and many others. \nThey will be joined by a special guest Kim Alpert on visuals. \nIf you would like to get tickets to the Late Show click here.  \n\nKnown for performing live improvisational video systems\, music\, and poetry\, Kim Alpert works with a range of material from archival films\, home videos\, and analog synthesis. Alpert’s multimedia work spans printed material\, projections\, performances\, recordings\, installations and ephemera. Alpert’s practice focuses on collaborations with musicians and dancers/movers that embrace spontaneity. Kim’s aim is to create meaningful experiences both in the process of creation as well as for each viewer and audience.
URL:https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/chris-corsano-john-brennan-album-release-with-special-guest/
LOCATION:The Hargrove\, Back Alley Entrance\, 150 E 3rd Avenue\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V5T 3C1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Year Round
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260124T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260124T230000
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SUMMARY:Lori Goldston + Malcolm Jack
DESCRIPTION:Lori Goldston (Experimental Short Films with Live Score) \n“Goldston is a hugely important character in contemporary music history.” – The Quietus \n“Cello music sounded from fathoms deep.” – NPR \nLori Goldston plays written and spontaneous work on cello\, and works as a composer\, teacher\, bandleader\, and prolific\, widely varied collaborator. Her voice as a cellist is singular\, deeply textured and original\, investigating thresholds\, instability\, and connections between far-flung modes of thought. \nShe lives in Seattle and performs in venues large and small throughout North America\, Europe and Australia as a soloist and collaborator with composers\, filmmakers\, writers\, theatre directors\, choreographers\, visual artists\, orchestras and bands including Earth\, Nirvana\, the BBC Scottish Symphony\, Black Belt Eagle Scout\, Helms Alee\, Mirah\, David Byrne\, Terry Riley\, Jessika Kenney\, Lonnie Holley\, Trimpin\, Stuart Dempster\, Shelley Hirsch\, Ilan Volkov\, Josephine Foster\, Michael Hurley\, Ghedalia Tezartes\, Senga Nengudi\, Ellen Fullman\, Lynn Shelton\, and many\, many others. \n\nMalcolm Jack \nTouching on the concepts of modern myth\, offline living\, ecology and alienation\, Vancouver-born “folk” singer Malcolm Jack has created a one of a kind world that is as inclusive as it is unique\, allowing peers to peer into their own lives and environments with stunning magnification. Currently accompanied by James Meger on upright bass and Cole Schmidt on electric guitar\, the trio find otherworldly plateaus for these most earthly creations.
URL:https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/lori-goldston-malcolm-jack/
LOCATION:The Hargrove\, Back Alley Entrance\, 150 E 3rd Avenue\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V5T 3C1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Year Round
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260123T214500
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260123T230000
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SUMMARY:David Binney Action Trio with Louis Cole & Pera Krstajic (Late Show)
DESCRIPTION:“A strikingly original composer\, leader\, conceptualist.” – Downbeat \n“One of the most original and important jazz artists today.” – Jazz Chicago \nAcclaimed as a considerable and highly individual compositional talent\, saxophonist David Binney is one of the most prolific jazz musicians on the scene today. Winning praise from critics and colleagues alike\, David was recently singled out by Jazz Times as one of a handful of “players who have created an alternative jazz-scene… all of whom are playing adventurous\, original music.” His latest project: Action features the outstanding and widely popular drummer and bandleader Louis Cole\, and bassist Pera Krstajic. \nIf you are looking for the early show of Action Trio (8pm)\, please click here to purchase tickets.  \nPlease note that the Action Trio shows will be standing room only shows. There will be extremely limited seats available only for those with mobility needs. If you would like more details or to guarantee a seat\, please contact Coastal Jazz in advance. (info@coastaljazz.ca)
URL:https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/david-binney-action-trio-with-pera-krstajic-louis-cole-late/
LOCATION:The Hargrove\, Back Alley Entrance\, 150 E 3rd Avenue\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V5T 3C1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Year Round
