Infidels Jazz

KneeJerk + Cory Weeds
2023-11-17 23:00 - 2023-11-18 01:00 (America/Vancouver) | Frankie’s Jazz Club, 755 Beatty St, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6B 2M4, Canada
KneeJerk is a trio featuring of some of the leading lights in Vancouver’s improvised music scene: Brian Horswill on piano, Karlis Silins on bass & Kenton Loewen on drums. They recently released their first album on the Infidels Jazz label.

Cory Weeds is one of the west coast’s most exciting and dynamic Jazz saxophonists.

On November 17, these leaders of two very different parts of Vancouver’s Creative Music Scene will perform together for the very first time at Frankie’s After Dark.

Jazz House Electric
2023-11-15 19:30 - 22:30 | Chill x Studio, 2270 Manitoba St, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 1K2, Canada
Every Friday night, a house deep in the bowels of Marpole I comes alive with the sounds of the hottest young jazz musicians in Vancouver. Every so often, they can be coaxed out of their lair to perform for you.

For this special performance, Jazz House Electric is:
Jimi James (Keyboards)
Spencer Drody (Trumpet)
Patrick Kao (Guitar)
Brad Pearson (Bass)
Connon Lum (Alto Sax)
Arvind Ramdas (Drums)

Jazz Arts at Chill X Studios is a new weekly Wednesday night Jazz series presented by Tim Reinert of Infidels Jazz and hosted by Chill X, an exciting new comedy club/events space in the heart of Mt. Pleasant, at 2270 Manitoba Street.

Ruby Lane Organ Trio
2023-11-11 23:00 - 2023-11-12 01:00 | Frankie’s Jazz Club, 755 Beatty St, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6B 2M4, Canada
With a deep love for the great organ groups of the past, the three members of Ruby Lane Organ Trio got together to not just emulate their heroes, but to take the music in new directions. A pop song can swing, a swing tune becomes a rock shuffle, an old jazz standard will sound different with a new time signature, a hard-funk edge, or as a tango, Our main focus is make it groove.

Personnel
Jim Flaming – guitar
Erik Reimers – organ
Marke Andrews – drums

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.

Josh Roberts Trio
2023-11-10 23:00 - 2023-11-11 01:00 | Frankie’s Jazz Club, 755 Beatty St, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6B 2M4, Canada

Will Chernoff’s Western Red Cedar
2023-11-08 20:00 - 23:00 | Chill x Studio, 2270 Manitoba St, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 1K2, Canada
Western Red Cedar is an all-new project by bandleader William Chernoff, bringing a decade’s worth of folk music experiences into a jazz ensemble. Inspired by a new wave of folk-jazz led by award-winning young instrumentalists like Matt Carmichael and Fergus McCreadie,

Will presents new original compositions alongside arrangements of Irish, Scottish, and pan-Canadian tunes. With Erika Chow – tenor saxophone, Katie Stewart – fiddle, Jancis Bautista – piano, William Chernoff – bass, & Jamison Ko – drums.

Jazz Arts at Chill X Studios is a new weekly Wednesday night Jazz series presented by Tim Reinert of Infidels Jazz and hosted by Chill X, an exciting new comedy club/events space in the heart of Mt. Pleasant, at 2270 Manitoba Street.

Johanna Hauser with Josh Zubot & Kenton Loewen
2023-11-06 20:00 - 22:30 | Tyrant Studios, 1019 Seymour St,, Vancouver, BC, V6B 3M3, Canada
Johanna Hauser (Bass Clarinet) received her bachelor’s degree from Vassar College (honours), her master’s degree in performance from the Manhattan School of Music (Andrew Goodman Prize for excellence in clarinet), and a stipend for further studies at Yale at Norfolk. Johanna began her career in New York City performing with groups such as Dance Theater of Harlem, Bel Canto Opera, the Brooklyn Philharmonia Chamber Orchestra, The Group for Contemporary Music, The Queens Symphony and The Queens Symphony Woodwind Quintet.

Johanna teaches at Place des Arts, and directs and performs with the Kits Classics & Worlds Beyond chamber music series at St. James Hall. She is a member of the Vancouver Inter-cultural Orchestra and has premiered pieces by many local composers.

Johanna can be heard on the soundtrack of Trawna tuh Belvul (National Film Board of Canada) and on the CDs, L’ivresse de la vitesse (Diffusion/ Media) and The Last Arrow (Dream on Productions). She also plays solo music for group meditations and private functions.

For this special New Thing performance, she will be joined by Joshua Zubot (violin) and Kenton Loewen (Drums).

