Coastal Jazz | Vancouver International Jazz Festival

The New Marauderz
2019-06-29 20:00 - 23:00 (America/Vancouver) | Ouisi Bistro, 3014 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada
An energetic party band, playing a mix of retro rock/pop/new wave classics. Based in Vancouver they perform as a duo or trio and cover such artists as Dire straits, Elvis Costello, The Beatles, The Knack, The Cars, The Clash, Talking Heads…..

Steve Smith's Groove Blue Organ Trio
2019-06-29 20:00 - 22:30 | Frankie’s Jazz Club, 755 Beatty Sreet, Vancouver, BC, V6B 2M4, Canada
Tony Monaco Hammond organ, Vinny Valentino guitar, and Steve Smith drums evoke the sounds of classic Blue Note organ trios of the 60’s. Smith’s zestful drumming gives a distinct Latin feeling to a sweet suite of standards and originals. This effortless trio injects a 50-year-old sound into their own compositions while adding a few arranged jazz standards along the way.

Brian Jackson Plays Songs from the Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson Songbook
2019-06-29 20:00 - 22:00 | Performance Works, 1218 Cartwright Street, Vancouver, BC, V6H 3R8, Canada
The late Gil Scott-Heron is revered as one of the founding fathers of spoken word. He and his musical co-conspirators invented a style at the crossroads of jazz, soul, blues, and funk: deeply political and in turns terrifying and uplifting. Keyboard player and flutist Brian Jackson co-composed many of the poet’s recorded masterpieces. The pair’s 1974 Winter in America was lauded as “a masterwork of ghetto melancholia and stark political gravitas,” and included their most commercially successful song, “The Bottle.” This project both pays homage to Scott-Heron and continues his work—from his sharp and speculative vision to his poetic versatility.
Thanks to Consulat général de France à Vancouver.

Revel Room
2019-06-29 19:30 - 2019-06-30 23:00 | Revel Room, 238 Abbott Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Join us for ten nights of music at Revel Room. Most shows have a 7:30pm start but times may vary. Here are the shows:
Friday, June 21: Louie Quinn Jazz Trio featuring Cecille Larochelle
Saturday, June 22: William S. Taylor Blues Trio
Sunday, June 23: The Do Rites featuring Kelly Haigh
Monday, June 24: Salve Dayao and friends
Tuesday, June 25: Bonnie Northgraves Jazz Trio
Wednesday, June 26: The Rocket Revellers Texas Swing Band
Thursday, June 27: Dueling Pianos with Mike Van Eyes & Coris Aeven
Friay, June 28: Louie Quinn Jazz Trio featuring Dutch Robinson
Saturday, June 29: Jack Garton & The Demon Squadron
Sunday, June 30: The Do Rites featuring Kelly Haigh

Jack Garton & the Demon Squadron
2019-06-29 19:30 - 22:30 | Revel Room, 238 Abbott Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Steeped in the solitude of the mountains and islands of the Pacific Northwest, raised in the boisterous and irreverent East Vancouver arts community, Jack Garton’s music is a dance party for the vulnerable at heart. In the lineage of Weird and Wonderful Canadian songwriters Leonard Cohen, k.d.Lang, Corb Lund and Geoff Berner, Garton’s songs alchemize brokenness and pride, and celebrate the sheer “absurd difficulty of being alive” (Geoff Berner) with wit and grace. Over the last ten years while touring Canada, the USA and Europe, Garton has developed a distinctive voice on the accordion, mixing cajun, european & country styles with ease into an exciting roots music feast.
The roots roller-coaster band Demon Squadron is the engine behind Jack Garton’s songs. Formed in 2013 and named after Garton’s grandfather’s special ops flight squadron in WWII, the band is a highly-trained crew of Vancouver’s most unique musical talent. From rockabilly to rocksteady, country to cajun, every show is roots music mayhem executed with classic showmanship and wry humour. While touring Western Canada, Washington State and Alaska, the Squadron has been honoured to serve on festival main stages, concert halls, theatres, clubs and cook-outs. It’s all in the line of duty for BC’s rambling servicemen and women as they continue to wage Garton’s campaigns of heavy honesty and devastating joy throughout the region.

