TD International Jazz Festival – 2016 Program Guide by Westender

A Sound Experience Subscribe and save up to 25% Tickets and info at chancentre.com Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue – SEP 25 Mariza – NOV 2 I Diego El Cigala – NOV 20 Dianne Reeves – FEB 22 I Noche Flamenca’s Antigona – MAR 12 Anda Union – MAR 26 I Max Raabe and Palast Orchester – APR 9 Bobby McFerrin – APR 29

Welcome to the 31st Annual TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival TD Bank Group is pleased to bring you the 2016 TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival, a world-class event celebrating talented and culturally diverse artists from Canada and around the world. In Vancouver, we share a love of music – it is a passion that brings us together and enriches our lives. Music is one of many ways that TD connects with customers and communities across the country. And what better way to come together than to celebrate music at more than nine major music festivals from Victoria to Halifax. Thousands of fans across Vancouver – including me – look forward to this event every year. I’m excited to take in the music by local and international talent and enjoy the great celebration this festival has to offer! This incredible event wouldn’t be possible without the amazing people involved. Thank you to the hundreds of organizers, volunteers, talented musicians and, of course, the thousands of fans who make the 2016 TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival a hit every year. We are thrilled you’ve all come together in our spectacular backyard for the love of music.

Mauro Manzi Senior Vice President TD Canada Trust, Pacific Region

A MESSAGE FROM THE MINISTER OF CANADIAN HERITAGE Welcome to the 31st TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival! Thanks to an extensive lineup that brings together concerts, workshops and training, this musical gathering has succeeded in making its mark on the arts and culture scene in Western Canada. The Festival, which attracts an audience hundreds of thousands strong, makes an outstanding contribution to the economic and cultural vitality of this region of the country. This is why the Government of Canada is proud to support its presentation. As Minister of Canadian Heritage, I salute the Coastal Jazz and Blues Society, as well as all the music lovers and the many volunteers who helped bring the 2016 TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival to life. Enjoy the shows!

Mélanie Joly MINISTER OF CANADIAN HERITAGE 4

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A MESSAGE FROM THE PREMIER As Premier of the Province of British Columbia, I am pleased to welcome everyone to the 2016 TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival. For the past 31 years, Metro Vancouver has been fortunate to host this internationally acclaimed event. With over 300 concerts spread across 35 venues, this is a wonderful opportunity to enjoy amazing performances set against the breathtaking beauty of Vancouver. Coupled with educational programs, workshops and free performances, I’m sure that this event will inspire people of all ages. I know that it takes a tremendous amount of planning and organization to bring together a festival of this magnitude, and I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Coastal Jazz and Blues Society, TD Canada Trust and over 600 volunteers who have dedicated their efforts to ensure that this event is a success. Enjoy the shows everyone! Sincerely,

Christy Clark PREMIER

A MESSAGE FROM THE MINISTER OF COMMUNITY, SPORT AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT On behalf of Premier Christy Clark and the Government of British Columbia, I would like to welcome everyone to the 31st annual TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival. Jazz is well loved around the world. The TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival not only provides exceptional musical experiences for more than half a million attendees, but also generates $35 million in economy activity in the area. Arts and culture are at the heart of the creative economy, one of the most rapidly growing sectors in the world. As B.C.’s largest arts and cultural event, Vancouver’s world-class jazz festival enhances our province’s prosperity and global profile as a great place to live, work and play. Thank you to everyone behind this year’s festival: the organizers, volunteers, venues, musicians and fans. I wish you great success. Sincerely,

Peter Fassbender MINISTER OF COMMUNITY, SPORT AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT TD VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL JA ZZ FESTIVAL 2016

A MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR On behalf of my colleagues on City Council, I want to extend my warmest greetings to everyone attending the Coastal Jazz & Blues Society’s 31st TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival. The TD Vancouver Jazz Festival began in 1986 as a non-profit community-based arts organization and has blossomed into one of British Columbia’s largest arts and cultural events and one of the leading music festivals in the world. The Festival showcases a wonderful mix of every possible musical expression along with our city’s great indoor and outdoor venues to produce 10 days of incredible entertainment. I want to thank the Society for its long standing commitment to music education and providing our communities with the gift of music. I encourage everyone to take in at least one of the over 300 concerts that will be held during the festival. Thank you to all of the musicians, sponsors, organizers and volunteers for once again bringing this great event to Vancouver!

Your truly,

Gregor Robertson MAYOR

A MESSAGE FROM THE BC ARTS COUNCIL For more than three decades, this renowned festival celebrating jazz, blues and improvised music has showcased remarkable talent from British Columbia, Canada and around the globe. As the province’s largest annual arts and cultural event, the TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival is both a delight to attend and a significant contributor to our creative economy. Over its 10-day run this year, 1,800 musicians will be featured at more than 300 concerts, generating not only business and tourism throughout the region but immense enjoyment for an estimated 560,000 attendees. With funding made possible by the Province of British Columbia, the BC Arts Council is pleased to be a long-time supporter of the TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival. Congratulations to the musicians, the Coastal Jazz and Blues Society and its many dedicated volunteers. Thank you for creating this cultural highlight for British Columbia each summer.

Merla Beckerman Chair, BC Arts Council

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Message from Co-Founders John Orysik and Ken Pickering

that is in the planning stage. Coastal Jazz has commissioned the superb Vancouver cellist Peggy Lee to compose a new suite of music—Echo Painting—for a ten-piece ensemble to premiere at the Festival. Ken John Also new and exciting at this year’s edition is the integration of Frankie’s Pickering Orysik Jazz Club into the multi-layered fabric of our event. Since its launch last October, Frankie’s (a Coastal Jazz initiative) has become the epicentre for jazz and blues in Vancouver. Centrally located downtown, the room has a capacity of 100 and is designed for maximum listening pleasure. In adNow entering its 31st season, the TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival continues to enrich our community with a vibrant, wide-ranging dition to early evening performances, we are delighted to announce that audiences will have the opportunity to enjoy free Festival jam sessions calendar of diverse artistic experiences and free educational programs hosted nightly at 11pm by saxophonist Mike Allen and his quartet. and workshops. Hundreds of thousands of music fans from across the region will attend Providing access to the Festival is important to us. And in the spirit of our annual celebration of exceptional musical talent and cross-cultural openness, discovery and community building we offer a bevy of free inclusivity. With over 300 concerts featuring 1800 musicians at 35 indoor concerts and workshops featuring both resident and international artists in venues throughout the city. and outdoor venues the Festival generates significant economic and social benefits as well. One of the Festival’s most cherished annual free performances came from iconic bandleader Dal Richards. Sadly, Dal passed away on New Widely recognized by aficionados to be among the most esteemed events of its kind on the planet, the Festival has earned a reputation for Year’s Eve just shy of his 98th birthday. For over six decades, Dal and curatorial excellence. Our dedicated programming team never rests on its his Orchestra delighted generations of swing fans during longstanding laurels. It searches far and wide to find the very best that the Canadian gigs at the Hotel Vancouver and the PNE, at various tea dances and, of course, at the Jazz Festival. Vancouver’s “King of Swing” may be gone and international jazz scenes have to offer. but many great memories will remain. As a parting farewell the Festival Our long-term commitment to Spotlight on French Jazz and the is honoured to present the Dal Richards Orchestra in “A Salute to Dal Made in the UK Series continues unabated for a fifth year alongside Richards” on opening weekend during Downtown Jazz on the historic new stimulating international collaborations with the Novara Jazz grounds of the Vancouver Art Gallery. Festival (Italy) and the Jazztopad Festival (Poland). A freshly minted co-presentation with Early Music Vancouver entitled Common Grounds On behalf of everyone at Coastal Jazz and music fans across the city and throughout the Province of British Columbia we say: “Keep swinging is a cross-genre venture (jazz and baroque) conceived to support the important Vancouver Independent Music Centre (VIM House) initiative Maestro!”

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Table of Contents GENERAL INFORMATION Greeting, Messages and Board of Directors ............................ 4 Jazz Friend Donor Listings ..................................................... 10 Our Team ................................................................................ 12 Education Programs ............................................................... 14 Sponsorship & Government Support .................................... 60 CONCERT SCHEDULES & TICKET INFO Ticket & Membership Info ..................................................... 13 Downtown Jazz Weekend .................................................... 30 Ticketed Concert Series .......................................................... 32 Granville Island Jazz (including Canada Day) ....................... 26

David Lam Park Jazz Weekend.............................................. 34 Club Series.............................................................................. 36 Made in the UK Jazz Concert Series ...................................... 54 Spotlight on French Jazz ........................................................ 56 ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES (Listed in alphabetical order by first name) A to H .................................................................................... 16 H to Z ...................................................................................... 38 MAPS Downtown Jazz ..................................................................... 31 David Lam Park ...................................................................... 35 Venues & Parking ................................................................... 62

Jazz Around Town .................................................................. 27

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We Love Our Jazz Friends Our Jazz Friends ensure that Vancouver continues to be a major creative centre for music and the arts. Your donation supports the presentation of over 150+ free shows during the Festival, great concerts throughout the year, and the next generation of artists who rely on our exemplary (and free) music education programs. Thank you for your support; we couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do it without you! JAZZ LOVER ($5000+) Yvonne De Troye

JAZZ PATRON ($1000+)

Gary Kushnir Patrick Julian Frances McGrath Gary Parkinson Tracy Penner & Sam Shamash

JAZZ BENEFACTOR ($500+) Thomas Adair Lynn Buhler Barbara Cooper Franco Ferrari Charles Gauthier Robert Mackay Dieter Nachtigall Jim Poole Jo-Anne Thomas Carol Walls

JAZZ CONTRIBUTOR ($300+) Joseph Alexis Donna & Anssi Rantamaa Judith Trowbridge Timothy Wyman

JAZZ DONOR ($100+) Sima Abelev Patrick Aldous Jack Amar Jim Anhorn Bryan Arnold Charles Arthur Murat Aydede K. Anthony Bailey Chris Balma Andrew Bartlett Wayne Beggs David Beneteau Robert Bloom Norma Boutillier Murray Braaten Karen Bunting Allan Carruthers Joanne Challenger Joe Chan Vince Chura Dan Cohrs Karen Cooper

Lynn Copeland Kevin Coyne Nou Dadoun Allan Diamond Keith Dickinson Peter Dodek Elise Drake Mitchell Edgar Lorene & Herbert Ely Kathy Evans Carol Faria David Ferguson Christian Findlay Jean Fowler Stephen Gaerber Gordon Gallagher Larry Garaway Heather Gardner Ray Giesbrecht Karen Gilmore & Rob Van Nus Jeffrey Goldberg Judith Goodman Peter Goodwin Michael Gordon Sangam Grant John Groenewold Christian Guerino Chris Guzy Richard & Linda Hanson Bruce Hardy Bill Hay Dean Hirschfeldt John Hodgins John Hooge Karen Hudon Elaine Hunter Lance Husoy Penny Irvine George Istrate Jacqueline & Scott Jacob Richara Johnson Norah Johnston Camron Karpiak Henry Karpus Leah Kaser Barbara Kay Marla Kiess Maureen Kling Mariusz Kwiatkowski Emma Lancaster Michael Lebowitz Peter Lewieniec Lydia Lovison

Richard Lusk Alison Maclennan Zahid Makhdoom Jan Manson J. Gordon Marshall Nobuko Masahara Michael & Jennifer Matich Anne & Peter McIlvaney Pam McPhail Mark Mitchell Jayeson Nicols Mark Nishiguchi Cameron Northcott Gretchen Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien May Oltmann Eduardo Ottoni Chris Pekar Jaime Peschiera Robert & Alwynn Pollard Richard Pomeroy Tim Poole Eric Posen Roy & Maynetta Raymond Jennie Reckon Valerie Richards Paul Richardson Dudley Robinson Deborah Roitberg Christopher Sebert Lindy Sisson Brent Smart Lynda Spikerman Joyce Statton Norm Steil William Gary & Janet Diane Stevens Mary Stott Lionel Such Barrie Sullivan Adrian Swanston Randall Takasaki Robert Taylor Richard Tetrault David Tobin Kenneth Tolmie Duff Waddell John Watson Deryk Whitehead Paul Whitney Wayne Wiens Kevin Wright Steve Young Kevin Zimka

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Douglas Akerman Sandy Allen Kathleen Anderson Claudio Arato Nicole Austin Giancarlo Baruffa Linda Belton Egill Bjornson Jeannette Bourbonnais Ellen Boyer Jeanne Broussard Susan Buie Edward Byrne Lee Caldwell Ronald Charles Maxine Charlton Jane Cherry Darlene Clarke Hole Pamela Cohen Gillian Collins William Cooke Flavia Corbella Gary Deck Dennis Del Torre Darlene Dobson Christine Fedina Susan Fife David Gartley Cary Gertsen Debra Gettling Grant Gettling Christopher Glen Fred Glick Carrie Graham Allan Greenwood Gordon Hartney Bianca Hayes Justine Hills Jay Hirabayashi Tom Hockin Rennie Holley Darby Honeyman Nicole Jackson Eric Johnson Gary Johnson Kelvin Ketchum Melanie Kirkland Lorraine Koren Paul Kyba Dennis Larsen Peter Lattimer Shaun Ledding Allison Lee Lisa Lennie

Marshall Letcher Aileen Lew Lisa Loutzenheiser John Maclean Maureen MacNeill Andrew Major Jeffrey Marus Patricia Mason Lorraine Maze Terry McBurney Caitlin McKee Brenda Mendieta Richard Menkis Terry Munro Sandra Murley Calla Nestibo Lance Panerio Parveen Parhar Allen Pasnak Betty Perverzov Ranko Petrovic James Pitcher Elizabeth Reilly Heather Renforth Marianne Rev Carol Roberts Chris Rose Carlo Rossetti Mark Schad Leonard Schein Stephanie Shack Johanna Shapira Maureen Shaw Melville & Joan Shaw Jon Sigurdson Richard Sims Lee Smith Deborah Sommerfeld Jim Southcott Paul Summers Mary Tait Kimberley-Anne Trueman Diane Tullson Mariken Van Nimwegen Russell Verrall Christopher Wallace Jerry Wanek Kenneth Weremchuk Daniel White Alan Wilson Rod Wong Simon Wosk Mary-Helen Wright Deborah Zbarsky Nancy Zegarchuk

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Our Team Thanks for being part of the Coastal Jazz Family. We couldn’t do it without you! VOLUNTEERS

Nearly 800 volunteers devote substantial hours and boundless energy to support the Festival every year. Our sincere thanks to each & every one of you.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PRESIDENT: Patrick J. Julian VICE-PRESIDENT: Franco Ferrari TREASURER: Michael Matich SECRETARY: Gary Kushnir MEMBERS AT LARGE: Patrick Aldous, Wayne Beggs, Nou Dadoun, Mo Dhaliwal, Mitchell Edgar, Zahid Makhdoom ADVISORY BOARD: Lynn Buhler, Keith Jakobsen, Bob Rebagliati, Deborah Roitberg