The New Thing is a monthly series dedicated to free jazz and improvised music. It’s co-presented by Infidels Jazz & NOW Society, and takes place at Tyrant Studios one Monday a month.

Tickets can be found at: https://seven-tyrants-theatre.square.site/

Teresa Marie Quartet
2023-11-05 13:00 - 15:30 | Hero’s Welcome, 3917 Main Street, Vancouver, BC, V5V 3P2, Canada
MORE INFO TBA

Dan Gaucher Trio
2023-11-04 23:00 - 2023-11-05 01:00 | Frankie’s Jazz Club, 755 Beatty St, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6B 2M4, Canada
INFO TBA

WABI with Bernie Arai & Chris Gestrin
2023-11-03 23:00 - 2023-11-04 01:00 | Frankie’s Jazz Club, 755 Beatty St, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6B 2M4, Canada
Longtime collaborators Chris and Bernie create ephemeral acoustic improvisations based on the Japanese aesthetic principle of shibui.
Performance highlights include the Vancouver International Jazz Festival and Powell Street Festival. Their debut self-titled recording garnered a nomination for the Western Canadian Music Award for Jazz Artist of the Year in 2016.

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.

Greasy G & The Poole Party
2023-11-01 19:30 - 21:30 | Chill x Studio, 2270 Manitoba St, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 1K2, Canada
Driving Latin, swing, and Afrobeat grooves + greasy Hammond organ = good times!

The spontaneously combustible trio of Chris Gestrin keyboards, Joe Poole drums, and Jack Duncan congas and percussion delivers the funky goods. Recommended for anyone who loves some “Green Onions” while hanging out “On the Corner”!

Jazz Arts at Chill X Studios is a new weekly Wednesday night Jazz series presented by Tim Reinert of Infidels Jazz and hosted by Chill X, an exciting new comedy club/events space in the heart of Mt. Pleasant, at 2270 Manitoba Street.

Rocky Horror Music Show
2023-10-31 20:00 - 23:00 | VIFF Centre, 1181 Seymour Street, Vancouver, BC, V6B 3M7, Canada

John Lee Trio
2023-10-28 23:00 - 2023-10-29 01:00 | Frankie’s Jazz Club, 755 Beatty St, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6B 2M4, Canada

Gordy Li Smurf Quartet
2023-10-28 20:00 - 23:00 | All-City Athletics, 130 West Hastings, alley entrance, Vancouver, BC, V6B 1G9, Canada

Graham Villette & Kosma Busheikin with Atley King
2023-10-27 23:00 - 2023-10-28 01:00 | Frankie’s Jazz Club, 755 Beatty St, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6B 2M4, Canada

PATH
2023-10-25 20:00 - 22:00 | Chill x Studio, 2270 Manitoba St, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 1K2, Canada

Will Clements Trio
2023-10-24 20:00 - 23:00 | The Painted Ship, 2884 W Broadway, Vancouver, BC, V6K 2G6, Canada

The Infidels All-Stars
2023-10-23 21:00 - 23:00 | Hot Deli, 518 E Broadway, Vancouver, BC, V5T 1X4, Canada

Colin Sankey Trio
2023-10-21 23:00 - 2023-10-22 01:00 | Frankie’s Jazz Club, 755 Beatty St, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6B 2M4, Canada

Jason De Couto Trio
2023-10-20 23:00 - 2023-10-21 01:00 | Frankie’s Jazz Club, 755 Beatty St, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6B 2M4, Canada

Jonah Parzen-Johnson at Chill x Studios
2023-10-19 19:30 - 22:30 | Chill x Studio, 2270 Manitoba St, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 1K2, Canada
Jonah Parzen-Johnson makes music for baritone saxophone & flute that challenges listeners with experimental textures & forms while embracing them with warm approachable melodies.

A Chicago native and longtime Brooklyn resident, Jonah has performed solo in more than a dozen countries across four continents. He has brought his music to festivals in Berlin & Helsinki, concert halls in Istanbul & Brugge, rock clubs in Rotterdam & Montreal, and Jazz clubs in New York & Chicago.

His solo performances are a deeply intimate experience in which he endeavors to share who he is, how he sees our world, and the temporary moments of community that we can all embrace together. His latest work for solo baritone saxophone and flute, “You’re Never Really Alone”, is an emotionally evocative celebration of the precious relationship between improvisor and audience.

The percussive worlds of Chacal del Tamborazo and Adrian Avendaño collided in 2018, performing at Rhythmic Resonance: An Evening of New Music for Bateria [11 Drum Set] Ensemble organised by Vancouver New Music Artistic Director, Giorgio Manganensi.

