A new ensemble that leans mystical, See You Now explores the kind of expansive territories travelled by Pharaoh Sanders, Sun Ra, Sonny Sharrock, and late-career John Coltrane. Veterans of the West Coast improv scene, guitarist Tony Wilson and JUNO Award-winning bassist Russell Sholberg join some of its freshest voices in Gordy Li sax, Feven Kidane […]
Murphy and the Cats are a talented duo of young (15 and 16-year-old) jazz musicians performing 1920’s and 1930’s hits like Minnie the Moocher and Minor Swing. All dressed up in old-time duds, and trading off between percussion, violin, guitar, ukulele, standup bass, and kazoo, these cool hepcats will put a smile on your face […]
Inspired by neuroscience, socialism, humility, and fine coffee, drummer/composer Kevin Romain (Only A Visitor), bassist Jeff Gammon, saxophonist John Nicholson, and guitarist Chris Fraser set up shop in the lush median between precision and intuition. Romain’s Salience Network searches for intangible emotional alchemy using beautifully simple tools: wood, metal, and breath. After weeks sifting through […]
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.
