1531 Johnston St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3R9 Saxophonist Gordy Li and trumpeter Feven Kidane’s diasporan upbringings in the post-Y2K netscape inform the eclectic, electric sound of Rush Hour. Adding synths and electronics to their traditional instruments, this digitronica project frenetically and sensitively reflects 21st century multimedia like video games, anime, advertisements, IDM, and vaporwave. With […]
1218 Cartwright St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3R8 It's clear that she doesn't know, so for the love of bebop and swing please don't tell Caity Gyorgy that laurels can be rested on! Her debut took home Vocal Jazz Album of the Year at the 2022 JUNOs, and she's already followed up with a new album...and […]
1601 Johnston St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3R9 Farida Amadou (Belgium) and White People Killed Them (US) meet at the intersection of performance and politics. With scathing electronics, turbulent guitar, enveloping bass sonorities, and power-clatter drumming, this first-time convergence encourages surprise inventions, calamities and celebrations, and the erecting and defending of democratic spaces (beyond the limits […]
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.