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260123T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260123T210000
DTSTAMP:20260613T182509
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SUMMARY:David Binney Action Trio with Louis Cole & Pera Krstajic (Early Show)
DESCRIPTION:“A strikingly original composer\, leader\, conceptualist.” – Downbeat \n“One of the most original and important jazz artists today.” – Jazz Chicago \nAcclaimed as a considerable and highly individual compositional talent\, saxophonist David Binney is one of the most prolific jazz musicians on the scene today. Winning praise from critics and colleagues alike\, David was recently singled out by Jazz Times as one of a handful of “players who have created an alternative jazz-scene… all of whom are playing adventurous\, original music.” His latest project: Action features the outstanding and widely popular drummer and bandleader Louis Cole\, and bassist Pera Krstajic. \nIf you are looking to purchase tickets to the late show of Action Trio (9:45pm)\, please click here.  \nPlease note that the Action Trio shows will be standing room only shows. There will be extremely limited seats available only for those with mobility needs. If you would like more details or to guarantee a seat\, please contact Coastal Jazz in advance. (info@coastaljazz.ca)
URL:https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/david-binney-action-trio-with-pera-krstajic-louis-cole-early/
LOCATION:The Hargrove\, Back Alley Entrance\, 150 E 3rd Avenue\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V5T 3C1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Year Round
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260119T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260119T180000
DTSTAMP:20260613T182509
CREATED:20260109T003140Z
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SUMMARY:Tony Wilson Talks About the Blues Workshop
DESCRIPTION:As we grow The Hargrove into a space where our community gathers\, we are proud to present a series of workshops over the coming months. These workshops\, moderated by Co-Artistic Director Cole Schmidt\, are aimed at creating conversation with musicians that have been an integral part of the Coastal Jazz community throughout the years. If you’d like to hear more of the music inspiring these talks\, check out the LOST DOG SUNDAY concerts\, a monthly series hosted by Barking Sphinx and Kevin Romain. \nJanuary 19th – Tony Wilson Talks About the Blues\nFebruary 23rd – Feven Kidane & Nebyu Yohannes Talk About Ethiopian Music\nMarch 16th – Robyn Jacob & Leah Abramson Talk about Songwriting & the Creative Process \nCatch Tony Wilson’s Hellhound on My Trail for LOST DOG SUNDAYS on January 18th\, hosted by Barking Sphinx and Kevin Romain.
URL:https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/tony-wilson-workshop/
LOCATION:The Hargrove\, Back Alley Entrance\, 150 E 3rd Avenue\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V5T 3C1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Year Round
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251010T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20251010T210000
DTSTAMP:20260613T182509
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SUMMARY:Ches Smith's Clone Row
DESCRIPTION: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 possibilities in this seemingly limited instrumentation\, weaving together varied threads from his divergent earlier projects in ways that sound not quite like any of them. \nThe four renowned composer-improvisers tangle with Ches Smith’s newest compositions. Two highly individualistic guitarists swirl\, echo and double-take\, squaring off with a bass and drums team that anchors and unhinges through doubling sounds — drum machines and acoustic drums\, low-end analog synth and acoustic bass\, digital samples and repeated fragments performed in real time. In a dance of coherence and chaos\, the four musicians plunge headlong into the feedback loop of composition and improvisation armed with chemistry created by their mutual appreciation and enduring friendships. \n“This definitely ain’t your father’s guitar band\,” writes no less an expert on six-string subversion than Marc Ribot\, who penned the album’s liner notes. “It’s as if I’m hearing a Jim Hall concert in which one of us did a lot of mushrooms\, or… some post-punk post-Dave Brubeck post-trip-hop experiment with classical form.” \nFeaturing Ches Smith drums/vibes/electronics\, Mary Halvorson guitar\, Liberty Ellman guitar\, Nick Dunston bass/electronics.