CORE STAFF

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Mike Forrester ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & CO-FOUNDER: Ken Pickering MEDIA DIRECTOR & CO-FOUNDER: John Orysik CONSULTANT: Emma Lancaster OPERATIONS DIRECTOR: Eduardo Ottoni DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION: Jen Thomas MANAGER OF ARTISTIC PROGRAMMING: Rainbow Robert TICKETING AND PATRON SERVICES MANAGER: Kelly Creelman MARKETING MANAGER: Kate Knox

PROGRAMMING MANAGER, CLUBS & SPECIAL PROJECTS: Cory Weeds ARTIST LOGISTICS COORDINATOR: Insta Georgia Mock BUSINESS MANAGER: Phil Daum ACCOUNTANT: Jeff Turner

FESTIVAL STAFF

ARTIST HOSPITALITY COORDINATORS: Laura Ross & Jenny Lee Craig ARTIST LOGISTICS ASSISTANTS: Marijka Asbeek Brusse, Rebecca Mulvihill BANNER COORDINATOR: Bodie MacNeil BIO WRITER: Stephen Lyons BOX OFFICE ASSISTANTS: Will Haberl, Kaen Seguin, Leila Toledo, Joanne Tsung, Logan Trudeau MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST: Sophy Romvari EDUCATION & OUTREACH COORDINATOR: Flora Ware FOOD, BEVERAGE & EXHIBIT MANAGER: Rod Grant GRAPHIC DESIGN: Michael Dibblee INFORMATION COORDINATOR: Chloe Numbers PRODUCTION MANAGERS: Robert Wilson & James Ong PRODUCTION COORDINATOR: Ori Nevares PROGRAMMING COORDINATOR: Cole Schmidt SITE MANAGER: Tom Fijal

ASSISTANT SITE MANAGER: Insta Julie Martens SOCIAL MEDIA CONSULTANT: Greg Morgan TRANSPORTATION COORDINATOR: Donna Lytle VIDEOGRAPHERS: Devan Scott, Will Ross VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR: Arlene Viccto VOLUNTEER COORD ASSISTANT: Michelle Yuen INTERN: Graham Lim PUBLISHER: Westender: Gail Nugent, Robbin Sheriland, Tara Rafiq

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Ticket Purchase Info ADVANCE TICKET SALES

Please NOTE our ticket prices are in inclusive of tax, service & facility fees. Additional charges apply only for the following: Phone Fee: $2 per ticket if sold by Ticketfly’s Call Center 1.888.732.1682 Mailing Fee: $3.50 per order sent via Canada Post by Ticketfly or free for Coastal Jazz Members via Coastal Jazz office 2-Day Mail Fee: $19 Additional fee per order sent direct to customer via UPS 2-Day mail by Ticketfly

• No refunds or exchanges. • If you wish to have your ticket on your mobile device, choose mobile druing checkout. • The entire Print At Home electronic ticket must be presented at the door to allow event access.

Day of Show Ticket Purchases: • Tickets go off sale through Ticketfly at 3PM on the day of show • Tickets may still be purchased (if show isn’t sold out) approximately one hour prior to show time at the WILL CALL Office at each venue Website: coastaljazz.ca General Public Phone: 604.872.5200 Jazz Friend Phone: 604.872.5200 ext 5 Toll-free North America: 1-888-438-5200 ext 5 In-Person Sales: No in-person sales available for these events Accessible Seating: There are reserved accessible seats at The Queen Elizabeth Theatre and The Vogue Theatre, the rest of the TD VIJF venues are general admission. If you have accessibility based questions about any of our events or to purchase reserved accessible seats please call 604-872-5200 ext 5 or email cjbs@ coastaljazz.ca for assistance. Frankie’s: Reservations for Frankie’s events can be made via reservations@coastaljazz.ca, 778-727-0337 voice mail only. Full details available at coastaljazz.ca/frankies_italian NORTH SHORE JAZZ SERIES: BLUESHORE FINANCIAL CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS BOX OFFICE Tickets for North Shore Jazz shows at BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts at Capilano University, Presentation House Theatre and Kay Meek Centre. Phone: 604.990.7810 TD VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL JA ZZ FESTIVAL 2016

Online: capilanou.ca/centre In Person: Arbutus Building 106D, Capilano University, 2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver Mon - Fri 11am –4pm Ticket policies: All advertised prices include taxes and additional service charges apply. Please note: all tickets are non-refundable. Club Series Tickets for the Club Series can be purchased directly from the individual clubs on the night of the show. Please contact the club for more info. Discounted tickets Discounts are available on advance ticket sales only except North Shore Jazz Series, where discounts are available at the door. Senior 15% discount on ticket price available before the day of the event to anyone 65 and better, a maximum of two tickets per person. Must pick up tickets at Will Call with valid photo ID. Groups of 15 or more 10% discount on ticket price available before the day of the event to anyone. For purchases of 15 or more tickets please call 604-872-5200 ext 5 for assistance. 30 under 30 For selected events, anyone under the age of 30 can receive a 30% discount off the advance ticket price, max. of two tickets per person. Notices will go out via our e-newsletter, at least 1 week in advance. Roundhouse Performance Centre Pass The Roundhouse Performance Centre Pass allows access to all six events Saturday, July 2 and Sunday, July 3 for $32 (includes all fees, service charges and taxes) Available online at coastaljazz.ca Single set tickets for Roundhouse Performance Centre events available at the door only. Innovation Series 3 Event Bundle Choose any three events from Innovation Series - Ironworks & Ironworks Late Night for $46 (includes all fees, service charges and taxes) Available via Coastal Jazz 604-872-5200 ext 5 exclusively. Search for Ironworks Innovation and select three events you want to see. Choose your events early as the number of discounted tickets are limited. 13

Education & Outreach The Coastal Jazz and Blues Society presents education programs to secondary and post-secondary schools in the Lower Mainland on a year-round basis, giving students access to Canadian and international talent. Local and touring artists participate in a wide range of these activities during the periods in which they perform public concerts for the Society. These activities are supported by our generous donors – to see how you can participate as a donor or volunteer, visit coastaljazz.ca.

TD High School Jazz Intensive The future of Jazz!

Thanks to our generous sponsors at TD Bank Group, the TD High School Jazz Intensive is now in its 13th year, providing high school students in the Lower Mainland with a unique opportunity to be a part of a free nine-day music residency. This year we again welcome composer and guest conductor Tomeka Reid to lead the program.

Sounds of Youth Stage Presented by

Come hear the Sounds of Youth! This initiative is dedicated to showcasing some of Metro Vancouver’s best high school jazz combos and big bands. Saturday June 25 & Sunday June 26, 12-4:30pm: Robson Square, Ice-Rink Level

Community Partners: Vancouver School Board

Free Public Workshops Up close and personal with Jazz masters Up to 21 talented teens are selected through an audition process open to students in Grades 10-12 from 150 schools across the Lower Mainland. Successful participants receive extensive rehearsal opportunities, bursaries and scholarships, complimentary concerts and workshops with visiting international artists, and get to perform on the main stage at David Lam Park!

Public performances: Saturday July 2, 1-4pm: Open Rehearsal at Tom Lee Music Hall, 929 Granville St. Sunday July 3, noon-1pm: Feature performance and announcement of scholarship winners, David Lam Park Stage

Each year, we offer free workshops & lectures at the Tom Lee Music Hall and The Studio at the Roundhouse Community Centre led by some of the best artists in the world. In 2016, acclaimed international artists such as Alexander Hawkins, Tord Gustavsen, and Tomas Fujiwara as well as local stars JP Carter, Tommy Babin and Skye Brooks will be sharing their genius. Don’t miss these opportunities to learn from the pros in an intimate setting. Details at coastaljazz.ca and Jazz Around Town schedule in this guide.

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Education & Outreach

Breathturns: Improvisation and Freedom

June 25-26 @ UBC Robson Campus Room C100 10am - 5pm Free A Colloquium presented in partnership with the University of British Columbia and the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI). This two-day academic symposium will feature presentations from artists, performers, scholars and community members – with keynotes by musicians performing at the Festival, including world-renowned improvisers Evan Parker, Georg Graewe, Ayelet Rose Gottleib and Tommy Babin . This year, the colloquium will focus on the relationships between improvisation and freedom. How do improvisational practices in the arts challenge our limits? How do liberation and spontaneity intersect? How do collective actions negotiate with individualities? Check out the Education section of coastaljazz.ca for full information

Coastal Foundation for the Performing Arts

Match for $1 Million

The Coastal Foundation for the Performing Arts has been established to support the longer-term goals of the Coastal Jazz and Blues Society. Over $300,000 has been raised, with an objective to raise a further $200,000 during 2016 and apply for matching funds through the Endowment Incentives Program of the Department of Canadian Heritage. Your contribution to the Foundation, if made before November 30, 2016 will be matched 100% through the Endowment Incentives Program, to create and endowment of $1 million in raised and matched funds in early 2017. The Foundation will ensure that the Coastal Jazz and Blues Society can continue to provide access to jazz and creative music to the community on a sustainable basis, to further education and outreach platforms currently in development, to diversify the Society’s revenue, and to support artists and organizations aligned with the Society’s mandate. For more information about the Coastal Foundation for the Performing Arts, its mission, mandate and founding Board of Directors, visit coastaljazz.ca. To find out how you can play a role in the goals of this new Foundation, call Mike Forrester, Executive Director, at 604.449.5532.

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The 24th Street Wailers

July 3 Roundhouse David Lam Park Stage @ 5:15pm Free Fronted by the drums and hellfire vocals of Lindsey Beaver, the multiple Maple Blues Award and JUNO Award-nominated 24th Street Wailers are a hard-driving electric blues and boogie rock freight train that’ll get any crowd moving down the track. With Michael Archer bass, Marc Doucet guitar, Jesse Whitely piano, Jon Wong sax.

Ana Popovic

June 29 Performance Works @ 9pm $48 All In

Alexander Hawkins Trio

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Alicia Hansen (with Hiromi: The Trio Project)

June 24 The Vogue Theatre @ 8pm $80/69 All In Complex and ambitious, pianist Alicia Hansen’s “ethereal voice and classically informed arrangements come together in experimental pop that’s both listenable and challenging” (Now Magazine). Ranging from driving, experimental instrumentals to intimate and lush songs, her sublime band features Ben Brown drums, Peggy Lee cello, David Sikula guitar, James Meger bass.

Alvaro Rojas Trio

July 2 Roundhouse – Exhibition Hall @ 2:30pm and 3:40pm Free Vancouver guitarist/composer on the rise Alvaro Rojas creates engaging and challenging music across a wide spectrum of genres. From space-groove, to roots, rock, and the forwardthinking jazz of his Trio, he’s a talent to watch. Enjoy Monk, Ellington, and Ornette, plus absorbing originals with Wynston Minckler bass and Sam Cartwright drums.

Amanda Tosoff “Words” Project

June 30 Frankie’s Jazz Club @ 8pm $15 + GST On her new release Words, pianist/composer Amanda Tosoff stretches the confines of conventional jazz. She has taken poems and lyrics that possess a personal resonance for her and framed them in original new compositions that include vocals for the first time. The result is an eclectic collection that incorporates elements of jazz, art song, classical, and folk/pop while re-casting the poems of award-winning Canadian poets Tim Bowling and Laura Lush, as well as William Wordsworth and Edgar Allan Poe, and contemporary artists like Joni Mitchell and Yo Yo Ma. With Felicity Williams voice, Alex Goodman guitar, Jon Maharaj bass, Morgan Childs drums. Thanks to Canada Council for the Arts.

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“The lady can flat out rip! Her Strat-driven blues variations range from high octane SRV-style throwdowns to electric slide-and-wah excursions to Ronnie Earl-inspired jazziness and acoustic Delta stomps.”—Guitar World With a soulful voice, scorching guitar chops, and heart-stopping stage presence, Serbian-born, Memphis-based Ana Popovic is a powerhouse of contemporary blues, rock, and electrifying funk. AllMusic praises her as a rare “triple threat: she is an excellent singer, an excellent guitarist, and an excellent songwriter.” Equally inspired by Albert King and WAR, Popovic’s smoking band Mo’ Better Love is stacked with some of Memphis’ hottest barnburners and boogie men.

Anat Fort & Ayelet Rose Gottlieb

July 1 Granville Island – Performance Works @ 3:45pm Free Called “a commanding vocalist” by the New York Times, Ayelet Rose Gottlieb is a regular John Zorn collaborator. In this duo with fellow Israeli, ECM recording artist Anat Fort (Gianluigi Trovesi, Paul Motian) piano, the compelling, wildly-talented pair blend French Chanson, avant-jazz, Jewish and MiddleEastern traditions, and improvisations ranging from breathy delicateness to uncompromising sonic exploration. Thanks to the Consulate General of Israel-Ottawa.

Anat Fort and Gianluigi Trovesi

July 3 Roundhouse – Performance Centre @ 1:30pm $10 at door only, or RHPC Innovation Weekend Pass $32 All In A rare opportunity to experience two of modern jazz’s most eclectic and masterful musicians in an intimate duo setting. A major figure in the Italian avant-garde, chamber jazz, and improvised music scenes since the late 1970s, composer and clarinet maestro Gianluigi Trovesi is “a visionary spirit and a conceptualizer who reimagines jazz in vivid Mediterranean hues, dancing folkloric themes, and bursts of vivid color” (JazzTimes). A daring improviser, Israeli pianist/composer Anat Fort’s “reflective yet probing style” (New York Times) is “a skillful mix of the romantic and the cerebral, like watching a flower open; an enthralling combination of geometry and color” (Jewish Week). Watch for their new ECM album Birdwatching. TD VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL JA ZZ FESTIVAL 2016

Anita Eccleston

Thanks to the Italian Cultural Institute – Toronto, Consulate General of Israel – Ottawa and Toronto and the Novara Festival – Italy

July 1 Granville Island – Railspur District Stage @ 5:30pm Free Kamloops-born, Vancouver-based vocalist/trumpeter Anita Eccleston’s music ranges from traditional jazz standards to funk, soul, Motown, reggae, blues, pop, and bold originals. Her sweetly sultry voice and lyrical trumpet meshes beautifully with a hotshot septet featuring Ben Henriques sax, Andrew Smith guitar, Kris Ruston keys, Doug Gorkoff cello, Graham Clark bass, and Richard Graham drums.

