Pressley Murillo is a Vancouver-based Mexican-American vocalist and band leader in her fourth year of the Capilano University Jazz Studies program. With deep love and respect for the tradition of Black American Classical music, she draws inspiration from Iconic Jazz artists such as Sarah Vaughan, and Betty Carter and Latinx artists like Celia Cruz and […]
Canadian jazz pianist, composer, and vocalist Jillian Lebeck is one of the most dynamic and exciting voices on the Canadian Jazz scene. Her debut recording "Living in Pieces" (MaximumJazz/Universal) spent several weeks in the number 1 position on the national Chart Attack radiocharts. She is an alumni of the prestigious Berklee College of Music. Her […]
Brad Shigeta and his swinging trombone will be featured in a quartet featuring Oliver Gannon (guitar); Noah Gotfrit (bass) and Buff Allen (drums). Brad has spent the last four decades performing, recording and touring internationally with such artists as Rob McConnel, Dave Holland, Joe Williams, The Duke Ellington Orchestra and the Lincoln Centre Jazz Orchestra. […]
This special concert will celebrate the release of two new albums on Infidels Jazz by Darren Williams & Bruce Freedman respectively. Darren Williams is a musical performance graduate from Toronto where he studied contemporary improvisation at York University with Professor Casey Sokol. Since 1997 Williams has been active as a performer devoted to musical improvisation […]
Born in January, 1924, Maxwell Roach would become one of the defining percussionists of his era. A pioneer in bebop, he played with game-changers like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Mingus, Thelonious Monk and Miles Davis, led a sublime quintet with Clifford Brown in the 1950s, and kept reinventing his sound, exploring free jazz and […]
Biboye Onanuga is a British-born Nigerian-Canadian drummer, and imaginative composer based in Edmonton. A recent MacEwan University Music graduate, Biboye quickly became a sought-after player and has made meaningful contributions to the local scene through his instrumental hip-hop/jazz band, Good information, and 2-year-tenure weekly music series, New Standards. In 2019, Biboye's dedication to the craft […]
Ben Wayne Kyle is a guitar player, singer and composer based in Vancouver with over a decade of experience performing. Ben plays across a variety of genres including jazz, funk, folk and rock and will mainly be playing original music inspired by artists such as Bill Frisell, Grant Green and Pat Martino. Ben recently graduated […]
Tamas Balai + David Caballero + Jake Kostuchuk + Jordy McIntosh
For this very special open Jam Session, Houston’s welcomes Vancouver’s Jazz musicians to the stage! Bring your instrument for a unique opportunity to play with some of the best Jazz musicians the US has to offer! Featuring: Jalen Baker – Vibes Samuel Reid – piano Gabe Godoy – bass Gavin Moolchan- drums Frankie's After Dark […]
Dan Gaucher's Strange Worlds crafts melodic, rhythmically nuanced soundscapes that reflect the here and now while attempting to envision alternate futures. An amalgam of Jazz and Rock influences mix the create a grounded journey through earthy grooves and ethereal sonic textures. For Alvaro Rojas (guitar), James Meger (bass) and Dan Gaucher (drums) familiar melodies and […]
