Recordings Dee Daniels & Denzal Sinclaire: Let it Shine! Spiritual/gospel ensemble album recorded in Calgary for Cellar, produced by John Clayton
Recordings Sienna Dahlen & Bill Coon: Balladextrous Sienna and Bill’s vocal-guitar duo album of standards with a nighttime reflective tone
Recordings David Blake: Trio with Drew Gress & Ari Hoenig David puts his tunes up-front for Gress & Hoenig and adds four pieces from the jazz canon
Recordings Artie Roth Quartet: Resonants His electric bass playing supports the post-rock landscape; on upright he’s brilliant too
Recordings Eli Davidovici: Shapes An accurate reflection of many groups you’d hear Eli play with during his Vancouver years
Paid-members only Live music On to the Phil Dwyer Connections Quartet at Fort Langley Brad Turner swapped horn and piano playing with Phil; they showcased their personalities
Live music Ethan Lawrence to open Fort Langley Jazz & Arts Festival w/ Tamas Balai saxophone, Davin Bernie piano, Bella Fedrigo bass, & Jordy McIntosh drums
Paid-members only Recordings Predicting the jazz Western Canadian Music Awards: 2023 4 nominees I'm highlighting from the other categories, plus 5 in Jazz Artist of the Year
Opinions A burned-out jazz musician in recovery: my halfway report I made a career transition away from music to become a video game sound designer in 2023
Paid-members only Live music 10 things to check out & continue to enjoy post-festival 8EAST, StringSongs, Fort Langley, Polaris, Caroline Davis, and more thoughts to carry forward
Live music Can't stop Just because the jazzfest finished last week doesn't mean the pace is slowing down by much
Paid-members only Opinions How I got my first Vancouver jazz festival show My trio played the jazzfest on Wednesday; here’s the multi-year journey of how I got there
Recordings Daniel Hersog: Jazz Orchestra, Open Spaces, jazzfest show Open Spaces (Folk Songs Reimagined) is out June 23 followed by a release concert June 26
Paid-members only Live music Matt Franceschini’s DIY attitude can’t be stopped Matt, Colin Zacharias, & Jay Coté arrive in town to play Frankie’s June 11, and more
Live music A Giving Way at the Fox: the bounty of the Peggy Lee Band Peggy’s eight-piece band plays the Fox Cabaret Saturday; A Giving Way is their new album
Paid-members only Opinions Surviving my theatre gig: I almost completely messed up This dream concert ended up being a huge source of stress; let’s look at how it went down
Paid-members only Recordings Nicky Schrire: Nowhere Girl, folk & vocal jazz, belonging The South African-British singer will release her third album, made in Canada, on June 9
Recordings Melissa Pipe: Of What Remains, bassoon plus baritone sax The Montreal reedist explores the traversing of time, time and transience in chamber jazz
Paid-members only Live music Inside the Inlet Theatre Music Series with Darlene & Bill Darlene Cooper and Bill Sample’s Port Moody series featured the Vince Mai Quintet May 6th
Recordings The Composers Collective Big Band: The Toronto Project What’s the sound of Toronto? What’s the Toronto sound? Two related but distinct questions
Paid-members only Recordings Brad Turner Trio w/ Darren Radtke, Bernie Arai: North Star All compositions, produced, mixed, & mastered by Brad: recorded at Monarch by Dave Sikula
Live music Casey Thomas-Burns: Leading Ladies Little Big Band Tour The trombonist-bandleader brings the group to Frankie's May 21 and then out on a BC tour
Live music Jen Hodge is back in town: All-Stars, Big Bang Jazz Band The bassist is at Guilt, Frankie’s After Dark, and more in her band plus a bigger ensemble