André Leroux Quartet

June 26 Frankie’s Jazz Club @ 8pm $15 + GST Founding member of the acclaimed Quasar saxophone quartet, Montreal’s André Leroux (Christine Jensen, François Bourassa, Jazzlab) is a versatile reedsman who brings warm-toned virtuosity to tenor and soprano saxophones, flute, and bass clarinet. His recent album Synchronie-Cités honours his John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins influences through new compositions and passionate interpretations. With Frederic Alarie bass, James Gelfand piano, Christian Lajoie drums. Thanks to Canada Council for the Arts June 26 Downtown Jazz – Robson Stage @ 3pm Free

Arild Andersen Trio w/Tommy Smith & Paolo Vinaccia

June 30 Innovation Series - The Ironworks @ 9:30pm $30 All In or 3 Event Bundle $46 All In

Andy Shauf (with case/lang/veirs)

June 29 Queen Elizabeth Theatre @ 8pm $79 – $140 All In Channeling heartbreak, bittersweet regret, and prairie isolation, “Andy Shauf is slowly but surely becoming recognized as one of Canada’s best young folk singer-songwriters” (Exclaim!). A gifted storyteller, he’s an understated but captivating presence. Known for goose bump-inducing, pin-drop quiet performances, Shauf has inherited the poetic mantle of Elliott Smith and Nick Drake.

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collaboration between Norwegian master bassist Arild Andersen (Jan Garbarek, Terje Rypdal), renowned Scottish saxophonist Tommy Smith (Gary Burton, John Scofield), and prolific Italian/Norwegian drummer Paolo Vinaccia. A compelling live act, the Trio has the rare ability to balance “lyrical and, at times, near-orchestral tendencies” (AllAboutJazz) with astonishing power, precision and dynamism. Thrilling and unpredictable, “the sheer depth and lustre of this trio’s sound can invite you to start purring in grateful imitation” (The Guardian). Thanks to Creative Scotland, Arts Council Norway, Music Norway.

The Arnt Arntzen Quintet

July 1 Granville Island – Ron Basford Park Stage @ Noon Free Charming and tons of fun, banjo man Arnt Arntzen mixes foot-stomping originals with traditional jazz, Dixieland, old time country, and blues. Expect a beguiling mix of Sydney Bechet, Louis Armstrong, Eddie Condon, and Maurice Bolyer, with some blues-shouters inspired by Joe Williams thrown in for good measure!

Banda de los Muertos

July 2 Roundhouse - David Lam Park Stage @ 7pm Free Co-led by clarinetist Oscar Noreiga (Tim Berne, Endangered Blood) and sousaphonist Jacob Garchik (Lee Konitz), Banda de los Muertos is a boisterous Mexican-style brass band made up of some of Brooklyn’s best jazz and classical players. “Unadulterated fun” (NPR) with Jim Black drums, Chris Speed clarinet,

Brian Drye and Curtis Hasselbring trombones, Rachel Drehmann alto horn, Justin Mullens, Ben Holmes trumpets. Thanks to the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation

Benoit Delbecq with François Houle/Gordon Grdina/Kenton Loewen See “Spotlight on French Jazz” series page 56.

Bernie Arai’s Goat Logic

July 3 Roundhouse – Exhibition Hall @ 5:30pm & 6:40pm Free A sax, bass, and drums trio… plus another drummer for good measure! You can’t argue with the Goat Logic of it. This new quartet absolutely slays originals by drummer/composer Bernie Arai, free improv, and material by Ornette Coleman, Keith Jarrett, and Bad Brains. With Skye Brooks drums, Tommy Babin bass, Chad Makela tenor sax.

BigFate

July 1 Granville Island – Railspur District Stage @ 8pm Free Led by bassist James Calvin “JC”Thompson, BigFate absolutely rips the funk! This hot new Vancouver group’s modern jazz crosses over into R&B while mixing juicy odd-metre grooves, adventurous harmony, and challenging arrangements influenced by Dave Holland, Thundercat, and Snarky Puppy. With Malcolm Aiken trumpet, Dominic Conway tenor sax, Daniel Klenner drums, Mary Ancheta, Ian Cox keyboard/synth.

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The Boys of BenRiach

July 1 Granville Island – Performance Works @ Noon Free This artful modern jazz band is a fine blend of iconic standards and original compositions by trumpeter Kevin Elaschuk. Hints of Miles Davis, Woody Shaw, Lee Konitz, and Don Cherry are stirred up by his long time collaborators, Dave Say saxophones, André Lachance guitar, Steve Holy bass and Joe Poole drums.

Neko Case/k.d. lang/Laura Veirs with special guest Andy Shauf

June 29 Queen Elizabeth Theatre @ 8pm $79 - $140 All In

Brejera

July 1 Granville Island – Ron Basford Park Stage @ 2:30pm Free Brejera is the real deal! Playful and lively, this Vancouver-based band uses authentic samba instruments (cavaquinho, pandeiro, surdu, etc.) as they exuberantly explore the rich variety of Brazilian styles such as choro, pagode, bossa nova, forro and frevo, as well as some flashes of funk and classic rock!

Brickhouse

June 26 Lynn Valley Village @ 1pm Free With their brand of original, funky tracks and cleverly covered classic R&B tunes Brickhouse blends classic and modern with a groovin’ ease that always makes for a great time. With Rob Bracken vocals/harmonica, Ray Keesh bass guitar, Ed Johnson drums/percussion, Oldrich (Oz) Zitek sax, Todd Taylor guitar, Darryl Havers Hammond organ/keyboards.

Bruno Hubert Trio (with Gregory Porter)

July 2 The Vogue Theatre @ 8pm $80/69 All In A beloved fixture on the Vancouver jazz scene, pianist Bruno Hubert has played with Brad Turner, Jacyln Guillou, Seamus Blake, and scores of other jazz luminaries. Hubert brings huge personality and rare talent to entrancing standards and nimble, swinging post-bop. With James Meger bass, Joe Poole drums.

Busty and the Bass

June 26 Downtown Jazz – Georgia Stage @ 7:30pm Free Busty and the Bass’s deal with their audiences is refreshingly straight up: “we play music, you dance, we all live happily ever after.”The energetic and versatile Montreal electro soul ninepiece collective is loaded for bear with dance grooves, infectious hooks, intricate instrumental textures, and soulful vocals. And a keytar, of course.

Camaro 67

July 3 Roundhouse David Lam Park Stage @ 1:45pm Free Explosive ten-piece instrumental groove monsters Camaro 67 channel classic Fela Kuti and the modern Afrofunk of Antibalas, whipping up a made-in-Vancouver heavy funk experience. Featuring members of the now-defunct Miami Device, Camaro 67 is the next big deal in the smoking hot BC groove scene!

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Several years ago k.d. lang sent an email to Neko Case and Laura Veirs on a whim. It read simply, “I think we should make a record together.”Though the three musicians were barely more than acquaintances “Laura and I both responded immediately,” recalls Case. “There was no question.” But now there is an answer. case/lang/veirs, a new album by three phenomenal, self-driven artists will be released June 17 on Anti- with an extensive tour to follow. case/lang/veirs features 14 new, original songs written by the artists over a period of two-and-a-half years. Full of stunning harmonies and spellbinding rhythms, ‘case/ lang/veirs’ draws inspiration from alluring, mysterious subjects: a supermoon, the tumbledown story of ‘70s singer Judee Sill, and the “best kept secret” in Silver Lake, to name but three.

Cat Toren / Peggy Lee / Sam Davidson

June 27 Ironworks @ 5pm Free These sublime musicians straddle the lines between thoughtful composition and expressive improvisation. JUNO-winning pianist Cat Toren (Pugs & Crows) leads expansive groups in Vancouver and New York. Cellist Peggy Lee “has written beautifully contemplative tunes, but she’s also capable of exposing her darkest and most demented secrets by way of her cello” (Georgia Straight). Sam Davidson brings his emotive clarinet to Brasstronaut, ElkHorn, and his striking new electro/jazz project, Skim Milk.

Christine Tobin

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Cole Birney-Stewart Quartet

June 26 Granville Island - Public Market Stage @ Noon Free Bassist Cole Birney-Stewart’s pulsing and forward-thinking compositions lay out arcing melodies and sinewy rhythmic spines to be artfully interpreted by some of the Vancouver jazz scene’s most gifted creative players. With Tom Wherrett guitar, Jesse Cahill drums, and Chad Makela saxophones. TICKETED

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Common Grounds with Alan Matheson Septet and Pacific Baroque Orchestra June 30 Christ Church Cathedral @ 7:30pm $46 All In

Two Ensembles. Two starkly different genres. In this remarkable project, a Baroque ensemble led by JUNO Award-winning harpsichordist/chamber organist Alexander Weimann and a brilliant jazz septet led by trumpeter/composer Alan Matheson explore threads running from the 17th century through to today’s creative jazz scene. Bringing together disparate musical communities, the two groups will perform works from their respective fields as well as pieces written for the “common ground” of both. In this timeless meeting place, the long melodic lines of Ellington and Strayhorn echo Handel and Bach, while the endlessly creative practice of “theme and variation” is a keystone of jazz improvisation, of the Baroque and, one could argue, of life. Thanks to BC Arts Council, City of Vancouver, the Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation and Early Music Vancouver.

Copilots

June 25 Downtown Jazz – Georgia Stage @ 2:15pm Free Renowned for his driving and empathetic drumming with Fond of Tigers, Veda Hille, Inhabitants, and others, guitarist Skye Brooks brings his soaring voice, dream-like lyricism and adventurous song craft to this engaging five-piece indie rock band. Undercurrents of the group’s jazz and improv sensibilities inform their arcing and propulsive organic folk rock. Featuring Pete Schmitt bass, Cole Schmidt guitar, Karma Sohn keys, and Dylan Smith drums.

Cory Weeds Quintet featuring Terell Stafford July 1 & 2 Frankie’s Jazz Club @ 8pm $25 + GST

Vancouver tenor saxophonist Cory Weeds is an expressive player with a sound firmly rooted in the jazz tradition. This past year Weeds’ 10th release as a leader, This Happy Madness, spent 3 weeks at #1 on the JazzWeek charts. Trumpeter Terell Stafford is a giant of contemporary jazz, an incredibly gifted and versatile player who combines a deep love of melody with his own brand of spirited and adventurous lyricism. The quintet will play music from Stafford’s latest release on Capri Records, BrotherLee Love (Celebrating Lee Morgan) With Miles Black piano, Michael Glynn bass, Julian MacDonough drums. July 3 Roundhouse – David Lam Park Stage @ 3:30pm Free

Crane Wreck

July 2 Roundhouse – Exhibition Hall @ 5:30pm and 6:40pm Free This compelling new project from JUNO Award-winning cellist Shanto Acharia (Fond of Tigers, Gentle Party) blends catchy rhythms and expressive melodies with adventurous improvisation. Equal parts soaring and grounded, this excellent band features François Houle clarinet, John Paton saxophone, Tommy Babin bass, and Sam Cartwright drums.

A Salute to Dal Richards

June 25 Downtown Jazz – Georgia Stage @ 12:30pm Free

Cortex

June 25 Downtown Jazz – Georgia Stage @ 3:45pm Free “One of the greatest bands in Norway” (AllAboutJazz), Cortex takes cues from ‘60s freebop and pushes them into uncompromisingly modern territories. Bassist Ola Høyer and drummer Gard Nilssen propel wildly, while trumpeter Thomas Johannson and saxophonist Kristoffer Berre Alberts mix strident unison lines and high-wire improvisations. “You want genre labels, call it avant garde party music”—Jazzwise Thanks to Norwegian Jazz Federation, Arts Council Norway, Music Norway

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For over eight decades, iconic bandleader Dal Richards and his Orchestra dazzled audiences with big band hits from the ‘30s and ‘40s, swinging dance numbers, and brassed-up pop tunes. Sadly, Dal passed away on New Year’s Eve 2015, just shy of his 98th birthday and 80th consecutive NYE performance. Another great Dal Richards tradition was his annual Jazz Festival set. Join Dal’s Orchestra for a high-spirited salute to a true entertainer and gentleman, Vancouver’s charismatic King of Swing! TD VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL JA ZZ FESTIVAL 2016

The Dan Brubeck Quartet

July 3 Performance Works @ 9pm $35 All In

Dave Sikula Trio

July 3 Roundhouse – Exhibition Hall @ 2:30pm & 3:40pm Free From the cooking swing of The NightCrawlers to the post-rock/ noise of Inhabitants, to the interlocking melodicism of Alicia Hansen, Dave Sikula is one of Vancouver’s finest and most versatile guitarists. His tasteful, simmering trio plays originals and covers by Ornette Coleman, Neil Young, and Paul Motian. With James Meger bass, Dan Gaucher drums.

David Ward & the Golden Future Orchestra

With his astonishingly textured solos and mastery of oddtime signatures and mind-boggling polyrhythms, JUNO Award-nominated drummer Dan Brubeck plays with “drama, potency and virtuosity” (DownBeat). His compelling new Vancouver-based group is a labour of familial love. Drawing from a songbook of music by his late parents—legendary pianist Dave and noted jazz lyricist Iola Brubeck—the Dan Brubeck Quartet brings out hidden gems from the vault and dives joyously into some classic tunes (Blue Rondo a la Turk, Take 5). Featuring soulful vocalist/bassist Adam Thomas whose easygoing authority evokes Louis Armstrong, tenor saxophonist Steve Kaldestad, and pianist Miles Black.

July 2 Roundhouse - David Lam Park Stage @ Noon Free “The dude can totally sing, to the point where you have to wonder why the hell modern Motown hasn’t come calling.” — Georgia Straight A thrilling blend of R&B, art-rock, and funk, singer/songwriter David Ward’s stunningly soulful songs are writ large by a dazzling 12-piece band, including horns, strings, and rich backing vocals.

Dawn Pemberton

JUNE 25 Downtown Jazz – Georgia Stage @ 5:15pm Free Vibrant, honest, and soulful, WCMA nominee Dawn Pemberton’s deep musicality and powerful voice beats a soulful path from gospel and R&B to jazz, funk and world music. A collaborator with The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer and Khari Wendell McLelland, her big voice and irresistible verve leads a smoking band of Vancouver soulmen.

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Debra-Jean & the Dreams

June 26 Downtown Jazz – Georgia Stage @ 2:15pm Free From stripped-down crooners and classic country swing to searing folk ballads, uplifting old soul, sock hop party hits, and rock ‘n’ roll ragers, this whip smart eight-piece combo led by vocalist Debra-Jean Creelman runs a pretty sweet gamut of tunes by Bob Dylan, Etta James, Tom Waits, Neil Young, and more.

The Legendary Downchild Blues Band (with Steve Hill) June 27 The Vogue Theatre @ 8pm $63/52 All In

Delhi 2 Dublin

July 3 Roundhouse David Lam Park Stage @ 8:45pm Free

Get ready for a wild, genre-bending cross-cultural dance party explosion! With their free-thinking blend of Bhangra and Celtic music, hip hop, dub reggae, breakbeats, rock, and electronica, Delhi 2 Dublin is “part Bollywood wedding, part Celtic kitchen party, and all electronic dance fest.” (The Snipe) Vivo Media Arts Centre Presents:

Flip, flop, and fly with The Legendary Downchild Blues Band! For more than four decades, this multiple Maple Blues and JUNO Award-winning Toronto powerhouse has been tearing up stages with its rollicking, sax-driven jump blues. Led by guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Donnie “Mr. Downchild”Walsh– who also lays down some serious train-a-comin’ harp –this internationally renowned juggernaut is “one of the greatest blues bands in the world. Period” (Toronto Star). The immense charisma and smoking hot take on Chicago and Delta blues inspired Dan Aykroyd to create The Blues Brothers who then covered Downchild classics like “Everything I Need (Almost)” and “Shotgun Blues.” Come get some full-tilt blues direct from the source!

