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FESTIVALPERSONNEL

A MESSAGE FROMOURTITLESPONSOR

TABLEOF CONTENTS

PRODUCERS

In the words of jazz drummer and bandleader Art Blakey, "Jazz
washes away the dust of every day life." In that spirit, TD is pleased to
bring you, for the seventh consecutive year, the 2010 TD Vancouver
International Jazz Festival, an event that celebrates the diversity and
entertainment of jazz music from talented artists from Canada and
around the world.
They say music transcends boundaries and we couldn't agree more. Jazz
festivals bring people from different communities together to share in
the love of great music! That's why TD is proud to sponsor nine major
jazz festivals across Canada from Victoria to Halifax. It's exciting to be
part of an event that showcases the universal appreciation of jazz, and
we're thrilled that you share this appreciation too.
Great festivals don't happen without great people to organize and run
them, so we'd like to thank everyone who is involved with making the
2010 TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival a hit-from the volunteers and organizers, to the immensely talented featured artists, and
to the thousands of music lovers who join us every year. Your support
makes this event possible.
Thank you,
Raymond Chun
Senior Vice President, TD Canada Trust, Pacific Region

FOLLOWUS ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK
Find us on facebook.com-search
Festival and join our Fan Page
Follow us!
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• Download the FREE 2010 TD Vancouver International Jazz
Festival Mobile App
• Find out what's on near you during the Festival
• Browse upcoming performances
• View artist profiles and concerts
• Visit iTunes to sample and buy music from artists
• View venue details and maps
• Build your personalized 'Favourites' list
• Submit photos from your phone to our website
Visit coastaljazz.ca/mobile
Available on the iPhone App Store and BlackBerry App World.

Coastal Jazz & Blues Society is a non-profit organization
supportingjazz 1 bluesi creative 1 and improvised music.
Coastal Jazz produces the TD Vancouver International Jazz
Festival, Winterruption, Time Flies, an annual Concert
Season, and education programs.
Our offices are located at 2nd floor, 295 West 7 th Avenue 1

Vancouver, BC, VSY IL9. Phone 604.872.5200
Fax 604.872.5250.Emailcjbs@lcoastaljazz.ca
Web coastaljazz.ca Twitter twitter.com/vanjazzfest
Facebook search TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival

BOARD
OFDIRECTORS
President Franco Ferrari
Vice-President Lynn Buhler
Treasurer Michael Matich
Secretary Kevin McN eilly
Immediate Past President James Coverdale
Members at Large Craig Cromie, Nau Dadoun 1 Mitchell
Edgar, Bob Golden, Deborah Roitberg
Advisory Board Patrick Julian, Bob Rebagliati, Karl Stahl

STAFF
Executive Director Julie Smith/ Fatima Amarshi
Artistic Director Ken Pickering
Manager of Artistic Programming Rainbow Robert
Artist Logistics Coordinator Lorraine Hamilton
Marketing & Development Director Kira Orr
Media Director John Orysik
Marketing & Media Manager Kelly Phelan
Communications Coordinator Hanne Lene Dalgleish
Development Coordinator Joey Chopra
Official Festival Photographer Chris Cameron
Operations Director Diane Blunt
Operations Assistant Jen Thomas
Business Manager Phil Daum
Accountant J effTurner
Box Office & Administrative Manager Kelly Creelman
Education, Outreach & Community Programs Coordinator Tegan Ceschi-Smith

FESTIVAL
STAFF
Production Managers Eduardo Ottoni 1 Robert Wilson
Production Coordinator James Ong
Production Assistant Katja Schluleter
Artist Hospitality Coordinator Leanne Zacharias
Artist Logistics Coordinator Michelle Fraser
Transport Coordinator Donna Lytle
Volunteer Coordinators Anne Mcllvany 1 Karalee Tonack
Box Office Assistants Jo Bergstrand, Zoe Forsythe,
Arianna McGregor
Site Manager Tom Fijal
Assistant Site Manager Julie Martens
Banner Coordinator Robert MacNeil
Food, Beverage & Merchandise Manager Rod Grant
Marketing Intern Max Harland
Media Intern Isabel Proell
Graphics Intern Cyrielle Flosi

FESTIVAL
PROGRAM
BOOK
Cover Art Han Bennink
Managing Editor, Cover & Book Design Hanne Lene
Dalgleish
Editor Sandra Even
Copy John Orysik, Kate Ham'mett-Vaughan
Publisher Coastal Jazz
Printed in Canada.
ISSN 1704-5096
Gastown Jazz)photo by Chris Cameron 2009

GENERALINFORMATION
Greetings
andMessages
Ticket
Information
JazzFriends
Membership
Education
CONCERTSCHEDULES
Queen
Elizabeth
Theatre
TheCentre
Commodore
Ballroom
Roundhouse
Performance
Centre
Performance
Works
TheIronworks
Gastown
Jazz
Jazzat theRoundhouse
Granville
IslandJazz
Canada
DayonGranville
Island
AroundTown
NorthShore
Jazz
ClubSeries
ARTIST BIOS BY VENUE
Queen
Elizabeth
Theatre
TheCentre
Commodore
Ballroom
Roundhouse
Performance
Centre
Performance
Works
TheIronworks
Gastown
Jazz
Jazzat theRoundhouse
Granville
IslandJazz
Canada
DayonGranville
Island
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NorthShore
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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MajorSponsors
Cultural,
Government,
OfficialSponsors 77
INDEX
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MAP
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GREETINGS
Welcome to the 2010 Vancouver International Jazz Festival.
Our Government understands the importance of festivals in allowing
Canadians to enjoy arts in their communities. The 2010 Vancouver
International Jazz Festival brings music to a wide public of all ages,
through performances in parks, community centres, concert halls, and
clubs. It features the talents of seasoned professionals and introduces
emerging artists to the stage.
On behalf of Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Government of
Canada, I welcome you to the Jazz Festival. I commend the organizers,
volunteers, and musicians for bringing this memorable event to the
streets ofVancouver. You are contributing once again to the exciting
local arts and culture scene, and providing inspiration for emerging jazz
artists.

Jazz is one of the most significant art forms to emerge over the last 100 years,
and for a quarter of a century, the Vancouver International Jazz Festival has
been there, supporting jazz and providing one of the most important and
impressive musical showcases on the West Coast.
Featuring more than 1800 musicians from BC and around the world, the festival
has come a long way since it started programming in 1986. Since then it's
offered BC jazz fans some of the greats, everyone from Miles Davis and Wynton
Marsalis, to Bobby Mcferrin, Tito Puente and Albert Collins, and along the
way has evolved into the largest musical festival in the province.
As Chair of the BC Arts Council I am pleased to congratulate the festival on
what promises to be another great program, and I am proud of the support the
Council has given the Vancouver International Jazz Festival over the years. I am
also delighted to welcome all of you, jazz fans new and old, who are fortunate to
be attending one of the world's best jazz festivals in one of the most dynamic and
exciting cities in the country.

Jane Danzo, Chair, BC Arts Council

The Honourable/L'honorable James Moore
Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Language
As Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts, I welcome you to the 25th annual
TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival.

On behalf of the citizens ofVancouver, and my colleagues on City
Council, I want to extend my warmest greetings to everyone taking part
in the 2010 Vancouver International Jazz Festival.
The Vancouver International) azz Festival has been providing us
with fabulous music for the past 25 years. Through the dedication
of its organizers, volunteers and musicians it has grown to be British
Columbia's largest music festival and one of the leading jazz festivals
in the world. As Mayor, I am honoured to live in a city where we have
so many opportunities to bring music into our lives, and I encourage
everyone to take in at least one of the many concerts available in your
community. We are very proud of Vancouver's reputation as a major
centre for the performing arts and I am certain that this year's festival
will amaze and inspire everyone who takes it in.
I offer my sincere best wishes to all of the musicians, sponsors,
organizers, and volunteers for once again bringing this great event to
Vancouver!
Yours truly,
Gregor Robertson, Mayor, City ofVancouver

Over the last quarter century, this outstanding festival, featuring some of
the best in local and international talent, has become one of the foremost jazz
events in the province. Every year, over half a million people are entertained and
inspired at more than 400 concerts throughout Vancouver.
I'd like to thank Coastal Jazz and Blues Society for hosting this annual event and
all the volunteers who give their time, energy, and passion to make this festival a
success. Enjoy the music, and BC!
Sincerely,
Kevin Krueger, Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts

As the Premier of the province of British Columbia, it is my pleasure to welcome
everyone to the Vancouver International Jazz Festival 2010.
Since 1986, the Coastal Jazz and Blues Society has delighted audiences of all
ages by hosting the Vancouver International Jazz Festival. I understand this
year's Festival will include a wide variety of shows including Nikki Yanofsky and
many other talented local and international performers and musicians.
I would like to acknowledge all of the organizers, volunteers, and sponsors for
their hard work and contributions towards producing this outstanding festival
each year.
On behalf of all British Columbians, please accept my best wishes for a memorable and enjoyable festival.
Sincerely,
Gordon Campbell, Premier, Province of British Columbia

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A MESSAGE FROMOUR ARTISTICDIRECTOR

A MESSAGEFROM THE ALLIANCEFOR ARTS AND CULTURE

Ken Pickering

Amir AliAlibhai

For 25 years, Coastal
Jazz has built an international reputation
for the TD Vancouver
International Jazz Festival. Through a unique
programming vision
that is based on pushing
musical boundaries,
Coastal Jazz has maintained the delicate
balance between established traditions and
new and innovative impulses.
Over the years we've successfully achieved
a strong and highly respected international
profile within the jazz festival milieu while
making a major contribution to the cultural
life of our city. Vancouver is a very different
place than it was when we began the festival in
1986, and we are extremely proud of our role
in the development and growth of the city.
To celebrate our 25th anniversary, we've
commissioned a groundbreaking opening
night project at the Roundhouse Innovation Series with legendary UK bassist Barry
Guy and Quebe<;:oisanimator Michel Gagne.
"Fixed, Fragmented & Fluid" is a revolutionary multimedia event that combines live
animation with improvised music. Featuring
a stellar international and Canadian cast,
this tour de force promises to enrich our
senses and challenge our notions of music
performance. The Festival has also organized
the first Canadian tour for Alexander von
Schlippenbach's "Globe Unity Orchestra,"
founded in the mid-'60s, and still among the
most significant improvising ensembles in the
world. Don't miss these monumental Festival
highlights!
It's also a great pleasure to welcome the pride
of the Netherlands, that indefatigable force of
nature, legendary percussionist Han Bennink.
Apart from a lifetime as a working musician,
Han is also an accomplished visual artist (with
shows worldwide) and is responsible for our

wonderful 25th anniversary Festival coverand we're absolutely thrilled. Well known and
loved by Vancouver jazz fans through his many
festival appearances, Han is in residence for
4 days with Eric Boeren, Michael Moore, and
Wilbert de J oode. Expect fireworks!
We believe one of the most important accomplishments of Coastal Jazz during our 25-year
history is our leadership of and collaboration
with colleagues across Canada and around the
world in the international festival movement.
Together we have expanded the global reach
of the music beyond established jazz centres
by developing national and international
networks of musicians and presenters that
give voice to communities all over the world.
These networks are all about creative interaction, opportunities for exchange, traversing
boundaries, and collectively working toward
a common goal: making the world more interesting, humane-and,
yes a better place tooby providing access to the unique musical art
of jazz to audiences everywhere. The international network of musicians, festivals, and
presenters gives us great hope for the future
and the next 25 years. Coastal Jazz is proud to
be part of this movement.
In jazz parlance, "Now's the Time," to warmly
welcome our incoming Executive Director
Fatima Amarshi to the Coastal Jazz family.
Let's usher in the next 25 years of Coastal Jazz
adventures with the same passion and commitment to the music that we brought to our first
quarter century. Welcome to the 25th
TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival.

