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SUMMARY:Feven Kidane & Tiny Pyramids Play Sun Ra at VIFF Centre
DESCRIPTION:To celebrate the music of Sun Ra\, two of Vancouver’s strongest creative voices join forces for a one-night only performance at the VIFF Centre\, along with a rare screening of the revolutionary 1974 Afro-Futurist film Space is the Place\, featuring Sun Ra. \nFeven Kidane is a Vancouver-based trumpeter who has been selling out shows at the VIFF Centre\, the Vancouver International Jazz Festival\, and numerous other venues for the past few years. For this special perfomance she’ll be collaborating with Tiny Pyramids\, a group of interstellar travellers who perform the music of Sun Ra\, featuring Dan Gaucher on drums\, Colin Cowan on bass\, Mary Ancheta on keyboards\, and Tom Wherrett on guitar. \nCome join Feven & Tiny Pyramids on a journey of sonic expansion that will take you parsecs away from your troubles and deliver you back to a new and improved Nebula. \nAfter their set\, we’ll enjoy Sun Ra’s one-of-a-kind film Space is the Place\, inspired by the concept album of the same name and a kind of Ur-text for Afrofuturism. It’s a wild\, kaleidoscopic whirl of science fiction\, sharp social commentary\, goofy pseudo-blaxploitation stylistics\, and thrilling concert performance\, in which the pharaonic Ra and his Arkestra lead an intergalactic movement to resettle the Black race on their utopian space colony.
URL:https://theinfidelsjazz.ca/event/feven-kidane-tiny-pyramids-play-sun-ra-at-viff-centre/
LOCATION:VIFF Centre\, 1181 Seymour Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6B 3M7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Concert,Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241208T140000
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SUMMARY:James Danderfer Sextet: A Tribute to Artie Shaw at VIFF Centre
DESCRIPTION:One of the most popular and intriguing big band leaders of the Swing era\, Artie Shaw took jazz clarinet to a new level of artistry and celebrity. On occasion\, Shaw would tour with a smaller group\, his Gramercy Five\, which became one of the fixtures of small group swing. Come and enjoy a rare performance of this melodic and jubilant music featuring James Danderfer clarinet\, Bill Coon guitar\, Sharon Minemoto piano\, Max Huberdeau vibraphone\, Dan Howard bass and Joe Poole drums\, to be followed by a screening of Artie Shaw: Time Is All You’ve Got. \nArtie Shaw: Time Is All You’ve Got (1985\, 115 min)\nAnchored by an incisive interview with its then 72-year-old subject\, Artie Shaw: Time is All You’ve Got looks back on the five-decade career of “King of the Clarinet” Artie Shaw (1910-2004)\, one of the most popular stars of the 1930s and ’40s Swing era. Brigitte Berman’s film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary in 1985\, and is screening in a new 4K restoration. Featuring: Artie Shaw\, Polly Haynes\, John Wexley\, Lee Castle\, John Best\, Helen Forrest\, Buddy Rich\, Mel Tormé. \nIn an era of separate white and Black bands\, Shaw broke the color barrier by hiring legendary African American musicians like Billie Holiday\, Hot Lips Page and Roy Eldridge for his bands. Shaw’s restlessness and intellectual curiosity (he’d author four books of fiction and non-fiction) led him to shun celebrity and retire from show business in the late 1940s\, with only occasional comebacks after. Known also as a ladies’ man\, Shaw’s eight wives included actresses Ava Gardner\, Lana Turner\, Doris Dowling\, Evelyn Keyes\, and novelist Kathleen Winsor\, author of the notoriously racy bestseller Forever Amber.