ElkHorn

Destroy Vancouver XVII

June 25 Innovation Series – VIVO Media Arts Centre @ 9:30pm $20/$15 Curated by John Brennan and Elisa Ferrari, the Destroy Vancouver series presents a broad range of experimental music and art aesthetics while bringing together local, national, and international improvisers, sound artists and avant-garde musicians. Edition XVII features the perpetually innovative, iconic British saxophonist Evan Parker, the “impressive chops and vivid imagination” (JazzTimes) of American drummer Chris Corsano (Joe McPhee, Bjork, Thurston Moore), installation/performance artist Erin Sexton, local audio experimenter Constantine Katsiris, and Selector Records (DJ).

June 26 Downtown Jazz – Robson Stage @ 5pm Free Featuring members of Pugs & Crows and Brasstronaut, ElkHorn creates compelling music inspired by guitarist/composer Tom Wherrett’s Nebraskan childhood. Elements of jazz, post-rock, and folk make for a sublime and imaginative trip to where the west begins. With Meredith Bates violin/viola, Russell Sholberg bass, Sam Davidson bass clarinet, Mike Magnusson drums.

Emile Parisien Quartet

See “Spotlight on French Jazz” series page 57.

Donkey Monkey with Eve Risser & Yuko Oshima See “Spotlight on French Jazz” series page 56.

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Endangered Blood

July 2 Innovation Series – Ironworks Late Night @ Midnight $21 All In or 3-Event Bundle $46 All In “A head-rush of aggressive improvising”—Seattle Times Brooklyn’s Endangered Blood are a rare blend of fiery interplay, compositional complexity and intense soulfulness. Endlessly inventive and thrillingly unpredictable, the beating heart of traditional jazz is always at the group’s core, no matter how far they push the sonic envelope. Elements of post-bop, free jazz, and high-energy rock coalesce in a surprisingly melodic and engaging whole. With cutting edge jazz innovators Oscar Noriega bass clarinet/alto sax (Tim Berne’s Snakeoil), Chris Speed tenor sax/clarinet (Uri Caine, Claudia Quintet), drummer Jim Black (Nels Cline, AlasNoAxis), and bassist Trevor Dunn (Mike Patton, John Zorn, The Melvins).

Equilibrium

June 28 Performance Works @ 2:30pm Free Danish guitarist/composer Mikkel Ploug, Norway’s Sissel Vera Pettersen soprano sax, vocals and electronics, and Belgian clarinetist/tenor saxophonist Joachim Badenhorst (Han Bennink) “create a stunning ambience” (AllAboutJazz) and a daringly cohesive whole with their spacious, pastoral chamber sounds and electronic soundscapes, minimalist avant-garde, nuanced jazz, and idiosyncratic, otherworldly folk music. They’ve released three gorgeous albums on Vancouver’s Songlines label. Thanks to Jazz Denmark.

Evan Parker / Georg Graewe / Torsten Müller See “Made in the UK” series page 54.

Evan Parker with Torsten Müller / Meredith Bates / Peggy Lee See “Made in the UK” series page 54.

Flat Earth Society

June 25 Downtown Jazz – Georgia Stage @ 7:30pm Free It’s been ten years since Belgian big band Flat Earth Society last treated Vancouver audiences to their adventurous punk anarchy, orchestral intricacy, and cinematic dynamism. AllAboutJazz calls Peter Vermeersch’s Zappa and Ellington-infused 15-piece ensemble “the sonic equivalent of a freak show—weird, wonderful and like nothing you’ve come across before.” Thanks to City of Ghent and Flanders State of the Art

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Geoff Claridge Quartet

June 29 Granville Island - Public Market Stage @ Noon Free Hot off the release of his new album Sketches in Colour, saxophonist/clarinetist Geoff Claridge engages the impressive talents of local heavy hitters Brad Turner piano/Rhodes, Eli Davidovici bass, and Bernie Arai drums to constantly shift the colour and tone of his compositions, making every performance a new window into a singular sound world.

Georg Graewe

July 2 Roundhouse – Performance Centre @ 5pm $10 All In at door only or RHPC Weekend Innovation Pass $32 All In “Listen and be awed.”—AllMusic Award-winning German pianist Georg Graewe works on the borders of jazz, free improvisation, and contemporary avantgarde. Balancing spontaneous creation with a poetic sense of restraint, Graewe is a “true explorer of sound and thematic development” (AllAboutJazz). Active since the early ‘70s, Graewe has worked with John Butcher, Ken Vandermark, and Hamid Drake, while maintaining his trio with Gerry Hemingway and Ernst Reijseger since 1989. In his deeply moving solo work, “virtually every piece is steeped in the kind of immediacy that can only be expressed when one’s discipline is equal to that of his inspiration and technique” (AllMusic). JUNE 24 Performance Works (Parker/Graewe/Muller) @ 2:30pm Free

Georg Graewe / Dylan van der Schyff / John Paton

June 28 Ironworks @ 5pm Free German pianist Georg Graewe “traverses the distance from intensely thoughtful sparseness through to throttling, highdensity hyperactivity” (AllAboutJazz). Rising Vancouver jazz star saxophonist John Paton has worked with Han Bennink, Jon Bentley, and Orkestra Futura. “A master manipulator” drummer Dylan van der Schyff “tests and expands common notions of timbre” (DownBeat).

Giorgio Magnanensi/Kenton Loewen/Chris Kelly/Sam King

June 29 Ironworks @ 5pm Free Vancouver New Music artistic director Giorgio Magnanensi laptop/electronics “is one of the most outgoing, provocative, and multifaceted musicians on the local scene” (Georgia Straight). A fearless improviser, drummer Kenton Loewen works with Dan Mangan, Peregrine Falls, Benoit Delbecq, and The Crackling. Chris Kelly brings his impassioned sax playing to avant-Arabic ensemble Haram and a range of improvised settings, while guitarist Sam King (John Paton) is a rising star in Vancouver jazz.

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June 25 Downtown Jazz – Robson Stage @ 3pm Free 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/percussion deliver the funky goods. Recommended for anyone who loves some Green Onions while on the Corner.

Gregory Porter (with Bruno Hubert Trio) July 2 The Vogue Theatre @ 8pm $80/69 All In “The music’s backbone is traditional, but wild outbursts of free improvisation and subtle injections of noise make it quite unlike anything you’d hear in the shisha dens of Cairo or Baghdad.” — Georgia Straight A phenomenal culture-mashing juggernaut led by Gordon Grdina (Dan Mangan, Mark Helias) on Iraqi oud, Haram pays homage to traditional Arabic music while mixing elements of noise, electronic soundscape, and western free improv into its explosively self-expressive sound. With creative heavy-hitters JP Carter trumpet, Jesse Zubot violin, Kenton Loewen drums, Tommy Babin bass, Emad Armoush vocals, François Houle clarinet, Chris Kelly saxophone, Tim Gerwing, Liam MacDonald percussion.

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“Massive vocal power offset by a rich tone and delicate control, his interpretations flit between jazz and soul.”—MOJO Equal parts Bill Withers and Nat King Cole, Grammy Awardwinning vocalist Gregory Porter can moan a soulful blues riff and dart through a playful, stomping jazz number with equal power. With a smooth and smoky baritone, Porter continues the traditions of soul and jazz artists of the past, but sets himself apart from mere revivalists with his exceptional songwriting. His insightful lyrics and stirring melodies are sincere, romantic, and deeply grooving. This enormous talent raised the roof at the 2013 Festival. With Chip Crawford piano, Emanuel Harrold drums, Jahmel Nichols bass, Tivon Pennicott sax.

Gwyneth Herbert Trio

See “Made in the UK” series page 55.

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Canada Day Fri. July 1

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The Boys of BenRiach 12:00pm Benoit Delbecq with François Houle/Gordon Grdina/Kenton Loewen 2:00pm Anat Fort and Ayelet Rose Gottlieb 3:45pm Rachel Therrien Quintet 5:30pm Christine Tobin 7:30pm Laila Biali 9:30pm

Trevor Whitridge Quintet 12:00pm

Robin Layne Quartet 12:30pm

The Arnt Arntzen Quintet 12:00pm

Speeding West 3:00pm

Brejera 2:30pm

Anita Eccleston 5:30pm

John Korsrud’s Latin Ensemble 5:00pm

BigFate 8:00pm

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Jazz Around Town FREE! PERFORMANCE WORKS

PUBLIC MARKET STAGE IRONWORKS INNOVATION: on Granville Island AFTERNOON SESSIONS 285 Alexander St. Show 5pm

929 Granville Street Show 1:00-2:00pm 4 workshops

Rossi Gang

Emile Parisien Quartet

Kristian Braathen Trio

Marianna Trudel Quartet feat. Ingrid Jensen

Cole Birney-Stewart Quartet

Donkey Monkey

Malleus Trio

Cat Toren/Peggy Lee/ Sam Davidson

Mats Eilertsen Trio

Equilibrium

Julian Jayme Quintet

Dylan van der Schyff/John Paton/Georg Graewe

Alexander Hawkins Trio

Tyson Naylor’s Tribute to Paul Bley

Geoff Claridge Quartet

Kenton Loewen/Giorgio Magnanensi/ Chris Kelly/ Sam King

Tord Gustavsen Interview

Quatour André Lachance

Hildegard’s Ghost

Sissel Vera Pettersen/ Viviane Houle/ Lee Hutzulak

Sissel Vera Pettersen & Viviane Houle

Canada Day

Jennifer Scott Quartet feat. Dave Sikula

Jesus Caballero’s Solo Picnic

Paul Rushka Sextet

Sarah Kennedy Quintet

Sun. July 3

Sat. July 2

Fri. July 1

Tue. June 28

Mon. June 27

Sun. June 26

Sat. June 25

Fri. June 24

Evan Parker/Georg Graewe/Torsten Müller

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Saturday, June 25

A Salute to Dal Richards 12:30pm

Paul Keeling Ancient Lights Quintet

Handsworth Secondary Senior Jazz Band

Tom Wherrett’s Evil Three 1:30pm

Holy Cross Secondary Senior Jazz Band

Greasy G and the Poole Party featuring JACKITO!

1:00pm

The Syndicate

Longhand

Langley Fine Arts Secondary Senior Jazz Band

noon

Copilots 2:15pm

Cortex 3:45pm

Dawn Pemberton

3:00pm

5:15pm

Flat Earth Society

5:00pm

7:30pm

Gwyneth Herbert Trio 6:45pm

noon

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RE Mountain Secondary Senior Jazz Band 4:00pm

Steve Hill

Only a Visitor

Debra-Jean & the Dreams 2:15pm

Jacques Kuba Séguin: Litania Projekt

James Danderfer’s Hummingbird Brigade

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André Leroux Quartet

WDF (Warren Dean Flandez)

ElkHorn

Busty and the Bass

Jen Hodge All Stars

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Sunday, June 26

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3:45pm 5:15pm

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Sarah McLachlan School of Music Jazz Combo noon

Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary Senior Jazz Band 1:00pm

Semiahmoo Secondary Gr. 12 Jazz Combo 2:00pm

Fleetwood Park Secondary Senior Jazz Band 3:00pm

Elgin Park Secondary Senior Jazz Band 4:00pm

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DOWNTOWN JAZZ WEEKEND - SATURDAY, JUNE 25 & SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 2016 - Noon to 9pm

Ticketed Concert Series

9:30pm

9:00pm

7:30pm

8:00pm

Fri. June 24 QUEEN ELIZABETH THEATRE 650 Hamilton

An Evening with Joe Jackson $52-$96 ALL IN

VOGUE SERIES 918 Granville St.

Hiromi: The Trio Project w/Alicia Hansen $69-$80 ALL IN

Lobby 6:30/Door 7/Show 8pm Reserved Seating All Ages

Door 7pm/Show 8pm Orchestra Reserved Seating. Balcony General Admission Seating All ages

Sat. June 25

Sun. June 26

Mon. June 27

Ms. Lauryn Hill w/ Khari Wendell McClelland $79-$151 ALL IN

Sarah McLachlan w/ Marin Patenaude $79-$140 ALL IN

Oliver Jones Trio w/Oliver Gannon Quartet $69 ALL IN

The Legendary Downchild Blues Band w/Steve Hill $52/$63 ALL IN

CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL 690 Burrard St.

The Jacky Terrasson Trio $46 ALL IN

Door 6:30pm/Show 7:30pm General Admission Seating All Ages

PERFORMANCE WORKS 1218 Cartwright St.

Soil & “Pimp” Sessions $35 ALL IN

Polyrhythmics $35 ALL IN

The Thing $30 ALL IN

Peggy Lee’s Echo Marcin Painting Wasilewski Trio $30 ALL IN “Spark of Life” $30 ALL IN

Mats Eilertsen Trio $30 ALL IN

Evan Parker with Torsten Müller/ Peggy Lee/ Meredith Bates $21 ALL IN

VIVO Media Arts Presents: Destroy Vancouver XVII Ticket info at vivomediaarts.com

Larry Fuller Trio ft. Lewis Nash $25 ALL IN

Lobby 8pm/Door 8:30pm/Show 9pm General Admission No Minors 19+

“INNOVATION SERIES” AT THE IRONWORKS 235 Alexander St. Door 8:30pm/Show 9:30 pm General Admission No Minors 19+

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3 PACK BUNDLE $46 All In “LATE NIGHT INNOVATION SERIES” AT THE IRONWORKS 235 Alexander St. Door 11:30pm General Admission No Minors 19+

FRANKIE’S 765 Beatty Street

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FRANKIE’S 765 Beatty Street FREE

at VIVO Media Arts Centre, 2625 Kaslo St., 9:30 pm

Andre Leroux Quartet $15 ALL IN

Late Night Coastal Jazz Jam Session hosted by Mike Allen Quartet

Steve Kaldestad & The Renee Rosnes Trio $30 ALL IN

Tue. June 28

Wed. June 29

Thu. June 30

Fri. July 1

Sat. July 2

Sun. July 3

Tedeschi Trucks case/lang/veirs Band w/Andy Shauf $69-$118 ALL IN $79-$140 ALL IN

Joe Lovano Classic Quartet w/Matt Choboter Trio with Brad Turner $69 ALL IN

Gregory Porter/ Bruno Hubert Trio $69/80 ALL IN Tord Gustavsen Hymns and Visions w/ Simin Tander and Jarle Vespestad $46 ALL IN

Common Grounds: Alan Matheson Septet & Pacific Baroque Orchestra $46 ALL IN

Moon Hooch $35 ALL IN

Ana Popovic $48 ALL IN

Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys $48 ALL IN

Alexander Hawkins Trio $30 ALL IN

Piotr Damasiewicz Quintet “Tribute to Szakal” $30 ALL IN

Arild Andersen Trio w/ Tommy Smith & Paolo Vinaccia $30 ALL IN

Canada Day See page 26 for details

Gordon Grdina’s Haram $35 ALL IN

The Dan Brubeck Quartet $35 ALL IN

Vinny Golia Trio w/ Tomeka Reid Clyde Reed & Dylan Quartet $30 ALL IN van der Schyff $30 ALL IN

Endangered Blood Mary Halvorson/ $21 ALL IN Tommy Babin/ Skye Brooks/JP Carter $21 ALL IN

Steve Kaldestad Mike Rud Minatures/ Amanda Tosoff & The Renee Two Much Guitar “Words” Project Rosnes Trio $15 ALL IN $15 ALL IN $30 ALL IN

Cory Weeds Quintet ft. Terell Stafford $25 ALL IN

Late Night Coastal Jazz Jam Session hosted by Mike Allen Quartet

Cory Weeds Quintet Jaclyn Guillou ft. Terell Stafford $15 ALL IN $25 ALL IN

David Lam Park Jazz Weekend FREE!

