On April 05, two of Vancouver's finest trumpeters pay tribute to Woody Shaw & Freddie Hubbard, specifically to two classic albums the pair recorded for the Blue Note label in 1985 and 1986. Get Tickets Freddie Hubbard & Woody Shaw recorded Double Take for the Blue Note label 40 years ago this year, soon to […]

Simple City is a collectively led modern jazz trio. Their self titled record, written during a residency at the Banff Centre in 2018 and recorded at Vancouver's Afterlife Studios, was […]

Bill Coon is a legend on the Canadian Jazz scene, and is considered one of the finest guitarists this country has ever produced. For this special performance at Hero's Welcome, […]

Gordon Grdina & Christian Lillinger are two of the creative Jazz World's most exciting and prolific improvisers. On April 09, they will be performing in Vancouver for the first time […]

Members of Ornette Coleman's Prime Time Band celebrate Harmolodics and Improvised Music! Get Tickets From 1975-1995, Ornette Coleman's Prime Time Band changed the rules for improvised music, and melded Free […]

Harrison Ivaz is a young Canadian-American guitarist and vocalist. A Capilano University Jazz Studies Grad, Harrison has studied with Vancouver jazz icon Bill Coon and performed as guitarist in the […]

Vancouver-based clarinetist and saxophonist Geoff Claridge has been fascinated for years by the bluesy folk-jazz of the early Jimmy Giuffre 3, a clarinet/guitar/trombone trio inspired by Claude Debussy's Sonata for […]

Returning to the Frankie’s After Dark series, Biboye Onanuga, presents: ’Low & Slow’ — a late-night offering in the tradition of ‘60s-era Spiritual Jazz. The Edmonton-based drummer is joined by […]

Lucky Thompson, Jackie McLean, Benny Carter and Bobby Timmons will be on the menu for this rare live session by Baritone saxophonist Ian Shaw, featuring Dave Esler on trumpet, Dan […]