URL:https://theinfidelsjazz.ca/event/james-danderfer-sextet-a-tribute-to-artie-shaw-at-viff-centre/
LOCATION:VIFF Centre\, 1181 Seymour Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6B 3M7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Concert,Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241201T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241201T203000
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SUMMARY:Brandon Wint: Moving For Love at VIFF Centre
DESCRIPTION:Vancouver-based poet and filmmaker Brandon Wint presents two deeply-personal short films\, each of which is propelled by poetry and jazz. In Moving For Love Brandon explores for the first time the details of his family’s migration from the Caribbean to Canada in the early 1970s. With help from his mother and grandmother\, Brandon probes the social and familial forces that prompted his family to make the difficult journeys from Barbados and Jamaica. Brandon uses these histories as a portal through which to consider his own relationships to love\, sacrifice and new beginnings\, as a poet who has sought love and belonging in Toronto\, Ottawa\, Edmonton and now Vancouver. The film is scored by Vancouver jazz luminaries Feven Kidane\, Yoro Noukoussi\, and Quincy Mayes. \nThe second short film\, Backbone is a vulnerable memoir exploring how cerebral palsy\, the visible disability with which Brandon lives\, complicates the notion and practical realities of health and self-care. The film maps Brandon’s journey toward forgiving himself\, and his family\, for the ways that his complex physicality made accessing care difficult\, bewildering and sometimes painful. This film\, too\, is propelled by a dynamic musical score which features contributions from Edmonton’s Brian Raine\, Montreal’s Theo Abellard\, and Vancouver’s Anjalica Solomon. Both films use jazz as a means of prompting vulnerability and spiritual fortitude. \nThe night will begin with a musical performance by Feven Kidane\, Yoro Noukoussi\, Quincy Mayes and Brandon Wint. As poet and music critic Harmony Holiday once said “music is important because it governs the boundaries of thought that exceed language.” \nWe hope that this evening of film\, poetry and music will be beyond words. \n6:30 pm: Intros\, live music and poetry\n7:30 pm: Intermission\n7:50 pm: Films and Q&A
URL:https://theinfidelsjazz.ca/event/brandon-wint-moving-for-love-at-viff-centre/
LOCATION:VIFF Centre\, 1181 Seymour Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6B 3M7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Concert,Film
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SUMMARY:Vince Mai Plays Chet Baker + Let's Get Lost at VIFF Centre
DESCRIPTION:A set of smooth\, sublime\, and smoky jazz from trumpeter Vince Mai backed up by a stellar band with Steve Maddock on vocals. The set will feature many beloved Chet Baker standards and more in the same vein\, followed by the first local screening of Bruce Weber’s documentary about Baker\, one of essential films about jazz. \nMiles Black: Keys\nLaurence Mollerup: Upright bass\nBernie Arai: Drums\nSteve Maddock: Vocals\nVince Mai: Trumpet \nAbout Let’s Get Lost (Bruce Weber\, 1988\, 120 min) \nWith his languid\, cool horn and broken hearted vocal stylings Chet Baker became an icon in the 1950s (it didn’t hurt that he looked like Jimmy Dean). Years of drug addiction hampered his career and hinted at underlying issues\, but he continued to sing and play with haunting delicacy. Photographer Bruce Weber documented his last tour in the 1980s. One of the essential jazz films\, this is achingly tender\, steeped in beautiful music and black and white photography; a love letter to a lost soul. \nThe finest jazz movie ever made. Empire Magazine \nA gorgeous gravestone for the Beat Generation’s legacy of beautiful-loser chic. Jim Ridley\, The Village Voice
URL:https://theinfidelsjazz.ca/event/vince-mai-plays-chet-baker-lets-get-lost-at-viff-centre/
LOCATION:VIFF Centre\, 1181 Seymour Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6B 3M7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Concert,Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241116T190000
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SUMMARY:Feven Kidane Quartet + Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat at VIFF Centre
DESCRIPTION:A fierce talent on the local jazz scene\, trumpeter Feven Kidane presents a very special set of original music inspired by the documentary Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat… music which seeks to connect with the film and embody a learning spirit\, remembrance\, and decades-old shared grief. \nFeven explains\, “this film gives me mixed feelings. not mixed as in “i’m half in”\, but mixed in the fact that the content itself is so emotional that my horn will have to work extra hard. mixed in the fact that its honesty hurts me. this film has me enraged\, inspired\, and activated. it gives me hope for a united Blackness\, but upset by constant thwarted plans for its achievement.” \nFor this occasion\, Feven’s band consists of Quincy Mayes on keys\, Bernie Arai on drums\, and Milo Johnson on bass. \nAbout Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat:\nArtfully juxtaposing archival news reports\, investigative interviews\, and jazz\, Johan Grimonprez’s essay film takes a fresh look at the notorious events in the wake of Congo’s independence in the early 1960s\, culminating in the assassination of the country’s first democratically-elected leader\, Patrice Lumumba. It’s a film about the deceit at the heart of colonialism\, and about how jazz (Louis Armstrong\, Dizzy Gillespie\, Max Roach) figured into the politics of the Cold War and Black Liberation.