Saturday, July 2

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David Ward and the Golden Future Orchestra 12:00pm Star Captains 1:45pm

ROUNDHOUSE EXHIBITION HALL

Alvaro Rojas Trio 2:30pm & 3:40pm Crane Wreck 5:30pm & 6:40pm

Khari Wendell McLelland and the Unsung Heros 3:30pm

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Mattias Risberg and François Houle 1:30pm $10 All In Ron Samworth’s Dogs Do Dream 3:15pm $10 All In

WORKSHOPS @ ROUNDHOUSE THE STUDIO

JP Carter 1:30pm Tommy Babin 3:00pm Skye Brooks 4:30pm

Georg Graewe 5:00pm $10 All In

WIL CAMPA y Su Orquesta 5:15pm Banda de los Muertos 7:00pm

Sunday, July 3

Roots Roundup 8:45pm

TD High School Intensive with Tomeka Reid 12:00pm Camaro 67 1:45pm Cory Weeds Quintet ft. Terell Stafford 3:30pm The 24th Street Wailers 5:15pm Wooden Horsemen 7:00pm Delhi 2 Dublin 8:45pm

Bernie Arai’s Goat Logic 2:30pm & 3:40pm Dave Sikula Trio 5:30pm & 6:40pm

Anat Fort/Gianluigi Trovesi 1:30pm $10 All In Mammal Hands 3:15pm $10 All In Matthew Halsall & the Gondawana Orchestra 5:00pm $10 All In

Jason Roebke 1:30pm Tomas Fujiwara 3:00pm Vinny Golia 4:30pm

DAVID LAM PARK JAZZ WEEKEND - SATURDAY, JULY 2 & SUNDAY, JULY 3, 2016 - Noon to 10pm

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June 22

1516 Yew Street 604-428-2691 3 course dinner including event ticket: $49

The Paris Trio

The Falcon Trio

The Grand Trio

Steve Kaldestad Trio

Guenter Schulz Trio

Deanna Knight and the Hot Club of Mars 7:00pm Mostly Marley 9:00pm

Nobuki Takamen Trio

Gabriel Mark Hasselbach

Jaqueline Dawn 7:00pm Alvaro Rojas 9:00pm

Jaclyn Guillou Quartet

Bruno Solo Piano 5:00pm Monk’s Dream 7:00pm Alvaro Rojas Trio 9:00pm

Malcolm Aiken Quartet

Jon Roper 7:00pm Zak Youssef 9:00pm

Autobahn

Kris Schulz & Calum Graham

Hot Club of Mars 7:00pm Tim Sars Band 8:00pm

Victor Noriega Quartet

Ron Johnson Trio with Maria Ho

Bruno Piano Trio +1 7:00pm Jay Leonard Jautco 8:00pm

Kelly Brown Quartet

Winston Minkler Band 7:00pm Alma Chevere 9:00pm

Sharon Minemoto’s Simmer

Los Duendes Latin Band

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July 1

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June 24

Bob Liley Jazz Quartet

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Meghan Gilhespy Quartet

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Jack Garton

June 22

9:00pm - 12:00am Jaclyn Guillou

June 25

June 24

June 23

9:00pm-11:30pm

Skillet Lickers

Bayou Ramblers

The Vancouver Academy of Music

Malleus Trio 9:00pm-1:00am

8:00pm

2:00pm-4:00pm Simply Twisted

June 26 June 27 June 28 June 29 June 30 July 1

2:00pm-4:00pm Cannery Row

Kristian Braathan 9:00pm-12:00am

noon

The Universal Gospel Choir 4:00pm

8:00pm

Wooden Horsemen

8:00pm

Leora Cashe noon

Papertrails Band

Good Noise Gospel Band noon

8:00pm

Hokum Hamfats

8:00pm

Kristian Braathan 9:00pm-12:00am

The City Soul Choir noon

Dave Phillips Band

Malcolm Aiken 9:00pm-11:30pm

Top Line Vocal Collective noon

MudFunk

Vanessa Moodley 9:00pm-12:00am

Marcus Mosely Chorale noon

The Vancouver Academy of Music

Lyndon Davies Trio 9:00pm-1:00am

Candus Churchill 4:00pm

8:00pm

2:00pm-4:00pm

Terminal City Brass Band

8:00pm

The Vancouver Academy of Music July 3

Ingrid Mapsen

8:00pm

The Vancouver Academy of Music

July 2

9:00 pm-1:00am

2:00pm-4:00pm Cannery Row

8:00pm For additional details please check club websites.

Hiromi: The Trio Project (with Alicia Hansen)

June 24 The Vogue Theatre @ 8pm $80/69 All In “She’s to the piano what Hendrix and Van Halen are to the guitar. Yeah, she’s that good” — All About Jazz Ever since the release of her 2003 debut album, Another Mind, Japanese pianist/composer Uehara Hiromi has electrified audiences worldwide. “One of the most exciting groups working in any genre today,” writes Downbeat. With electric bass master Anthony Jackson (Chick Corea, Steely Dan) and hard-hitting drummer Simon Phillips (Al DiMeola, David Gilmour), this fierce but playful trio blends percussive post-bop, proggy polyrhythms, mesmerizing counterpoint melodies, swing, and rock—all accompanied by Hiromi’s joyful offhand vocalizations and gleeful bouncing off the piano bench!

Huu Bac Quintet with Jou Tou

June 25 Civic Plaza (14th & Lonsdale) @ 1pm Free Huu Bac Quintet blends jazz and world music seamlessly. Vietnamese-born Huu Bac Quach uses everything from the Chinese fiddle and the Andean flute to the jazz guitar, creating a sound that is simultaneously familiar and mysterious. The quintet will be joined by Vancouver-based world music ensemble Jou Tou. With Huu Bac Quach dan bau/erhu/quena/ guitar, Guillaume Martineau piano, Jean-Félix Mailloux bass, Marie-Neige Lavigne violin and Etienne Mason drums. Jou Tou features Andre Thibault flamenco guitar/oud and Qiu Xia He pipa.

Jaclyn Guillou

July 3 Frankie’s Jazz Club @ 8pm $15 + GST “A treasure that is quietly evolving into one of the premier vocalists of our time.”—Critical Jazz Nominated for a JUNO Award in the Best Vocal Jazz Album of the Year category for her new release This Bitter Earth, A Tribute to Dinah Washington, Jaclyn Guillou brings a signature vocal style that draws laudatory comparisons to Betty Carter, Joni Mitchell and Diane Reeves. With Campbell Ryga saxophones, Jillian Lebeck piano, Darren Radtke bass, Bernie Arai drums. 38

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The Jacky Terrasson Trio

See “Spotlight on French Jazz” series page 57.

Jacques Kuba Seguin Quartet: Litania Projekt

June 26 Downtown Jazz – Robson Stage @ 1:30pm Free Montreal trumpeter/composer Jacques Kuba Seguin’s arresting Litania Projekt moves masterfully between traditionalism and cutting-edge modern sensibilities, marrying neoclassical melodies with Northern European jazz and subtle electronics. Cinematic in his use of dramatic tension and long-game arrangements, his fantastic quartet features Frédéric Alarie bass, Kevin Warren drums, Jonathan Cayer piano. Thanks to Canada Council for the Arts.

James Danderfer’s Hummingbird Brigade

June 26 Downtown Jazz – Georgia Stage @ 3:45pm Free “A meaty, beaty, big and bouncy all-star band” —Georgia Straight Composer/clarinetist James Danderfer delivers his contemporary big band take on the New Orleans Brass Band tradition, mixing soul, funk, and jazz with irresistibly propulsive results. Populated with 16 of Canada’s finest jazz musicians, James’s Hummingbird Brigade is a jubilant powerhouse!

Jen Hodge All Stars

June 26 Downtown Jazz – Robson Stage @ 6:45pm Free Vancouver bassist Jennifer Hodge leads this pack of talented young musicians with a passion for playing raucous, sassy jazz that’s reminiscent of the prohibition era. Think ’20s, ’30s, Jelly Roll Morton, Bix Beiderbecke, Bob Wills, speakeasies, roadhouses, underground parties... you get the idea. Guaranteed to be great fun!

Jennifer Scott Quartet featuring Dave Sikula

July 2 Performance Works @ 2:30pm Free With “gorgeous tone and absolutely killer technique” (The Province), vocalist/pianist Jennifer Scott puts a distinctive stamp on repertoire ranging from Joni Mitchell and the Beatles to Brazilian classics and jazz standards. With a “supple sense of swing and deft, slippery phrasing” (Seattle Times), her stellar combo features Dave Sikula guitar, Cory Weeds sax, Rene Worst bass, Joel Fountain drums.

Jesus Caballero’s Solo Picnic

July 2 Granville Island - Public Market Stage @ Noon Free Drummer Jesus Caballero’s exciting new project spotlights his fiery original compositions. Blending jazz, free improv and prog rock, Caballero’s influences (Bill Frisell, Elvin Jones, Pink Floyd, Radiohead) inhabit his loose melodies, pulsing vamps, and thrilling free improv. With local jazz stalwarts Emma Postl vocals, Jared Burrows guitar, Clyde Reed bass, Bill Clark trumpet.

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Joe Jackson

June 24 Queen Elizabeth Theatre @ 8pm $52-$96 All In

collection of original songs in seven years and features guest musicians including Bill Frisell, Stefan Kruger (Zuco 103), Earl Harvin, and Stanton Moore. His career-spanning Festival show will feature Jackson “as my own opening act,” playing a short solo piano set before bringing out a full band which will include Graham Maby bass, Teddy Kumpel (Rickie Lee Jones, Feist) guitar, and Doug Yowell (Suzanne Vega, Ari Hest) drums.

Joe Lovano Classic Quartet (with Matt Choboter Trio with Brad Turner) June 28 The Vogue Theatre @ 8pm $69 All In

The ever-restless British-born, NYC/Berlin-based singer/ songwriter Joe Jackson makes his highly anticipated debut at the Jazz Festival. With a string of 19 studio albums and multiple Grammy nominations, Jackson rocketed to stardom with songs including “Is She Really Going Out With Him?”, “Steppin’ Out” and “It’s Different for Girls”. Over a long career Joe has traversed territory ranging from cabaret and film scores to classical music, pop and jump blues. His latest release, Fast Forward, is his first

A massive force in jazz for four decades, Grammy Awardwinning saxophonist Joe Lovano cut his teeth in early gigs with Dr. Lonnie Smith, Chet Baker, Rashied Ali, and Paul Motian before emerging as a leader in his own right. Versatile and

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omnivorous in his collaborations, he’s worked with a who’s who of jazz stalwarts, including John Scofield, Herbie Hancock, Dave Holland, Bill Frisell, and Dave Douglas. “Expertly balancing heartfelt melodicism and cerebral harmonic improvisation” (AllMusic), Lovano is constantly creative, constantly exploring. With rising star pianist Lawrence Fields, and the in-demand New York-based rhythm section of Bulgarian bassist Peter Slavov, and Kosovo transplant Lamy Istrefi drums.

John Korsrud’s Latin Ensemble

July 1 Granville Island – Ron Basford Park Stage @ 5pm Free Led by the rigorous trumpet of Hard Rubber Orchestra founder John Korsrud, and featuring a who’s who of leading Canadian jazz, world, and new music players, this hard-hitting band plays tunes by Michel Camilo, Arturo Sandoval, Chucho Valdes, and many more. A powerhouse of pulsing Latin grooves and virtuosic melodic interplay.

Jon Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen July 3 The BlueShore at Cap @ 8pm $35/$33

unforgettable melodies and pop accessibility and incorporates elements of funk and reggae. The Monster Gentlemen features some of the best musicians in New Orleans with Derwin “Big D” Perkins guitar, Cornell C. Williams bass, and Jellybean drums.

Julian Jayme Quintet

June 28 Granville Island - Public Market Stage @ Noon Free Local guitarist Julian Jayme has taken giant steps since relocating to Boston to study at The Berklee College of Music. His incisive original tunes are influenced by Kurt Rosenwinkel and Brad Mehldau, and rendered skillfully by emerging Vancouver talents Eli Bennett tenor sax, Jonathan Tobin keyboards, Cole Birney-Stewart bass, and Matt Skepasts drums.

Khari Wendell McClelland and The Unsung Heroes (with Ms. Lauryn Hill)

June 26 Queen Elizabeth Theatre @ 8pm $79 - $151 All In Known for his key role in local gospel heavyweights The Sojourners, vocalist Khari Wendell McClelland leads a soulful journey from heart-wrenching experiences of personal loss to heart-swelling messages of redemption, hope and positive social change. Smoking soul tunes, moving interpretations of Underground Railroad slave songs, and some choice covers; this is a deeply grooving, deeply affecting, must-see group. July 2 Roundhouse - David Lam Park Stage @ 3:30pm Free

Kristian Braathen Trio

June 25 Granville Island - Public Market Stage @ Noon Free Drawing on influences from Jacky Terrasson and Bill Charlap, Vancouver drummer Kristian Braathen’s Trio performs superb originals as well as sophisticated arrangements of jazz standards and tunes by everyone from Joni Mitchell to Pearl Jam all with exceptional feel and killer chops. With Miles Black keyboards, Jodi Proznik bass. Jon Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen is a southern soul band like no other. Born and bred in England, but claiming New Orleans as his adopted hometown, keyboardist/singer/ guitarist Jon Cleary has become one of the most well-respected, hard working artists in the R&B and soul scene. He blends the soulful jazz and R&B heritage of New Orleans with smart,

Laila Biali

July 1 Granville Island – Performance Works @ 9:30pm Free “A voice that makes the listener shudder it’s so rounded and pure”—Montreal Gazette Award-winning keyboardist/vocalist Laila Biali moves effortlessly between incandescent contemporary jazz and absorbing modern pop. An acclaimed composer, deeply personal lyricist, and acute interpreter, the New York-based Vancouverite has worked with Phil Dwyer and Sting. With George Koller bass and Ben Wittman drums.