The performance marked the beginning of a journey of camaraderie and friendship brought together through experimental percussive expression. The duo is a melding of various stylistic influences and approaches, culminating to create psychedelic sonic incantations and abstractions.

They are interested in the tradition of textural approaches to the drumset to manifest creative soundscapes, reflecting the internal and external influences of the present moment.
Tickets are available in advance here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-infidels-presents-jonah-parzen-johnson-at-chill-x-studios-tickets-722196809097

Paul Pigat with Cam Wilson & Brent Gubbels
2023-10-18 20:00 - 23:00 | Chill x Studio, 2270 Manitoba St, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 1K2, Canada
This will be a night of traditional vocal jazz from the golden era of american songwriting, featuring Vancouver’s own Paul Pigat, Brent Gubbels, and Cam Wilson.
Chill X Infidels is a new weekly Wednesday night Jazz series presented by Tim Reinert of Infidels Jazz and hosted by Chill X, an exciting new comedy club/events space in the heart of Mt. Pleasant, at 2270 Manitoba Street.

Tatsuya Nakatani with special guests Kenton Loewen & JP Carter
2023-10-16 20:00 - 23:00 | Hot Deli, 518 E Broadway, Vancouver, BC, V5T 1X4, Canada
Tatsuya Nakatani is an avant-garde percussionist, composer, and artist of sound. Active internationally since the 1990s, Nakatani has released over 80 recordings and tours extensively, performing over 150 concerts a year. His primary focus is his solo work and his large ensemble project, the Nakatani Gong Orchestra. He teaches master classes and lectures at universities and music conservatories around the world. Originally from Japan, he makes his home in the desert town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. With his activity in new music, improvisation, and experimental music, Nakatani has a long history of collaboration.

Nakatani’s distinctive music centered around his adapted bowed gong, supported by an array of drums, cymbals, and singing bowls. In consort with his personally hand-carved Kobo Bows, he has spent decades refining and developing his sound as an arrangement of formations of vibrations, incorporated in shimmering layers of silence and texture. Within this contemporary work, one can still recognize the dramatic pacing, formal elegance and space (ma) felt in traditional Japanese music.

Kenton Loewen (Dan Mangan, Peregrine Falls, the Crackling) & JP Carter (Haram, Destroyer, Inhabitants) are cornerstones of the Vancouver, B.C. free jazz and improv scenes and are both founding members of the 8East Collective. Their first album, It Becomes Us, was released in 2021 on The Infidels Jazz label. For this opening performance they will be playing Free Jazz Classics, as well as original improvisations.

This event will be on October 16th at the Lido at 518 E. Broadway.

Tickets are $15 at the door.

Saul Berson Quartet at Hero's Welcome
2023-10-15 13:00 - 15:30 | Hero’s Welcome, 3917 Main Street, Vancouver, BC, V5V 3P2, Canada
Featuring Wynston Matsushita, David Caballero, Arvind Ramdas, Saul Berson.

Ha Siblings Play Alice Coltrane with Jancis Bautista, Bella Fedrigo & Karl DeJong
2023-10-14 23:00 - 2023-10-15 01:00 | Frankie’s Jazz Club, 755 Beatty St, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6B 2M4, Canada
Tenor saxophonists Ruthie and Paco Ha are siblings based in Vancouver who, despite sharing the same instrument and many musical idols, both provide their own unique styles to music. Paco is a recent grad of Capilano’s Jazz studies program, while Ruthie is in their third year. They are both pleased to be playing their first gig together with their friends Jancis Bautista, Bella Fedrigo, and Karl DeJong.
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.

Amphibioux with Julia Farry , Choenden Kyirong, Tiago Cavalcanti, Mauricio Zani, John Nicholson
2023-10-13 23:00 - 2023-10-14 01:00 | Frankie’s Jazz Club, 755 Beatty St, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6B 2M4, Canada
Amphibioux came together through synchronicity and hope. Seeking out connection and healing, a group of musicians happened upon each other and started jamming. Charged with the electric energy of human connection, the Amphibians were brought to mellifluous wetlands fertile with harmony and rhythm.
Drawing from the roots of choro, forró, samba, baião, bossa nova and jazz, we play to honor the musical giants that came before us, while creating music and moments to decorate time. The foundation of this music will be cooked by your classic cozinha of drum/percussion, piano and upright bass. Adding the spices to sprinkle on the groove will be the lyrical trombone. Venha pra celebrar a música brasileira!
Julia Farry – Upright Bass
Choenden Kyirong – Trombone
Tiago Cavalcanti – Percussion/Drums
Mauricio Zani – Keys
John Nicholson – Reeds
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.

