Live music
The sudden but inevitable rise of the Ghibli Jazz Orchestra
Isabel Leong’s huge success was not a one-off: a movement has arrived in the Vancouver scene
Live music
Coverage of live music events in the Vancouver jazz scene.
Live music
What's next for the Fort Langley Jazz & Arts Festival?
Returning from the infamous 2023 fallout, the festival slimmed down and isn’t going anywhere
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Lida Magnus: Bass, Volunteer Coordinator, Tyrant, UBC Jazz
Lida plays Tyrant Studios Saturday with Jeffrey Chen, Rick Son, Karl DeJong, & Tarane Tabeli
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The 2024 Vancouver International Jazz Festival: a rewind
Here’s my attempt to share the wonderful experience I had as a fan of forward-thinking music
Vancouver albums
What am I doing playing more often than Bruno Hubert?
On the legendary local pianist’s new trio album Fire Waltz and his jazzfest show at Frankie’s
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“I wanna be Lezlie Harrison when I grow up.”
Good humour, organ trio, swing and the blues, 70s soul culture back at the start of jazzfest
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Scott Hamilton & Triology at Frankie's before the studio
Hamilton, turning 70 this year, has played with everyone from Rosemary Clooney to Benny Goodman
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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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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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Every artist who’s played at Frankie’s in the last year
I'm working on ways to get more out of the gig list
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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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Aquiles Navarro: Live from Tyrant Studios
I purchased and listened to this Bandcamp release, then reached out to Navarro to learn more