Supporting and promoting Vancouver’s vibrant and emerging jazz scene

The Ramdas Brothers featuring Arvind Ramdas, Arjun Ramdas, Jimi James, and Steve Kaldestad. Since parting ways 4 years ago in order to study music, Arvind and Arjun Ramdas finally reunite […]

Gordy Li is a Chinese-Canadian saxophonist, synthesist, and aesthetician residing on unceded Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō, Səlilwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) lands who has been turning heads with an artistic voice […]

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 […]

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 […]