Photo Credit: Jodie Ponto

The Cascade Room
2019-06-29 19:00 - 2019-07-07 23:00 | The Cascade Room, 2616 Main Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V5T3E6, Canada
Join us for six night of music at The Cascade Room. Shows at 7/8/9 pm Here are the shows:
Sunday, June 23: Noriega & SUNs
Monday, June 24: Stephanie Pedraza Trio
Tuesday, June 25: Marlie Collins
Wednesday, June 26: Torben Brown
Thursday, June 27: Jimmy Baldwin
Sunday, June 30: Jeremy Price Quartet

Railway Stage and Beer Café
2019-06-29 19:00 - 23:59 | Railway Stage and Beer Cafe, 579 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Join us for eight nights of music at Railway Stage and Beer Café. Here are the shows:
Friday, June 21: Woodshed Supply Co.
Saturday, June 22: Shaun Rawlins
Sunday, June 23: Major Fantacy
Wednesday, June 26: Hi-Ranger
Thursday, June 27: Blues Hoodoo
Saturday, June 29: Wise Youngblood
Sunday, June 30: Rain City
Monday, July 1: Sola
Doors at 7:00 pm

Brad Turner Quartet
2019-06-29 19:00 - 21:30 | 2nd Floor Gastown (at the Water St. Café), 300 Water St, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6B1B6, Canada
Formed 24 years ago, the twice Juno-nominated Brad Turner Quartet has been a mainstay of the Vancouver Jazz scene, and has garnered national and international attention as an ensemble of keen interactive sense and formidable improvisational skills with a strong and varied repertoire gathered over their years together as a group.

Théo Ceccaldi « Freaks »
2019-06-29 19:00 - 20:00 | David Lam Park Main Stage, Pacific Bouevard & Drake Street, Vancouver, Canada
An experimental jazz sextet that bridges jazz-rock with avant-garde pop and punk rock: in other words, Freaks is a beautiful racket. Endearingly lurid, queer, and colourful, Freaks makes epic jazz-punk that never loses sight of its virtuosic origins. A deep dive into the Freak universe reveals controlled wildness, smart compositions, tight improvisations, a roller coaster of moods, dynamic bowing, abrupt changes, and idiosyncratic soundscapes. With Théo Ceccaldi violin, Valentin Ceccaldi cello, Mattieu Metzger and Quentin Biardeau saxophones, Giani Caserotto guitar, and Etienne Ziemniak drums.
Thanks to Consulat général de France à Vancouver.

Provence Marinaside
2019-06-29 18:00 - 2019-07-08 23:59 | Provence Marinaside, 1177 Marinaside Crescent, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Join us for five nights of music at Provence Marinaside. Showtimes vary, as listed Here are the shows:
Saturday, June 22: Harris & Debray (2PM – 5PM)
Monday, June 24: Rumba Calzada (6PM – 9PM)
Wednesday, June 26: Hip Pocket Quartet (6PM – 9PM)
Thursday, June 27: Diane Lines Duo (2PM – 5PM)
Saturday, June 29: Gary Comeau Sounds of New Orleans Trio (12PM – 3PM)

ITACA
2019-06-29 18:00 | Roundhouse – Exhibition Hall, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, V6Z2W3, Canada
Generosity, cooperation, connection, and mutual admiration are the essential components—the life blood—of creative music. This is the spirit that brings us a dynamic trans-Atlantic collaboration between Italian composer/improvisers Alessandro Fedrigo bass and saxophonist Nicola Fazzini and their Canadian avant-jazz counterparts François Houle clarinet and Toronto-based drummer Nick Fraser.

