Frankie's After Dark takes place every Friday and Saturday at Frankie's Jazz Club in downtown Vancouver and is curated by Tim Reinert of Infidels Jazz. Shows start at 11:00PM and tickets are $10. The Jesse Cahill Trio presents the organ group not simply as a momentary phenomena or musical novelty of the past but as […]
Afro-Caribbean improvisational trumpet-and-percussion duo Aquiles Navarro & Tcheser Holmes, are longtime friends, collaborators, devotees of New York City’s creative music scenes, and members of celebrated free jazz collective Irreversible Entanglements. In September of 2014, Navarro and Holmes self-released an album of improvisations that they’d recorded in Panama earlier that summer. The following spring, they were […]
Vancouver-born, Berlin-based keyboardist Tyson Naylor has performed internationally in very diverse musical settings, from Free Jazz to Soul to chamber ensembles. He’s played with Destroyer, Frazey Ford, and Dan Mangan, as well as larger groups such as the Warsaw Improviser’s Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, and Turning Point Ensemble, and in venues across Canada, the US, […]
Junk Story channels the gritty elegance of 70s and 80s jazz into their own distinctive sound. With a nod to the lost generation of jazz musicians, they capture the spirit of an era when the music was unapologetically raw. For this Frankie’s After Dark performance Junk Story is Chad Makela (saxophone), Brad Turner (electric piano), […]
On July 04, Star System makes their long-awaited return to play the music of the legendary Sun Ra at Hero's Welcome. Led by Dan Gaucher & featuring 13 (!!!!) of the city's finest creative musicians, Star System invites you to an evening of Outer Space Music! This group has performed only sporadically since it's formation […]
The Jason de Couto Organ Trio is a Vancouver organ trio led by Jason de Couto on Hammond B3 Organ, and features Alvin Brendan on Guitar and Buff Allen on Drums. All three members are active and integral musicians in the local music scene and work in a variety of ensembles as leaders and sidemen. […]
Adam Robert Thomas is a JUNO Nominated performer from Vancouver, Canada. He was introduced in the US as the feature vocalist and bassist of the critically acclaimed Dan Brubeck Quartet. His 2018 self-titled debut album spent 12 weeks in the top 50 of R&B and Soul radio charts for Roots Music Report, as well has […]
One of the finest tenor players in the country makes his return to the Hero's Welcome stage! Ardeshir will be joined by by Winston Matsushita, David Caballero & Graham Villette! Sundays at Hero's Welcome (3917 Main Street) is a weekly jazz series presented by Tim Reinert of Infidels Jazz. The concept is to provide an […]
Get your tickets at the early bird price of $18 before August 5. Regular tickets will be $25. Here’s the double whammy of the season! Fresh from their sold out shows at Tyrant Studios & Hero’s Welcome, the Cowboy Bebop Bebop Band (led by Steven Zhu) returns, featuring some of the hottest young Jazz musicians […]
MRD3 aka Mad Riddim Dub Trio, features the engine room (Richard Brown - drums, Matt Reid - bass and Cuyler Biller - guitar) of popular Vancouver reggae group Mad Riddim. Forming prior to the pandemic as a way to explore classic reggae albums via a heavy, minimalist and fully improvised dub aesthetic, the group continue […]
