Kevin McNeilly is an Associate Professor in the Department of English Language and Literatures at the University of British Columbia, a researcher with the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation, and a co-editor of the peer-reviewed journal Critical Studies in Improvisation/ Études critiques en improvisation. His book of poems about early jazz trumpet players, […]
Malleus Trio fuses original compositions with an improvisational language built up over more than a decade. Tricky rhythms, extended techniques, and dramatic dynamic shifts tell inviting, unpredictable stories. What if Sonny Rollins had the night off and called up Tom Waits to hit a Kendrick Lamar concert? Astor Piazzolla bumps into Albert Ayler at the […]
Hamid Drake and Michael Zerang have been performing together for over 30 years. Called “an anchor, a beacon, and a seasonal tradition in its own right” by The Chicago Reader, their longstanding solstice concerts have built a rapport between the master percussionists that’s meditative, ever-renewing, and always on point, any day of the year. The […]
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.