Blick Bassy
2019-06-29 17:15 - 18:15 | David Lam Park Main Stage, Pacific Bouevard & Drake Street, Vancouver, Canada
The Guardian calls Blick Bassy “one of Africa’s most inventive and distinctive singer-songwriters.” The Cameroon-born, Paris-based guitarist/vocalist weaves together African traditions, Latin forms like bossa nova, and American blues with a haunting, delicate, and devastating voice. His moving songs are emotionally and politically-charged, backed by an idiosyncratic instrumentation of cello, trumpet, and trombone.
Thanks to Consulat général de France à Vancouver.

Kris Davis and Craig Taborn
2019-06-29 17:00 - 18:00 | Roundhouse – Performance Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 2W3, Canada
On her 2016 album Duopoly, pianist Kris Davis highlighted her deeply attuned artistry as never before. Conceived as a set of rotating duo performances, Duopoly found Davis in the company of Bill Frisell, Tim Berne, Don Byron, Julian Lage, Marcus Gilmore and other musical giants. Of all these fascinating encounters, it was the pairing of Davis and fellow piano great Craig Taborn that sparked further extensive collaboration. Soon the two pianists would embark on a 12-city tour of the U.S., with new music for the occasion. They released a live album, Octopus, that captured the brilliance of some of these concerts.
Door entry: $10 cash only. Part of the Weekend Innovation Pass: Only $32 for all six concerts!

Jeff Younger's Devil Loops
2019-06-29 16:30 - 17:30 | Roundhouse – Workshops at the Studio, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6Z2W3, Canada
Guitarist/composer Jeff Younger is one of the busiest and most interesting musicians on the Vancouver creative music scene. His fully improvised solo guitar + electronics project Devil Loops is a challenging, unpredictable thrill ride of extended techniques, grand pools of sonic expressionism, rhythmic bludgeoning, and surrealistic contemplation.
Younger will give a one hour workshop that is open to the public.

Ilhan Ersahin's Istanbul Sessions
2019-06-29 15:30 - 16:30 | David Lam Park Main Stage, Pacific Bouevard & Drake Street, Vancouver, Canada
New York-based Swedish/Turkish saxophonist, impresario and general scene-maker Ilhan Ersahin’s exploration of his Turkish roots began in the ‘90s and continues to this day with this Istanbul-based creative take on dance music. Eschewing electronics, this super funky band gets people up and dancing with “real playing.” With Alp Ersonmez bass, Turgut alp Dekoglu drums, Izzet Kizil percussion.

Lori Freedman, Joshua Zubot, Nicolas Caloia
2019-06-29 15:15 - 16:15 | Roundhouse – Performance Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 2W3, Canada
Steeped in the Montreal and Vancouver improvising communities, Lori Freedman clarinet/bass clarinet, Nicolas Caloia double bass, and Joshua Zubot violin are leading lights in a dynamic and conversational form that’s distinct from the European improvised chamber music and American free jazz traditions. Freedman, Caloia, and Zubot emphasize fluidity and form over gratuitous virtuosity. Unpredictable, organic, and irregular, their music is nonetheless full of sensitive cadences, stunningly beautiful consonance, and moments of profound stillness.
Door entry: $10 cash only. Part of the Weekend Innovation Pass: Only $32 for all six concerts!

Tomas Fujiwara
2019-06-29 15:00 - 23:00 | Roundhouse – Workshops at the Studio, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6Z2W3, Canada
Drummer, composer, and modern jazz master Tomas Fujiwara doubles-down with two drum kits, two guitarists, a trumpet, and a cornet (close enough…), and “the results are electrifying and relentless.” (Village Voice).
Fujiwara will give a one hour workshop that is open to the public.