URL:https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/ches-smiths-clone-row/
LOCATION:Revue Stage\, 1601 Johnston Street\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6H3R7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Year Round
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241201T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241201T230000
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SUMMARY:Bill Charlap
DESCRIPTION:Frankies Jazz Club presents SOLO\, a concert series featuring today’s premiere pianists in the intimate confines the beautiful Pyatt Hall at the VSO School of Music. \nGrammy Award winning pianist\, Bill Charlap has performed with many leading artists of our time\, ranging from Phil Woods and Tony Bennett to Gerry Mulligan and Wynton Marsalis. He is known for his interpretations of American popular songs and has recorded albums featuring the music of Hoagy Carmichael\, Leonard Bernstein and George Gershwin. Time magazine wrote\, “Bill Charlap approaches a song the way a lover approaches his beloved…no matter how imaginative or surprising his take on a song is\, he invariably zeroes in on its essence.” \nThe Bill Charlap Trio was formed in 1997 with bassist Peter Washington and drummer Kenny Washington (no relation)\, and are now recognized as one of the leading groups in jazz. The trio received two Grammy Award nominations\, for Somewhere: The Songs of Leonard Bernstein and most recently The Bill Charlap Trio: Live at the Village Vanguard. In 2016\, Charlap won a Grammy award for Tony Bennett & Bill Charlap: The Silver Lining\, The Songs of Jerome Kern (Sony). In 2018\, Charlap co-produced and recorded the Grammy nominated album\, Tony Bennett & Diana Krall\, Love Is Here To Stay. \n2021 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 Jazz at Lincoln Center\, an evening of George Gershwin’s music at the Hollywood Bowl\, and is the Director of Jazz Studies at William Paterson University in Wayne\, New Jersey. \nBorn in New York City\, Charlap began playing the piano at age three. His father was Broadway composer Moose Charlap\, whose credits include Peter Pan\, and his mother is singer Sandy Stewart\, who appeared on the Ed Sullivan and Perry Como shows and earned a Grammy nomination for her recording of “My Coloring Book.” In 2005\, Charlap and Stewart released the acclaimed CD\, Love Is Here To Stay (Blue Note). Charlap is married to renowned jazz pianist Renee Rosnes. The two artists often collaborate in a duo piano setting and have released an album of the Blue Note label\, Double Portrait. \n*please note this event takes place at Pyatt Hall at 843 Seymour Street and tickets are sold through PromoTix (see link)
URL:https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/bill-charlap/
LOCATION:Pyatt Hall\, 843 Seymour St\, Vancouver\, BC\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6B 3L4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Year Round
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SUMMARY:Eric Reed
DESCRIPTION:Frankies Jazz Club presents SOLO\, a concert series featuring today’s premiere pianists in the intimate confines the beautiful Pyatt Hall at the VSO School of Music. \nAs a piano-playing prodigy\, Philadelphia native Eric Reed performed gospel music in his father’s church at age 5. By 7\, he began formal study at Philadelphia’s Settlement Music School\, and four years later\, after his family moved to Los Angeles\, he studied at the Richard D. Colburn School of Performing Arts\, where he would eventually meet Wynton Marsalis during a workshop. By 18\, Reed began subbing in Marsalis’ band\, replacing Marcus Roberts in the trumpeter’s renowned septet the following year. Reed then worked briefly as a sideman with Freddie Hubbard and Joe Henderson before returning to Marsalis’ group\, subsequently appearing on 1992’s Citi Movement\, 1993’s In This House\, On This Morning\, 1996’s Jump Start And Jazz\, 1997’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Blood On The Fields and 1998’s Standard Time\, Vol. 5: The Midnight Blues. Reed also recorded first six albums as a leader during his tenure with Marsalis\, including 1993’s It’s All Right To Swing and 1994’s The Swing And I\, both titles reflecting the pianist’s urgent desire to fit in with the whole somewhat revisionist agenda of the Young Lions. \nThrough his formative years with 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. Now\, with the release of Black\, Brown & Blue\, his heartfelt tribute to jazz masters who came before him\, the 52-year-old pianist has decided it was time to talk about it. Reed’s 31st as a leader and fourth for Smoke Sessions marks the first album that he has recorded while being completely open about his bisexuality\, resulting in what he calls his most autobiographical release to date. As he stated in label’s press release: “It’s time for me to just go ahead and be completely authentic in every aspect of my life. That includes being more open about my sexuality and proactively moving into spaces connected with the LGBTQ+ community. Those aspects of my life were becoming more bold and more broad\, and I could no longer keep them on the margins.” \nPyatt Hall is an acoustically and vibrationally isolated performance space contructed from locally sourced basalt stone and sound diffusing maple wood slats which contribute to the unparalleled acoustics that the space offers\, as well as adds an elegant and aesthetically pleasing atmosphere. \n*please note this event takes place at Pyatt Hall at 843 Seymour Street and tickets are sold through PromoTix (see link)
