Chris’ Album is 10 Years Old (and Will’s is -1 Years Old)
give, with Chris Fraser, Eli Davidovici, & Mili Hong, came out in fall 2016. Meanwhile, Will’s next album is in the can
Buster Williams Trio at VanJazz '26
Oct. 21 with George Colligan and Domo Branch at the Alliance Française Theatre
Behind the Ghibli Band, with Isabel Leong
The Ghibli Jazz Orchestra has sold thousands of tickets working with Infidels Jazz; she takes them to the Chan Oct. 24
Get Over the Hemispheres (& Back), w/ Meredith Louise
Meredith came from Australia to Vancouver 4 years ago; she heads there this month for her first show of this era
Bill Clark: Trumpet, VEJI, Teaching, 4+ Decades of Playing
Remembering Hugh Fraser and telling VEJI tales on the occasion of a celebratory Oct. 16 show at VanJazz '26
“Hanging Out” with Brian Fraser
Brian just published a book, What the Church Might Learn from Jazz: Drawn into the Swing of Sanctifying Significance
The Relentless Cycle, with Mikey Jose
Mikey talks about his first full-length album, CHASING / STILL, made with Ben Millman and others from that sub-scene
Four albums from this summer
Robyn Jacob, Josh Warren, Harry Bartlett & Kurtis Perrie, and Nicola Miller's Living Things
Juh-Mill & Friends, with Yamil Chain-Haddad
Yamil plays guitar and bass with many frequent collaborators and has a new EP of his own songs
Nick Leffler: Steelhead Sound, Summer Run Jazz Fest
Nick's non-profit Steelhead Sound presents its first shows this month, including the Summer Run Jazz Fest Aug. 29
Montreal Talk (in Nanaimo) w/ Sarah Leroux & Ryan Bennett
The vocalist and drummer each moved to Montreal, for McGill, from Quebec City and Vancouver Island respectively
A long weekend thought about interviewing
+ August gig list and other happenings