The Vancouver International Jazz Festival
is a signature event in Vancouver's cultural
landscape, one that showcases and manifests
our unique diversity as a community. It has
evolved over two decades into an inclusive and
accessible event that our citizens and visitors
have come to cherish.
The Jazz Festival has become an integral
expression of our identity as a city.
What did it take for this to happen?
It took partnership and collaboration: partnerships that include public investment from all
levels of government, private investment from
individuals and corporations, and the contributions of a diverse and vibrant local arts
community. This last contribution included
not only the talents of many local artists but
also the expertise of technicians, crafts and
trades people, and administrators.
Each of these partnerships has been crucial
to the success of this and every other festival
and cultural event that plays a role in making
Vancouver one of the most "livable" cities in
the world. None has been more crucial than
the public sector investment from the City
ofVancouver and the provincial and federal
governments.
Ay, there's the rub. It is that essential and
sustaining public investment that has taken
several major hits since last fall, and that is
much in doubt as we look to the future. We
need a change in attitudes and direction.
What we need now is widespread recognition
and acceptance that investing in the arts and
cultural sector is wise and essential to building
healthy, innovative, and diverse economies,
societies, identities, and communities across
this province. This investment is a solution.
If you love events like the Jazz Festival as I
do, and want to see them continue to evolve
and contribute to the vibrancy of our city, let
our decision makers know. Let them know
that you value their investments. "Creativity

Counts" is the Alliance for Arts and Culture's
ongoing advocacy campaign, and you can find
ideas and tools for taking part in this work at
www.creativitycounts.ca
Sincerely,
Amir AliAlibhai, Executive Director
The Alliance for Arts and Culture
On behalf of our vital Arts and Culture
industry.

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original, and includes his own
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TICKET INFORMATION

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TICKETMASTER.CA

PACKAGES& PASSES
ALL TICKETSAVAILABLEAT

Package tickets are limited-Order
Coastal Jazz Box Office.

Coastal Jazz Box Office
In person 295 West 7th Ave, Vancouver
Phone 604.872.5200 or 1.888.438.5200 toll free in North America

Ticketmaster Northwest, Washington State outlets
Online at ticketmaster.com
Charge by Phone 206.628.0888
Gastown Weekend - June 26 & 27
On location at the Coastal Jazz Box Office on Water Street

THE INNOVATIONPASS$100
Attend up to 28 performances with the Innovation pass. This pass allows
admission to Roundhouse Innovation Series performances and both the
early & late Ironworks Series shows. Admission with this pass is granted on a
space-permitting basis.

FOR GENERALADMISSIONVENUES ONLY

FOLLOWUS ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK
Find us on facebook.com-search
Festival and join our Fan Page

604.251.6964
Club Series tickets are available at the door only. Go to coastaljazz.ca for
more club information.

Follow us!
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for regular updates on Festival details

DISCOUNTS
Jazz Friends save on ticket prices, pay only $1 service charge per
ticket. (Ona maximum of two tickets per event. Available only through
Coastal Jazz Box Office.) See plO for more details about the Jazz Friends
membership program
Students & Seniors save $2 on all advance single-ticket prices.
(Also available through Ticketmaster.)

PAYMENT

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• Download the FREE 2010 TD Vancouver International Jazz
Festival Mobile App
• Find out what's on near you during the Festival
• Browse upcoming performances
• View artist profiles and concerts
• Visit iTunes to sample and buy music from artists
• View venue details and maps
• Build your personalized 'Favourites' list
• Submit photos from your phone to our website
Visit coastaljazz.ca/mobile
Available on the iPhone App Store and BlackBerry App World.

All ticket prices for shows include GST &, where applicable, HST
Service charges may apply-No refunds or exchanges

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4-PACK$100 + service fees
Any 4 shows at the Centre for Performing Arts, Commodore Ballroom or
Performance Works.•
*Please note that tickets to the Chick Corea,June 27, and Stanley Clarke
Band featuring Hiromi,July 1, are not available with the package.
*4-Pack tickets at the Centre shows provide festival seating in the theatre's
balcony.
*4-pack includes one ticket for each concert selected.

Ticketmaster outlets
Online at ticketmaster.ca
Charge by Phone 604.280.4444

The Centre for Performing Arts, Commodore Ballroom, Roundhouse, &
Performance Works
Zulu Records In person 1972 West 4th Avenue, Vancouver 604.738.3232
Highlife Records In person 1317 Commercial Drive, Vancouver

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JAZZFRIENDS

EDUCATION

BECOME
AJAZZ
FRIEND

TOHIGH
SCHOOL
JAZZINTENSIVE
(FREE)

Coastal Jazz is a non-profit charitable organization that presents the TD Vancouver International
Jazz Festivali year-round concerts, and educational programs. By becoming a Jazz Friend, you
invest in:

High School student big band in residence with Nicole Mitchell

Free concerts
Jazz education programs for youth in your community
Workshops by cutting-edge musicians
Affordable live jazz, blues, world, creative, and improvised music year-round

INVEST
INYOUR
GROOVE
STUDENT
FRIEND
$25(AVAILABLE
WITHVALID
ID)
Discount tickets and a low $1 service charge (on a maximum of two tickets per event)
Membership in Coasta!Jazz & Blues Society
A subscription to our concert season program guide Looking Ahead
Discounts with selected merchants
JAZZFRIEND
$50+
All of the above plus
A tax receipt for the amount of your contribution over $50
JAZZFRIEND
SUPPORTER
$100+
All of the above plus
Access to the best seats in the house
Coastal Jazz t-shirt
A tax receipt for the ampunt of your contribution over $75
JAZZFRIEND
BENEFACTOR
$250+
All of the above plus
2 tickets to the TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival's exclusive invitation-only
Opening Party
A tax receipt for the amount of your contribution over $75
JAZZFRIEND
PATRON
$500+
All of the above plus
An invitation for two to a Marquee concert and exclusive VIP reception at the
TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival
A tax receipt for the amount of your contribution over $130
JAZZLOVER
$1,000+
We'll work with you to design a personalized benefit package that best suits your interests

Invest in your groove online at coastaljazz.ca, by contacting Coastal Jazz at 604.872.5200, or by
visiting us in person at 2nd floor, 295 W. 7 th Ave, Vancouver.

Sat,Jul 3

1pm at Tom Lee Music Hall, 929 Granville St
Open Rehearsal with guest conductor Nicole Mitchell

Sun,Jul 4 12: 15pm at Roundhouse Community Centre-Festival
Performance with guest conductor Nicole Mitchell

DALRICHARDS
SCHOLARSHIP
& PERFORMANCE
(FREE)
Coastal Jazz is pleased to award a $2,000 scholarship sponsored by legendary bandleader Dal
Richards to a talented student participating in the TD High School Jazz Intensive program.
The winner will perform with Dal Richards and his Orchestra on Saturday June 26 at I PM in
"GastownJazz" at the Maple Tree Square Stage (Water St & Carra! St). For more information,
visit coastaljazz.ca

WORKSHOPS
(FREE)
A staple of the Jazz Festival for many years, the workshops at Tom Lee Music Hall and the
Roundhouse Community Centre offer a diverse range of styles and perspectives. See the Jazz
at the Roundhouse (p 15) and Around Town (p 18) concert schedules in this guide for workshop
times, or visit coastaljazz.ca

CREATIVE
MUSIC
THINK
TANK
SYMPOSIUM
(FREE)
The Creative Music Think Tank presents Sound Lines: Improvisation, Text and Media, a conference on
improvisation, text and media that will take place June 24-26, 2010. Sponsored by Coastal Jazz, the
University of British Columbia, and Improvisation, Community, and Social Practice, registration for
the conference is free, and all events and talks are open to the general public. For full schedule and
details visit coastaljazz.ca
Thu,Jun 24 9:30am-4pm at UBC Robson Square, Room C400
1Dam Festival artists Barry Guy and Michel Gagne will present a keynote address on
their commissioned multi-media collaboration "Data for Fixed, Fragmented & Fluid."
Fri,Jun 25

10am-12pm at UBC Robson Square, Room C400 Keynote speaker to be announced.
10am-4pm Tom Lee Music Hall Keynote speaker to be announced.

Sat,Jun 26

10am-12pm at UBC Robson Square, Room C485
1Dam Vancouver poet and performer Wayde Compton will deliver a keynote
address, "Turntable Poetry, Mixed-Race, and Schizophonophilia," and will perform
excerpts from some ofhis turntable poems (with Jason de Couto).

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Ticketed
Events
Concert
Schedule

QUEEN
ELIZABETH
THEATREBCHONDA
DEALERS
MARQUEE
SERIES
CLASSIC
SOUNDS
AT
THECENTRE
SERIES

COMMODORE
BALLROOM
URBAN
GROOVE
SERIES

CONCORD
PACIFIC
PERFORMANCE
WORKS
ROUNDHOUSE
SONGS,
ETC.SERIES
PERFORMANCE
CENTRE
INNOVATIONS
SERIES

Georgia
& Hamilton
8pm

777HomerSt
7:30pm

868Granville
St
9:30pmFri& Sat,
8:30pmSun-Thu
Nominors

181Roundhouse
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1218Cartwright
St
OnGranville
Island
9pm

235Alexander
St
8pm& 11pm
Nominors
$15All shows(G*)

JamesFarmwith JoshuaRedman,
AaronParks,Matt Penman,Eric
HarlandandBill Charlap& Renee
RosnesDuoPiano
$50R$45G

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Katzenjammer
$JOG

BarryGuy/ MichelGagne
"Fixed,Fragmented& Fluid"
$JOG

Susanna& the Magical
OrchestraandSamuelHallkvist
Center
$25G

8pmLauraCremaQuintel
11pmMikkolnnanen& lnnkvisitio

Fri
Jun25

Sat
Jun26

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GeorgeBensonplusKellyleeEvans MarthaWainwrightSingsPiaf and
$77112/61
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JoseJames& lei Neve
$40R$35G

TheBudosBandand
NDMO
$35G

Fri
Jun25

Sat
Jun26

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ECLECTIC
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Triow/Evan
FrancaMasu
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GlobeUnityOrchestra
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RaulMid6n
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8pmRumbaCalzada
11pmGordonGrdinaTriow/ Fredrik
Ljunkvist

Mon
Jun28

TheBill FrisellTriofeaturing
EyvindKang& RudyRoystonand
NilsPetter Molvaer
$50R$45G

ToshiReagonandSlideto
Freedom,DougCox/ Salil Bhatt/
CassiusKhan
$35G

Mon
Jun28

CelsoMachadoSoloand
JulianLageGroup
$25G

NilsLandgrenFunkUnit
$28G

8pmCampbellRygaQuartet
11pmMichaelMooreQuintel

Tue
Jun29

JohnScofieldandthe PietyStreet
BandandMikeSternBand
$55R$50G

KidKoalaPresentsthe Slew
Live:6 turntablesmeetsthe ExWolfmotherRhythmSectionand
TheHeavy
$JOG

Tue
Jun29

Eric Boeren41elfeaturing
HanBenninkandDupontT
$25G

OmarSouleyman
$25G

8pmTheOctoberTriowith BradTurner
11pmNicoleMitchell/LisaCayMiller/
PeggyLee

Wed
Jun30

TomaszStankoQuintetand
TordGustavsen
Ensemble
$40R$35G

Bonobo(Live)andBrasstronaut
$32G

Wed
Jun30

TheWideAlleyand
ClockedOutDuo
$25G

RaneeLeeQuintet
$JOG

8pmOliverGannon& Bill Coon"Two
MuchGuitar"
11pmPlimley/ deJoode/ Bennink

Thu
lull

StanleyClarkeBandfeaturing
HiromiandAndyMilne& Dapp
Theory
$55R$50G

SwamiandPacifika
$JOG

Thu
lull

YounSunNah& Ult Wakenius
DuoandBradTurnerTrio
$25G

Fri
Jul2

Strunz& FarahandJoyceMoreno
$40R$35G

MeshellNdegeocello
andOla
Onabule
$40G

Fri
Jul2

MarioPavoneTriowith Tony
Malaby & GeraldCleaverand
BrandiDisterhefl
$28G

DeerhoofandFondof Tigers
$25G

Sat
Jul3

Sun
Jul4

8pmBoeren/Wilson/de
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11pmMichaelMoore/PeggyLee/
Dylanvander Schyff
Niyaz
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8pmHoule/Smulovitz
Duowith Lori
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FernandaCunha"Brazil
Canada"andRayPiperand
Fantazea
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8pmBradTurnerQuartet
11pmTheMichaelZilber Group

8pmPeggyLee'sFilmin Music
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International
JazzFestival

June25-July
4, 2010

Gastown
Jazz& Jazzat theRoundhouse
Concert
Schedules

GASTOWN
JAZZ
(FREE)

JAZZ
ATTHEROUNDHOUSE(FREE)

Celebrate
thesightsandsounds
of summer!
Enjoy
greatCanadian
and
international
artists,kids'activities,
buskers,
foodandrefreshments.
Free!

