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Biboye Onanuga: Drummer, Composer, Jazzfest, New Standards
From Edmonton, he talks about his performances at the 2024 Vancouver International Jazz Festival
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Rockstar music
Middle-of-the-night from the burning centre of the 2024 Vancouver International Jazz Festival
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Réjean Marois: Vocal Project, CapU Jazz, Arranger-Composer
Best known as the director of NiteCap, Réjean has been one of CapU’s most renowned faculty
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Kahil El’Zabar & David Murray at Pyatt Hall pre-jazzfest
The two masters offered a dynamic set of freebop and funky soul; Gordon Grdina was opener
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Ben MacRae: Clarinet, St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church
Ben’s background playing New Orleans-style jazz spans from the Fraser Valley to the city
It’s CRAZY how locked-in I was in fall 2020
In early September 2020, I appeared on a now-inactive podcast called Music on Your Own Terms
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Ingrid Stitt: professional playing & lifelong development
The saxophonist makes her mark in an unassuming way, also being a songwriter-arranger-vocalist
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Jacob Wutzke & Lucas Dubovik: Take it in Stride
An interview with the drums-sax duo partners about their idiosyncratic audiovisual project
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Aquiles Navarro: Live from Tyrant Studios
I purchased and listened to this Bandcamp release, then reached out to Navarro to learn more
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Jon Gordon: 7th Ave South
Despite the altoist’s album being a reference to Greenwich Village, it’s a Manitoba special
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Ryan Oliver Quartet: Live in Vancouver
More than a Coltrane-influenced quartet date, this live record features Dee Daniels thrice
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Jeff Gammon: Bass, Gigging, Calgary to Vancouver and Back
Jeff talks about moving back to his native Calgary after a decade of performing in Vancouver