Tristan Paxton Quartet
2019-06-29 15:00 - 17:00 | Roundhouse – Exhibition Hall, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, V6Z2W3, Canada
Tristan Paxton is one of Vancouver’s most in demand guitarists. Joined by Jon Bentley saxophone, James Meger bass, and Omar Amlani drums, the group takes elements of jazz, folk, impressionism, and hip hop on an extraordinary sound journey. Get on board!

Pugs & Crows
2019-06-29 13:45 - 14:45 | David Lam Park Main Stage, Pacific Bouevard & Drake Street, Vancouver, Canada
JUNO-winners for Instrumental Album of the Year in 2013, Pugs & Crows add Marin Patenaude’s earthy, soulful voice to their cinematic pacing, intricately embroidered melodicism, and gritty elegance. With evocative compositions and empathic improvisations, the “rejuvenating, visceral and absolutely stunning” (CBC) group features Meredith Bates violin, Cat Toren piano, Cole Schmidt guitar, Russell Scholberg, bass, and Ben Brown drums.

Alexander Hawkins, François Houle, Harris Eisenstadt
2019-06-29 13:30 - 15:30 | Performance Works, 1218 Cartwright Street, Vancouver, BC, V6H 3R8, Canada
“If Hawkins really is the future of jazz pianism, the future looks bright.”—Daily Telegraph
One of the UK’s fastest rising stars, pianist Alexander Hawkins has worked with Evan Parker, Wadada Leo Smith, and Louis Moholo-Moholo. Drummer Harris Eisenstadt (Anthony Braxton, John Zorn) is among the most versatile and prolific musicians of his generation, while tirelessly inventive Vancouver clarinetist François Houle takes every collaboration into wonderfully unexpected territories.

In Love With
2019-06-29 13:30 - 14:30 | Roundhouse – Performance Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 2W3, Canada
“All three search the timbral qualities of their instruments, patiently and organically sketching a poetic yet chaotic texture…Impressive and inspiring”—AllAboutJazz
French drummer Sylvain Darrifourcq (Émile Parisien) leads this vital and startlingly creative trio through abstracted, brain-meltingly virtuosic compositions that come off like mash-ups of Webern, Satie, Mr. Bungle, and beautifully textured chamber jazz. Alternating between plucking and bowing, cellist Valentin Ceccaldi (Joëlle Léandre), lays down grooves rivaling the heaviest of bassists, while his violinist brother Théo Ceccaldi (Marc Ducret) shreds like a reincarnated Hendrix and pizzicatos like a possessed man sending urgent telegraphs that will change the course of history. Thanks to Consulat général de France à Vancouver.
Door entry: $10 cash only. Part of the Weekend Innovation Pass: Only $32 for all six concerts!

Ingrid Laubrock
2019-06-29 13:30 - 14:30 | Roundhouse – Workshops at the Studio, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6Z2W3, Canada
A DownBeat Rising Star, German-born, Brooklyn-based tenor saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock (Tom Rainey, Anthony Braxton) channels new music influences into her “wildly inventive’ (JazzTimes) approach.
Laubrock will give a one hour workshop that is open to the public.

Terminal Station
2019-06-29 13:00 | Civic Plaza (North Vancouver), 126 14th St W, North Vancouver, British Columbia, V7M 2M9, Canada
A blues-rock explosion and must-see live act with an established presence in Vancouver’s music scene, Terminal Station is raw and exciting with fat bass lines, energetic drumming, and risk-taking guitar solos.

The Watermill Project
2019-06-29 12:00 - 14:00 | Granville Island Public Market, 1669 Johnston Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6H3R9, Canada
Traditional Korean music and modern jazz are interwoven in Vancouver vocalist Sara Kim’s “at once virtuosic and eminently comprehensible” (Discorder) Watermill Project. With Dan Reynolds keys, Eli Davidovici bass, and Mili Hong drums, these songs of life, love, longing and hope are imaginatively interpreted through the lens of contemporary jazz and improvised music.