Musicof theworldontheshoresof FalseCreek.
4 indoor&outdoor
stages,
kids'activities,
jazz
bistros,refreshments,
food&fun!Free!

June26-27I 1-8pm

At Concord
PacificPlace(PacificBlvd& DrakeSt)I July3-4 I Noon-9:30pm

MapleTreeSquare
Water&Carra/I
All shows1hr
Except
6:30,lh 30m
Sat
Jun26

1pm

DalRichards
& hisOrchestra

1:45pm
2:45pm

BCTransmission
FestivalHall
Corporation
DavidLam All showslh 15m
ParkStage
All showslh 15m
Except
8pmshow,lh 30m

Vancouver
SunStage
Water&Cambie
All shows1hr

Sat
Ju/3

AnnaMariaCastelli

noon TheShirleys

2pm
Ugetsu

RayPiperand
Gostosinho

AndreLerouxQuartet
2:15pm

SamuelHallkvistCenter

5:30pm

4pm

Mimosa

5pm
6:30pm

IbrahimElectric

1pm

SaulBersonQuartet

6pm
Sun
Jun27

1:45pm
2:45pm

Haram
Sun
Jul4

OwenHoward
"DrumLore"
Opensouls

5:30pm
6:30pm

8pm

2pm

MichaelZilber4:30pm
Huntsville
5:15pm

RADIO.STRING.
QUARTET.VIENNA
"Celebrating
the
Mahavishnu
Orchestra"

TDHighSchool
Jazz
Intensive
w/ Nicole
Mitchell12:lSpm

Tommy
Babin's
Sendero HarrisEisenstadt
Luminoso

3pm

Doran-Stucky-Studer-Tacuma
play
the musicofJIMIHENDRIX

4pm

6pm

RobertWilsonandthe
Blackbird
P.A.

THEVANCOUVER
SUN

Gullviva:
TheMusicof
LarsGullin7:30pm
FiveAlarmFunk

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CONC0RD

LoriFreedman
4:30pm

heyocean!

BCTransmission
CORPORATION

TheMichaelZilber
Group
NeilCowley
Trio5:45pm PeterVanHuffel
Quartet

7pm
8pm

LoriFreedman/Torsten
Miiller/ PeggyLee
Gratkowski
/Babin/ van PetervanHuffel
derSchyfl3:30pm

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FrankGratkowski

ChrisDingman

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BCDoubleQuartet
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TDVancouver
International
JazzFestival

June25-July
4, 2010

Granville
IslandJazz& Canada
DayConcert
Schedules

ISLAND
JAZZ
(FREE)
GRANVILLE

CANADA
DAYONGRANVILLE
ISLAND
(FREE)

Established
starsandemerging
artistsall daylongat Vancouver's
favourite
urbanoasis.Bigfun
on4 indoorandoutdoor
stages.
Free!

Celebrate
Canada
Dayin stylewithourcountry's
bestmusicians
at 5 freeindoorand
outdoor
stages.
Enjoy15bandsfromnoonto 11:30pm.
Free!

June25-July4 I Noon-6pm

July11Noon-ll:30pm

MarketStage
Jun25,Jun28-Jul4
12pm-2pm,
2hrshows
Jun26-27
llam-lpm, 1hrshows
Fri
Jun25

Queso Blanco!12pm

Sat
Jun26

Trombossanova
11am

Sun
Jun27

Swinghouse
4 11am

AnthemProperties
Soundsof Youthat Market
Stage
Galaxie
RisingStar
All shows1hr

AndreaSupersteinTrio
2pm
ThePugsandCrowsBand
3:30pm
VeryGood5pm

Taproomat Granville
IslandBrewing
1441Cartwright
St
All shows2hr

RailspurAlley
All shows1hr

GalaxieSeriesat
PerformanceWorks
1218Cartwright
St
3pm
All shows2hr

JonRoperDuo2pm
TheMalleusTrio 5pm

Bauer/Thewes/Cappozzo/
Walsdorff/Lytton

noon

Alexandervon
Schlippenbach
/ Barry
Guy/MayaHomburger

12:30pm TheDfferingof
CurtisAndrews

TorstenMiiller/Evan
Parker/PaulLovens

ZoeTrio+1

2·30pm
3pm

TheJasonWaltersTrio
ShannonScott2pm
FourEyesQuartet3:30pm 2pm
MatthewSmithTrio5pm
TheQuaintHearted5pm

RonBasfordPark Performance
BehindPerformanceWorks
Works
1218Cartwright
St
All shows2hr
All shows2hr
Except10pm,lh 30m

Taproomat
GranvilleIsland
Brewing
1441Cartwright
St
All shows2hr

CompanyBJazz
Band

CarmanJ.Price
Trio

esq

Tandava

ElisapieIsaac

Koan

Dominelli/Tarry/
Abbasi

Tea

1:30pm

AlanMatheson
Septet

10pm

BessDurey

EvanArntzenQuartet
featuringMarcosVarela
12pm

CoatCookeTriow/Gordon
Grdina

Wed
Jun30

RibcageTrio 12pm

QuatuorAndreLachance

Thu
lull

ZoeTrio+ 1 12pm

Fri
Jul2

JennBojmQuartet12pm

Sat
Jul3

TheGrandTrine12pm

YujiTrio 2pm
JenniferScott & Rene
Worst5pm

Sun
Jul4

EtherealQuartet12pm

KateHammett-Vaughan TheWestCoastArt
& BillCoon2pm
Triowith specialguest
DarylJahnkeDuo5pm
GrahamOrd

CarmanJ.PriceTrio 12pm
ShannonThueTrio 3pm
MichaelGuildDuo6pm
LisaCayMiller's Q
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Quintet

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International
JazzFestival

June25-July4, 2010

(FREE)
AROUND
TOWN

NORTH
SHORE
JAZZ

A broadcross-section
of musicalstylesfeaturing
localandinternational
artists.
TomLee
MusicCity
Stage
929Granville
St
12pm
Allshows
2hr

CBC/RadioCanada
StudioOne
Jazz
700Hamilton
St
12pm
Allshows
2hr

DarylJahnke Dirty Bottom
Quartet
with Chad
Makelaand
Soundlines,
Improvisation,
LauraCrema
Text& Media
9,30am-4pm
Creative

Fri
Jun25

Sat
Jun26

TomLee
Jazzat
CanadaPlace
MusicHall
by
929Granville
st presented
DVB/A
1pm
Free
Workshops 999Canada
Place
12pm
Allshows
2hr
MusicThink
Tank
presents

VanDjango

SIMmeR

Sun
Jun27

Nils
Landgren

Mon
Jun28

Somos
Collective

Dudek/
Gestrin/
Babin/van
der Schyff

1012
Nelson
St
Noon,
Mon-Fri
4pm,Sun
604.683.4575
ex.231

Checo
Tohomaso
andthe voe
SoulGospel
Choir

CitySquare
Shopping
Centre
12th& Cambie
UOpm,
Allshows
2hr

SOLOS/DUOS:
Muller/Mahal
/Diirner/van
der Schyff

MidnightBlue
with Jacques
Khouri
MariaHoTrio

Guy/
Hamburger/
Houle

TonyFoster's
"SoulJazz
Project"
featuring David
Say

Ian
McDougall
12let

EvanArntzen TheKenny
JustJazzTrio
Wayne
Quartet
feat. Marcos GospelGroup
Varela

TheGospel
Giants

Victor
NoriegaTrio

TheDawn
Pemberton
JazzQuartet

DougTowle
Duo

JillianLebeck AlteredLaws
Quintet

DonStewart
Gospel
Friends

Now'sThe
TimeTrio

ChrisTarry

Bennink/
Gratkowski/
Plimley

JimByrnes
andThe
Sojourners

DoubleHelix

MarioPavone ShhEnsemble

CatToren
Band

Candus
Churchill
andthe
TomPickett
GospelJazz

Zazuiera

The
MikeAllen
Unsupervised Quartetfeat.
AdamThomas
andKarin
Plato

Wed
Jun30

ClockedOut
Duo

TheChad
Makela
Quartet

Thu
Ju/I
Fri
Jul2

Ian Coleman TDHighSchool
JazzIntensive
Trio

Rabnett5

Surrounded
bybreathtaking
natural
beauty,
theNorthShore
is hometoa thriving
musicscene.
Withsixindoor
andoutdoor
venues
therewillbemanyopportunities
tocatcha widespectrum
of
vibrant
sounds.

Chantel
Upshaw
& Andrew
Rasmussen

Bria
Skonberg
Quartet

HanBennink

Sat
Jul3

Studio700
700Hamilton
St
4,30pm,
Allshows
2hr

St Andrew'sWesleyUnited
Church

Jackee
Guillou

Tue
Jun29

FreeVenues
Around
Town& NorthShore
JazzConcert
Schedules 19

Fri
Jun25

Capilano
PerformingArts
Theatre
2055PurcellWay
8pm
604.990.7810

Presentation
Capilano
HouseTheatre Suspension
333Chesterfield Bridge
Ave
3735Capilano
Rd
8pm
1pm
604.990.3474
604.985.1414

JackLouks
Court/John
Braithwaite
Centre
145West1stSt
1pm
604.982.8300

CivicPlaza
WestVancouver
14th& Lonsdale Memorial
1pm
Library
1950MarineDr
7:30pm
604.925.7400

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Ticketed

Free

Free

Free

HarryManx
$351$33G

Free

Dirk Powell
Band

Sat
Jun26

MarcAtkinson
Trio
$151$13
G

Sun
Jun27

JohnReischman
& JohnMiller
$151$13
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JenniferScott
Quartet

Mon

Tue
Jun29
Wed
Jun30

WandaNowicki

Thu
Ju/I

KarinPlato

Fri
Jul2

Anagram

Sat
Jul 3

CollinYong
GeoffMuldaur&
JimKweskin
$30/$28G

DylanCramer
Quartet

MelodyDiachun

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June25-July
4, 2010

ClubSeriesConcert
Schedule

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Tenclubs,restaurants,
andloungeswillbeswinging
withallkindsofjazz,blues
CLUB
SERIES
andworldbeat
sounds
duringtheFestival.
Cover
charges
mayapply.
TheBiltmore
TheCellar
Club
395Kingsway,
Prince Restaurant/Jazz
Edward
Stentrance 3611WestBroadway
7pm
8pm
604.738.1959
604.676.0541
Covercharge
Covercharge
Nominors

CaponesRestaurant TheFairmont
& LiveJazzClub
PacificRim
1141Hamilton
Street 1141Hamilton
Street
l30pm everyday
l30pm everyday
2-6pmweekends
2-6pmweekends
604.684.7900
604.684.7900
$5 Covercharge
$5 Covercharge

Guilt& Co
1 Alexander
St
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10pm
604.326.6808
Covercharge
Nominors

TheLamplighter
92 WaterSt
Seeindividualshow
times
604.6814424
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Fri
Jun25

NancyKing
andSteve
Christofferson

LoveSeatDeluxe

TheBrubeckKilburn DanMaxon
Quartet
NatashaEnquist
JasonDana

Fri
Jun25

Sat
Jun26

SteveKaldstad
Quintet

WeaverWerth
Group2pm
LoveSeatDeluxe
l30pm

TheMaxZipursky
Trio

Sat
Jun26

NatashaEnquist
ColinCowan
BobbySiadat

TheLibraRoom
1608Commercial
Dr
6,30pm,9pm
604.255.3787
$10Covercharge

O'Doul'sRestaurant
andBar
1300Robson
St
9-lU0pm,
midnight-2am
604.661.1400
Nocover