Larry Fuller Trio featuring Lewis Nash

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June 24 & 25 Frankie’s Jazz Club @ 8pm $25 + GST “Whether playing rapid-fire, intricate passages or subtly interpreting a tender ballad, Fuller is always totally in command and engaging.”—Jazz Times A world-class jazz pianist rooted in the hard-swinging traditions of mainstream jazz, Larry Fuller has worked with legendary bassist Ray Brown, drummer Jeff Hamilton, and guitarist John Pizzarelli among others. TD VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL JA ZZ FESTIVAL 2016

“Perhaps the most talented drummer of his generation,” opined jazz critic Ira Gitler of drummer Lewis Nash. He has been the drummer of choice for an incredible array of artists from Betty Carter, Tommy Flanagan and Ron Carter to Branford Marsalis, Sonny Rollins and Renee Rosnes. With Russ Botten bass.

Ms. Lauryn Hill (with Khari Wendell McCelland)

June 26 Queen Elizabeth Theatre @ 8pm $79 – $151 All In

Malleus Trio

June 27 Granville Island - Public Market Stage @ Noon Free High-energy originals, choice standards, and expansive free improv from three of Vancouver’s most in-demand, cuttingedge young talents. Featuring bassist Geordie Hart (The Boom Booms), tenor saxophonist Dominic Conway (We Just Stole A Car), and JUNO Award-winning drummer Ben Brown (Pugs & Crows).

Mammal Hands

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Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog

From a young age it was obvious that Ms. Hill possessed extraordinary talents and creativity. Her love affair with music would extend in many different directions, from jazz and soul to reggae, rock, and classical. She would establish her reputation in the music world as the lone female member of The Fugees, whose record sales would make them the second biggestselling R&B act worldwide since Michael Jackson. She launched her solo career with the release of the commercially successful and critically acclaimed album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, which earned a record-breaking five Grammy Awards.

Longhand

June 25 Downtown Jazz – Robson Stage @ 5pm Free Led by iconic West Coast guitarist/composer Tony Wilson, Longhand’s lyrical, deeply emotional music borders on the spiritual. With JUNO Award winners Tyson Naylor keys, Russell Sholberg bass, and Skye Brooks drums, Longhand gets to the soul of inventive originals and covers of Pharoah Sanders, Tom Waits, Nirvana, and more.

Los Straitjackets

June 30 The BlueShore at Cap @ 8pm $30/$28 Formed in Nashville, Los Straitjackets used the music of Ventures, The Shadows, and Dick Dale as a launching pad to capture audiences with their unique, high-energy brand of original rock & roll. They have delivered their trademark guitar licks on over 16 albums, thousands of concerts, dozens of films, and two albums specifically written for TV. Clad in their trademark Lucha Libre Mexican wrestling masks, the “Jackets” will make you grab your surfboard and hit the beach or watch a Mexican heist movie. With Eddie Angel guitar, Sugar Balls drums, Gregorio Cortez guitar, and Pedro del Mar bass. TD VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL JA ZZ FESTIVAL 2016

June 24 The BlueShore at Cap @ 8pm $35/$33 In perhaps his rawest ensemble to date, New York-based jazz guitarist Marc Ribot and his trio bring down the house with their jam-heavy, rock-driven electro-freak funk, shamelessly drawing on hard rock and extreme sonorities while remaining accessible and delectable. Hovering in and out of jazz as effortlessly as he does in rock, Ribot and his stooges aim to push listeners into an experience somewhere between jazz and funk, bringing a whole new meaning to the term “hard rock.” But, as Ribot says, “Ceramic Dogs just wanna have fun.” With Marc Ribot guitar/voice, Ches Smith drums and Shahzad Ismaily bass/electronics. Jazztopad presents:

Marcin Wasilewski Trio “Spark of Life”

June 26 Innovation Series - The Ironworks @ 9:30pm $30 All In or 3 Event Bundle $46 All In “His sense of musical space and his aural imagery are so fresh they are initially mysterious, then get more so.”— JazzTimes A Polish pianist/composer of cinematic and profoundly melodic originals, (and long time collaborator with Tomasz Stanko), ECM artist Wasilewski’s superb off-book explorations reinforce his “growing reputation as a visionary improviser” (All About Jazz). Daring re-workings of Herbie Hancock, Ennio Morricone, The Police, and legendary Polish pianist and film music composer Krzysztof Komeda (Rosemary’s Baby) beautifully frame his Keith Jarrett-influenced lyricism alongside the spacious and deeply engaged rhythm section of bassist Slawomir Kurkiewicz and drummer Michal Miskiewicz. “One of the best [trios] to appear on the European jazz scene in the past decade.”—The Guardian Thanks to the Jazztopad Festival in Wroclaw, Poland the Polish Cultural Institue in New York and National Forum of Music Poland. TICKETED

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Marianne Trudel Quartet featuring Ingrid Jensen

June 26 Performance Works @ 2:30pm Free JUNO Award-nominated Montreal pianist/composer Marianne Trudel’s new project “Life Begins Here” is expansive and emotional modern jazz of the highest order. With captivating Vancouver-born, New York-based trumpeter Ingrid Jensen (“plays with the fire and brilliance of a true virtuoso” Marian McPartland), bassist Morgan Moore, and Jim Doxas drums, Trudel holds audiences spellbound with “deeply adventurous, lyrical and utterly personal music”(Ottawa Citizen). Thanks to Canada Council for the Arts

Marin Patenaude (with Sarah McLachlan)

June 27 Queen Elizabeth Theatre @ 8pm $79 - $140 All In Singer/songwriter/guitarist Marin Patenaude’s absorbing sound is earthy, soulful, and heartbreakingly beautiful. Her pure voice ties together country, blues, and folk into something sublimely intangible. Her band features two Vancouver players who expertly blend nuance and fire in Cole Schmidt (Pugs & Crows) guitar, and Kenton Loewen (Peregrine Falls, Dan Mangan, Crackling) drums.

Mary Halvorson/JP Carter/Tommy Babin/ Skye Brooks

July 3 Innovation Series – Ironworks Late Night @ Midnight $21 All In or 3 Event Bundle $46 All In A must-see for forward-thinking jazz fans, this meeting between a New York avant titan and three of Vancouver’s most dynamic creative voices is sure to be full of originality and fire. Called “the most impressive guitarist of her generation” (AllAboutJazz), Mary Halvorson has worked with Anthony Braxton, Tim Berne, and a plethora of cutting-edge jazz artists. Skye Brooks’s drumming is as incisive as it is emotional. His main projects include Inhabitants and Tony Wilson’s Sextet. JP Carter brings his idiosyncratic melodicism and signature affected trumpet sound to acts as diverse as Destroyer and Fond of Tigers. Bassist Tommy Babin (Haram) plays with muscularity and rare artistic vision. July 2 Roundhouse – Studio (JP Carter Workshop) @ 1:30pm Free July 2 Roundhouse – Studio (Tommy Babin Workshop) @ 3pm Free July 2 Roundhouse – Studio (Skye Brooks Workshop) @ 4:30pm Free

Mats Eilertsen Trio

June 27 Innovation Series - The Ironworks @ 9:30pm $30 All In or 3 Event Bundle $46 All In “Contemporary European jazz of the highest quality; understated and compelling, it is music that makes its point through eloquence and sensitivity.” —JazzWise One of Norway’s finest young players, bassist Mats Eilertsen 42

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is “a fount of robust tone and singing texture” (AllAboutJazz) who has played with Mathias Eick, Bobo Stenson, and Atomic’s Fredrik Ljungkvist. Drummer Thomas Strønen’s “arsenal of clatter drives things with an abstracted, occasionally swinging groove” (BBC), while Dutch pianist Harmen Fraanje vocalizes as he plays, as though dictating sublime melodic imagination to his hands. This trio’s sound is “so intelligently crafted and beautifully distilled that it is nigh on perfect” (JazzJournal). June 27 Tom Lee Music Hall (Mats Eilertsen Trio Workshop) @ 1pm Free Thanks to Music Norway

Matt Choboter Trio with Brad Turner (with Joe Lovano Classic Quartet) June 28 The Vogue Theatre @ 8pm $69 All In When acclaimed Vancouver trumpeter Brad Turner (Metalwood) was honoured with the Mayor’s Arts Award in 2014, he chose pianist/composer Matt Choboter as his Emerging Artist counterpart. For this concert, the mentor joins the rising star for adventurous, wide-ranging post-modern jazz. With Cole Birney-Stewart bass, Andrew Thomson drums.

Matthew Halsall & the Gondwana Orchestra See “Made in the UK” series page 55.

Mattias Risberg and François Houle

July 2 Roundhouse – Performance Centre @ 1:30pm $10 All In @ door ONLY or RHPC Innovation Weekend Pass $32 All In Swedish pianist Mattias Risberg has collaborated with an array of great European improvisers, including Fredrik Ljungkvist, Mats Äleklint, Joe Williamson, and Raymond Strid. His otherworldly sonic explorations span jazz, improv, art-rock, and contemporary classical worlds. Vancouver’s François Houle is “a spectacularly versatile clarinetist who appears to have no limitations stylistically or sonically” (LA Times). Co-founder of the Turning Point Ensemble, he plays in avant-Arabic ensemble Haram, and has worked with Samuel Blaser, Harris Eisenstadt, and many others. “Never less than excellent” (Exclaim!), Houle brings an astonishing range of extended techniques, wild percussive pops and clacks, and stratospheric melodic experimentation to his choice collaborations. Thanks to Konstnårsnamnden, Sweden

Mike Rud Miniatures/Two Much Guitar (Double Bill)

June 29 Frankie’s Jazz Club @ 8pm $15 + GST Mike Rud magically weaves multiple melodic lines without multi-tracking using just voice and guitar. The result is a ‘miniature’ band that lights up jazz classics, originals and even Bach. Rud has the uncanny ability to sing and play one musical line against another while generating the sound of a large ensemble in the process. It makes for a delightful listening experience. TD VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL JA ZZ FESTIVAL 2016

We’re collecting used iPods ®

Coastal Jazz is partnering with Music Heals, and is collecting your used iPods for the iPod Pharmacy. Good as new iPods are delivered to music therapists in BC for use with their clients. Bring devices you’re no longer using to the Coastal information and ticket booth, downtown on June 25/26, and at David Lam Park July 2/3. The iPods that enhanced your life can change the lives of others!

Moon Hooch

Oliver Jones Trio (with Oliver Gannon Quartet)

June 28 Performance Works @ 9pm $35 All In

June 25 The Vogue Theatre @ 8pm $69 All In

Moon Hooch’s early subway busking days were cut short by the NYPD after the double-sax and drum trio’s raw grooves incited some frenzied and decidedly disorderly commuter dance parties. Bedford Avenue station’s loss is our gain, as the electrifying group takes stages everywhere by storm. “Loud, proud, and deliriously unrefined” (Village Voice), Moon Hooch blazes through jagged groove-jazz with frenetic post-punk energy, ridiculous technical chops, and a daredevil approach to extended technique (adding PVC tubes, traffic cones, or whatever’s handy to the bells of their saxes). This is primordial art mischief at its best. With Mike Wilbur and Wenzi McGowen saxophones, James Muschler drums.

Oliver Gannon Quartet (with Oliver Jones Trio) June 25 The Vogue Theatre @ 8pm $69 All In Echoes of Wes Montgomery and Barney Kessel can be heard in the fluid, swinging style of Vancouver guitarist Oliver “Fingers” Gannon, while his primo band expertly distils classic ‘50s and ‘60s bop in the manner of the great Art Blakey. With Jodi Proznick bass, Miles Black piano, and Andrew Miller drums.

At 81 years young, the masterful Canadian pianist Oliver Jones remains “one of the most consistently inventive and technically awesome mainstream jazz pianists on the planet” (All About Jazz). A JUNO and Governor General’s Award-winning Officer of the Order of Canada, Jones is as decorated as he is beloved. A strong musical kinship with lifelong friend Oscar Peterson can be heard in his phenomenal swing and bebop shredding, while his Bach and Chopin influences find expression in the arching emotion of his restrained, tender ballads. Oliver Jones retires from touring in the fall of 2016 so don’t miss his top shelf trio— Eric Lagacé bass, and Jim Doxas drums.

Only A Visitor

June 26 Downtown Jazz –Robson Stage @ Noon Free Vocalist/pianist Robyn Jacob’s eclectic avant-pop compositions and adventurous vocal arrangements evoke Bjork and Dirty Projectors. With drummer Kevin Romain, bassist Jeff Gammon and singers Emma Postl and Celina Kurz, Only A Visitor is “one of the most fascinating and singular musical projects to come out of Vancouver in recent memory” (Discorder Magazine).

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Paul Keeling Ancient Lights Quintet

June 25 Downtown Jazz – Robson Stage @ Noon Free WCMA-nominated pianist/composer Paul Keeling’s Ancient Lights Quintet digs deeply into earthy, propulsive hard-bop with luminous melodies drawn from classical music and ‘70s rock. His Quintet is a dream team of Vancouver’s finest jazz musicians, featuring Brad Turner trumpet, Jon Bentley tenor sax, Bernie Arai drums, and André Lachance bass.

Paul Rushka Sextet

July 3 Performance Works @ 2:30pm Free Award-winning bassist Paul Rushka leads his dynamic Sextet through original compositions and formidable group improvisations. A noted collaborator with Mike Allen, Denzal Sinclaire, and Karin Plato, this “postmodern Milt Hinton” (All About Jazz) moves into the leadership role with an emphasis on instrumental dialogue and strong, intertwining melodic textures. With Jon Bentley and James Danderfer reeds, Dave Sikula guitar, Jillian Lebeck piano, Joe Poole drums.

Peggy Lee’s Echo Painting

June 25 Innovation Series - The Ironworks @ 9:30pm $30 All In or 3 Event Bundle $46 All In

In celebration of her exceptional impact on the Vancouver creative music scene, Coastal Jazz has commissioned Peggy Lee to compose Echo Painting, an original suite of music for an exciting new ensemble. The cast of characters is the brainchild of Peggy Lee and Rainbow Robert, who had it in mind to present a new group that features and celebrates the voices of Vancouver creative music artists across the generations. With many colours to draw upon, Peggy Lee’s Echo Painting features music that is multi-layered, texturally varied, and melodically rich. From incendiary improvisation and intensely cerebral New Music to achingly beautiful melodic compositions, she takes anything she touches to a deeper and more artful level creating “music that combines the timeless and the otherworldly in equal measure” (Georgia Straight). With Brad Turner trumpet, John Bentley tenor sax, Dylan van der Schyff drums, James Meger bass, Cole Schmidt guitar, John Paton saxophones, Meredith Bates violin, Roderick Murray trombone, Bradshaw Pack pedal steel guitar. The commissioning and development for this project were made possible through the generous support of the BC Arts Council and the Province of British Columbia.

