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, improviser, and composer. He leads his own trio, is the pianist for Indo-Jazz Fusion band Raagaverse, writes for film. Andrea Wong is a sound designer […]
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 Project, Shruti seems to be having a zeitgeist moment in her adopted city of Vancouver. For this special performance, Shruti will be bringing her unique […]
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 Flute, Viola and Harp. Each of the three contrasting instruments are meant to fill every role of the ensemble at different points, and in this […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
