1531 Johnston St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3R9 Sister Jazz Orchestra, Canada’s first all-female professional jazz orchestra, has been delighting audiences since 2019. Their mission: to showcase today’s top jazzwomen and inspire tomorrow’s. The Sister Jazz Quintet offers a unique window into the artistry of five of the Orchestra’s world-class musicians. Led by soulful saxophonist/vocalist Ingrid […]
750 Hornby St, Vancouver, BC V6Z 2H7 From vintage funk to infectious electronic futurism, this energetically enigmatic group “likes to blur the distinctions between the knotty virtuosity of jazz and the broad appeal of pop” (Pitchfork). Known as the leader of the prolific and constantly surprising Claudia Quintet, drummer/composer/bandleader John Hollenbeck formed GEORGE remotely during […]
750 Hornby St, Vancouver, BC V6Z 2H7 Winners of the 2024 JUNO Award for Blues Album of the Year, Blue Moon Marquee swings, jumps, and grooves their way through jazz clubs, dance halls, folk fests, blues haunts, hospitals, prisons, markets, motorcycle joints, dive bars, and prestigious concert halls. "Part haunting, part joyous, and sneakily infectious” […]
To connect, transform, inspire and nurture artists and audiences through the joy, passion, and power of jazz.
The Coastal Jazz & Blues Society recognizes that we are privileged to work, live and create art on the unceded, ancestral, stolen, and traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.