URL:https://theinfidelsjazz.ca/event/feven-kidane-quartet-soundtrack-to-a-coup-detat-at-viff-centre/
LOCATION:VIFF Centre\, 1181 Seymour Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6B 3M7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Concert,Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20241027T140000
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SUMMARY:Ron Samworth & Melissa Hubert's Etiquette of Dying at VIFF Centre
DESCRIPTION:“When does one begin dying?” That’s the first question posed by this poetical but direct contemplation of mortality. A unique collaboration between guitarist Ron Samworth and filmmaker Melissa Hubert\, The Etiquette of Dying came out of Ron’s experience with cancer a few years ago\, which inspired a suite\, and which in turn inspired Hubert’s 50-minute animated film. After the screening Ron and Melissa will take audience questions\, and then Ron will lead a 4-piece band in an improvised live performance featuring Peggy Lee (Cello)\, Elisa Thorn (Harp) and and Jesus Caballero (Drums). \nThe Etiquette of Dying invites audiences on a transformative audiovisual journey\, encouraging reflection on the human experience and our relationship with mortality. With evocative music and striking visuals\, the piece explores the dimensions of the dying process\, encompassing its mental\, emotional\, and physical aspects. Samworth’s composition captures the nuanced emotions of this transitional period. Through her visual direction\, Hubert evokes a sense of contemplation and contemplation in viewers. Featuring Vancouver musicians Peggy Lee\, JP Carter\, Elise Thorn\, André Lachance\, and Jesus Adrian Caballero Ramirez and narrator Patti Wotherspoon\, the suite provides a rich listening experience through various musical energies\, improvisation\, and instrumental textures.
URL:https://theinfidelsjazz.ca/event/ron-samworth-melissa-huberts-etiquette-of-dying-at-viff-centre/
LOCATION:VIFF Centre\, 1181 Seymour Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6B 3M7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Concert,Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240822T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240822T170000
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SUMMARY:Mike Allen Trio Plays John Coltrane's Blue World  at VIFF Centre
DESCRIPTION:Get your tickets at the early bird price of $18 before September 5. Regular tickets will be $25. \nSixty years ago\, inspired by Jean-Luc Godard and John Cassavetes\, Gilles Groulx made a French-Canadian nouvelle vague movie in Montreal. Le chat dans le sac is a portrait of an earnest\, self-absorbed young man — a would-be revolutionary — and his exploitative relationship with a naive theatre student. To compose the score\, Groulx turned to bebop saxophonist John Coltrane… whose score was finally released in 2022 as the album Blue World. The film is a fascinating time capsule capturing Montreal in the early 60s\, the cultural currents of the time (with newspapers looming large)\, and the sexual attitudes of the period. This screening will be preceded by a live jazz concert by the Mike Allen Trio. \nMike Allen is a legendary tenor saxophonist who has been at the forefront of the Canadian Jazz scene for 30 years. Known for his work with everybody from Michael Bublé to Sonny Greenwich\, Mike is particularly adept at interpreting the music of John Coltrane. Before this special screening of Le chat dans le sac (The Cat in the Bag) Mike will be joined by Adam Thomas on bass\, and Julian MacDonough on drums\, for a unique performance featuring the music of Coltrane’s Blue Room (featuring the soundtrack of the film)\, and other Coltrane compositions. \nJoin us as we celebrate the 98th birthday of John Coltrane and the 60th Anniversary of a French Canadian classic. \nAn accomplished musician who has studied Coltrane in depth and forged a style that is fresh and vital \nJazz Journal International \nGet tickets!
URL:https://theinfidelsjazz.ca/event/mike-allen-trio-plays-john-coltranes-blue-world-at-viff-centre/
LOCATION:VIFF Centre\, 1181 Seymour Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6B 3M7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Concert,Film
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240323T230000
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SUMMARY:Blue Giant
DESCRIPTION:Revered pianist Hiromi Uehar composed the score for this electrifying jazz anime\, a movie which makes no apology for its obsession with the sound and fury of musical ferment. It’s the story of Dai\, a young man who decides he’s going to to be the next John Coltrane. He leaves his sleepy hometown for the crowded nightclubs of Tokyo\, and eventually forms a trio — Jass — with pianist Yukinori and drummer Shunji. But do they have what it takes to make it? \nThe director Yuzuru Tachikawa has described the filim as “a concert in the theatre”\, and that’s right: this movie is all about applying animation to express musicality. Which is why this is the definitive jazz movie of the last decade. \n Mar 23: Screening will be preceded by a free 30-minute set in the atrium by Erika Chow’s Blue Giant Trio at 7:30 pm \nThe film beautifully captures the power of live performance\, the passion and intensity woven into the fabric of jazz\, and most impressively the way they pour their life experiences into their art. So the key for each of them as they develop as musicians is to bare their souls. This is bold\, thrilling\, powerfully moving storytelling. \nRich Cline\, Shadows on the Wall \nBursting off the screen in a cacophony of improvised jam sessions and electrifying solo performances\, Blue Giant proves an intoxicating kaleidoscope of ambition\, passion\, sacrifice and all that jazz. \nJames Marsh\, South China Morning Post \nBlue Giant is as improbably close to watching a live performance as animation can get. A swooning big-screen experience. \nTara Brady\, The Irish Times \nBook Tickets Today
URL:https://theinfidelsjazz.ca/event/blue-giant/
LOCATION:VIFF Centre\, 1181 Seymour Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6B 3M7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Concert,Film
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