Mandelbrat with Mike WT Allen, Nikko Whitworth & Morgan Sidky
2023-10-11 20:00 - 23:00 | Chill x Studio, 2270 Manitoba St, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 1K2, Canada
Mandelbrat is an exploratory improvised instrumental trio consisting of Mike WT Allen on sax, Nikko Whitworth on bass, and Morgan Sidky on drums. The instrumentation is augmented by a plethora of effects pedals and electronics that are used to create otherworldly soundscapes and textures.

The music can travel between ambient explorations, heavy grooves, soaring melodies, and outright noise at any given time.
Come get weird and dirty with Mandelbrat.

Chill X Infidels is a new weekly Wednesday night Jazz series presented by Tim Reinert of Infidels Jazz and hosted by Chill X, an exciting new comedy club/events space in the heart of Mt. Pleasant, at 2270 Manitoba Street.

Connor Lum Quartet with Patrick Kao, Dan Howard & Omar Amlani
2023-10-07 23:00 - 2023-10-08 01:00 | Frankie’s Jazz Club, 755 Beatty St, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6B 2M4, Canada
The Connor Lum quartet will perform an extensive assortment of originals and standards, drawing inspiration from contemporary figures all the way back to the pioneers of the jazz tradition. This performance is bound to have a little something for everyone.

Connor will be debuting a new group, performing alongside Patrick Kao on guitar, Dan Howard on bass, and Omar Amlani on drums. Be sure not to miss out on the surprise guest appearance!

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.

Patrick Kao Quartet with Jimi James, Brad Pearson & Jamison Ko
2023-10-06 23:00 - 2023-10-07 01:00 | Frankie’s Jazz Club, 755 Beatty St, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6B 2M4, Canada
Vancouver-based Patrick Kao has been performing at clubs and festivals as a jazz guitarist — since graduating from Capilano University with a dean’s award, Patrick has been in demand as a leader and sideman in the music community, as well as a sought after educator and private instructor.

During his time at Cap, he had the amazing opportunity to collaborate with two of NYC’s most respected jazz musicians, Peter Bernstein and Renee Rosnes, as part of the Capilano A Band. Patrick also shared the stage in Daniel Hersog’s Jazz Orchestra with renowned pianist Dave Restivo, and NYC heavy-weights Nick Biello and Charlie Porter. Patrick credits a crucial part of his education to Bill Coon, Oliver Ganon and John Lee, and has since performed with Bill Coon since his days as a music student.

Patrick Kao: Guitar
Jimi James: Piano
Brad Pearson: Bass
Jamison Ko: Drums

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.

Fraser MacPherson Jazz Fund Jam Session Hosted by Chris Fraser
2023-10-05 21:30 - 23:30 | Tyrant Studios, 1019 Seymour St,, Vancouver, BC, V6B 3M3, Canada
Local guitar hero Chris Fraser will be hosting a very special jam session at Tyrant Studios designed to highlight the Fraser MacPherson Jazz Fund, and the work it does with young musicians in the Vancouver Jazz community. Come bring your axe and play at this unique jam, co-presented by the Infidels Jazz & the Fraser MacPherson Jazz Fund.

Guitar: Chris Fraser
Piano: Jillian Lebeck
Bass: Bella Fedrigo
Drums: Todd Stewart

The Fraser MacPherson Jazz Fund is dedicated to offering financial assistance and educational opportunities for jazz students in British Columbia. In addition to providing several yearly scholarships to BC’s most promising young jazz instrumentalists, the FMJF hosts public, free admission workshops by some of the world’s most renown jazz artists.

The Infidels presents over 20 shows a month in the Vancouver area, at venues all over the city.

Tickets are $15 and can be bought in advance here: https://seven-tyrants-theatre.square.site/

Tickets are $10 for all jam session participants.

Arrington De Dionyso, James Meger & Kenton Loewen
2023-10-02 19:30 - 21:30 | Tyrant Studios, 1019 Seymour St,, Vancouver, BC, V6B 3M3, Canada
Arrington de Dionyso is an artist, musician, linguist, and instrument inventor based in Olympia, Washington. From 1995 until 2008 he was the leader of OLD TIME RELIJUN, a beloved art-punk combo that released eight albums with K Records. In 2009 he founded MALAIKAT DAN SINGA, melding free associative Indonesian translations of William Blake with dancehall rhythms and postpunk angularity.

For this special performance Arrington will be joined for the first time ever by local improvising icons James Meger (Bass) & Kenton Loewen (Drums).

The New Thing is a monthly series dedicated to free jazz and improvised music. It’s co-presented by Infidels Jazz & NOW Society, and takes place at Tyrant Studios one Monday a month.
