Max Huberdeau is a Vancouver-based jazz pianist, drummer and composer. He has performed extensively around western Canada with a variety of artists, including many of Vancouver's finest jazz musicians. His […]
Jon Bentley is one of the most respected tenor players on the Canadian scene. He pleased to bring his new quartet to Hero's Welcome, featuring: Jon Bentley - tenor saxophone […]
This ensemble is excited to perform Franche-Nolan’s latest suite of music entitled Orbits. The suite is a musical and thematic exploration of inter-related cycles. Noah Franche-Nolan is a Canadian pianist, […]
Shruti Ramani is one of the most talked about Jazz singers in Canada right now. From her forthcoming album with her band Raagaverse to her live concerts with the Ostara […]
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 […]
“There's everything you think you know about big band, and then there's Space Elevator” (Vancouver Jazz Fest) Composer and bandleader Mike WT Allen, who's portfolio includes performances by the Hard Rubber Orchestra, Redshift Music, and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, formed the 20 person jazz-metal powerhouse Space Elevator as a vehicle to deliver Mike's ideas of […]
Jordy McIntosh is one of the most talked about young Jazz drummers in Vancouver right now. For his Infidels leader's debut, he's put together a selection of some of his favourite Bill Stewart/John Scofield tunes, and has formed a fantastic quartet to do that with: Erika Chow: Tenor David Caballero: Bass Jake Kostachuck: Guitar Pass […]
Sharon Minemoto has been a cornerstone of the Vancouver Jazz Community for decades. For this special jam session, Sharon invites the city’s great jazz singers to come down and perform with her and her trio. Piano: Sharon Minemoto Bass: Wynston Minckler Drums: Dave Robbins Frankie's After Dark takes place every Friday and Saturday at Frankie's […]
Bill Clark (EWI), John Gross (Tenor), Ron Samworth (Guitar) & Kenton Loewen (Drums) are legends of Vancouver’s creative music and Free Jazz scenes, and are delighted to be performing at Frankie’s After Dark for this special one-time performance. Frankie's After Dark takes place every Friday and Saturday at Frankie's Jazz Club in downtown Vancouver and […]
For the first time ever, two of BC's most in-demand Jazz musicians team up with two of New York's heaviest heavy hitters. Steve Kaldestad (Tenor), John Lee (Bass), Sarah Hanahan (Alto) and Joe Farnsworth (Drums) will be performing as part of the Sunday Jazz series at Hero's Welcome for one show only, in a special […]
