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# Bill Clark: Trumpet, VEJI, Teaching, 4+ Decades of Playing
- URL: https://www.rhythmchanges.ca/bill-clark-trumpet-veji-ep-131/
- Published: 2026-10-05T13:00:34.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-05T13:00:33.000Z
- Description: Remembering Hugh Fraser and telling VEJI tales on the occasion of a celebratory Oct. 16 show at VanJazz '26
- Author: Will Chernoff
- Tags: Podcast

On the Rhythm Changes Podcast, **Bill Clark** talks to Will Chernoff about his playing career going back to the late 1970s, which includes the entire history of the seminal band VEJI (Vancouver Ensemble of Jazz Improvisation), directed by Bill's close friend, the late Hugh Fraser. Bill is a trumpeter born and raised in Surrey and a long-beloved member of the Vancouver scene. His ensembles beyond VEJI have included Talking Pictures (with Ron Samworth, Peggy Lee, and Dylan van der Schyff), Electric Miles, and his own sextet; plus the NOW Society, the Hard Rubber Orchestra, and many more groups. In recent years, he has worked as a music educator in Surrey schools. Bill also opens up about, and bookends this conversation with, his ongoing journey recovering from focal dystonia.

Bill Clark directs a VEJI concert celebrating Hugh Fraser's music [at the Revue Stage Oct. 16th](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/infidels-jazz-presents-veji-plays-hugh-fraser-at-revue-stage-tickets-1993501207776?ref=rhythmchanges.ca) for VanJazz '26, presented by Infidels Jazz.

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[Bill Clark Sextet: Out of LineMade in 1992 with a group we would call Vancouver all-stars![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/15/2b/152b7411-0202-45a2-9f09-f39a793683ef/content/images/icon/RhythmChanges2026_LogoOj-6babf050-4bbd-4af1-83b0-c669797b152f.jpg)Rhythm ChangesWill Chernoff![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/15/2b/152b7411-0202-45a2-9f09-f39a793683ef/content/images/thumbnail/Bill-Clark-Sextet-cover-feat-4k-d67aef9e-6011-4634-8871-5fd534a1643f.jpg)](https://www.rhythmchanges.ca/bill-clark-sextet-out-of-line/)