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Petunia

June 26 Presentation House Theatre @ 8pm $25/$23 Imagine David Lynch and Nick Cave had a hillbilly baby that yodeled or that Tom Waits met Elvis at Woody Guthrie’s hobo junction and you have the one and only Petunia. For fans who saw him with his band at North Shore Jazz last year, you’ll know that he is a true musical gem, not defined by any one genre, but residing somewhere elegantly between rockabilly, country blues, swing, and latin rhythms. This year he’ll perform in the intimate setting of Presentation House Theatre with a special solo show featuring just his achingly beautiful, virtuosic voice and his guitar. Jazztopad presents:

Piotr Damasiewicz Quintet ‘Tribute To Szakal’

June 29 Innovation Series - The Ironworks @ 9:30pm $30 All In or 3 Event Bundle $46 All In Rising star trumpeter/ composer Piotr Damasiewicz has performed with Phil Minton, Paal Nilssen-Love, and Samuel Blaser. A Fryderyk (Polish Grammy) winner, Damasiewicz has assembled a stellar band to pay tribute to prolific and charismatic Polish jazz icon Tomasz ‘Szakal’ Szukalski, who passed away in 2012. A major force in European jazz since the 1960’s, Szakal appeared on over 100 albums, and performed with Tomasz Stańko, Dave Holland, Terje Rypdal, and legendary Polish progressive rock band SBB. Damasiewicz’s Quintet features tenor saxophonist Gerard Lebik, pianist Artur Tuźnik, bassist Max Mucha, and Szakal’s former collaborator, drummer Krzysztof Dziedzic. Thanks to the Polish Cultural Institute in New York, Jazztopad Festival in Wroclaw, Poland and the National Forum of Music Poland

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Polyrhythmics

June 27 Performance Works @ 9pm $35 All In

Ron Samworth’s Dogs Do Dream

July 2 Roundhouse – Performance Centre @ 3:15pm $10 All In at the Door ONLY or RHPC Innovations Weekend Pass $32 All In An imaginative new project from Vancouver composer and guitar great Ron Samworth (Talking Pictures), Dogs Do Dream attempts to evoke the inner world of man’s best friend, narrated in first person by Barbara Adler. Featuring local innovators JP Carter trumpet, Tyson Naylor keyboards/accordion, James Meger bass, and Skye Brooks drums.

Roots Roundup “The controlled tempest of the Polyrhythmics is like manna from heaven” —The Stranger This hard-driving Seattle eight-piece’s taut, complex grooves and vividly cinematic instrumental imagery is going a long way towards redefining the term “funk” for 21st century audiences. A modern afrobeat/psych sound that recalls Fela Kuti, The Meters, and the sharpest of jam bands, “the group’s 32 limbs work in intricate harmony to generate a sophisticated slinkiness and expressive brassiness” (The Stranger). With Ben Bloom guitar, Grant Schroff drums, Nathan Spicer keys, Lalo Bello percussion, Jason Gray bass, Scott Morning trumpet, Elijah Clark trombone, Art Brown sax/flute.

Quatuor André Lachance

June 30 Performance Works @ 2:30pm Free Drawing on jazz, rock, and electric improvisation, one of Canada’s top bassists André Lachance switches to guitar for this dazzling mix of cool tunes, pulsing grooves, and cosmically compelling sonic excursions. Featuring fellow renaissance men Brad Turner Rhodes, Chris Gestrin Moog, Joe Poole drums.

Rachel Therrien Quintet

July 1 Granville Island – Performance Works @ 5:30pm Free An exciting new creative voice, Montreal-based trumpeter/composer Rachel Therrien took home the 2015 TD Grand Jazz Award at the Montreal International Jazz Festival for her charged blend of melodic lyricism, imaginative arrangements, and fluidly inventive improvisation. With Benjamin Deschamps sax, Charles Trudel piano, Simon Page bass, Alain Bourgeois drums. Thanks to the Canada Council for the Arts.

July 2 Roundhouse David Lam Park Stage @ 8:45pm Free One of the hardest working—and most fun—bands of the mid-’80s and ‘90s, Roots Roundup are back to get the crowd bouncing to their trademark high-energy, globe-spanning mix of rock, reggae, ska, funk, folk and punk. These guys are having a rip-roaring good time, and their mood is highly contagious!

Rossi Gang

June 24 Granville Island - Public Market Stage @ Noon Free A British Columbian twist on New Orleans hot jazz, this young quintet brings a raw exuberance to their swinging, greasy party music. Mardi Gras and Mingus-inflected fun with Connor Stewart sax, Joseph Abbott clarinet, Skye Lambourne trumpet, Noah Gotfrit bass, Aaron Levinson drums.

Sarah Kennedy Quintet

July 3 Granville Island - Public Market Stage @ Noon Free Vancouver-based vocalist Sarah Kennedy pays tribute to the poetic folk/jazz of songwriting icon Joni Mitchell and groundbreaking bassist/composer Charles Mingus’s late-1970s collaboration with polished elegance and a transcendent voice. Complex and sublime, Kennedy weaves lyrical magic with Ben Henriques sax, Dan Reynolds piano, Michael Rush bass, Sam Cartwright drums.

Robin Layne Quartet

July 1 Granville Island – Railspur District Stage @ 12:30pm Free The soundtrack to summer! Led by the percussion and marimba of Robin Layne, this groove-heavy ensemble’s irresistible mix of Jazz, Latin, and African traditions hints at Abdullah Ibrahim, Steve Coleman, Thomas Mapfumo, and the marimba music of Chiapas while remaining entirely original. With Wynston Minckler bass, Colin Maskell sax/flute, Justin James drums. TD VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL JA ZZ FESTIVAL 2016

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Sarah McLachlan (with Marin Patenaude)

June 27 Queen Elizabeth Theatre @ 8pm $79 - $140 All In

Soil & “Pimp” Sessions

June 25 Performance Works @ 9pm $35 All In

For a group that calls themselves “death jazz”, Japan’s Soil & “Pimp” Sessions is pretty damn lively! Whether exploding off the stage at Glastonbury, Fuji Rock Festival, or a sweaty nightclub, Soil & “Pimp” Sessions are one of the most engaging live bands in jazz. Shamanic hype man Shacho plays the role of agitator while the group flat out slays, creating a feedback loop of energy between band and audience. It’s an ecstatic, almost aggressively entertaining molten mix that’s stirred up by Tabu Zombie trumpet, Motoharu sax, Josei piano, and the pulsing rhythm section of Akita Goldman bass, and Midorin drums.

Speeding West

With over 25 years in the recording industry, Sarah McLachlan is a multi-platinum singer/songwriter best known for her intimate vocals and engaging lyrics. Canadian-born, this Grammy and Juno Award-winning artist has sold over 40 million albums. She is the recipient of numerous awards including the Order of Canada and the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement. Her philanthropic efforts extend to The Sarah McLachlan School of Music—a non-profit music education program for at-risk and underserved youth. Sarah’s latest album Shine On celebrates the human ability to grow from our experiences, thrive and shine on.

Sissel Vera Pettersen / Viviane Houle / Lee Hutzulak

June 30 Ironworks @ 5pm Free Viviane Houle is “an attention-riveting artist” (Exclaim!) capable of lush melodies, intimate whispers, guttural bellows and decibel-defying vocal squelches. With a painter’s touch, Lee Hutzulak creates immersive sonic worlds using an unlikely array of sources, from stratospheric synths to wadded-up tinfoil. Norwegian vocalist/saxophonist Sissel Vera Petteren uses subtle electronics to push her beautiful, otherworldly vocals and sax even further outward. JUNE 30 Tom Lee Music Hall (Sissel Vera Pettersen & Viviane Houle workshop) 1pm Free

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July 1 Granville Island – Railspur District Stage @ 3pm Free Speeding West’s sizzling country jazz, Western swing, and rockabilly is inspired by the 1950s collaboration between pioneering pedal-steel guitarist Speedy West and guitar virtuoso Jimmy Bryant. Featuring recently relocated New York guitarist Luca Benedetti (Jim Campilongo), local guitar/pedal steel ace Scott Smith (Just A Season, Rich Hope), Jeremy Holmes bass, and Nino DiPasquale drums.

Star Captains

July 2 Roundhouse David Lam Park Stage @ 1:45pm Free Navigating a constellation of influences from slamming funk to sultry groove and hip-hop, the Star Captains take you higher. With NaRai Dawn’s luscious, emotional vocals, the hot guitar of Jim Black, Gavin Youngash bass, Max Zipursky keys, David Mergen sax/EWI/keys, and Daniel Klenner’s funky drums.

Steve Hill (with The Legendary Downchild Blues Band)

June 27 The Vogue Theatre @ 8pm $63/52 All In “Montreal’s Steve Hill is hands-down the meanest guitar player in Canada.” —Montreal Gazette Last year, Hill took home a JUNO for Blues Album of the Year, plus Maple Blues Awards for Electric Act, Guitarist, Producer, and Entertainer of the Year! The man is a gritty force of nature, funneling intense virtuosic blues through his elaborate oneman-band set up of drums, harmonica, hell raising vocals, and some seriously heavy guitar licks. June 26 Downtown Jazz – Georgia Stage @ 12:30pm Free TD VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL JA ZZ FESTIVAL 2016

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Steve Kaldestad & The Renee Rosnes Trio

June 27 & 28 Frankie’s Jazz Club @ 8pm $30 + GST Vancouver saxophonist Steve Kaldestad is an in-demand musician as his work with Jesse Cahill’s Nightcrawlers, Jodi Proznick and others clearly attests. His latest album NY Afternoon (featuring The Rosnes Trio) was released to critical acclaim. Joining Kaldestad is one of the great artists of her generation—pianist/composer Renee Rosnes. A four-time JUNO Award winner, NY-based Rosnes creates fiery, forthright post-bop, full of bold imagination. She’s performed with Joe Henderson, Ron Carter, Wayne Shorter, and with husband and fellow pianist Bill Charlap. Her music “offers exquisite balances of delicacy and power, assertiveness and deference.” (Downbeat) With Neil Swainson bass, Lewis Nash drums.

The culmination of an exciting and focused series of student music workshops led by Chicago-based experimental jazz cellist, composer, and educator Tomeka Reid, this performance gives the kids a chance to show off their chops, and gives all of us a chance to see some up-and-coming musical stars.

Tedeschi Trucks Band

June 28 Queen Elizabeth Theatre @ 8pm $69 -$118 All In

Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys June 30 Performance Works @ 9pm $48 All In

For almost 30 years, Grammy Award-winning master accordionist Steve Riley has been celebrating Cajun and Creole greats (such as Canray Fontenot, Willie Broussard and Boozoo Chavis) and pushing the envelope of his regional roots by mixing in newer flavours of ska, funk, country swing, and swamp rock. Singing in French and English, Riley’s soaring voice and infectious charisma steers crowds through bittersweet front-porch waltzes, high-spirited dance hall barnburners, and bluesy stomps. His hot stepping Mamou Playboys whip up an unforgettable good time with their conversational musicality and southwest Louisiana charm.

Sweet Papa Lowdown

July 2 Civic Plaza (14th & Lonsdale) @ 1pm Free Here’s a modern take on classic jazz and blues. Drawing from such masters as Ma Rainey, Bo Carter, and Leroy Carr, the band combines the raw intensity of country string blues with the sophisticated horns of New Orleans. With Jeff Shucard vocals/ guitar, Rick Van Krugel mandolin/comb/vocals, Dan Marcus horn/bass/trombone, and Blaine Dunaway violin/trumpet.

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Tedeschi Trucks Band, a 12-piece tour-de-force, has quickly become the vanguard of modern roots music. Driven by Derek Trucks, #16 of the top 100 Guitarists of All Time (Rolling Stone), and Susan Tedeschi, blessed with a voice that passionately delivers both powerful R&B belters and gentle ballads, the group enlists dual drummers, two vocalists, a three-piece horn section, bass, and a multi-instrumentalist keyboard player for a greater-than-the-sum-of-its parts collective. It’s “a deeply skilled groove machine,” raves the Los Angeles Times. Tedeschi Trucks Band debuted big with its Grammy Award-winning Revelator, 2012’s dynamic live follow up, Everybody’s Talkin’, and 2013’s critically acclaimed Made Up Mind bolstered the Jacksonville-based group’s growing reputation as the preeminent blues-rock leader. With guitarist Derek Trucks’s departure from The Allman Brothers Band final at the end of 2014, the band has fully dedicated itself to expanding its legendary live performances. TTB has just released a third studio album, Let Me Get By. TD VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL JA ZZ FESTIVAL 2016

The Thing

June 24 Innovation Series - The Ironworks @ 9:30pm $ 30 All In or 3 Event Bundle $46 all In “The sheer power they generate from wood, metal, breath and muscle is stunning”—BBC Potent and uncompromising, The Thing’s high-energy immolation of genre renders free jazz, noise and garage rock into “a seething mass of molten bass saxophone, filthy fuzz bass and machine gun snare” (The Quietus). With a repertoire that ranges from Steve Lacy to the White Stripes and noise rock guerillas Lightning Bolt, The Thing is a sonic strike force of three of Scandinavian creative music’s most commanding and important figures. With Sweden’s Mats Gustafsson sax/live electronics, and Norwegians Ingebrigt Håker Flaten bass and Paal Nilssen-Love drums. Thanks to Swedish Arts Council, Norwegian Jazz Forum, Norsk Kulturråd – Arts Council Norway, Music Norway

Tom Wherrett’s Evil Three

June 25 Downtown Jazz – Robson Stage @ 1:30pm Free Vancouver guitarist Tom Wherrett composes beautifully arcing, complex tunes that bridge cerebral jazz and groove-driven post-rock. Thought-provoking and head-bobbing, there’s still lots of room for seriously stunning melodies within the dense and muscular rhythms of James Meger bass and Omar Amlani drums.

Tomeka Reid Quartet

July 3 Innovation Series - The Ironworks @ 9:30pm $30 All In or 3 Event Bundle $46 All In The New York Times recently called Chicago-based cellist/ composer/educator Tomeka Reid “one of the great energies in jazz: a melodic improviser with a natural, flowing sense of song and an experimenter who can create heat and grit with the texture of sound.” A “remarkably versatile” (Chicago Tribune) collaborator, her compositions take centre stage in her new Quartet. She was cited Chicagoan jazz musician of 2015 while her Thirsty Ear debut album received universal rave reviews. No stranger to Vancouver, she’s led our TD High School Jazz Intensive for several years. This year it’s her turn in the spotlight! With Mary Halvorson guitar, Jason Roebke bass, and Tomas Fujiwara drums. July 3 Roundhouse – Studio (Jason Roebke Workshop) @ 1:30pm Free July 3 Roundhouse – Studio (Tomas Fujiwara Workshop) @ 3pm Free

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Tord Gustavsen Hymns and Visions with Simin Tander and Jarle Vespestad

June 29 Christ Church Cathedral @ 7:30 pm $46 All In

The sonically spare and alluring sound world of award-winning Norwegian pianist/composer Tord Gustavsen “draws the listener in so completely – making us consider each note, each small gesture in its ethereal, shimmering whole” (DownBeat). His new project Hymns and Visions explores and interprets ancient Norwegian hymns translated into the hauntingly beautiful Pashto language, as well as newly composed settings of Sufi poetry. A rising star in European jazz, Afghan-German vocalist Simin Tander hums, sighs, and bends notes tenderly, arching upwards from Gustavsen’s lyrical minimalism and subtle electronics, and the impressionist drumming of Jarle Vespestad (formerly of Supersilent). June 29 Tom Lee Music Hall (Tord Gustavsen Q&A) @ 1pm Free

Trevor Whitridge Quintet

July 1 Granville Island - Public Market Stage @ Noon Free Cutting across a wide range of eras and genres—including traditional jazz, funk, fusion and Latin jazz—budding Vancouver trumpeter Trevor Whitridge incorporates inspiration from Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, the Omar Thomas Large Ensemble, and beyond. With Rowan Whitridge and Ben Henriques saxophones, Eli Davidovici bass, Ethan Honeywell drums.