URL:https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/eric-reed/
LOCATION:Pyatt Hall\, 843 Seymour St\, Vancouver\, BC\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6B 3L4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Year Round
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SUMMARY:IronFest V: Night Two - Kevin Romain's Salience Network + Brodie West Quintet
DESCRIPTION:Click here to purchase a ticket bundle to Ironfest. \nKevin Romain’s Salience Network \nSalience Network is a modern jazz ensemble led by drummer/composer Kevin Romain. Dramatic\, spontaneous creation and razor-sharp precision come together on stage with Romain’s longtime collaborators Nikko Whitworth bass\, John Nicholson tenor and soprano saxophones\, and Feven Kidane trumpet. Through dense polyrhythms and snaking melodies\, they explore Romain’s hyperfixations on the neuroscience of emotion\, circadian biology\, coffee extraction theory\, cool animals\, and anti-colonial resistance. The Salience Network’s debut album\, recorded to tape at Vancouver’s Afterlife Studios and released in November 2023 on the Infidels Jazz label\, is a somber document punctuated by moments of humour and hope. \nBrodie West Quintet \nToronto-based saxophonist/composer Brodie West is a tireless creative force—both within jazz spheres and well beyond them. He’s one of those rare artists whose practice encompasses tremendous breadth but whose singular\, eccentric voice is irrepressible. West’s quintet features two drummers – Nick Fraser and Evan Cartwright – along with pianist Tania Gill and Josh Cole on bass. The group plays West’s rhythmically charged compositions\, presenting an intricate rhythmic matrix at times meditative\, buoyant and wrapped with lyrical melodicism and virtuosic improvisation. \nThis is a 19+ event. \nPresented in collaboration with the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival. \nFor 21 years\, the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival has been grounded in the Downtown Eastside and focused on listening and learning from the community’s cultural practices. The Festival works with\, for and about the Downtown Eastside community to weave our community’s stories\, ancestral memory\, cultural traditions\, lived experiences\, and artistic practices to create a fabric of resistance and resilience.
URL:https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/ironfest-v-night-2/
LOCATION:The Ironworks\, 235 Alexander St\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6A 1C2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Year Round
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SUMMARY:IronFest V: Night One - Asrar Quartet + Jessica Ackerley Trio
DESCRIPTION:Click here to purchase a ticket bundle to Ironfest. \nAsrar Quartet \nIranian folk and classical music luminaries Ali Razmi tar/setar/vocals\, Saina Khaledi santour/vocals and Ali Sajjadi oud/vocals bend Persian musical 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 a patient crescendo that speaks to the intensity of a screaming timeless world with an open hand of peace. Asrar (Farsi for mystery) is precisely what is unveiled by this ensemble’s entrancing interplay. \nJessica Ackerley Trio \nJessica Ackerley is a Canadian guitarist/improviser/composer currently on tour promoting their latest release\, All Of the Colors Are Singing\, out on AKP Recordings. Their music is a hybrid musical language drawing on the influences of Black American Music and avant-garde improvisers\, as well as the culture of the thriving New York City rock and noise scenes. Since 2017\, Ackerley has released 19 albums to much critical acclaim with features in Wire Magazine\, Pitchfork\, BBC Radio\, and BandCamp. As an active performer\, Ackerley has toured extensively throughout North America\, performing at noteworthy venues like The Met Breuer\, The Stone\, Something Else! Festival\, Vancouver International Jazz Festival\, and countless underground venues ranging from the basements of houses to record shops. Featuring Jessica Ackerley electric guitar\, Walter Stinson upright bass\, and Aaron Edgcomb drums. \nThis is 19+ event. \nPresented in collaboration with the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival. \nFor 21 years\, the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival has been grounded in the Downtown Eastside and focused on listening and learning from the community’s cultural practices. The Festival works with\, for and about the Downtown Eastside community to weave our community’s stories\, ancestral memory\, cultural traditions\, lived experiences\, and artistic practices to create a fabric of resistance and resilience.
