LowDown Brass Band
2019-06-21 21:30 - 2019-06-22 00:00 (America/Vancouver) | Guilt & Co., 1 Alexander Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6A 1B2, Canada
LowDown Brass Band (LDB) deftly synthesizes the gritty sounds of Chicago with the high energy street beat of the Crescent City. Combining the poetic ferocity of Billa Camp with stellar vocal harmonies, adventurous improvisation, movement, and grooves, LDB creates an infectious and diverse sound that has something for every listener.

Receptacles
2019-06-21 23:59 | The Ironworks, 235 Alexander St, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6A 1C2, Canada
“What if Captain Beefheart had cut his teeth listening to The Fall instead of Howlin’ Wolf and Bo Diddley? The result might have sounded like Receptacles” –FreeJazz Blog
No-wave, Afro-beat, free-jazz, mutant-funk, post-punk… whatever you want to call what Stockholm-based Receptacles does, you’re going to need a lot of hyphens. With highly elastic forms and abstracted melodies, bewildering odd-time rhythms, absurdist, acerbic sung/spoken lyrics, and a spontaneity more associated with kindergarten recess time than with three seasoned music vets, Receptacles is a joyfully shambolic deconstructivist collision of rhythms and riffs with Joe Willamson bass/vocals, Anton Toorell guitar, and Dennis Egberth drums.

COLLOQUIUM
2019-06-22 10:00 - 16:00 | Western Front, 303 East 8th Ave, Vancouver, BC, V5T 1S1, Canada
The International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation and Coastal Jazz present the eleventh colloquium on Improvisation and its role in society. Presentations and performances may engage with questions like these: In a world marked by social and cultural exhaustion, what can the improvising arts and activism contribute to the realization of hopeful futures? How do theatrical, musical and artistic practices of improvisation offer new and alternative forms of creative knowledge?
Saturday Schedule:
10am
Panel: Agilities
Jay Hammond (Duke University),“Dreaming from the Ashes”
Michael Wallace (Monash University), “Social Networks for Composition and Improvisation”
Tom Scholte (University of British Columbia), “Enhancing Systemic Analytical Capacity in Forum Theatre”
11am
Panel: Futurities
Sara Ramshaw and Kristen Lewis (University of Victoria), “Attuning to Precarity: Crisis, Collaboration and the Possibility of Improvisation”
Catherine Lee (Willamette University), “My Shifting Identity as a Performer in Alluvium (2016) by Taylor Brook”
1pm
Artist Presentation:
Meredith Bates
2pm
Artist Presentation:
Mats Gustafsson
3pm
Artist Presentation:
Jing Xia
Western Front photo:
By Pegwong – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23780269

Jennifer Scott Trio
2019-06-22 11:30 - 14:00 | 2nd Floor Gastown (at the Water St. Café), 300 Water St, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6B1B6, Canada
Whether it’s a bebop standard, a reworked pop tune or an original song, vocalist/pianist Jennifer Scott brings warmth, musicality, improvisation and always a bit of the unknown.
Also featuring David Sikula (guitar) and Conrad Good (bass).

Bill Runge Quintet
2019-06-22 12:00 - 13:00 | Downtown – Robson Street Stage
“One of Vancouver’s most tasteful players” saxophonist Bill Runge “balances delicateness and muscularity and builds his solos gracefully, always with the composition in mind” (Vancouver Sun). His superb acoustic quintet features Kristian Alexandrov keyboards, Nick Apivor vibes, Miles Hill bass, and Bernie Arai drums, performing favourites from Steps Ahead, Weather Report, Michael Brecker, and more.

Jen Hodge All Stars
2019-06-22 12:00 - 14:00 | Granville Island Public Market, 1669 Johnston Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6H3R9, Canada
Vancouver bassist Jen Hodge leads this pack of talented young musicians with a passion for playing raucous, sassy jazz that’s reminiscent of the prohibition era. Think ‘20s, ‘30s, Jelly Roll Morton, Bix Beiderbecke, Bob Wills, speakeasies, roadhouses, underground parties… you get the idea. Guaranteed to be great fun!