OuisiBistro
3014Granville
St
8,30pm
604.132.7550
Nocover

6,30pmBruno
HubertTrio
9pmIan Beaty's
BrownPaperBag

9pmKarinPlatoTrio TheDavidPriest
Trio
12amMikeAllen
Quartet

3pmVickySjohall&
DinoDinicola
All dayApresDJs

TheGrandTrine
6,30pm
GordonGrdinaTrio
9pm

9pmSaulBerson
Trio
12amMikeAllen
Quartet

KarenLarsen

TheYale
1300Granville
St
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Wes"the Bluesman"
Mackeyl30pm

Sun
Jun27

5pmDalRichards
Quartet
All dayApresDJs

ChadLeyteQuartet
6,30pm
AndreaSuperstein
Trio 9pm

9pmRossTaggart
Trio
12amMikeAllen
Quartet

KarenLarsen

Brickhouse9pm

Mon Lily Frost
Jun28

ChrisDavisQuartet

MelodyDiachun

MylesBigelow,One
ManBandwith Max
Zipursky

Mon
Jun28

10pmApresDJs

CatTorenQuartet
9pm

9pmBill CoonTrio
12amMikeAllen
Quartet

MichaelCouryTrio

AcousticTriowith
Kenny"BluesBoss"
Wayne9A5pm

Jazz-Womp
Tue
Jun29

RossTaggart
Quartet/Trio

SoulSyndicate

TheBriaSkonberg
Duo

Tue
Jun29

MaryKastleBand
6,30pm
MeredithBates
Quartet9pm

9pmJillianLebeck
Trio
12amMikeAllen
Quartet

MichaelCouryTrio

PianoBarwith
DavidVest9,45pm

TheCoryWeeds
Quartetplaysthe
musicof Rodgers
andHart

VictorWells

Alita Dupray& Co

Wed
Jun30

10pmCanadaDay
Partywith Black
Label

AndreaSuperTrio
6,30pm
ZhambaiTrio 9pm

9pmKateHammett- GaryComeauand
VaughanTrio
TheVoodooAllstars
12amMikeAllen
Quartet

RM& FWith Nadine
States9A5pm

Thu
lull

BrunoHubertTrio
andBradTurner
Quartet

WendyBollard

TheGabyCatt Duo

JPCarter
LouiseBurns
Al Boyle

Thu
lull

9,30pmMostly
Marley

EvanArntzen
Quartetfeaturing
MarcosVarela
6,30pm
KristianBraathen
Trio 9pm

9pmAdamThomas
Trio
12amMikeAllen
Quartet

TheMalcolmAiken
JazzTrio

ThePerpetrators
9pm
TimVaughn12,30am

Fri
Jul2

Scott Hamiltonwith
the OliverGannon
Quartet

UnoMas

MelodyOiachun'sEQ JodyGlenham
ShaneKrause
Al Boyle

Fri
Jul2

TomWherrettTrio
6,30pm
CarnivalEra 9pm

9pmJenniferScott
Trio
12amMikeAllen
Quartet

TheMalcolmAiken
JazzTrio

DavidGago9pm
Brickhouse12,30am

Scott Hamiltonwith
the OliverGannon
Quartet

TracyMoar
Collective2pm
UnoMasl30pm

TheAli MilnerTrio

Sat
Jul3

TheGrandTrine
6,30pm
TheRelease9pm

9pmSharon
MinemotoTrio
12amMike
Allen
Quartet

TheDavidPriest
Trio

DavidGago9pm
Brickhouse12,30am

Sun
Jul4

ChadLeyteQuartet
6,30pm
Swing2 Beat9pm

9pmChrisSigerson
Trio
12amMikeAllen
Quartet

GaryComeauand
TheVoodooAllstars

SuperChikan& the
FightingCocks9pm

Wed
Jun
30

RunWithTheHeard
I TheZolas/Analog
BellService

Sat
Jul3

SleepySunwith
GloryDaysOJs

Sun
Jul4

Kitty Nights-Jazz
RebeccaJenkins
Babiesof Burlesque Band

DavidSikula
ColinCowan
BobbySiadat

TracyMoar
MylesBigelow,One
Collective2pm
ManBandwith Max
Wes"the Bluesman" Zipursky
Mackeyl30pm
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International
JazzFestival

QUEEN ELIZABETHTHEATRE
GEORGEBENSON
Presented
byBCHondaDealers
Sat,Jun26 Queen
Elizabeth
Thtr

$77/72/67
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10-time Grammy Award winning superstar
George Benson is both a jazz guitar legend and
an extraordinary vocalist with great emotional
range and sophistication. "Nobody today can
play [guitar] like George Benson and I know
because I'm among the many who have tried,"
confides guitarist John Scofield. Yet Benson
also sings magnificently with a lush soulful
tenor that draws comparison to the likes of
Nat King Cole, Stevie Wonder and Donny
Hathaway. A child-prodigy singer from Pittsburgh, George honed his jazz chops on guitar
with Brother Jack McDuff's organ combo in
the early 1960s and went on to perform with
the likes of Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock,
Frank Sinatra, and Tony Bennett while leading
his own bands. In the 70s he surged to crossover stardom with the triple-platinum album
Breezin' (Warner). The title track became a
pop-jazz standard, and his bluesy rendition
of Leon Russell's "This Masquerade" was the
first song in history to reach #1 on the jazz,
R&B, and pop charts. The decade also brought
Billboard chart busters "Nature Boy," "On
Broadway," "Give Me The Night," and "Turn
Your Love Around."
Since then Benson has crafted a string of
quality recordings that have consolidated his
global reputation as a potent double threat.
Some notable releases include the standards
album Tenderly with McCoy Tyner on piano,
a session with the Basie band, Givin' It Up, a
Grammy winning duet recording with singer
Al Jarreau, and the latest offering, Songs
and Stories (Concord), a collection of tunes
penned by some of the most prolific songwriters of the last half-century such as Smokey
Robinson, James Taylor Lamont Dozier, and
Bill Withers.
Throughout his career Benson has embraced
everything from contemporary jazz to R&B
and pop vocals. He is one of a handful of

GeorgeBenson

Queen
Elizabeth
Theatre
Marquee
Series

June25-July
4, 2010
artists who have achieved major critical and
commercial success in different genres and
this matchless versatility makes him one of
the most respected performers of the past
30 years. With Michael O'Neill guitar/vocals,
Thom Hall keyboards, Stanley Banks bass,
Buddy Williams drums.

Opening
with
KELLYLEEEVANS
Juno-nominated singer-songwriter Kelly lee
Evans is a unique voice in the urban jazz world,
and many of today's top musicians have taken
notice. Renowned bassist Christian McBride
calls Kellylee a "star" and "looks forward to
watching her become a force." With a rich,
expressive style that slides through jazz, soul,
R&B, blues, and world music rhythms, the
Ottawa-based vocalist suggests a Sade meets
Erykah Badu meets Norah Jones' vibe. She
recently received the Canadian Smooth Jazz
Award for Female Vocalist of the Year and
has released her second CD called Good Girl.
"It's a veryvibey album," she says. "It's more
atmospheric than [her debut release] Fight or
Flight." With Dave Thompson guitar/vocals,
Kevin Barrett guitar, Matthew Lima bass,
Adam Bowman drums. Thanks to the Canada
Council for the Arts.

NIKKI YANOFSKY
Sat,Jul3 Queen
Elizabeth
Thtr

$65/60/55R

"There is a richness and a maturity and heart
and an effortlessness that divas twice her age
would kill for."-Montreal Gazette
Montreal singer Nikki Yanofsky is on a roll!
The diminutive teenager with the Olympicsized voice wowed a worldwide audience with
her jazzy rendition of O Canada at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games. That was Nikki too,
singing the official Winter Olympics' theme
song I Believe-which eventually reached the
No. 1 position on the Billboard Canada Top
100 and on the iTunes Canada Pop Chart. At
the same time, Nikki's debut album, Ella ... Of
Thee I Swing, scored No. I album on the iTunes
Canada Jazz Chart. This cross-genre popular-

Nikki Yanofsky,photo by JeffLipsky

ity is unprecedented in the history of iTunes.
To date, Nikki has performed at Carnegie Hall,
the Kennedy Center, and the National Arts
Centre, and she has collaborated with the likes
of Oliver Jones, WyclefJean, and Colin James.
She was the youngest singer ever on a Verve
Records release when she recorded Airmail
Special for the Ella Fitzgerald tribute album We
All Love Ella: Celebrating the First Lady of Song.
She has also recorded the swing-era classic
Stompin' at the Savoy with Grammy Awardwinning artists Herbie Hancock and will.i.am
(from the Black Eyed Peas) for Kareem AbdulJabbar's audio book On the Shoulders of Giants.
Her new album features a killer song that Feist
wrote for her and six other songs co-written
with Jesse Harris and Ron Sexsmith. Nikki's
Vancouver Jazz Festival debut last year was a
jaw-dropping affair. Now, she returns to pick
up where she left off.

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JOHN PIZZARELLI
"A smoky voiced crooner ala Harry Connick Jr.
(and a wonderfully supple guitarist), Pizzarelli
all but steals the show ... "-Variety
Vocalist John Pizzarelli (son of renowned jazz
guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli) has built a career
on classic standards, late-night ballads, and
highly regarded guitar work, creating a sound
and atmosphere that have won over a new
audience ready to swing and swoon. Using
greats like Nat "King" Cole and Frank Sinatra
and the songs of writers like Sammy Cahn,
George and Ira Gershwin,Johnny Mercer, and
Jimmy van Heusen as touchstones, Pizzarelli
is among the prime interpreters of the popular
American songbook. His new CD Rockin'
in Rhythm (Telarc) celebrates the enduring
music of Duke Ellington with all the natural
swing, grace, and sophistication we've come to
expect from this gifted performer. With Larry
Fuller piano, Martin Pizzarelli bass,Tony
Tedesco drums.

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JAMES FARMWITH JOSHUAREDMAN,
AARONPARKS,MATT PENMAN, ERIC
HARLAND
Fri,Jun25 TheCentre
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"Musicians at the top of their game." -All
About Jazz
This collaborative project brings together
four young jazz dynamos at the vanguard
of contemporary music. Leading the charge
is pre-eminent saxophonist Joshua Redman
whose creative imagination has sparked
many collaborations with the likes of Pat
Metheny, Herbie Hancock, Yo Yo Ma, Dave
Matthews Band, Chick Corea, and others.
His muscular swing and earthy ballads
may evoke Sonny Rollins, but Redman has
proven himself a wide-ranging musician and a
fearless voice in any given format. His current
recording, Compass (Nonesuch), features
original music that's vigorous and passionate. Twenty something pianist Aaron Parks
started tongues wagging shortly after he
joined Terence Blanchard's band as a teenager
seven years ago. He's gone on to work with
Kurt Rosenwinkel, Mike Moreno, Gretchen
Parlato, and Christian Scott. All About Jazz
calls his recent Blue Note recording Invisible
Cinema "refreshingly full-formed-amongst
the year's best releases." Bassist Matt Penman
from New Zealand is an established member
of the SFJAZZ Collective and a gifted leader
in his own right. His collaborators include
John Scofield, Seamus Blake, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Brad Mehldau, and Madeleine Peyroux. A
monster drummer with an orchestral approach,
Eric Harland has performed with legends
Betty Carter,Joe Henderson, Charles Lloyd,
and Dave Holland. He is a featured member
of the SFJAZZ Collective and the Monterey
Quartet. Modern Drummer notes that Eric
is "as likely to play a funky Bernard Purdie
pattern as a floatingJackDeJohnette pulse."

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BILL CHARLAP& RENEE ROSNESDUO
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"A jazz world royal couple." -New Yorker
Pianists Bill Charlap and Renee Rosnes have
each made significant contributions to the jazz
scene as solo artists. Now, partners in music
and life, the recent newlyweds have set the
stage for a highly anticipated duo debut at the
Festival. New York-born Charlap is one of the
greatest interpreters of standards in the jazz
world. He's been described by critics variously
as hard swinging, romantic, spellbinding, and
a master of musical eloquence. An endlessly
inventive, lyrical player, he's performed
with luminaries like Jim Hall, Gerry Mulligan, Phil Woods, Tony Bennett, and Carol
Sloane. Bill has appeared on over 50 CDs as
a sideman while releasing over a dozen discs
as a leader for both Criss Cross and Blue Note.
Vancouver-raised Renee Rosnes is a rock-solid,
two-fisted keyboard dynamo. The Independent
proclaims her "the Muhammad Ali of modern
jazz piano-floating,
stinging and floating
again, with a touch that's tender as a kiss and
just as dangerous." Renee has performed with
many jazz legends including Joe Henderson,
Wayne Shorter,James Moody, and Jon Faddis.
She is also a founding member of SFJAZZ
Collective and has many recordings as a leader
on Blue Note and Video Arts.

