Mon Apr 22
Jam Session w. Sharon Minemoto
Pat’s Pub (7:30pm)
Join multi-faceted Vancouver pianist Sharon for the city’s longest running jazz jam. Sessions at The Pat brings together many of the finest jazz musicians in the city.
Bruno Hubert solo // Alvaro Rojas Trio
The Libra Room (7:30pm)
Buddy Guy – Sold Out!
*Waitlist to be started when box office opens (6:30pm) at door.
Orpheum Theatre (8pm)
Buddy Guy is one of the most electrifying artists in contemporary blues and at age 82, he shows no signs of slowing down. A pioneer of Chicago’s West Side sound of the Fifties and Sixties, he is a major influence on musical giants. He’s won eight Grammy Awards and the Billboard Magazine Century Award for distinguished artistic achievement. Rolling Stone ranked him in the top 25 of its 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time and he’s a Kennedy Centre honouree. Buddy recently appeared on David Letterman’s My Next Guest Needs No Introduction, and it’s true – he doesn’t.
Tue Apr 23
Music Film: Blue Note Records Beyond the Notes
Rio Theatre (6:30pm)
This film explores the unique vision behind the iconic jazz record label. Through rare archival footage, current recording sessions and conversations with Blue Note artists, the film reveals a powerful mission and illuminates the vital connections between jazz and hip hop.
Music on Main Month of Tuesdays – Emerge on Main 2019: Spotlight on Rising Musicians
The Fox Cabaret (8pm)
Witness the emergence of 3 of Vancouver’s up-and-coming classical, new, and genre-bending musicians as they step into the spotlight: Julia Chien (percussion), Alex Mah (composer & interdisciplinary artist), and Matthew Ariaratnam (musician, composer, improviser).
Sawdust Collector Series: New Works #16
Gold Saucer (9:30pm)
Weekly performance series curated by Barbara Adler, Cole Schmidt & James Meger. This week it’s film night with “Kariskis.”
Wed Apr 24
Adam Rohrlick’s Hip Pocket with David Sikula
Provence Marinaside (6pm)
Led by Adam Rohrlick with a rotating cast of special guests and featured performers play a smooth mix of jazz, blues and contemporary instrumentals. Each week’s guest brings a little something new to the mix and this week it’s guitarist David Sikula.
Vancouver World Music Festival Launch: Itamar Erez & Hamin Honari
Guilt & Co (7pm)
An uncommon conversation between guitar and percussion, composition and improvisation. Originally from Iran and Israel, These two internationally touring musicians met in Vancouver and are excited to bring together the traditional sounds of the Middle East with their own original music.
Igor Willcox Quartet
Frankie’s Jazz Club (8pm)
Featuring elements of jazz and fusion, the Igor Willcox Quartet play original compositions, exploring all musicality, spontaneity, and synergy. “They play like vets, sizzling, braking, whirling, burbling along on percolating rhythms” (Mike Jurkovic – All About Jazz). They are currently touring across Canada. With Igor Willcox on drums, Wagner Barbosa on sax, Vini Morales on piano, and Glecio Nascimento on bass.
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Thu Apr 25
The David Weiss Sextet
2 nights! Also on Friday, Apr 26
Frankie’s Jazz Club (8pm)
Moving jazz forward has been David Weiss’s modus operandi ever since he appeared on the scene in the late eighties when he established himself in New York by touring and/or recording with the likes of Freddie Hubbard, Charles Tolliver, Billy Harper, Bobby Hutcherson, Slide Hampton, James Moody, Tom Harrell, Louis Hayes, Muhal Richard Abrams, and Billy Hart, among many others. Weiss formed the Sextet to explore new compositional concepts and styles he was developing that did not fit the sound of the octet. With Myron Walden alto sax, Marcus Strickland tenor sax, David Bryant piano, Eric Wheeler bass, and E.J. Strickland drums.
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Little Volcano with Veda Hille
Shadbolt Centre (8pm)
Half concert, half story telling event, Little Volcano is a new work of autobiography, exploring Vancouver musician and composer Veda Hille’s history through personal stories, the music of JS Bach and a collection of her favourite songs.
Fri Apr 26
The David Weiss Sextet
2 nights! Also on Thursday, Apr 25
Frankie’s Jazz Club (8pm)
Moving jazz forward has been David Weiss’s modus operandi ever since he appeared on the scene in the late eighties when he established himself in New York by touring and/or recording with the likes of Freddie Hubbard, Charles Tolliver, Billy Harper, Bobby Hutcherson, Slide Hampton, James Moody, Tom Harrell, Louis Hayes, Muhal Richard Abrams, and Billy Hart, among many others. Weiss formed the Sextet to explore new compositional concepts and styles he was developing that did not fit the sound of the octet. With Myron Walden alto sax, Marcus Strickland tenor sax, David Bryant piano, Eric Wheeler bass, and E.J. Strickland drums.
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Alfred Jerry | Miller and friends
8EAST (8:30pm)
With Alfred Jerry (set one), Eldritch Priest guitar/synth horn, Brady Cranfeld midi drums, Lisa Cay Miller and Friends (set two).
Friday Jazz – Steve Lloyd Smith Quartet
Tyrant Studios (9pm)
Join every Friday night for a live jazz show. This week it’s the Steve Lloyd Smith Quartet!
Sat Apr 27
BlueShore at CapU Vancouver World Music Festival
The Imperial (8pm)
Get ready for a full-on dance party with one of the most high-energy and entertaining bands in Africa with special guests Locarno and Tonye Aganaba.
Cannery Row
Frankie’s Jazz Club (8pm)
Cannery Row features the unique and individual talents of Gary Comeau, Tim Hearsey, and Chris Nordquist. Covering an impressive sphere of genres, blending and bending blues, latin, zydeco, jazz, cajun, country, rock ‘n roll into a musical experience unlike any other.
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Pantayo + Gamelan Bike Bike
Orpheum Theatre (8pm)
Pantayo is an all-women lo-fi R&B gong punk collective based in Toronto. The group combines percussive metallophones and drums from kulintang traditions of the Southern Philippines and synth-based electro grooves, to create a sound shaped by their experiences as Diasporic Filipinas. Vancouver-based ensemble Gamelan Bike Bike draws its musical inspiration from Bali, Indonesia and its raw materials from the scrap metal bins of Vancouver.
Sun Apr 28
Boperation
Frankie’s Jazz Club (8pm)
Boperation deploys again at Frankie’s. Vancouver’s finest Boperatives take you on a musical journey back to the early 60s when hard bop reigned supreme in jazz. The best in jazz from 1945 to 1965. All bop-bebop, hard bop, post bop-all in. With David Esler trumpet, Campbell Ryga alto saxophone, Vancouver guitar jazz legend Oliver Gannon guitar, Russ Botten bass, and Craig Scott drums.
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Helen Hansen and Michael Creber in Concert to benefit The Stephen Lewis Foundation Grandmothers Campaign
Jazz vocalist Helen Hansen, accompanied by pianist Michael Creber will help warm a spring afternoon with their lively and varied jazz compositions and interpretations. A cozy, friendly atmosphere for this intimate concert. The performance will be limited to 30 audience members.
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