Downtown Jazz - Saturday Line Up
2019-06-22 12:00 - 22:00 | Vancouver Art Gallery, 750 Hornby St, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 2H7, Canada
Come on baby, let’s go downtown! Celebrate at the 2019 TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival with three stages of free music, kids’ activities, food trucks, licensed bars, bike parking, and more..
Saturday’s line-up of FREE events:
————SATURDAY June 22————–
Georgia Stage:
12:30- 1:30pm: Mike W.T. Allen’s Space Elevator
2:15-3:15pm: MACK
3:45-4:45pm: Begonia
5:15-6:45: Too Many Zooz
7:30-9pm: Snotty Nose Rez Kids
Robson Stage:
12-1pm: Bill Runge Quintet
1:30-2:30pm: Elisa Thorn’s HUE
3:00-4:15pm: Braveheart +1
5-6:15pm: Oliver Gannon Quartet
6:45-8pm: Audrey Ochoa
Sounds of Youth Stage:
12-1:00pm: Elgin Park Senior Band
1-2pm: Kwalikum Secondary School Band
2-3pm: Burnaby North Senior Band
3-4pm: West Vancouver Secondary Jazz Band
4-5pm: VSO School of Music Big Band
9:30pm: Documentary Film Screening, presented with DOXA : Miles Davis, the Birth of the Cool

Anthem Sounds of Youth Stage
2019-06-22 12:00 - 23:00 | Sounds of Youth Stage, Robson Square, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Come hear the Sounds of Youth! This initiative is dedicated to showcasing some of Metro Vancouver’s best high school jazz combos and big bands. It’s always a highlight of Downtown Jazz.
Saturday, June 22:
Noon | Elgin Park Senior Band
1PM | Kwalikum Secondary School Band
2PM | Burnaby North Senior Band
3PM | West Vancouver Secondary Jazz Band
4PM | VSO School of Music Big Band
Presented by:

Mike WT Allen's Space Elevator
2019-06-22 12:30 - 13:30 | Downtown – Georgia Street Stage, 850 W Georgia St, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6Z 2H7, Canada
There’s everything you think you know about big band, and then there’s Space Elevator. Led by award-winning composer Mike WT Allen, the 20-person jazz/metal/funk experimental powerhouse kicks up a loud, complex, and thrilling ruckus that one reviewer called “one of the most awe-inspiring demonstrations of musical prowess that I have ever experienced” (Discorder).

Briga & Absinthe Trio
2019-06-22 13:00 | Civic Plaza (North Vancouver), 126 14th St W, North Vancouver, British Columbia, V7M 2M9, Canada
JUNO-nominated Montréal-based artist Briga teams up with The Absinthe Ensemble for a blend of Eastern European roots, Balkan-inspired sounds, and traditional chamber music. Co-presented with Le Centre cultural francophone de Vancouver as part of their Festival d’été francophone de Vancouver.

Elisa Thorn's HUE
2019-06-22 13:30 - 14:30 | Downtown – Robson Street Stage
“Rapturous…captivating”—Georgia Straight
Inspired by her father’s abstract paintings, Vancouver-based harpist/composer Elisa Thorn’s (Gentle Party) stunning HUE project “exploits the potential offered by colour, movement, and abstraction in her own works” (Textura). With vocalist Laura Swankey, bassist James Meger and Justin Devries drums, Thorn creates a bold and evocative world of sound.

John Stetch Trio
2019-06-22 13:30 - 15:30 | Performance Works, 1218 Cartwright Street, Vancouver, BC, V6H 3R8, Canada
Downbeat praised six-time JUNO nominee John Stetch’s “playful technique and unfettered imagination” likening his music to “hearing a painting by Miro or Matisse come to life.” Winner of the Montreal Jazz Festival Prix Du Jazz, the pianist brings classical and world music influences to this swinging trio with André Lachance bass and Dave Robbins drums.

Harris & DeBray
2019-06-22 14:00 - 17:00 | Provence Marinaside, 1177 Marinaside Crescent, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Leslie Harris – vocals / percussion, Curtis DeBray – acoustic guitar / background vocals
The dynamic blues/roots duo Harris&DeBray is an offshoot of the popular Vancouver act Lesismore. Made up of singer Leslie Harris (vocals and percussion) and guitarist Curtis DeBray (acoustic guitar and vocals) it is wowing audiences in venues across the lower mainland with its hip renditions of traditional blues songs, some roots classics and new original music. Their first CD, “Passin’ Time” has been in the top 40 on Reverbnation’s Blues Chart since its release last year. www.lesismoremusic.com/harris&debray

MACK
2019-06-22 14:15 - 15:15 | Downtown – Georgia Street Stage, 850 W Georgia St, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6Z 2H7, Canada
Italian group MACK’s breakout 2019 debut is an irresistible mash-up of pulsating keyboard textures, intense jazz and funk-inflected rhythms, and consciousness-expanding freestyle rap. Founding members Federico Squassabia keyboards/bass synth/composition and Marco Frattini drums/live sampling/composition are joined in concert by rapper Avex the MC, trombonist Federico Pierantoni, and Mattia “Matta” Dallara on electronics/samples.
Thanks to Consulate General of Italy – Vancouver, Italian Cultural Centre, Italian Cultural Institute, Toronto, Fano by the Sea Festival.