URL:https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/ironfest-v-night-1/
LOCATION:The Ironworks\, 235 Alexander St\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6A 1C2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Year Round
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SUMMARY:Benny Green
DESCRIPTION:Frankies Jazz Club presents SOLO\, a concert series featuring today’s premiere pianists in the intimate confines the beautiful Pyatt Hall at the VSO School of Music. \nAt the age of 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 music’s most important instrumental groups\, including Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers\, Freddie Hubbard\, and the Ray Brown Trio. With these artists he would receive an invaluable artistic education\, learn to embody the artform and master the music. \n​In 1988 he released his debut album as a leader Prelude on Criss Cross Records\, which featured Terrence Blanchard\, Javon Jackson\, Peter Washington\, and Tony Reedus. In 1990\, he signed with Blue Note Records\, for which he made seven recordings. These records featured some of the best musicians working in the idiom including Stlanley Turrentine\, Ron Carter\, Ray Drummond\, Christian McBride\, Victor Lewis\, Lewis Nash and Carl Allen. In 2000 he would begin recording with Telarc Records. These albums featured his collaboration with guitarist Russell Malone. \nSince 2013 he has released 5 albums on Sunnyside Records\, and plans are in the works for a solo piano recording\, which will be scheduled for release in the coming year. \nTaking inventory of the music industry and societal perception of jazz today\, Benny Green states that he is committed to the truth of what has been given by people who lived and died for this music\, playing honest jazz is precious to my human existence. I’ve never felt a need or a calling to become one who’s thought of or labeled as an innovator. Rather\, I’ve strived since childhood to become an authentic jazz musician\, and I seek to stand as a torchbearer for the continuum of straight-ahead jazz piano. \n*please note this event takes place at Pyatt Hall at 843 Seymour Street and tickets are sold through PromoTix (see link)
URL:https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/benny-green-solo/
LOCATION:Pyatt Hall\, 843 Seymour St\, Vancouver\, BC\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6B 3L4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Year Round
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SUMMARY:Thad Bailey-Mai Trio
DESCRIPTION:Thad is a prolific composer\, improviser\, and trumpet player based out of Vancouver\, B.C. His playing can be found on over a dozen albums\, and his projects have been featured in numerous festivals and venues in Canada. Having a diverse musical background\, Thad’s performances evoke a colourful mosaic of harmonic choices\, all while remaining deeply rooted in the traditions of jazz improvisational language. He will be joined by Nicholas Bracewell on drums\, and Chris Fraser on guitar. \nCoastal Jazz & False Creek Ferries present: Band on a Boat. The event takes place by Canoe Bridge pedestrian bridge in Olympic Village. Approximate start time adjusted from 6:30pm to 6:00pm. The timing of this event is only as exact as the tides.
URL:https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/thad-bailey-mai-trio-2/
LOCATION:British Columbia
CATEGORIES:Festival,Year Round
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SUMMARY:Todd Stewart Trio
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a Jazz at the Parq performance by the Todd Stewart Trio with complimentary admission by BCLC. \nDrummer Todd Stewart is known for his tasteful interpretation of both bebop and contemporary drumming idioms\, as well as his ability to bring out the greatest characteristics of any tune with his expressive orchestrations and his appreciation of the melody.
URL:https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/todd-stewart-trio/
LOCATION:Parq Vancouver Casino & Resort\, 39 Smithe Street\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6Z 2X8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Festival,Year Round
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SUMMARY:Myriam Gendron + Jim White & Marisa Anderson
DESCRIPTION:Myriam Gendron\nPrior to her debut album\, Myriam Gendron’s primary musical focus was busking in Paris Metro stations\, performing the songs of Leonard Cohen and others\, accompanying herself on guitar. Her critically acclaimed albums\, Not So Deep As A Well (2014) and Ma délire – Songs of love\, lost & found (2021) have explored a vast geography of inspiration\, from the poems of American writer Dorothy Parker to the complex folk traditions of Quebec and beyond. \nThe Montreal-based artist’s third LP\, Mayday\, is an even more syncretic fusion of the elements she uses to create her sound. Most of the songs are original\, sung in both English and French\, and they blend traditional and avant elements with abandon. Myriam is often accompanied on this album by Marisa Anderson guitar and Jim White (Dirty Three) drums\, whose work provides a quietly aggressive sort of free-rock base. \n  \n\n  \nJim White & Marisa Anderson\nJim White and Marisa Anderson share an abounding appetite for musical exploration. White\, as a member of Venom P Stinger\, Dirty Three\, and Xylouris White\, is well-known for his creative and idiosyncratic drumming. His singular abilities have also led to collaborations with Cat Power\, PJ Harvey\, and Bill Callahan among others. Anderson’s prolific output as a solo performer\, her mastery of traditional folk and blues forms and her abilities to make them entirely her own has established her as one of the most exciting and forward-thinking guitarists of the last decade. White and Anderson’s considerable technical skills are used in the most inventive and unconventional manner on their debut duo recording\, The Quickening. \nCo-presented by Coastal Jazz and the Vancouver Folk Music Festival. \nThis show is 19+. No refunds.