Two Much Guitar/Mike Rud Miniatures (Double Bill)

June 29 Frankie’s Jazz Club @ 8pm $15 + GST Award-winning guitarists Bill Coon and Oliver Gannon join forces for a swinging affair. With rock solid rhythm mates Darren Radtke bass and Dave Robbins drums, this classic jazz quartet celebrates influences such as Wes Montgomery and Jim Hall but has a sound all its own.

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Tyson Naylor’s Tribute to Paul Bley

June 29 Performance Works @ 2:30pm Free JUNO Award-winning keyboardist Tyson Naylor (Dan Mangan, Tony Wilson) pays artful tribute to pioneering Canadian avant-garde pianist Paul Bley, who passed away in January. With inventive improvisers James Meger bass and Dylan van der Schyff drums, Ted Crosby sax. Naylor explores notable Bley tunes and new compositions inspired by Bley’s adventurous, unorthodox spirit.

Vahagni

June 24 West Vancouver Memorial Library @ 7:30pm Free Armenian-born Vahagni blends flamenco guitar with jazz, folk and classical with an intuitive ability to cross genres and borders. With influences as far ranging as Beethoven to Pat Metheny and flamenco masters such as Niño Ricardo, Vahagni has created a new style with a modern take on flamenco.

Vinny Golia Trio with Clyde Reed and Dylan van der Schyff

July 2 Innovation Series - The Ironworks @ 9:30pm $30 All In or 3 Event Bundle $46 All In Reprising a potent cross-border collaboration from 20 years ago, this compelling trio is back for more magic. Virtuosic California-based creative giant Vinny Golia (Nels Cline, Anthony Braxton) blends jazz, contemporary classical and world music on a vast array of wind instruments. Forever pushing the cutting edge of vanguard jazz, “even at his boundary-stretching limits Golia has something for even the uninitiated listener” (Jazznews). Known for his work with The NOW Orchestra, Claude Ranger, and George Lewis, Vancouver bassist Clyde Reed is the consummate collaborator. Textural and endlessly inventive drummer Dylan van der Schyff has played with John Butcher, Phil Minton, and Eyvind Kang. July 3 Roundhouse – Studio (Vinny Golia Workshop) @ 4:30pm Free

WDF

June 26 Downtown Jazz – Georgia Stage @ 5:15pm Free A star in the making, rising R&B vocal sensation Warren Dean Flandez “has soul to burn” (Exclaim!). Infectious hooks, jaw-dropping vocal skills, and a joyful take on gospel, Motown, contemporary urban, and old school funk. WDF stirs the soul and gets the people moving!

Wil Campa y Su Orquesta

July 2 Roundhouse David Lam Park Stage @ 5:15pm Free For those who like their salsa muy caliente! charismatic Cuban vocalist Wil Campa leads his sizzling 13-piece band of merry musicians through festive Afro-Cuban music perfect for a hot summer’s night. Their previous Festival appearance was a triumph of all-out dance revelry The Georgia Straight called “Caribbean party fever!”

Wooden Horsemen

July 3 Roundhouse - David Lam Park Stage @ 7pm Free “Americana rock with Latin and Afro influences, psych-funk and folk…a melting pot of styles that has to be heard to be believed” —Beatroute A local band to watch, the nine-piece Wooden Horsemen have quickly evolved from the understated folk of their inception into a swaggering, gritty, horn-driven electric groove demon!

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The UK scene is widely considered to be one of the most vibrant on today’s global- jazz landscape. Entering its fifth year we believe this is our deepest Made in the UK program to date. A pivotal figure in European free jazz and improvisation, saxophonist Evan Parker returns to the Festival for a mélange of collaborative performances. Outstanding pianist Alexander Hawkins returns to the Festival for the third year running – this time with his hard-hitting trio! Manchester’s Matthew Halsall brings his genre-bending Gondwana Orchestra to Vancouver for their inaugural show. Gondwana labelmates (remember GoGo Penguin last year?) – the trio Mammal Hands will join in the festivities. Wrapping up the program are two of the UK’s most unique and distinctive vocalists - Christine Tobin and Gwyneth Herbert. Thanks to the two architects of Made in the UK - John Ellson and John Nugent - for making this project possible.

Braxton, John Zorn) a leader in his own right is among the most versatile and prolific musicians of his generation, while Neil Charles (Soweto Kinch) is one of the most in-demand bass players on the UK scene. June 28 Tom Lee Music Hall (Alexander Hawkins Trio Workshop) @ 1pm Free

Christine Tobin

July 1 Granville Island – Performance Works @ 7:30pm Free “Gorgeous, affecting and deeply human,” award-winning Irish singer/songwriter Christine Tobin’s “24-carat voice” (The Guardian) alights on imaginative settings of W.B. Yeats poems, inspired versions of Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, and Bessie Smith songs, and her own far-reaching originals. Over ten acclaimed albums, Tobin has transcended simple genre labels, blending folk, jazz, and 20th-century classical influences “with an unmistakable refinement, free-spirited earthiness and giddy romanticism; this singer-songwriter is in a field of one” (MOJO). With Phil Robson guitar and Leo Genovese piano.

Evan Parker / Georg Graewe / Torsten Müller

Alexander Hawkins Trio

June 28 Innovation Series - The Ironworks @ 9:30pm $30 All In or 3-Event Bundle $46 All In “If Hawkins really is the future of jazz pianism, the future looks bright.”— Daily Telegraph One of the UK’s fastest rising stars and a Festival favourite, pianist Alexander Hawkins has played with Evan Parker, Wadada Leo Smith, and Louis Moholo-Moholo. His wide-ranging style moves “from stride piano to all-out Cecil Taylor-inspired mayhem” (All About Jazz). An innovative improviser and a profoundly curious composer, Hawkins has reached “a dazzling new apex” (DownBeat). Drummer Harris Eisenstadt (Anthony

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June 24 Performance Works @ 2:30pm Free The Guardian recently called Evan Parker “the greatest living exponent of free improvisation.” High praise, but consistently earned by the tirelessly innovative British saxophonist. A distinct creative voice and masterful collaborator, German pianist Georg Graewe is “always identifiably himself, but deeply affected by the colleagues in any given session.” (AllAboutJazz) German ex-pat and Vancouver improv heavy-hitter Torsten Müller (Phil Minton, Achim Kaufmann) is a far-ranging bassist who mixes extended technique with a masterful sense of group dynamics.

Evan Parker with Torsten Müller / Meredith Bates / Peggy Lee

June 24 Innovation Series – Ironworks Late Night @ Midnight $21 All In or 3 - Event Bundle $46 All In “One of the best improvisers of our time.”— AllAboutJazz British saxophonist Evan Parker is an iconic artist who plays with striking dexterity and deep emotional connection. “Bracingly unpredictable” (The Guardian), Parker has collaborated with

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Derek Bailey, Peter Brötzmann, and scores of cutting-edge improvisers. Cellist Peggy Lee’s omnivorous musicality ranges from work with new music ensemble Standing Wave to “beautifully abstract, and magnificently composed” (Panpot) playing with Tony Wilson, Dave Douglas, and her own ensemble. German-born Vancouver bassist Torsten Müller creates dramatic music using knotty plucks, audacious bowing, and a wide vocabulary of extended technique, while JUNO Award-winning violinist/violist Meredith Bates (Pugs & Crows) blends classical foundations with transcendent sonic excursions.

Gwyneth Herbert Trio

June 25 Downtown Jazz – Robson Stage @ 6:45pm Free “A remarkably gifted talent” (The Guardian), award-winning composer/lyricist/ multi-instrumentalist Gwyneth Herbert is a strikingly original musical adventurer. With one foot in jazz and the other in the thrilling unknown, she’s collaborated with writers, choreographers, visual artists, clowns, pirates and young people to make a huge canon of genre-defying interdisciplinary work. Switching between vocals, ukulele, and piano, Gwyneth, along with Ned Cartwright piano and Dave Price percussion, takes audiences on a wild journey through her varied musical world.

Matthew Halsall & the Gondwana Orchestra

July 3 Roundhouse – Performance Centre @ 5pm $10 All In @ door ONLY or RHPC Innovation Weekend Pass $32 All In A rising star in the European jazz scene, The Times calls Manchester-based trumpeter/composer Matthew Halsall “the master of Mancunian spiritual jazz.” His cool, clear tone, modal melodicism and Eastern influences “ eloquently blend the tranquil tone-poetry of Alice Coltrane and the jazz intensity of her husband, John” (The Guardian). His latest Gondwana Orchestra album was “unreservedly recommended” by All About Jazz, who hailed it as “one of the finest British jazz records of the modern era.” With harpist Rachael Gladwin, Taz Modi piano, Luke Flowers (Cinematic Orchestra) drums, and Jordan Smart (Mammal Hands) saxophone.

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July 3 Roundhouse – Performance Centre @ 3:15pm $10 All In @ door only or RHPC Innovations Weekend Pass $32 All In Drawing on Steve Reich, Pharoah Sanders, and the Cinematic Orchestra, as well as traditional North Indian and African musics, the bassless UK trio of Nick Smart piano, Jesse Barrett drums, and Jordan Smart saxophones play an immersive and masterfully restrained blend of cyclical minimalism, contemplative atmospherics, and hypnotic melodicism. With remarkable assurance for such a new group, their “overall effect is something like what GoGo Penguin might have been had they grown up somewhere quieter, away from the temptations of clubland.” (AllAboutJazz)

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Our fifth year of Spotlight on French Jazz puts the focus on some of the exciting jazz to be found on the European continent. Building on the success of last year’s Spotlight project with Benoit Delbecq, François Houle will reconvene the band in Vancouver this summer for a recording session and a follow up Festival concert. The distinguished jazz pianist Jacky Terrasson makes a rare Vancouver appearance; Donkey Monkey (Eve Risser and Yuko Oshida) bring their quirky, delightful and individualistic sensibility to a set that combines composition and improvisation with vocal interludes. Our most exciting find for this year’s Spotlight could be saxophonist Emile Parisien’s Quartet. They were cited as a slam-dunk hit of the recent Winter Jazz Festival according to the NY Times. Not to be missed!

Returning to Vancouver to build upon last year’s amazing Festival collaboration, French pianist Delbecq rejoins his cohorts this June to record their first album as an ensemble. Delbecq’s mastery of extended technique and melodic free improv is “at once otherworldly and organic” (Georgia Straight), while Vancouver’s François Houle is “a spectacularly versatile clarinetist who appears to have no limitations stylistically or sonically” (LA Times). Regular co-conspirators in numerous projects, guitarist Gordon Grdina and drummer Kenton Loewen are boldly adventurous, cutting-edge improvisers. Thanks to Consulat Général de France à Vancouver and Institut Français

Benoit Delbecq with François Houle/Gordon Grdina/Kenton Loewen

Donkey Monkey with Eve Risser & Yuko Oshima

July 1 Granville Island – Performance Works @ 2:15pm Free

June 27 Performance Works @ 2:30pm Free

“Donkey Monkey guides a very exciting–and undoubtedly exotic–strange trip.”—All About Jazz At the intersections of drama and delicacy, humour and heaviness is where you’ll find the thrillingly unique, virtually indescribable duo of French pianist Eve Rissler and Japanese/ French drummer Yuko Oshima. Check your preconceptions at the door, this is some next-level creativity. Thanks to Consulat Général de France á Vancouver & Institut Français This program would not be possible without the support of the Consulat Général de France à Vancouver and Institut Français.

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can recall Oscar Peterson”(The New York Times), while echoes of Ahmad Jamal inform his almost impossibly light touch and “sublime sense of space” (London Jazz News). Between the sly eclecticism of his jazz and pop re-interpretations, the virtuosity of his rhythmic variations, and his infectious energy, Terrasson is a joyfully masterful artist that blurs lines and stirs souls. With Burniss Travis bass, Jamire Williams drums. Thanks to Consulat Général de France à Vancouver and Institut Français

Emile Parisien Quartet The Jacky Terrasson Trio

June 27 Christ Church Cathedral @ 7:30 pm $46 All In “It takes sharp musical intelligence as well as chutzpah to make Duke Ellington’s Caravan morph into Michael Jackson’s Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough. Jacky Terrasson has both in spades.” —The Telegraph French pianist Jacky Terrasson’s boldly physical playing makes him “one of the few post-bop pianists whose amiable virtuosity

June 25 Performance Works @ 2:30pm Free French saxophone star Emile Parisien’s “jaggedly restless soundworld” (The Guardian) takes influences from Wayne Shorter and Cecil Taylor to Stravinsky and Schoenberg, exploding them outwards in all directions. His startlingly tight, strikingly creative, and at times impishly humorous quartet features Sylvain Darrifourcq drums, Ivan Gélugne bass, Julien Tourey piano. Thanks to Consulat Général de France à Vancouver and Institut Français.

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BIG PRINT PROJECT 2016 GRANVILLE ISLAND July 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, 2016

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A team of volunteers, artists and professional printmakers will celebrate the art of large-scale woodcut printing using a steamroller as a press. Elevating relief printmaking to an epic art form, twelve artists will be engaged in reflecting themes of music and the city. The artists will carve the blocks, and the works will be printed in small editions in a public performance atmosphere. The resulting suite of unique 4’ X 8’ woodprints on cloth and on paper will be displayed on-site, as they come off the press. This highly accessible event will take place on Granville Island for four days in early July 2016, as a part of this year’s TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival. An exciting addition to this summer’s festival, Big Print Project is coordinated by Vancouver-based Society for Contemporary Prints on Paper and Creative Cultural Collaborations Society. “The event unfolded as a public performance and a very enjoyable, mostly spectacular act. The ritual of essential steps—inking the plate, covering it with paper or canvas, rolling over it, displaying the resulting images on the walls of the neighbouring buildings—that had to be repeated many times, engaged the public in the creative process, allowing for a moment of (artistic) communion between all the participants, artists and audience. With each set of prints, everyone seemed equally invested in the successful outcome of the process. It was a beautiful summer afternoon in a city that can use a lot more of this kind of art project: simple, playful, ambitious and carefully attuned to the unique topography of the surrounding metropolis.” —Antonio Eligio (Tonel) Vancouver, Big Print project 2014

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