MARTHAWAINWRIGHTSINGS PIAF
Sat,Jun26 TheCentre
$40R$35G
Singer and songwriter Martha Wainwright is a
beguiling artist with a hugely expressive voice
and an arsenal of powerful songs. Daughter
of folk legends Loudon Wainwright and Kate
McGarrigle, and sister of acclaimed troubadour Rufus Wainwright, Martha fearlessly
follows her own muse. However, when producer Hal Willner (Marianne Faithful, Laurie
Anderson, Nino Rota) suggested Wainwright
record an album of Edith Piaf songs, she
hesitated at first but eventually agreed to the
project. The resulting album Sans Fusils, Ni
Souliers, A Paris is a stunning collection of
rare and acclaimed Piaf songs bearing Wainwright's indelible stamp. Britain's Telegraph
notes that "the results are faithful to the spirit
of the original songs but are wonderfully fresh
and full oflife-given a thrilling, slightly
seat-of-your-pants intensity in Wainwright's
renditions." Growing up in Montreal and
speaking French at school, Wainwright was

totally captivated by Piaf as a child. Now, she
pays homage to the French cultural icon in a
concert that may be one of the most memorable of the Festival.

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JOSEJAMES& JEF NEVE
After first performing together on a radio
show, American-born, London-based vocalist
Jose James and Belgian pianistJefNeve were
so inspired by their instant musical rapport
that they decided to go into the studio to
document their budding chemistry. The duo's
new CD For All We Know (Impulse) features
10 exquisite standards, each showcasing
James' warm, rich baritone and the riveting
piano of Neve. From the stirring "Body and
Soul" to the swinging "Everyday I have the
Blues" to the tender "Embraceable You", the
music shimmers. Since his arrival on the
international scene in 2008, Jose James has
consistently dazzled audiences with his deft
combination of soul, hip hop, and jazz. Neve
has been a major voice on the European music
scene for several years leading an acclaimed
trio that performs his original music, which
is very much jazz but with a subtle classical
sound. Together, Neve and James create
musical magic.

CHICK COREAPIANO SOLOCONCERT
Sun,Jun27 TheCentre
$55R$50G
14-time Grammy Award-winning pianist and
composer Chick Corea is a giant of modern
music. From post-bop jazz to the avant-garde,
from children's songs to Latin excursions,
from hard-hitting fusion to heady classical
music forays, Corea has covered an astonishing number of musical bases during his
illustrious career while maintaining a high
standard of excellence. He ranks with Herbie
Hancock and Keith Jarrett as one of the most
influential pianists of the modern era. Since
his acclaimed debut recording Tonesfor Joan's
Bones back in 1966, Chick has been at the
forefront of jazz, both as a renowned pianist
forging new ground with his acoustic jazz
bands and as an electric keyboardist deepening and expanding the sound of fusion with
pioneering groups like Return to Forever. His
enviable career resume includes work with
Stan Getz, Miles Davis,John McLaughlin,
Sarah Vaughan, Anthony Braxton, Dave
Holland, Al DiMeola, Herbie Hancock, and
Bela Fleck among many others. In 2006, he
became an NEAJazz Master, the highest

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from a remarkable jazz legend.

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TERRYCLARKETRIO
The only drummer to receive the prestigious
Order of Canada, Vancouver-born Terry
Clarke is a jazz legend in this country. After
plying his trade locally during the 'S0s, he
moved to San Francisco in 1965 to tour and
record with saxophonist John Handy and the
internationally renowned pop vocal group,
the Fifth Dimension. By 1970, he re-located
to Toronto where he worked with piano great
Oscar Peterson and the world acclaimed
Rob McConnell's Boss Brass. Since then,
he's performed on over 400 recordings with
luminaries and bands like Jim Hall, Freddie
Hubbard, Lew Tabackin, Helen Merrill, Jay
McShann, and the Toshiko AkiyoshiJazz
Orchestra. During all this time Clarke never
released a recording under his leadershipuntil now. Its About Time (Blue Music Group)
contains music recorded live in Toronto and
Montreal while featuring heavyweights like
Joe Lovano, Greg Osby, and Jim Hall. The
session also boasts his current trio-longtime colleagues Phil Dwyer on saxophones and
Don Thompson on bass-both of whom have
made their own enduring contributions to the
Canadian jazz legacy. Thanks to the Canada
Council for the Arts.

THE BILL FRISELLTRIO FEATURING
EYVIND KANG & RUDY ROYSTON
Mon,Jun28 TheCentre
$50R$45G
Bill Frisell is one of the most revered and
sought-after guitarists in contemporary
music. In 1986 Bill performed the first solo
concert ofhis career at the VIJF. The Grammy
Award-winner's signature sound has found
voice in collaborations with artists as diverse
as Dave Holland,Jack DeJohnette, Elvis
Costello, Renee Fleming,Jim Hall, Norah
Jones, Russell Malone, and the Los Angeles
Philharmonic. His multifaceted compositions
mix rock and country with jazz and blues in a

Bill Ch~rlap & Renee Rosnes, photo by Clay Patrick McBride

way that defies categorization. Bill's current
recording Disfarmer (Nonesuch) is a set of
26 hauntingly evocative miniatures. The
Houston Chronicle calls it "a gorgeous, spacious
epic," while Billboard refers to its "provocative
soundscape." Frisell continues to provoke
and explore musical possibilities with an
ever-evolving constellation of extraordinary
musicians. Seattle-based viola player Eyvind
Kang has worked with the likes of Blonde
Redhead, Robin Holcomb, and Laurie
Anderson. Kang's own music draws on diverse
classical, jazz, and popular music conventions.
Soulful drummer Rudy Royston brings an air
of excitement to his projects with JD Allan,
Les McCann, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Don Byron,
and others.

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Norwegian trumpeter/composer Nils Petter
Molvaer connects multiple musical styles-jazz,
ambient, house, electronic, and breakbeats, as
well as elements from hip hop, rock, and pop
music-and melts them into soundscapes
of deep intensity. Citing eclectic musical
influences like Miles Davis, Brian Eno, and
Billie Holiday, Molvaer's ability to handle the
conventions of pop, rock, and funk, alongside
those of jazz, made him a much sought-after
musician in Oslo. After a brief but successful
period with the acclaimed Norwegian jazz
group Masquelero, Nils Petter made his debut
as a leader with the ECM release Khmer in 1997.
The recording, which focuses on a previously
unheard blend of improvisation and hypnotically spinning beats, received extraordinary
public and media response and won a Norwegian 'Grammy.' In a review ofMolvaer's ninth
and latest release Hamada (Sula),AIIAbout
Jazz notes that "Molvaer's distinctive tone and
innate melodicism remain unmistakable ... one
ofMolvaer's most moving and challenging
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Skalleberg sound, Tord Knudsenn lights/video.
Thanks to Arts Council Norway

JOHN SCOFIELDAND THE PIETY
STREETBAND
Tue,Jun29 TheCentre
$55R $50G
"Scofield's blues roots have never sounded so
good." -All About Jazz
John Scofield is one of the most accomplished
guitarists on the planet. A master jazz player,
soul purveyor, and funkmeister, he never fails
to generate excitement. Over the course of his
30-plus-year career, Seo has moved seamlessly
from the blues-edged jazz of Charles Mingus
to the trailblazing fusion of Miles Davis to the
jam band funk ofMedeski, Martin and Wood.
In between, he's recorded over 30 albums
as a leader and performed with the likes of
Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock,Joe Lovano,
Chick Corea, and Mavis Staples.Now with the
release of Piety Street (Emarcy),John takes his
music to a new place. The disc, named after the
famed Piety Street Studios in New Orleans,
is a collection of gospel tunes ranging from
standards to classics to originals and features
some of the funkiest players New Orleans has
to offer. "It's really powerful stuff," says Seo.
"It's Gospel done my way-all the arrangements are mine." Joining the guitarist for
this gig are some of the Crescent City's finest
musicians.Jon Cleary (Bonnie Raitt) handles
the keyboards and vocals, George Porter Jr. (the
Meters) lays down the thick and chunky bass,
and drummer Terence Higgins adds spice to
the gumbo.

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MIKE STERN BAND
Guitarist Mike Stern lights it up every time he
plays the Jazz Festival. That's hardly surprising as Stern is one of the great axemen of his
generation. Guitar World calls him "a beautiful
guitarist in the true jazz tradition, combining
natural lyricism, fluency in diverse musical
languages and seamless burning technique."
Guitar Magazine goes further, declaring that
"Stern is not only a magician of the fretboard
but a heartfelt and mature composer of great
depth." A major player since his breakthrough
days with Miles Davis' celebrated comeback
band of the early '80s, Stern has also worked
with greats like Joe Henderson, Michael
Brecker,Jaco Pastorius, andJackDeJohnette.
While his seamless phrasing and his love of
bebop repertoire place him firmly in the jazz

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camp, Mike's urgent attack and his occasional
use of such devices as distortion, sustain, and
delay also indelibly tie him to a more crunching rock aesthetic. He's recorded 14 albums as
a leader including his latest called Big Neighbourhood (Heads Up), which features guest
appearances by Medeski, Martin and Wood,
Esperanza Spalding, Richard Bona, Randy
Brecker, and others. With Alain Caron bass,
Bob Franceschini saxophone, Lionel Cordew
drums.

TOMASZSTANKOQUINTET
Wed,
Jun30 TheCentre

$40R$35G

"One of the most eloquent proponents of
extemporaneous lyricism working today." San Francisco Chronicle
Poland's greatest jazz musician Tomasz
Stanko may just be the most important
trumpet player you've never heard of. A leading
figure on the European jazz scene for some 40
years, this award-winning maestro has developed a personal sound sometimes referred to
as "smoldering Slavic soul," which conveys a
sense of romanticism, drama, and melancholy.
Stanko was born in the '40s during a time
when Stalin banned all jazz activity, citing
the music as "decadent" and "bourgeois," and
thereby forced it underground until things
eased somewhat after the dictator's death.
In the interim, jazz musicians-along
with
other artists-became
an i>:1formalopposition group, finding subtle ways to express
their resistance to communism. By the time
Stanko started playing jazz in the early '60s,
it was a pretty cool and politically charged
thing to do. Initially influenced by Ornette
Coleman, Stanko formed his first group-the
Jazz Darlings-in
1961, which included
stellar pianist Adam Makowicz. Later he
joined KrzysztofKomeda's group-a band
that revolutionized European jazz as it cast
American influences aside for a more genuine
European sensibility. Throughout the '70s
and '80s, Tomasz continued to work as a
leader while collaborating with such influential figures and bands as Cecil Taylor, Gary
Peacock, Edward Vesala, Dave Holland,Jack
DeJohnette, and Globe Unity Orchestra.
During the '90s, Stanko's work reached a
new level of recognition through his many
acclaimed ECM recordings, including his
latest called Dark Eyes. With Alexi Tuomarila
piano,Jakob Bro guitar, Anders Christensen
bass, Olavi Louhivuori drums.

