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Genre-spanning international and local talents take to North Shore venues in BlueShore at CapU and Vancouver International Jazz Festival presentation
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Another 30 concerts will take place at Performance Works, Ocean Artworks, and the Revue Stage from June 20 to July 1
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Offerings include Downtown Jazz concerts on June 21 and 22, Bentall Centre happy-hour shows from June 23 to 27, and a day-long July 1 celebration
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Innovation Series features five concerts from June 25 to 29, while the return of Time Flies brings three free late-night shows to Granville Island
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Coastal Jazz also announced the second year of the New Improvisers Studio
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Artists hitting the Performance Works stage include New Jazz Underground, Nubya Garcia, and more
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The Province, which has provided nearly $80 million since 2021, is reviewing the program, while fests warn of challenges and cutbacks if it’s lost
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Vancouver International Jazz Festival’s closing act layers, stacks, and twists pre-existing songs in its own brilliant form of live sampling and improvisation
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Avant-garde percussionist Ches Smith and master drummer Daniel Brevil’s all-star ensemble blends jazz with the ancient and the modern, the Afrocentric and the Eurocentric
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Highlights include a free show by Lebanon-born, Montreal-based artist Lamia Yared, a Dave Brubeck homage by the Marois Vocal Project, and more
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The free talk focuses on Wong’s first book, a collection of 30 long-form portraits of musicians who have helped shape Vancouver’s jazz scene
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Experimental artist inspired by jazz, hip hop, and beat poetry will also play a June 22 show with her quintet Irreversible Entanglements
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The Washington, D.C. trio will be joined by saxophonist James Brandon Lewis at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival for an evening of genre-blurring virtuosity
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In partnership with Vancouver International Jazz Festival, one-time Vancouverite Benedetti returns to the city with his trio for stylized folk, blues, jazz, and rock
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Performance will be presented as part of North Shore Jazz series at Vancouver International Jazz Festival
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Jazz drummer, rapper, and producer Kassa Overall and rapper-DJ Odario to headline Downtown Jazz series outside the Vancouver Art Gallery
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Programming announcement includes Artists in Residence Sakina Abdou, Shahzad Ismaily, and DJ O Show hosting performances, artist talks, and workshops
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Ten concerts highlight both local and international improvisational musicians as part of Granville Island Jazz program
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Lakecia Benjamin, We All Break, and aja monet among other names on Performance Works roster
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Guitarist, genre-crossing jazz singer, and supergroup are to play at June event
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