Vancouver-born, Berlin-based keyboardist Tyson Naylor has performed internationally in very diverse musical settings, from Free Jazz to Soul to chamber ensembles. He’s played with Destroyer, Frazey Ford, and Dan Mangan, as well as larger groups such as the Warsaw Improviser’s Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, and Turning Point Ensemble, and in venues across Canada, the US, Germany, Poland, Czechia, and Türkiye. Other artists Naylor has collaborated include Aram Bajakian, Peggy Lee, Tristan Honsinger, Dylan van der Schyff, Tobias Delius, Gord Grdina, Kenton Loewen, Tony Wilson, Axel Dörner, Mats Äleklint and Lina Allemano. His debut trio recording was released on Songlines Records.
For this set at Frankie’s, he’ll be joined by longtime musical colleagues Kenton Loewen on drums and Tommy Babin on bass. The trio will freely interpret Naylor’s compositions, which draw on influences as wide ranging as Misha Mengelberg, Wayne Horvitz, Louis Moholo, Ornette Coleman and Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou.
Frankie’s After Dark takes place every Friday and Saturday at Frankie’s Jazz Club in downtown Vancouver and is curated by Tim Reinert of Infidels Jazz. Shows start at 11:00PM and tickets are $10.