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TORD GUSTAVSENENSEMBLE
"Gustavsen is a lyric poet of the piano."
-Jazz Times
Norwegian pianist Tord Gustavsen's intriguing way of assimilating the jazz tradition
with Nordic reflective moods and lyrical
beauty has brought him a huge and enthusiastic worldwide following. Since 2003, he's
released three strikingly beautiful piano-trio
recordings for ECM-Changing
Places, The
Ground, and Being There-which showcase his
original compositions: melodic and romantic
music that sings, simultaneously gentle and
robust. Now, Gustavsen has reconfigured
his band by recruiting two dynamic Norwegian improvisers familiar to Scandinavian
jazz devotees, bassist Mats Eilertsen and Jan
Garbarek-inspired saxophonist Tore Brunborg.
With holdover drummer Jade Vesperstad, the
ensemble explores more deeply the leader's
gospel-inflected hymns, lullabies, and ballads,
and his pulsing, almost minimalistic grooves.
In a review of the group's new CD, Restored,
Returned (ECM), the Times of London notes
this is "music that smoulders brightly." An
exquisite double bill with Tomasz Stanko
Quintet. Thanks to Norwegian Fund for
Performing Artists

STANLEYCLARKEBAND FEATURING
HIROMI
Thu,Jul 1 TheCentre
$55R$50G
Grammy Award-winner Stanley Clarke is
one of the most celebrated bass players in
the world. Known for his ferocious dexterity
and consummate musicality, he was the first
bassist in history to headline tours, generate sold-out shows, and have his recordings
certified gold. He was also the first bassist
to double on acoustic and electric bass with
equal virtuosity, power, and fire. Driven by a
need to state melody and propel the bass to
the front of the concert stage, he formed the
seminal electric-jazz/fusion band Return to
Forever with Chick Corea in the early '70s.
Along the way, he teamed with George Duke

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to form the Clarke/Duke Project and forged
collaborations withJeffBeck, Keith Richards,
Stewart Copeland (Animal Logic),Jean-Luc
Ponty, Al DiMeola (Rite of Strings), and Bela
Fleck while also turning his energy to film and
television scoring. Stanley's current project,
an acoustic/electric quartet, features Japanese
pianist Hiromi Uehara-an
artist that shook
last year's Jazz Festival with her staggering
technique, larger-than-life energy, and riveting pan-stylistic vocabulary. AllaboutJazz.com
calls her work "unfailingly brilliant, innovative, radiant and clever ... a shot of adrenalin for
tired musical tastes." This kick-butt band also
has Rosian Siroda keyboards/bass and Ronald
Brunner Jr. drums.

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ANDY MILNE & DAPPTHEORY
"Dapp Theory stands at the meeting point of
lyrical jazz piano, funkified polyrhythmic
exploration, and spoken word poeticism. In
other words, fasten your seatbelts-you're
in
for a memorable trip." -Keyboard
US-based pianist Andy Milne got his grounding with adventurous M-Base artists like
saxophonists Greg Osby and Steve Coleman,
so it's no surprise his projects stand out from
the rest of the pack. The idea behind Dapp
Theory, according to Milne, "is to create
complete musical compositions that groove
as hard as they express melodic and poetic
lyricism." Formed in 1998, the band's style is
indefinable yet highly recognizable, blending
influences ranging from Joni Mitchell and
KRS One to Thelonious Monk and Van Halen.
Their debut, major-label CD Y'all Just Don't
Know ( Concord), released in 2003, included
an ambitious collaboration with folk-rock
icon Bruce Cockburn. Dapp Theory's current
release Layers of Chance ( Contrology) features
material that blends colliding instrumental
textures and infectious grooves layered with
lush harmonies and poignant lyrics. With John
Beaty saxophone, Chris Tordini bass, Kenny
Grohowski drums, John Moon percussion.
Thanks to Canada Council for the Arts

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STRUNZ & FARAH
Fri,Jul2 TheCentre

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"The planet's most staggering guitar duo finally
gives us a live taste of their uplifting Latinflavored acoustic fusion and the jaw-dropping
technique which has stunned California
audiences for almost 20 years. But speed aside,
high-energy acoustic music doesn't get any
more moving than this." -Total Guitar
Incendiary performances by Strunz & Farah
at past Jazz Festivals have been marked
by sold-out houses and repeated standing
ovations. Now, the twosome is back to pick
up where they left off. Costa Rican-born Jorge
Strunz and Iranian-bornArdeshir Farah are
a unique acoustic guitar duo with a global
vision that extends from South America and
the Caribbean to Spain and the Middle East.
Their music has sometimes been compared to
the Gipsy Kings except that Strunz & Farah's
compositions are more challenging, the
arrangements more daring, and the musicianship positively astonishing. Their fiery performances have been known to level club, concert,
and dance crowds. Guitar Player magazine
warns, "The experience can be downright
apocalyptic." With Carlos de! Puerto bass,
Rick Keller Jlute,Jimmy Branly percussion.

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JOYCEMORENO
"One of the greatest singers of all time."
-Antonio CarlosJobim
"Joyce is a lady who can only be described as a
genius."-Claus
Ogerman
A huge star at last year's Festival, Brazilian
singer-songwriter and guitarist Joyce (a.k.a.
Joyce Moreno) is often compared to Billie
Holiday for her ability to convey a range of
deeply felt emotions. She premiered in the late
'60s with a brilliant self-titled recording and
since then has released over 25 solo albums
and appeared on myriad sessions with such
luminaries as Elis Regina, Nana Vasconcelos,
Antonio Carlos J obim, Milton Nascimento,
and Dori Caymmi. Her artistry has also
attracted the devotion of many jazz musicians
such as Joe Lovano,Jon Hendricks, Bugge
Wesseltoft, and Kenny Werner, among others
who've recorded and performed with the
Rio-born songstress. Melodic grace, Brazilian
rhythms, and buoyant humour are gorgeously
interwoven in the music of Joyce. She is the
most complete vocalist of her generation.

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With Helio Alves piano, Rodolfo Stroeter bass,
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Nova Scotia-born Richard Terfry, a.k.a. Buck
65, is a critically acclaimed MC and turntablist. Boasting an international fan base, he
has released 13 full-length albums including
his latest called Situation (Strange Famous
Records), a lyrical adventure through the
folklore of the year 1957. Since his emergence
as an unconventional hip hop artist in 1993,
his style has evolved over the years to include
elements of folk, blues, rock, and avant-garde,
all the while maintaining his trademark
rhythmic delivery and complex word play.
Buck 65 has shared the stage with such artists
as PJ Harvey and Moby and has performed
at countless festivals around the globe. He
currently lives in Toronto where he is the new
national host of CBC Radio 2's Drive show.

THE BUDOS BAND
Sat,Jun26 Commodore
Ballroom

This 11-piece instrumental ensemble from
New York is the quintessence of Staten Island
soul. A part of the Daptone stable of neofunk
bands and a rising juggernaut on the world
music scene, the Budos Band combines jazz,
deep funk, Afro beat, and soul influencesthink James Brown meets Fela Kuti-while
building intricate and hard-hitting grooves
made for the dance floor. The Stranger writes,
"This is primal, percussion-heavy music that'll
make your soul sweat." With several smokin'
CDs and EPs, the band's instrumentation
features drums, electric bass, guitar, B-3,
two trumpets, baritone sax, and a percussion section that employs bongos, congas,
tambourine, guiro, clave, and cowbell. Their
sound, according to PopMatters, "oozes from
a deep place where melodies constantly snake
forward, honkers bleat over the top, and
the beats move at itchy tempos to keep one
energized."

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KATZENJAMMER

NOMO

"They came on like a Norwegian version of the
B-52s, pounding a beat and chirping random
phrases in unison, but that didn't last. Soon
they were bouncing to a polka (complete with
trumpet), or singing in a pure close harmony
that suggested Scandinavian traditional music,
or delivering a cherry-pie recipe over a ukulelestrumming tune suggesting 1920's jazz, or
going near-Goth with a raspy song about
"walking in the big black woods," or sharing an
a cappella dirge about a dust storm. Accordion,
banjo and kazoo came and went; their finale
was a bluegrassy bounce. There was no telling
what they'd do next, except that it was sure to
be deft and charming." -New York Times
Norwegian all-female foursome Katzenjammer has just released their debut album Le
Pop in North America. The disc showcases
the group's eclectic blend of genres-"a
mix between Eastern European folk music,
B-52s, the sisters Kate and Anna McGarrigle,
bluegrass, country blues and a carnival on the
run" -as one Norwegian reviewer describes
it. Solveig Heilo, Anne Marit Bergheim, Turid
J 0rgensen, and Marianne Sveen play up to 29
instruments including tuba, balalaika bass,
drums, piano, mandolin and more. This is a
circus of a show you cannot afford to miss.

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"NOMO is one of the tightest, swingingest
Afrobeat world-jazz bands on the planet."
-Washington Post
Michigan's NOMO get the hypnotic grooves
going to the point where it's impossible to keep
your hips from swaying. Driven by rollicking
horns and funky percussion and underpinned
by wild electronics, the band blends the formidable Afro beat sound ofFela Kuti with equal
parts Sun Ra and the Art Ensemble of Chicago
and comes up with something completely
original. In a review of the recent CD Ghost
Rock, SFweekly.com notes that the music lands
"somewhere among the German art rock of
Can, the far-out space-funk of On the Cornerera Miles Davis, and the extended textural
experimentation of composers like Karlheinz
Stockhausen and Steve Reich." In essence,
NOMO offers up an Afro beat template with
an ear to the future while keeping both feet
on the dance floor. With bandleader Elliot

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Bergman keyboards/sampler/tenor sax/vocals,
Quin Kirchner drums, Erik Hall guitar/drums,
Jake Vinsel bass,Justin Walter trumpet, Dan
Bennett baritone saxophone.

ANTI-POPCONSORTIUM
Sun,Jun27Commodore
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"As a reaction to the watered-down R&B regurgitation of mainstream hip hop, APC are an
unparalleled, post-modern music force to be
reckoned with in any context." -Rolling Stone
Beans, M. Sayyid, High Priest, and Earl Blaize
formed the Anti-Pop Consortium in the late
'90s with the intent to cross musical borders
and "disturb the equilibrium." Today, with
five albums in tow, including the latest called
Fluorescent Black (Big Dada), this Brooklynbased quartet continues to stand hip hop
orthodoxy on its head while pushing the music
into brilliant new terrain. "The music is unlike
any hip hop you've heard, more Joy Division
than James Brown, with wheezy organ lacing
the sci-fi [electronic] bleeps with eerie humanism," proclaims the San Francisco Weekly.
"These rappers are energized by a weird and
nameless force." Here's solid, edgy techno rap
that confirms unequivocally that the future
is now.

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THE PACKA.D.
"Best show of [Halifax's] Pop Explosion for
me." -Soundproof Magazine
Known for their explosive live performances
and the ability to generate a massive sound
with only two members (reminiscent of other
powerhouse duos such as the White Stripes
and the Black Keys), the PackA.D. plays
garage rock/pop/funk/blues
that is fierce,
unapologetic, and loud as hell.
Formed in Vancouver in 2006, this dynamic
duo featuring guitarist/vocalist Becky Black
and drummer Maya Miller is sonically charged
and relentless. On their third album, We
Kill Computers (Mint), they don't so much
play a song as attack it. The Toronto Star
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gritty, unhinged, kind-of-frightening manner."
Exclaim magazine pronounces them "a sonic
knuckle sandwich-those
girls are killer."

TOSHI REAGON
Mon,Jun28 Commodore
Ballroom

$35G

"Her live shows shower retro funk, urban blues,
and folk on the audience with evangelical
fervor. To hear is to believe." -New Yorker
The daughter of Sweet Honey in the Rock
matriarch Bernice Johnson Reagon, singersongwriter and guitarist Toshi Rea go n's electrifying performances prompted Vibe magazine
to call her "a natural born rock goddess whose
sound is a cipher of bluesy wails and shouts,
and steely guitar power chords." Reagon has
been tearing it up ever since she dropped out
of college to open for Lenny Kravitz on tour.
Since then, she's performed with everyone
from Pete Seeger and Chaka Khan to Elvis
Costello and Ani DiFranco. With her band
BIG Lovely she seamlessly blends gospel, blues,
and rock in socially conscious anthems and
heartfelt ballads. Dirty Linen contends that
Toshi "soars to heights of spiritual and erotic
longing few artists can even attempt to scale."

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SLIDE TO FREEDOM:DOUGCOX/SALIL
BHATT/CASSIUSKHAN
"The ethereal diffusions of the classical Indian
guitar get a fine grounding from the North
American blues-groove." -PopMatters
Fusing blues music with Indian music has
been tried before, but no one has done
it quite as successfully as Canadian slide
guitarist Doug Cox and India's premier slide
instrumentalist Salil Bhatt. The duo's debut
album Slide to Freedom is a genuine musical
landmark-outstanding
musicians blending
roots traditions from opposite sides of the
world. Mississippi Delta meets Ganges Delta.
Amazon.com noted, "This cross-culture pairing
is an exhilarating blend of ragas and Delta
blues forms. Never forced, Slide to Freedom is a
bracing and inviting hybrid." Their sophomore
release, Make a Better World (nominated for a
2010 Juno Award as the World Music Recording of the Year), proves conclusively that this
musical intermarriage was not just a gimmick
but rather the birth of a new world genre.
Joining Cox and Bhatt is Cassius Khanghazall.

