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Jazz @ The Bolt offers diverse, electrifying lineup for 2023

Cory Weeds teams up with Tim Reinert for a mini festival featuring revered New York City musicians, leading Canadian artists, standout up-and-comers, and more

MUSICJanet SmithJanuary 27, 2023Jazz @ The Bolt, jazz, Cellar Music, Cory Weeds, Tim Reinert, Shadbolt Centre

Vancouver violin virtuoso Cameron Wilson's BBC Trio plays jazz in concert, January 15

Standards and original compositions make up the program for the Kay Meek Arts Centre’s third show in its Jazz Violin Concert series

MUSICJanet SmithJanuary 11, 2023Kay Meek Arts Centre, Cameron Wilson, jazz, violin

Drummer-bandleader-composer Makaya McCraven thrives in the musical unknown

The prolific artist is bringing a string quartet and a who’s who of Chicago-based improvisers with him on tour

MUSICJanet SmithOctober 10, 2022Homepage feature, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, jazz

Cory Weeds Plays Art Blakey celebrates the music of a jazz legend, at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts October 16

Cory Weeds forms a quintet that riffs on the legacy of the influential drummer and bandleader

MUSICJanet SmithOctober 8, 2022jazz, Shadbolt Centre, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

Vancouver meets Italy in the lyrical and energetic Burrows/Morena Quartet, October 7 at BlueShore at CapU

The evening of intimate chamber jazz will take excursions into swinging groove territory

MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 23, 2022BlueShore at CapU, jazz

Cécile McLorin Salvant, GoGo Penguin to perform at 2022 TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival

The Grammy-winning vocalist performs June 27; the Blue Note recording trio hits the stage June 28

On It Becomes Us, drummer Kenton Loewen and trumpeter JP Carter find beauty in often challenging free improvisation

The pair, one of two duos appearing at the BlueShore, mine rich melodies and textures from their instruments

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 18, 2022Capilano University, jazz, Kenton Loewen, JP Carter

Stir Q&A: Triology pianist Miles Black talks jazz trios, desert-island music, and the Zen state

At the Anvil Centre, the three artists share what they call a “Close Your Eyes Jazz” connection

MUSICJanet SmithDecember 26, 2021jazz, Anvil Centre, The Anvil Centre

Dynamic jazz duo Laila Biali and Jodi Proznick team up at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, October 21

Livestream tickets still available for a show that features the music from albums Out of Dust and Sun Songs

MUSIC, LIVESTREAMJanet SmithOctober 20, 2021Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, jazz

Jazz musician Hugh Fraser to be remembered in celebration of life October 17

Gathering at the Vogue pays postpandemic tribute to the master pianist, trombonist, composer, and educator

MUSICJanet SmithOctober 13, 2021the Vogue, Hugh Fraser, jazz

Pop-up music series Funk N’ Mink unites jazzy soul and chocolate, September 11, 18, 25

The free outdoor concerts by the Kristin Fung Trio happen in downtown Vancouver outside Mink—A Chocolate Café

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonSeptember 8, 2021music, What's Stirring, jazz

From Snotty Nose Rez Kids to Peggy Lee, the Jazz Fest's Marquee Series highlights the range and remarkable depth of world-class, BC-based talent

A festival highlight from the Granville Island venue, the series draws from soul, jazz, pop, folk, and other diverse music influences

Bassist Jodi Proznick brings joy of jazz to Vetta Chamber Music—and aims to get more women in the field

Tango Klezmer Jazz is a new virtual concert featuring four of Canada’s leading female musicians

MUSICGail JohnsonMarch 5, 2021Music, Vetta Chamber Music, Jodi Proznick, jazz

Jazz, blues, R&B, and gospel vocalist Dee Daniels sings of freedom and hope

With tour dates cancelled, the pandemic has led to two local concerts

MUSICGail JohnsonNovember 4, 2020music, VSO, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Dee Daniels, jazz, R&B, gospel

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