Julia Úlehla interview: Dálava, Understories album release
Dálava’s third album Understories with Aram Bajakian, Josh Zubot, & Peggy Lee is out now on Pi Recordings
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Inlet Music Series 2025/26 preview
Directed by Bill Sample and Darlene Cooper, the 4th season in Port Moody starts Sep. 20 and brings vocal jazz and folk
Plan your jazzfest with me
A special print, one month in advance, of the June gig list from June 19 to July 1
Dean Thiessen: Composer, Piano, Stranger Friends Orchestra
Dean's large ensemble plays the Fox May 31 and will release a live EP on the Infidels Jazz label; he also plays the jazzfest
An interview with Steve Holt on the Jazz Impact Quintet
The veteran pianist on his new album and quintet, dropping “O Canada”, “The Cup Bearers”, Larry Coryell, and James Moody
Alvaro Rojas on covering a whole album track-by-track
The guitarist is in the Strange Worlds Trio, who play Tyrant tomorrow; together they recorded an entire Reid Anderson album
"We're all accompanying each other": The Norma Winstone interview
"I've never felt like a leader. I've always felt as if I was cooperating with people." She plays the BlueShore May 10
Heather Ferguson: Found
With mostly originals, the vocalist leads a strong cast of Vancouver Island jazz talent through shuffles and longings
Opposite postures
Grdina / Lillinger, Mariner, Collage Trad, cello, more school budget cut proposals, paid Instagram posts
Fresh Four | April 2025
Elisa Thorn "My Moon"; Steph Wall "Gusher"; SIESKI & Connor Roff "Untethered"; Teighan Couch "A Gal in Calico"
Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra: Connections
The WJO often features Vancouver composers; their 8th album brings together Fred Stride with Quebec’s Jean-Nicolas Trottier
Biboye Onanuga: "It's happening here, it's cool."
Biboye just played Monk at the VIFF Centre and an After Dark, billed as "Low and Slow". He'll return around jazzfest time
Vancouver albums
Ostara Project: Roots
Each artist brings at least one piece to the table, and she embeds each piece with something of herself or her culture
Subscriber Fridays
My favourite new creative music from the rest of the world
"Outside the Changes"
Canadian albums
stef.in: Icterus II
Rock-funky band led by drummer Stefan Hegerat with guitarists Robyn Gray and Patrick O'Reilly, plus bassist Mark Godfrey
Subscriber Fridays
Renee Rosnes late-80s early-90s YouTube dive
It starts in 1987 and it's all before I was born
Expat musicians
Aaron Shragge: Cosmic Cliffs
In his Whispering Worlds project, he plays special trumpet and shakuhachi in a quartet
Vancouver albums
Matthew Ariaratnam & Adrian Avendaño: Novel Echopath
The live album captures their guitar-drums duo, one half recorded professionally at the jazzfest and the other at Tyrant
Canadian albums
Rachel Therrien Latin Jazz Project: Mi Hogar II
The trumpeter’s second album under the Latin Jazz Project billing and her eighth as a leader; she plays Frankie's April 3
Vancouver albums
The Jamie Lee Trio: Introspective at 5
The drummer embarked on a seminal Vancouver jazz album release of the 2020s, then reinvented both her music and her career
Podcast
Shruti Ramani: Juno Nominated with Raagaverse - Jaya
Shruti’s band Raagaverse is up at the 54th Junos in Vancouver this weekend, with Jaya under Jazz Album of the Year - Group
Vancouver albums
Colin Sankey: Colin Response
He did that thing I wondered about
10 Things
1000th show in 2026?
Infidels hits 500, Cole Schmidt weekend with Ginger & Bruno, Alice in Wonderland, Hear and Now, Dacey, Renee on podcasts, jazzfest 2011
Podcast
Ben Frost: What is a Composition?
On Ben’s second podcast appearance, the nature of composition, the composer's identity, and where new material comes from