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KID KOALAPRESENTSTHE SLEW
LIVE: 6 TURNTABLESMEETS THE
EX-WOLFMOTHERRHYTHM SECTION
Tue,
Jun29Commodore
Ballroom
$30G
Montreal-based Eric San, a.k.a. Kid Koala,
does it all: fills, beats, bass lines, harmonies,
and then some. The awesome turntabalistwith
numerous releases is well known for playing
the turntable like a melodic instrument, where
long single notes are dragged under the stylus
at different speeds, creating different pitches.
Notes bend and waver allowing the Kid to
simulate all kinds of effects from drunken
trumpet players to babies crying. His samples
include music from Charlie Brown television
specials, old comedy routines, people coughing, and people reading a menu in Cantonese.
It's all done with skill and humour, not to
mention a vivid imagination and laborious
dedication. Recently, the Kid and remixer
Dylan]. Frombach, a.k.a. Dynamite D, were
approached to soundtrack a new documentary
feature film. The filming collapsed and the
psych rock-influenced score appeared to go
down with it. But when the rhythm section of
the Grammy Award-winning Australian rock
band Wolfmother heard about the film and
its lost music they urged that the material be
heard. So now, Koala and the Aussies have
teamed up for a project called the Slew, featuring Myles Heskett drums, Chris Ross bass/keys,
and DJs Kid Koala and P-Love working across
six turntables. Expect raw guitar cuts with
heavy beats and a show you won't soon forget.

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THE HEAVY
"If you want your soul revival as funky as
AmyWinehouse or Sharon Jones and the
Dap-Kings but with just a little more buzz, this
British four-piece has you covered." -Rolling
Stone
The Heavy's gritty, guitar-laden hip hop soul
is irresistible; these English lads will get your
mojo workin' -guaranteed.
The core of the
group, guitarist Dan Taylor and lead vocalist
Kevin Swaby, along with cohorts Spencer Page
bass guitar and Chris Ellul drums, keep the
relentless grooves churning on the debut CD
Great Vengeance and Furious Fire (Counter/
Ninja Tune). The Daily Mirror lauds the disc as
a" dirty soul and raw rock cocktail that keeps
the blood pumping. The excitement is unmistakable." PopMatters decrees the new CD The
House That Dirt Built, "Heavy soul. Heavy

funk. Heavy rock. Even the breezy folk-pop
numbers and the ballads mean business." The
Fly Live Review declares that "the Heavy sound
like Curtis Mayfield's Pusherman resurrecting
Led Zeppelin and the exiled spirit of Cassius
Clay. Get used to the weight. The Heavy are
about to throw it down." Oh my! Meet you at
the Commodore!

this up-and-coming outfit creates intriguing
and compelling soundscapes that are thrilling
and unpredictable. With Edo Van Breeman
piano/vocals, Bryan Davies glockenspiel/horns,
John Walsh guitar/bass, Tariq Hussain guitar,
Brennan Saul drums, Sam Davidson clarinet.

BONOBO(LIVE)
Wed,
Jun30 Commodore
Ballroom

Electro-pop meets British-Indian bhangra
roots on the dance floor as UK-Indian pop/
alternative band Swami take to the stage for
some high-octane concertizing. Swami is also
the pseudonym of the group's award-winning
leader, producer, DJ, guitarist, keyboardist and
vocalist Diamond Duggal (a.k.a. DJ Swami).
Since Swami's debut dance album release Desi
Nu School Beatz (Nation Records) a decade
ago, they've gradually built a burgeoning
audience for their compelling blend of western
electronic and alternative sounds with the
futuristic bhangra/eastern influences of the
Indian sub-continent. The new hybrid sound
of'Desi Beats' was born. Now, the recent
release Equalize (Virgin/EMI), with its
mainstream collaborations from international
artists like Swedish pop star DeDe Lopez
and South African vocalist Ishmael, has won
Album of the Year award on desibeats.com and
is set to propel them to international stardom.
Come and enjoy one helluva continentstretching dance floor groove. With S-Ends
rap, Sups, Liana vocals, Prav drums.

$32G

Ninja Tune tune artist Bonobo (a.k.a. Simon
Green) is a talented musician and DJ from
Brighton, England producing accessible, headnodding soundscapes that have found favour
with audiences on both sides of the Atlantic.
A musically dextrous artist, Bonobo plays all
manner of instruments on his records, from
toy xylophones to sitars. Combine this with
some slick sampler skills and Bonobo brings
just the right blend of sensitivity and groove
quotient to attract a wide-ranging fan base.
Acclaimed for releases like Pick Up, Flutter,
Animal Magic, and his new album Black Sands,
Bonobo clearly aims for the dance floor with
a heavy mixture of hip hop, jazz, broken beats,
Latin, funk and soul with the occasional
cheeky bit of psychedelic rock and drum and
bass thrown in. All About Jazz writes, "When
you need a bath in washes of reverberant
grooves, this is the thing."

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BRASSTRONAUT
"Tags like cinematic and atmospheric are
perfect descriptions for the classically-trained
sextet's sound, which fuses jazz instrumentalism with trance-inducing indie pop. Indeed,
there are more than a few numbers featured on
the group's debut, Mount Chimera, that would
fit a retro-lounge scene where women with
painted-red lips puff gingerly on stark-white
Cinderellas." -Georgia Straight
Since forming in 2007, local band Brasstronaut has steadily built a strong following for
their eclectic and intricate fine-arts pop sound.
Incorporating influences as wide-ranging as
Miles Davis, Peter Gabriel, and Daft Punk,

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PACIFIKA
"Highly stylized, world-y sounding hipster-pop,
it fits in the vein of the Thievery Corporation
and Bebe! Gilberto."-Toronto
Star
Pacifika is Peruvian-born singer Silvana
Kane; Adam Popowitz, a Canadian-bred
guitarist adept at new wave, classical, and
pop; and Toby Peter, a dub-wise bassist born
in Canada and raised in Barbados. Together
the Vancouver-based trio is making a new
kind of global pop-music that nods to its
diverse international influences while forging
its own unique voice.Jazz-infused and Latin

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tinged, marked by gently flowing melodies,
deep grooves, waves of cracking percussion
and the occasional burst of exhilarating guitar
splash, Pacifika's smooth soundscapes are held
together by Kane's rich, intimate vocals. In
a review of the band's album, Asuncion (Six
Degrees Records), Global Rhythm magazine
raves, "Nothing short of transcendent-a
bold
fusion of jazzy beats, electronica and Latin
flavor that suggests a multi-phased trip to
paradise."

MESHELLNDEGEOCELLO
Fri,Jul2 Commodore
Ballroom

$40G

"A monster bass player." -Rolling Stone
A fearsome bassist and prolific singer-songwriter,
Meshell Ndegeocello's free-ranging artist
ambition is informed by funk, soul, hip hop,
R&B, and rock, yet isn't anchored in any
particular format. Born in Germany, but raised
in Washington, DC, Ndegeocello, which
means "free like a bird" in Swahili, was the first
female artist signed to Madonna's Maverick
Records. Soon after, she burst onto the music
scene in the early '90s with her genre-busting
debut Plantation Lullabies. Eight albums and
ten Grammy nominations later she continues
to present lyrical ruminations on race, love, sex,
betrayal, and power while bringing her signature warm, fat, and melodic groove and diversity to her work. After a recent concert, the Los
Angeles Times noted, "a sense of freedom and
sweep in her music that was nothing short of
intoxicating." Over some 20 years Meshell has
performed with the Rolling Stones, Prince,
JohnMellancamp, George Clinton, Chaka
Khan, and Madonna. Her style and sound
have paved the way for new soul singers
such as Erykah Badu, India.Arie, and Alicia
Keys. With Mark Kelley bass, Keefus Ciancia
keyboards, Chris Bruce guitar, Deantoni Parks
drums.

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OLA ONABULE
"The UK's answer to Donny Hathaway."
-The Basement
Ola Onabule is often described as Britain's
finest soul and jazz singer-songwriter. Born
in London to Nigerian parents, he has a killer
voice, an arsenal of exquisite songs, and oodles
of charisma. "His voice has touches of super
smoothies George Benson and Al Jarreau, as
well as the grittier Memphis style, and he
has a range and elasticity to match his rich

tonal qualities," raves the Herald (Scotland).
The Voice magazine gets into the act describing Ola's voice as "achingly beautiful and
passionate in its every expression." Onabule's
sixth album, The Devoured Man (Rugged
Ram), had the Edinburgh Evening News calling
the disc "a collection of beguilingly emotive
songs that recalls Marvin Gaye's masterpiece
What's Going On and is a world away from
the airbrushed grooves that are supposed to
constitute the genre these days." What's going
on indeed? A word of advice: Ola Onabule
brought down the house at last year's Jazz
Festival, so get there early.

DEERHOOF
Sat,Jul3 Commodore
Ballroom

$25G

"Sonic Youth for the 'Guitar Hero' generation." -Variety
One ofNels Cline's (Wilco) favourite bands:
"Seeing Deerhooflive, one finds oneself
grinning foolishly at the charm of it all." San
Francisco art rockers Deerhoof mix pop, rock,
and noise with an experimental ethos to create
utterly distinctive music. PopMatters calls
Deerhoof"the best live act on tour right now,
a frenetic powerhouse that peaks on the edge
of collapse. Their furious energy is seldom
equaled, hyperkinetic noise blasts coupled
with snippets of sing-song-y tunefulness."
Since its inception, this mix-gendered
international band has surprised and
delighted many with its original and
unpredictable take on pop music. In a review
of a recent CD, Bust magazine said, "Offend
Maggie continues to blend willfully crude,
occasionally pounding art-punk with sweet
'60s textures ... Deerhoof is still wonderfully
weird." With Greg Saunier drums, Sato mi
Matsuzaki bass/vocals, John Dieterich guitar,
Ed Rodriguez guitar.

Adoublebill with
FOND OF TIGERS
"Think Rock-in-Opposition meets Steve
Reich"-AllAbout
Jazz
Fond of Tigers is known for its intricate,
beautiful, and powerful sonic creations.
Featuring seven ofVancouver's leading
musicians, their nuances and layers explore
musical possibilities that range from the smallest gesture of extended technique to full-on
bombastic avant rock. Compelling, hypnotic,
and absolutely post-everything, this doubledrum-kit-led band's exhilarating ordered
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of meticulous odd-time composition and
improvisational abandon. Their debut CD, A
Thing to Live With (Drip Audio), was named
one of the best releases of 2006. A follow-up
CD Release the Saviours had England's Wire
magazine declare "there's a kaleidoscope of
pleasure to be had following Fond of Tigers."
With Stephen Lyons guitar, JP Carter trumpet,
Morgan McDonald piano,Jesse Zubot violin,
Shanto Bhattacharya bass, Skye Brooks, Dan
Gaucher drums.

with each other in a thoroughly new way. The
extraordinary cast assembled for this project
includes renowned British bassist/composer
Barry Guy, a virtuoso improviser whose
extended technique is without equal; Vancouver cellist Peggy Lee, noted for her fluency
with both composed work and improvisation;
virtuosic British saxophonist Evan Parker;
vibrant Swiss percussionist Lucas Niggli;
expansive, trailblazing New York trumpeter
Peter Evans; the versatile and subtle Swiss
violist Maya Hom burger; and Vancouver
CONCORDPACIFICROUNDHOUSE piano dynamo Paul Plimley. Thanks to Arts
Partners in Creative Development, the Swiss Arts
PERFORMANCE
CENTRE
Council Pro Helvetia, and the Canada Council
BARRYGUY/MICHELGAGNE-FIXED,
for the Arts.

