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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This is how I would learn to play jazz if I started today

Live music

Alex Cuba on his new album El Swing Que Yo Tengo, BC tour

The Grammy-winner plays the Kay Meek Centre in West Vancouver this Saturday, Sep 23rd

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Brad Turner plays the 8th Frankie's double-header tonight

Playing both the 8pm and After Dark shows: 11 people have done it on 7 different dates

Podcast

Bonnie Northgraves: Trumpet, Hot Jazz, 2nd Floor Gastown

The trumpeter and vocalist joins us fresh off of finishing the 2023 Vancouver Triathlon

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A way-too-early look at the Jazz at the Bolt 2024 lineup

Jazz at the Bolt went live yesterday with the lineup announcement for February 17 and 18

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Joel Haynes Trio with Seamus Blake: The Return

Seamus on saxophone with Joel on drums, Neil Swainson on bass, and Tilden Webb on piano

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Chill X / The Infidels launch ft. Atley King’s Four recap

Atley on vibes with Andrew Skepasts guitar, David Caballero bass, & Arvind Ramdas drums

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The Nimmons Tribute, Vol. 2: Generational

Celebrating Phil Nimmons turning 100 years old with the tribute project's second album

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The Titillators: That's the Night

Ryan Driver's bass lands amid percussion and melodic leads from whistling and synths

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Will Bonness: Is This a Dream?

Bonness released his fourth album in June prior to hitting at Frankie's for the jazzfest

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Caity Gyorgy & Mark Limacher: You’re Alike, You Two

Her fourth album is a vocal-piano duo of Jerome Kern songs, plus one original at the end

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Bellbird: Root in Tandem

Mili Hong and Eli Davidovici join forces with saxophonists Allison Burik and Claire Devlin

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Sharon Minemoto: Dark Night, Bright Stars

Featuring her longtime friends Jon Bentley, Darren Radtke, and Bernie Arai in a quartet

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Viviane Houle, Unsung Songs: Graphic Scores

A diverse magnum opus by the vocalist: 14 tracks of improvisation plus a printed book

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Imogen Moon: When They Start Rebelling

A rework of her grandfather Doug Randle's 1971 album Songs for the New Industrial State

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Omianan: Live at the Firehall Arts Centre

The DIY quartet adds Thad Bailey-Mai on trumpet and swaps Russell Sholberg in on bass

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Noah Franche-Nolan: Portraits from the Interior World

Noah released two albums of ambient electronic music in June 2023 via The Infidels label

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KneeJerk: Blind Painter

Trio featuring pianist Brian Horswill, bassist Karlis Silins, and drummer Kenton Loewen

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Schwager / Oliver Quintet: Senza Resa

Recorded / post-produced by renowned engineer Ron Obvious, which makes sense from track 1

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Painted Ship / The Infidels launch ft. Chris Davis recap

Chris began with a medium swing, sunglasses on, Harmon mute pressed up to the microphone

Podcast

Brian Fraser: Brentwood Presbyterian Church, Jazz Worship

Brian talks about the church's role in our jazz community and what's next at the space

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David Blake opens up about the Tangent Cafe closing down

The venue that played such a big part in our lives for 10 years is renamed to Daybreakers

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Tim Reinert on new series at the Painted Ship and Chill X

August 15 - Chris Davis Quartet at Painted Ship; August 23 - Atley King's Four at Chill X

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Dee Daniels & Denzal Sinclaire: Let it Shine!

Spiritual/gospel ensemble album recorded in Calgary for Cellar, produced by John Clayton

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Sienna Dahlen & Bill Coon: Balladextrous

Sienna and Bill’s vocal-guitar duo album of standards with a nighttime reflective tone