URL:https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/myriam-gendron-jim-white-marisa-anderson/
LOCATION:St. James Community Square\, 3214 W 10th Ave\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6K2L2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Year Round
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SUMMARY:Unwritten Thursdays: City Poems
DESCRIPTION:Unwritten Thursdays Vol.8: April 18th @ Tyrant Studios (1019 Seymour st.) \nCity Poems: Seasoned jazz performers will improvise music to accompany four acclaimed local spoken word artists as they perform pieces inspired by the city. \n9pm doors \n9:30pm show (two sets) \n$15-20 suggested donation (NOTAFLOF) \nPresented by Coastal Jazz and Barking Sphinx \nMusicians: Feven Kidane\, John Gross\, Lisa Cay Miller\, Théo Girard\, Josh Zubot \nPoets: Tawahum\, Jillian Christmas\, Johnny Trinh\, RC Weslowski\, Fiona Tinwei Lam \n\nTawahum is a Łutselkʼe Dene and Plains Nehiyaw spoken word poet from unceded Musqueam\, Squamish & Tsleil-Waututh Territory (CKA Vancouver). Their Two-Spirit\, Nonbinary Scorpio-moon angst boils over to showcase their sadboi rage. With a BA in Creative Writing from KPU\, Tawahum has performed poetry and 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. \nJillian Christmas is a queer\, afro-caribbean writer\, artist\, educator\, curator and consultant\, the long-time spoken word curator of the Vancouver Writers Fest\, the former artistic director of Verses Festival of Words and the inaugural poet-in-residence at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Jillian is the recipient of the 2021 Sheri-D Golden Beret Award for Spoken Word Poetry and the 2021 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ emerging writers. She has won numerous Grand Poetry Slam Championship titles and represented both Toronto and Vancouver at eleven national poetry events\, notably breaking ground as the first Canadian to perform on the final stage of the Women of the World Poetry Slam. Her debut collection\, The Gospel of Breaking (Arsenal Pulp Press 2020)\, was shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award\, and the Pat Lowther Memorial Award. \nJohnny D Trinh is the Artistic Director of Vancouver Poetry House and Founder of Stage to Page Performance Society. Additional highlights: a 2024 Writer-in-residence at the Historic Joy Kogawa House\, Artist-in-residence at the Moberly Arts & Cultural Centre\, Banff Spoken Word Residency Alumnus. Johnny holds a MFA in Interdisciplinary Studies focusing on Community-Engaged Art and Autoethnography. “It takes a community to build an artist … whether we are nurtured by it\, or resist against it.” \nRC Weslowski is an award-winning poet\, broadcaster\, podcaster\, clown and MC. He’s performed at and led workshops at festival across Turtle Island and parts of Europe. \n\nEmcee: Fiona Tinwei Lam is Vancouver’s 6th poet laureate\, and the author of 3 collections of poetry and a children’s book.
URL:https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/unwritten-thursdays-city-poems/
LOCATION:Tyrant Studios\, 1019 Seymour St\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6B 3M3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Year Round
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SUMMARY:Unwritten Thursdays: Caroline Davis' Alula
DESCRIPTION:Saxophonist/composer Caroline Davis returns for our Unwritten Thursdays series with her electro-acoustic trio Alula\, this time featuring Chris Tordini bass and Eliza Salem drums. The Brooklyn-based saxophonist/vocalist’s complex\, beautiful balance of improv and composed material reveals and occludes\, taking unexpected flight paths to wherever Davis points her remarkable imagination. Expect a show layered with “love\, music and community conversations on art and justice for incarcerated people.” \nCo-Presented by Coastal Jazz and Barking Sphinx Productions.
URL:https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/unwritten-thursdays-caroline-davis-alula/
LOCATION:Tyrant Studios\, 1019 Seymour St\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6B 3M3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Year Round
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SUMMARY:Dominique Fils-Aimé
DESCRIPTION:Rising star in vocal jazz\, Dominique Fils-Aimé presents her fourth album Our Roots Run Deep released in September 2023 on Ensoul Records. \nDominique Fils-Aimé is a JUNO Award winning singer-songwriter 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 a strong desire to connect with one’s higher self\, and the intention of enveloping you in a soothing aural embrace. \nOn stage\, whether in Canada (double bill with Allison Russell\, Toronto’s Koerner Hall)\, in Europe (opening acts for Melody Gardot\, Diana Krall and Ibrahim Maalouf)\, Dominique Fils-Aimé’s magnetic presence on stage leads the audience on a transcendent journey. \nWith an opening set from ebonEmpress: \n \nebonEmpress blends Hip hop\, Jazz\, and R&B\, where she shares her lived experience as a woman of African descent and spreads a message of unity and acceptance. She is committed to spreading awareness about the injustice faced by African communities and showcases the impact people of African descent have on Canadian and global cultures. \nPlease note: Fortune Sound Club is only accessible by stairs.