Braveheart +1
2019-06-22 15:00 - 16:15 | Downtown – Robson Street Stage
Rugged but uplifting, this is some seriously potent, next-generation modern jazz. Reflective acoustic jazz, exhilarating swing, and a remarkably psychic, playful sense of sonic structure and interplay from emerging Canadian jazz stars Omar Amlani drums, James Meger bass, and Toronto’s Ted Crosby saxophone/clarinet, joined by Pugs & Crows guitarist Cole Schmidt.

Begonia
2019-06-22 15:45 - 16:45 | Downtown – Georgia Street Stage, 850 W Georgia St, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6Z 2H7, Canada
“…the place where synth-pop meets old soul and scrappy meets sexy.”—NPR
Begonia’s audacious, surprising pop is tempered with intimacy and wisdom. Noisey wrote that “Begonia has one of Canada’s most extraordinary voices, and thankfully she uses it to obliterate the misery from this world, one live performance at a time.”

Oliver Gannon Quartet
2019-06-22 17:00 - 18:15 | Downtown – Robson Street Stage
JUNO Award-winning jazz guitarist Oliver Gannon has been plying his tasteful, expressive trade in Vancouver and around the world for over four decades. An admirer of players like Wes Montgomery and Horace Silver, he teams up here with pianist Nick Peck, bassist Russ Botten, and drummer Craig Scott for well-chosen standards and cooking bebop.

Too Many Zooz
2019-06-22 17:15 - 18:45 | Downtown – Georgia Street Stage, 850 W Georgia St, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6Z 2H7, Canada
More info here!

Audrey Ochoa
2019-06-22 18:45 - 20:00 | Downtown – Robson Street Stage
A prolific dynamo on the Edmonton scene, trombonist Audrey Ochoa mixes jazz, Latin, fusion, and propulsive pop with a playful sense of humour. Described by mentor and trombone master Hugh Fraser as “highly original and powerfully lyrical”, Audrey has played with Lew Tebackin, Dan Aykroyd, and the Temptations. Her trio features Mike Lent bass, and Sandro Dominelli drums. Thanks to FACTOR+Government Of Canada and Canda Council for the Arts.

Noriega & SUNs
2019-06-22 19:00 - 21:30 | 2nd Floor Gastown (at the Water St. Café), 300 Water St, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6B1B6, Canada
Style, sophistication, and a joyful spirit encapsulate Noriega & SUNs. The trio (keyboard, woodwinds, drums) is comprised of Vancouver’s finest instrumentalists, drawing from an eclectic repertoire of popular songs, under-the-radar jazz standards, and original music.

Laila Biali - Early Show SOLD OUT
2019-06-22 19:30 - 20:45 | Pyatt Hall, 843 Seymour St, Vancouver, BC, Vancouver, BC, V6B 3L4, Canada
“A voice that makes the listener shudder it’s so rounded and pure”—Montreal Gazette
Keyboardist/vocalist Laila Biali moves effortlessly between incandescent contemporary jazz and absorbing modern pop. An acclaimed composer, deeply personal lyricist, and acute interpreter, the Toronto-based Vancouverite took home this year’s JUNO for “Vocal Jazz Album of the Year.” In Laila’s eclectic and energetic live show, melodies take thrilling left turns and bold choruses give way to thoughtful instrumental interludes. One minute Biali is soaring over a hard-charging, bluesy storm, the next she’s pouring out her soul on an impassioned ballad. It’s jazz, it’s pop, it can’t be put into a box… but it’s definitely beautiful.

Snotty Nose Rez Kids
2019-06-22 19:30 - 21:00 | Downtown – Georgia Street Stage, 850 W Georgia St, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6Z 2H7, Canada
Snotty Nose Rez Kids are the combined talents of Yung Trybez and Young D, hailing from the Haisla Nation, ‘The People of the Snow.” Above all else, SNRK blend trap beats with woven lyricism that challenges Indigenous stereotypes that paint their people as ill-mannered savages. Their music is best described as thought-provoking club bangers. And their live shows prove it. Audiences will dance and sweat, but they’ll leave with new knowledge. Their album, The Average Savage, landed them a nomination for Best Hip Hop Album at the Indigenous Music Awards, a win for Best Hip Hop Artist at the Western Canadian Music Awards, the shortlist for the Polaris Music Prize, and a JUNO nomination for Best Indigenous Music Album of the Year.

