Supporting and promoting Vancouver’s vibrant and emerging jazz scene

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 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 […]

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 Black American Classical music, she draws inspiration from Iconic Jazz artists such as Sarah Vaughan, and Betty Carter and Latinx artists like Celia Cruz and […]

Canadian jazz pianist, composer, and vocalist Jillian Lebeck is one of the most dynamic and exciting voices on the Canadian Jazz scene. Her debut recording "Living in Pieces" (MaximumJazz/Universal) spent several weeks in the number 1 position on the national Chart Attack radiocharts. She is an alumni of the prestigious Berklee College of Music. Her […]

Brad Shigeta and his swinging trombone will be featured in a quartet featuring Oliver Gannon (guitar); Noah Gotfrit (bass) and Buff Allen (drums). Brad has spent the last four decades performing, recording and touring internationally with such artists as Rob McConnel, Dave Holland, Joe Williams, The Duke Ellington Orchestra and the Lincoln Centre Jazz Orchestra. […]