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“Few can match my ancient nerd-dom”
Gordy Smurf 4, Allison Burik solo, Devlin & Hong, DRMHS single, Putumayo, jazzfest funding, noise policies
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Podcast
Bellbird: Claire Devlin, Allison Burik, Eli & Mili return
For our only 5-person episode ever, Montreal-based reedists Claire Devlin and Allison Burik join Eli Davidovici and Mili Hong
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C#
Wholesome Allison Burik / Mili Hong trio, Nebyu / Cole / Dean, attendance, funding, Patreon, and inside baseball
Podcast
Jacob Wutzke: Drums, You Better Bet, Tour, Montreal, NYC
Jacob talks about his new album You Better Bet and his first bandleading tour; the drummer plays Jazz at the Bolt this weekend
Canadian albums
2025 jazz Junos: nominees and people of our scene
The 54th Junos will happen here in Vancouver on Sunday, March 30. Nominees got published on Tuesday, including some of us
Podcast
Kevin Romain: Drums, DIY Spaces & Scenes, Autopoietic 1
Kevin talks about his longtime creative residence in our scene including a solo drum record forthcoming on the Infidels label
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“My job is very boring, I'm an office clerk”
Echo Beach, Todd's and other lists, Grammys and jazz crimes, fulsome coverage, Sarah Hanahan returns, Kaia Kater
Canadian albums
Todd's Picks: 2024 Albums
Looking back on a year's worth of very solid album releases and reflecting on the ones that stuck with me the most
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New series are very much still a thing
The Hargrove, Coastal Cravings; back to Apollo's at long last; shows by Róisín Adams, Sean Fyfe, and Jason de Couto; radio
Podcast
Jodi Proznick: Bass, Jazz at VSO School, Ostara Project
Jodi talks about becoming the Director of Jazz Studies at the VSOSOM, her values as an educator, and Ostara’s next album
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He's one of them now
Bona & Frisell, Arooj Aftab, Elisa Thorn, Stephane Wrembel, Hugh Fraser, Stacie McGregor, and an initiation
Vancouver albums
Peggy Lee & Cole Schmidt - Forever Stories Of: Moving Parties
The co-leaders play duo once, recruit improvisers from around the world, and still make such a ‘Vancouver’ album