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Ardeshir: "The music doesn't owe us anything."
Staying hungry to learn from mentors and friends, confronting the raw truth by recording yourself, & 2010s come-up stories
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The Rhythm Changes Podcast, established 2021 and hosted by Chris Fraser.
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Trent Otter: "Put me behind any drumkit."
Busy session work, bandleading, music labour vs. streaming, gear, & moving from teaching lessons toward full-time playing
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Cole Schmidt: Guitar, Jazz Festival Co-Artistic Director
Cole talks about the upcoming 40th Vancouver International Jazz Festival, presented by the Coastal Jazz and Blues Society
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Jessica Hawkes: Songwriter, Vocalist, Engineer, Nashville
From Winfield, BC, the vocalist, songwriter, and engineer has split her time between Vancouver, New York, and Nashville
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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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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