Hildegard's Ghost
2019-06-29 12:00 - 14:00 | Roundhouse – Exhibition Hall, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, V6Z2W3, Canada
Full of extended technique, imaginative melodies, and electro-acoustic interweaving, composer/keyboardist Róisín Adams’s elegant, ethereal sonic world is explored through broadly cinematic arrangements, subtle electronics, and textured improvisations. With harpist Elisa Thorn (Gentle Party), bassist Lyle Hopkins, and drummer Skye Brooks (Inhabitants), Hildegard’s Ghost collects and reshapes curious sounds at a moment’s notice.

We just stole a car
2019-06-29 12:00 - 13:00 | David Lam Park Main Stage, Pacific Bouevard & Drake Street, Vancouver, Canada
A shape-shifting cast of some of Vancouver’s most active and creative musicians—including members of Malleus Trio, jo passed, Only A Visitor, and Freak Dream—We just stole a car blends composed music with bursts of improvisation, playful performance techniques and cuing methods, and influences including Corkestra, Debussy, Jonny Greenwood, Anthony Braxton, and Indonesian gamelan music.

Jillian Lebeck Trio
2019-06-29 11:30 - 14:00 | 2nd Floor Gastown (at the Water St. Café), 300 Water St, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6B1B6, Canada
Pianist Jillian Lebeck plays with a powerful modern sensibility. Her imaginative solos and intricate rhythmic playing have made her one of the city’s favourite musicians. Her unbelievable, comprehensive command of the history of jazz piano is apparent whether she is playing standard tunes or original compositions.

Kris Davis, Ingrid Laubrock, Dylan van der Schyff
2019-06-28 23:59 | The Ironworks, 235 Alexander St, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6A 1C2, Canada
One of modern jazz’s most in-demand pianists, Kris Davis’ resolutely individual artistry offers “uncommon creative adventure” (JazzTimes). The New York-based musician has worked with John Zorn, Tyshawn Sorey, and Mary Halvorson, and was named DownBeat Rising Star in 2017. A DownBeat Rising Star herself, German-born, Brooklyn-based tenor saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock (Tom Rainey, Anthony Braxton) channels new music influences into her “wildly inventive’ (JazzTimes) approach. A leading figure in Vancouver creative music, Dylan van der Schyff is a drummer of incomparable vision and sensitivity. He’s consistently brought surprise and sophistication to collaborations with Dave Douglas, John Butcher, and a host of creative greats.

Guilt & Co.
2019-06-28 21:30 - 2019-07-05 23:59 | Guilt & Co., 1 Alexander Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6A 1B2, Canada
Join us for eleven nights of music at Guilt & Co. Shows: 3 sets starting at 9:30 or 10:00
Here are the shows:
Friday, June 21: Lowdown Brass Band
Saturday, June 22: Big Easy Funk Ensemble
Sunday, June 23: subCurrent
Monday, June 24: The Johnny Tobin Band & Potatohead People
Tuesday, June 25: David Ward presents ‘Propeller’
Wednesday, June 26: Hot Jazz Wednesday feat. Jen Hodge
Thursday, June 27: GroundUp feat. Back to Life
Friday, June 28: Blue Moon Marquee & Ryan McNally
Saturday, June 29: Coco Jafro
Sunday, June 30: The Mike Agranovich 4tet
Monday July 1: Adam Robert Thomas

Blue Moon Marqee
2019-06-28 21:30 - 2019-06-29 00:00 | Guilt & Co., 1 Alexander Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6A 1B2, Canada
Stemming from the Badlands of the Rocky Mountain prairies, Blue Moon Marquee is a self-styled gypsy blues band. This authentic duo writes and performs original compositions influenced by early blues, swing, and ragtime.
Blue Moon Marquee will be sharing the evening with Ryan McNally.
Whether he’s playing with his own solo band or other various outfits, he can’t be kept off Canadian stages. Ryan puts most of his energy in his passion for studying acoustic traditional blues, jazz and old time music.