URL:https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/dominique-fils-aime-2/
LOCATION:Fortune Sound Club\, 147 E Pender St\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6A 1T5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Year Round
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SUMMARY:Unwritten Thursdays: Eli Davidovici\, Mili Hong\, Brian Horswill & Feven Kidane
DESCRIPTION:MONTHLY SERIES AT TYRANT STUDIOS (1019 Seymour St. *upstairs*) \nPresented in collaboration by Barking Sphinx Performing Society and Coastal Jazz \n9pm doors\n9:30pm music\n$15-20 \n(Tickets are not available for purchase until January 18th) \nTwo sets: Eli Davidovici\, Mili Hong\, Brian Horswill & Feven Kidane \nArts & design: Leisure Thief
URL:https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/unwritten-thursdays-volume-6/
LOCATION:Tyrant Studios\, 1019 Seymour St\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6B 3M3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Year Round
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240125T230000
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SUMMARY:Unwritten Thursdays: Chris Corsano & Elisa Thorne + Cat Toren\, James Meger & Liam Murphy
DESCRIPTION:MONTHLY SERIES AT TYRANT STUDIOS (1019 Seymour St. *upstairs*) \nPresented in collaboration by Barking Sphinx Performing Society and Coastal Jazz \n9pm doors\n9:30pm music\n$15-20 \n(Tickets are not available for purchase until January 18th) \n1st set: CHRIS CORSANO & ELISA THORNE \n2nd set: CAT TOREN\, JAMES MEGER & LIAM MURPHY \nChris Corsano is a New York-based drummer who has been working at the intersections of free jazz\, avant-rock\, and experimental music since the late ’90s. He’s a rim-batterer of choice for some of the greatest contemporary purveyors of “jazz” (Joe McPhee\, Mette Rasmussen\, Zoh Amba) and “rock” (Sir Richard Bishop\, Bill Orcutt\, Jim O’Rourke)\, as well as artists beyond categorization (Björk for her Volta album and world tour\, Michael Flower\, Okkyung Lee). Appearing on over 180 albums and touring in an ultra-wide array of collaborations\, he’s a renowned solo performer in his own right\, with a record due out later this year on the Drag City label. He’s built a highly inventive musical language through ecstatic free improvisation\, extended percussion techniques\, and the augmentation of his kit with circular-breathed reeds and bowed strings that coax new resonances out of the drums’ heads. Corsano’s been called “one of the world’s great drummers” by The Guardian\, an “ace of the avant-garde” by The New York Times\, a “powerhouse drummer” by Rolling Stone\, and “arguably the most riotously energetic and creative drummer in contemporary free jazz” by Wire Magazine. Spin ranked him as one of the “100 Greatest Drummers of Alternative Music\,” and in 2017\, he received the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award. \nArts & design: Leisure Thief
URL:https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/unwritten-thursdays-volume-5/
LOCATION:Tyrant Studios\, 1019 Seymour St\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6B 3M3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Year Round
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SUMMARY:The Infidels Jam Session
DESCRIPTION:The Second Annual Infidels Jam Session will feature the Matt Franceschini Quartet and Improv Karaoke. \nJazz Feeds Vancouver is a multi-venue fundraising campaign that allows supporters of the Vancouver Jazz Community to come together and help those of us in need this holiday season. Each concert will allow patrons to donate funds directly to the Greater Vancouver Food Bank (click here to donate)\, and each venue will be contributing either directly to the Foodbank\, or facilitating venue-specific fundraising endeavors. \nAll funds raised go directly to the Greater Vancouver Food Bank. \nCo-Presented by The Infidels Jazz\, Fraser MacPherson Jazz Fund & Coastal Jazz.
