Will Chernoff

William Ross Chernoff—known as Will to friends and colleagues—is a musician who started Rhythm Changes in 2020.

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The Update

Subscriber Open Thread: Q&A, discussion

Today is my first-annual Open Thread, for The Update subscribers only.

Podcast

Allison Au, Jodi Proznick, & Mili Hong on Take Note

Muzewest Concerts and The Infidels Jazz co-present the trio in Dunbar on Saturday, Apr. 1

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Live music

How was month one with The Infidels at Hero's Welcome?

Sunday afternoon jazz at the Main Street neighbourhood pub launched in March with 2 shows

Reviews

Mike Allen Trio, with John Lee and Carl Allen: To A Star

Three tracks are recorded at the Warehouse, the rest live at Frankie's: all are top-shelf

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Interviews

Inside the Jazz at the Anvil series with Tom Keenlyside

The next event in Tom's series at New Westminster's Anvil Theatre is Tuesday, March 21

Interviews

Pianist-composer Anthony Tan on susurrus, his new solo work

Anthony was born in Alberta and now lives in Victoria, but he made this music at McGill

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Lore

The first 20 Rhythm Changes Podcast cold opens, in order

I'm getting sentimental about the show, now that it's in its lame-duck session

Podcast

Teresa Marie: Vocalist, Quartet, Winner Winner, Europe

Teresa talks about her recent gigs at Jazz at the Bolt and with the band Winner Winner

Reviews

Jacob Wutzke: Show Yourself, with BC-raised Lucas Dubovik

Popular young drummer Jacob completes the Montreal band with Gentiane MG and Levi Dover

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Interviews

Jonny Tobin on his opener set for Braxton Cook at Fortune

Jonny and Braxton have remarkable artist similarities; the show is next Saturday, March 11

Reviews

Rachel Therrien and her Latin Jazz Project album Mi Hogar

Rachel's sweeping project reflects her decade-plus journey through Cuban music and more

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Interviews

Drummer Karl DeJong has been playing often this winter

Karl talks about his recent Tyrant Studios, Lido, Jazz at the Bolt, and Pres House gigs

Podcast

Shruti Ramani: Vocals, Raagaverse, Ostara Project Tour

Shruti talks about her band Raagaverse, her tour with Ostara, and album plans for 2023

Reviews

Holly Burke & Bill Runge with Linda Lee Thomas: Dreamride

Holly & Bill have co-composed 20 short piano pieces, recorded by pianist Linda Lee Thomas

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Interviews

The Return of the Thing & Hero's Welcome with Tim Reinert

Tim talks about Jen Yakamovich's New Thing and the next show there, plus a new series

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Lore

The elephant in the room: how well am I doing with it?

Reacting to, and opening up about, the meaning of burnout for artistic people like us

Podcast

Jocelyn Gould: Guitar, International Touring, Bandleader

Jocelyn joins us in the middle of a big tour; she played around BC in late January 2023.

Interviews

The Chris Davis Concern: a two-trumpet project After Dark

Chris goes into what he and Brad Turner will play, plus the tension around self-promotion

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Interviews

Connor Lum, back from the ships, starts Jazz at the Bolt

The saxophonist's chordless trio is the first set on Saturday; he tells us where he's at

Reviews

Jim Head - Prismatic

Calling Jim Head the Canadian answer to mid-career Kurt Rosenwinkel isn't far-fetched.

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Music business

6 hard lessons

Podcast

Noah Franche-Nolan: Piano, Cellar trio album, New York

Noah talks about his debut as a leader: a piano trio album to be released on Cellar Music

Interviews

Tanika Charles plays the Shadbolt with a band of locals

Despite her Edmonton / Toronto roots, the vocalist's band is "the Vancouver boys"

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Music business

The Vancouver Folk Music Festival looks at dissolving

The 2023 festival is canceled, and the non-profit is thinking to dissolve for good.

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Music business

A complete guide to my FACTOR Artist Development grants

Here's my guide to both grants I wrote and received, now that they're fully complete