Three improvisers who coax out sounds from where few would consider searching, pianist and NOW Society Artistic Director Lisa Cay Miller, JUNO Award-winning drummer/percussionist Ben Brown (Pugs & Crows), and emerging trumpeter Feven Kidane find magic in the momentous and the mundane.
Driven by a deep and true passion for music and creativity, Ayla has developed into a professional guitarist, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and composer, garnering millions of views on her YouTube and Instagram videos from people all over the world. An Ernie Ball and Music Man family member, a Fender artist and a recipient of multiple scholarships […]
Drawing on jazz, rock, and electric improvisation, one of Canada’s top bassists André Lachance switches to guitar for this dazzling mix of cool tunes, pulsing grooves, and cosmically compelling sonic excursions. His Quatuor features fellow Renaissance men Brad Turner Rhodes/piano, Chris Gestrin Moog, and Joel Fountain drums.
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.
