Simple City is a collectively led modern jazz trio. Their self titled record, written during a residency at the Banff Centre in 2018 and recorded at Vancouver's Afterlife Studios, was released in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now scattered across the nation, Arthur Smith (guitar, Montreal), Jeff Gammon (bass, Calgary) and Kevin Romain […]
Bill Coon is a legend on the Canadian Jazz scene, and is considered one of the finest guitarists this country has ever produced. For this special performance at Hero's Welcome, Bill will be joined by James Danderfer on reeds, Conrad Good on bass, and Joe Poole on drums. Sundays at Hero's Welcome (3917 Main Street) […]
Gordon Grdina & Christian Lillinger are two of the creative Jazz World's most exciting and prolific improvisers. On April 09, they will be performing in Vancouver for the first time as a duo, performing selections from Duo Work, their groundbreaking new album that landed on numerous best of 2024 lists. Get Tickets Gordon Grdina - […]
Members of Ornette Coleman's Prime Time Band celebrate Harmolodics and Improvised Music! Get Tickets From 1975-1995, Ornette Coleman's Prime Time Band changed the rules for improvised music, and melded Free Jazz, Funk, and the Avant-Garde in ways that would change all three genres forever. For this special performance, Prime Time Members Dave Bryant, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, […]
Harrison Ivaz is a young Canadian-American guitarist and vocalist. A Capilano University Jazz Studies Grad, Harrison has studied with Vancouver jazz icon Bill Coon and performed as guitarist in the renowned Capilano University A Band under the direction of Brad Turner. Born in Chicago and raised in Vancouver, Harrison is also an accomplished rock performer […]
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 […]
Returning to the Frankie’s After Dark series, Biboye Onanuga, presents: ’Low & Slow’ — a late-night offering in the tradition of ‘60s-era Spiritual Jazz. The Edmonton-based drummer is joined by an iconoclast ensemble of Vancouver musicians Suin Park (piano), Feven Kidane (trumpet), and reuniting with Edmonton expat Sascha Liebrand (bass). This evening, Biboye invites you […]
Lucky Thompson, Jackie McLean, Benny Carter and Bobby Timmons will be on the menu for this rare live session by Baritone saxophonist Ian Shaw, featuring Dave Esler on trumpet, Dan Howard on bass, and Chris Haas on drums. Sundays at Hero's Welcome (3917 Main Street) is a weekly jazz series presented by Tim Reinert of […]
Returning to the VIFF stage, Biboye Onanuga, presents: ’The Music of Monk’. Get Tickets The Edmonton-based drummer is joined by an iconoclastic ensemble of Vancouver musicians Quincy Mayes (piano), Jodi […]
Skye Eriksen quartet is a group of Vancouver, BC based musicians, living and playing on the traditional territories of the xwməθkwəy̓ əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱ wú7mesh (Squamish), səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. Members […]