William S. Taylor Trio
2019-06-22 19:30 - 22:30 | Revel Room, 238 Abbott Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
William Taylor was born in New Orleans and moved to Seattle at age 14. He was recruited by the BC Lions to move to Vancouver but ultimately gave up sport to pursue creative expression as an actor and singer. He has performed all over the US in various jazz, blues, and soul ensembles and acted in over 100 films. William performs every Saturday at the Revel Room, accompanied by Lawrie Koyle on guitar and piano and Marshall Zalik on conga drums.

Marquis Hill Blacktet
2019-06-22 20:00 - 22:00 | Performance Works, 1218 Cartwright Street, Vancouver, BC, V6H 3R8, Canada
Contemporary and classic jazz, hip-hop, R&B, Chicago house, neo-soul—to Marquis Hill they’re all branches of the same fertile tree of African-American creative expression. A startlingly gifted trumpeter with a soulful, highly textured tone, the Downbeat Rising Star Award winner’s sound is a tour through jazz-trumpet history, evoking the high-drama stillness and space of Miles, the virtuosity of Freddie Hubbard, and the groove-savvy phrasing of Donald Byrd, while remaining unmistakably Marquis. His long running Blacktet “crystallizes the hard-hitting, hard-swinging spirit of Chicago jazz” (Chicago Tribune) with Joel Ross vibraphone/piano, Jeremiah Hunt bass, and Joe Dyson drums.

Emanuele Cisi Quartet
2019-06-22 20:00 - 22:30 | Frankie’s Jazz Club, 755 Beatty Sreet, Vancouver, BC, V6B 2M4, Canada
Emanuele Cisi has a big sound that almost knocks you over. One of Italy’s most in-demand tenor saxophonists, he plays with one foot in the present and one in the future, but never plays it safe. With Nick Peck piano, John Lee acoustic bass, and Joe Poole drums.

TERMINAL CITY BRASS BAND
2019-06-22 20:00 - 23:00 | Ouisi Bistro, 3014 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Featuring traditional and contemporary New Orleans-style brass band music and a healthy dose of funk and honk. Bring a wind or percussion instrument (washboard?), your voice, or just your drinking arm and join Tim Sars (reeds, vocals) Kevin Tang (trombone, vocals), Marc Lindy (tuba, vocals), Liam MacDonald (drums, vocals), and Michael Coury (trumpet, vocals, offbeat percussion) for a night of music and celebration.

Thad Bailey-Mai Quartet
2019-06-22 20:00 - 23:30 | Tangent Cafe, 2095 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Trumpet phenom Thad Bailey-Mai plays hard hitting original modern jazz. His long time quartet weaves through odd time signature grooves, nebulous ballads and intricate melodies.

With David Blake – guitar, Eli Davidovici – bass and Mili Hong – drums

Ben Rogers
2019-06-22 21:00 - 21:45 | The Imperial, 319 Main St, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Rooted in folk, Americana, and vivid storytelling, Ben Rogers’ latest music has a raw, hazy, rock-inspired swagger that channels the likes of possessed masterminds Nick Cave, Otis Redding, and Marc Bolan of T. Rex. Produced by Dallas Green (City and Colour, Alexisonfire), Wildfire is an enveloping and authentic work by a master craftsman.

Jonathan Wilson
2019-06-22 21:00 - 23:30 | The Imperial, 319 Main St, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Jonathan Wilson’s had a busy couple of years, producing Father John Misty’s Grammy-nominated Pure Comedy, touring the globe as a guitarist and vocalist for Pink Floyd legend Roger Waters, and releasing his sublime new album, Rare Birds. “Dizzying in ambition, dazzling in execution” (All Music), it diverges from his ’70s-Laurel Canyon-inflected work and takes cues from the high density ’80s British production of early Peter Gabriel and mid-career Kate Bush. Regardless of what era his influences come from, Wilson’s richly detailed and sprawling music hits like an emotional tidal wave. “He’s an utterly original and irreverent thinker who’s evolving with blinding speed” (NPR).

Pernell Reichert
2019-06-22 21:00 - 2019-06-23 00:00 | The Yard Café, 8482 Granville St, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6P4Z7, Canada
From Vancouver, BC, Pernell Reichert is a singer-song writer, fast finger-picking guitar player, his mellow harmonica rounding out his full sound. Since 2002 Pernell has played farmers’ markets, music festivals, pubs, clubs, bars and coffee houses throughout Western Canada, either as a solo performer, or with his 3 piece band, and more recently as a duo with Ross Christopher Fairbairn on standup bass and backup vocals.