URL:https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/the-infidels-jam-session-2/
LOCATION:The Lido\, 518 E Broadway\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V5T 1X4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Year Round
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SUMMARY:Unwritten Thursdays: Jessica Moss + Matthew Ariaratnam\, Lee Hutzulak & Jen Yakamovich
DESCRIPTION:NEW MONTHLY SERIES AT TYRANT STUDIOS (1019 Seymour St. *upstairs*) \nPresented in collaboration by Barking Sphinx Performing Society and Coastal Jazz \n9pm doors\n9:30pm music\n$15-20 \n1st set\nJESSICA MOSS (from MTL)\nSolo violin/compositions \nJessica Moss has developed an inventive approach to building sonic environments where instrumentation and vocalization are treated as interconnected strands\, woven together into aural tapestries. Her two most recent releases\, Galaxy Heart (2022) and Phosphenes (2021) are ambitious summations of her work to date: profoundly emotional\, expansive musical experiences that draw on post-classical\, ambient metal\, Eastern European folk\, drone\, and a myriad of traditions in between. \n2nd set\nMATTHEW ARIARATNAM guitar/effects\nLEE HUTZULAK synthesizer/sampler\nJEN YAKAMOVICH drums/percussion\n*** Debut collaboration *** \nArts & design: Leisure Thief
URL:https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/unwritten-thursdays-2/
LOCATION:Tyrant Studios\, 1019 Seymour St\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6B 3M3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Year Round
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SUMMARY:Dan Weiss and Miles Okazaki
DESCRIPTION: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 music for drums and guitar featuring Dan Weiss and Miles Okazaki from NYC. Dan and Miles have been performing as a duo for over two decades. Based in Brooklyn\, both have extensive credits as composers and side projects. The Paris Review noted\, “Both are absolute masters on their instruments… they are both deeply dedicated to realizing each other’s artistic visions.” \nIn 2020\, they started the Cygnus Recordings label\, and released Music for Drums and Guitar\, a double album of original music. This concert will feature music from this suite as well as more recent work.
URL:https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/dan-weiss-and-miles-okazaki/
LOCATION:Tyrant Studios\, 1019 Seymour St\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6B 3M3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Year Round
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SUMMARY:Andy Summers
DESCRIPTION:Andy Summers is a legendary guitar virtuoso and multiple GRAMMY-winning artist from the band The Police. The Cracked Lens + A Missing String Tour will see Summers visit intimate theatres incorporating his collective works into an insightful evening spanning his career where he will play guitar and improvise to several sequences of his photography shot worldwide\, read excerpts from his book of short stories Fretted and Moaning\, share insights on his music and photography including his most recent photography book A Series of Glances\, and also perform selections from his extensive solo catalog. \nCo-Presented by Coastal Jazz\, MODO LIVE\, and Programme.
URL:https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/andy-summers/
LOCATION:Vancouver Playhouse
CATEGORIES:Year Round
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231028T213000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231028T233000
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SUMMARY:IronFest IV: Craig Taborn
DESCRIPTION:Brooklyn-based Craig Taborn has been performing piano and electronic music in the jazz\, improvisational\, and creative music scene for over twenty five years. He has experience composing for and performing 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 alive.” \nCraig Taborn’s 2021 live album Avenging Angel was widely praised for the fresh ideas it brought to the solo piano idiom. The Guardian saluted Craig’s “genius (there is no other word for it)” and his “world of whispered\, wide-spaced figures\, ringing overtones\, evaporating echoes and glowering contrapuntal cascades.” Over the last decade Taborn has continued to refine and develop his approach\, reaching new high ground with Shadow Plays\, a stunning live recital from Vienna’s Konzerthaus. In this fully improvised concert\, recorded in March 2020\, Craig explores sounds and silences\, swirling colours\, densities and forms\, creating new music in the moment with both poetic imagination and an iron grip on his spontaneously generated material. \nPresented in collaboration with Heart of the City Festival.
URL:https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/ironfest-iv-craig-taborn/
LOCATION:The Ironworks\, 235 Alexander St\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6A 1C2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Year Round
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SUMMARY:IronFest IV: Josh Cole's Kind Mind
DESCRIPTION:Josh Cole’s Kind Mind is an electro-acoustic chamber ensemble based in Toronto featuring three of Canada’s premiere improvising musicians – Karen Ng alto saxophone/clarinet/synth\, Michael Davidson vibraphone/marimba/pedals and Josh Cole double bass/pedals/synth/sampler. Rooted in an approach to improvisation that has been brewing in the Toronto creative music hub “The Tranzac” for decades\, the trio explores a fractured\, sparse\, and timbral approach reinforced by brief compositions and a long history of collective music making. “I like the trio’s unique musical vision\, its tender and determined sound and the way it is delivered: with quality and precision. To create your own voice in the crowded musical environment of today is a feat.” (freejazzblog) \nPresented in collaboration with Heart of the City Festival with support from Canada Council.
URL:https://www.coastaljazz.ca/event/ironfest-iv-josh-coles-kind-mind/
LOCATION:The Ironworks\, 235 Alexander St\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6A 1C2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Year Round
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