FRAGMENTED& FLUID
Fri,Jun25 Roundhouse
Performance
Ctr

$JOG

Here's an exciting, groundbreaking project
commissioned by Coastal Jazz to commemorate the 25 th anniversary of the TD Vancouver
International Jazz Festival. Entitled Fixed,
Fragmented & Fluid, it's an interdisciplinary
work that seamlessly integrates elements of
animation with live concert performance.
UK bassist/composer Barry Guy has created
graphic scores that will be used to direct a
widely acclaimed ensemble of international
improvisers. Similarly, award-winning
Quebecois animator Michel Gagne has created
new technology that will allow him to play
live abstract animation for the entire duration
of the musical performance, positioning
the visual elements as an instrument in the
performing ensemble. The initial concept for
this project arose when Gagne witnessed a
performance by the Paul Plimley Trio at the
Jazz Festival in 2007. Inspired by Plimley's
real-life animated virtuosity as well as the
historical relationship between jazz and
animation, Gagne thought it would be exciting
to create a new work that featured the music
of Plimley along with an abstract animated
score. The work would reference the classic
relationship between the two art forms but
could perhaps bring the relationship between
jazz and animation into a futuristic framework where the music and imagery interact

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SCHLIPPENBACHTRIO WITH EVAN
PARKER& PAULLOVENS
Sat,Jun26 Roundhouse
Performance
Ctr $25G
Legendary German pianist Alexander von
Schlippenbach is well known in improvising
circles for his long-standing trio with British
saxophonist Evan Parker and drummer Paul
Lovens and as an integral force behind largescale projects like the Globe Unity Orchestra
and the Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra. His collaborations include playing with
Gunter Hampel, Manfred Schoof, Sam Rivers,
Sonny Murray, and Aki Takase. A key figure in
the development of European free improvisation, he often references Thelonious Monk and
Herbie Nichols in his playing, as he did at last
year's Festival with his Monk's Casino group.
Despite nods to tradition, Schlippenbach
introduces the unexpected at every turn no
matter what historical period he's referencing. In a recent review Dustedmagazine.com
declares, "He unifies history and technique,
diving full boar into a swinging free fantasy
of epic proportions that covers the whole
registral spectrum as it hangs on to the edge
of tonality." Evan Parker is one of the most
original voices in contemporary music and is
recognized for his brilliant work with Derek
Bailey, Barry Guy, and Paul Lytton as well as
with groups like Globe Unity Orchestra and
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unique style of improvisation reveals a total
command of free music techniques, circular
breathing, slaps, snorts, and over-blowing
used to create extended, complex, overlapping, repetitive, and beautiful soundscapes.
Paul Lovens is one of the most prominent
drummers in the European improvised music
scene and has worked with Mats Gustafsson,
Eugene Chadbourne, Cecil Taylor, and GUO.
Known for his intensity and concentration,
he creates fascinating sound textures from
drums, cymbals, wooden blocks, and other
paraphernalia.

Adoublebill with
MOSTLYOTHER PEOPLEDO THE
KILLING (MOPDtK)
"Mostly Other People Do the Killing travel
through the history of jazz, re contextualizing
the past with an impertinent wit that keeps the
music fresh and alive." -All About Jazz
MOPDtK is a quartet founded on the idea
that not only is jazz still alive and vibrant,
but it can and should be fun, engaging, and
thoroughly contemporary. Under the playful
pseudonym "Leonardo Featherweight," bassist
and leader Moppa Elliott writes, "Rather than
settling into one style or historical period,
MOPDtKfuses the entire spectrum of jazz
and the various forms of improvised music it
has spawned into a single seamless melange
of Uber-Jass." On their fourth album, Forty
Fort (Hot Cup),All about Jazz discovers "a
wealth of styles that would make even Miles
Davis blush." The tunes range from bop to
bugaloos, bossas to rock, and swing to disco,
often within the same composition. Winners
of the 2009 Down Beat Critics' Poll: Rising
Star Ensemble, this adventurous foursome
features trumpeter Peter Evans, a rising star in
the improvised music scene (as anyone present
at the 2008 Time Flies Festival can attest to);
saxophonist Jon Irabagon, recent winner of
the 2008 Thelonious Monk Jazz Saxophone
Competition; drummer Kevin Shea, best
known as an innovator in the indie rock scene;
and bassist Moppa Elliott (Barry Altschul), the
rhythmic and harmonic lynch pin. "A powerhouse band."-Time Out New York

GLOBEUNITY ORCHESTRA
Sun,Jun27Roundhouse
Performance
Ctr

$30G

"Schlippenbach's fingers rake the piano strings,
invoking the overarching order in the most
notoriously' free' big band in contemporary
music." -All About Jazz

June25-July4, 2010
Over 40 years since its inception, this
European large-group free jazz ensemble
remains a vital and creative force. The Globe
Unity Orchestra was founded by German
pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach back
in 1966 and deployed his compositions as a
foundation for daring and adventurous collective interplay. The original line-up featured
many of the early giants of European free
music such as Peter Brotzmann, Manfred
Schoof, Albert Mangelsdorff, Gunter Hampel,
and Willem Breuker among others. Over the
years, the group recorded numerous albums
for labels like Saba,Japo, FMP, Po Torch,
and Intakt while its evolving membership
embraced musicians like Anthony Braxton,
Steve Lacy, Han Bennink, Evan Parker, Kenny
Wheeler, and George Lewis to name a few.
The GUO of2010 is a different configuration
than earlier line-ups-it's a diverse cast with
some original recruits and boasts ebullient
contributions from relative newbies like
trumpeters Axel Dorner and Jean-Luc Capozzo
and bass clarinetist Rudi Mahall. Rounding out
this juggernaut are Evan Parker, Gerd Dudek,
Henrik Walsdorff saxophones,Johannes Bauer,
ChristofThewes trombones, and Paul Lovens,
Paul Lytton drums. The sounds, rhythms,
and ferocious intensity of this groundbreaking, future-oriented collective should not be
missed. Members of GUO will also appear in
a number of other constellations throughout
the opening weekend (e.g. Schlippenbach Trio,
etc.). Thanks to the Goethe-Institut/Toronto and
the Canada Council for the Arts.

CELSOMACHADOSOLO
Mon,Jun28 Roundhouse
Performance
Ctr

$25G

Celso Machado is a Brazilian-born, Vancouver-based guitarist/singer /percussionist who
delights audiences with his mixture of infectious vocals, irresistible rhythm, and inspired
lunacy. He's been hailed as "the most important Brazilian guitarist of the new generation."
His performances are unerringly thrilling,
beautiful, and awe-inspiring. The Detroit
News calls him "a one man compendium of
Brazilian diversity who doubles as a guitarist
and percussionist par excellence. Reminiscent of Bobby McFerrin, the multi-talented
Machado finds an orchestra-full of ways to use
his voice and makes percussion instruments of
his entire body: cheeks, mouth, chest, hands,
and legs-not to mention the various parts
of the microphone stand." Simply put, Celso

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highly anticipated solo concert.

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JULIAN LAGEGROUP
When Julian Lage emerged on the music
scene 13 years ago, the San Francisco-based
musician was not only deemed a guitar-playing
prodigy, he was offered numerous record deals.
Instead, he chose to become a sideman with
vibraphonist Gary Burton and to collaborate
with pianist Taylor Eigsti. Along the way,
Lage received lavish praise from luminaries
like Herbie Hancock and Bela Fleck for his
mix ofblues, jazz, classical, and folk styles.
Last year, at the age of21,Julian released his
debut album, Sounding Point (Emarcy). The
music ranges from through-composed works
and impromptu improvisations in duo and
trio settings, to solo excursions, and a finale
capped by a masterful interpretation of Miles
Davis' "All Blues." Lage also plays impressive
covers of Elliott Smith's "Alameda" and Neil
Hefti's "Li'l Darlin"'. The breakthrough disc
takes in at times bluegrass, jazz, and Americana, along with Indian and classical elements,
and was nominated for the 2010 Grammy
Award Best Contemporary Jazz Album. With
Dan Blake sax, Aristides Rivas cello, Tupac
Mantilla percussion,Jorge Roeder bass.

ERIC BOEREN4TET FEATURINGHAN
BENNINK
Tue,Jun29Roundhouse
Performance
Ctr
$25G
"Boeren is in thrall of the music made by
the classic Ornette Coleman Quartet [and
integrates his own] strong stylistic connections with [Coleman's] pithy originals.
But beyond the catchy melodies and the
dazzling interplay, this band speaks its own
language."-Jazz
Times
Cornetist Eric Boeren is a force in the rich
Dutch jazz/improvised music scene and
a member of such outstanding ensembles
as Available Jelly, Bik Bent Braam, and
Sean Bergin's MOB. He currently leads a
stellar quartet featuring Michael Moore alto

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saxophone/clarinet, Wilbert de Jo ode bass,
and drummer Han Bennink that performs a
mix of Ornette Coleman compositions with
a few originals and the occasional standard
thrown in. His 'New Dutch Swing' approach
to Coleman's classics-with its conceptual
openness and playfulness-has
Down Beat
magazine raving that it "gives meaning to the
description Hot Jazz. Thank you Eric. Ornette
[Coleman] would love this band." Drummer
Han Bennink adds sizzle to this foursome.
His all-encompassing stylistic embrace (from
ragtime to no time) along with a madcap
comedic sense has made him a legend
throughout the world. Bennink also plays
with ICP Orchestra, Tobias Delius, and his
own trio. Thanks to Netherlands Fund for the
Performing Arts.

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DUPONTT
"A bass player who knows how to situate
himself by turn in song, grooves, and sound
effects."-Jazzosphere
Best known for his work with the group Kartet
(Benoit Delbecq, Guillaume Orti, Chander
Sardjoe) and for a period of solo exploration,
French virtuoso bassist Hubert Dupont renews
his interest in small ensemble expression with
the quartet Dupont T. Clearly impressed,
Jazzman magazine asserts, "Dupont invents
an incandescent and sensual music ... Dupont
T succeeds to fuse high level contemporary
poetic musical language with irresistible
lyricism and swing." On Spider's Dance, a
recent CD with special guest saxophonist
Rudresh Mahanthappa, the band hits on
classic jazz forms and rhythms. The music
is accessible yet highly creative with tight
compositions yet open approaches. Elegant
and refreshing Dupont T presents a new
voice that deserves your attention. With Yvan
Ro billiard piano, Denis Guivarc'h saxophone,
Chander Sardjoe drums. Thanks to Cultures,
France.

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THE WIDE ALLEY
Wed,
Jun30Roundhouse
Performance
Ctr

$25G

The rich musical traditions of China's Sichuan
Province meet the Australian avant-garde
creations of Clocked Out in an innovative
fusion of Chinese and western sounds. Featuring street songs and jazz along with opera and
folk, this cross-cultural collaboration draws
focus from Chengdu's oldest neighbourhood, the Wide Alley. Pulsating gongs blend
with jazz harmonies, clouds of delicate bells
envelop soulful melodies, and brash fragments
of Sichuan percussion collide with wild free
improvisations. The multicultural ensemble
(five Sichuan and five Australian musicians)
features performers with diverse expertise in
traditional, folk, jazz, and experimental styles.
Together they create unexpected new worlds
of sound, bringing disappearing traditions
back to life. With Erik Griswold piano, Peter
Knight trumpet, Adrian Sheriff trombone,
Robert Davidson bass, Vanessa Tomlinson,
Zhong Kaizhi percussion, Zou Xiangping, Tian
Linping voice, Shi Lei bamboo flutes, Zhou Yu
ehru. Thanks to Arts Queensland, Australia,
Sichuan Province Arts, China.

she lets the full range of her virtuosity loose
as she skips from lyrical melodies to intricate
scatting, all with a beautiful delicacy and
perfect timing." -Time Out, London
Since moving to Paris from Korea in the
mid-90s, Youn Sun Nahhas been winning
audiences with her sensuous and dramatic
voice. All About Jazz calls her "a tantalizing
cross between Bjork and Melody Gardot."
UlfWakenius has been a bona fide jazz star
for years. His resume includes work with
Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Herbie Hancock,
Johnny Griffin, and Niels-Henning OrstedtPedersen and well as fronting his own projects.
In recent years Wakenius has teamed up with
Sun Nah and together they create an intimate
musical dialogue that can leave you breathless.
The special chemistry is evident on the new
CD, which features six Youn originals ranging
from melancholic ballads to intricate uptempo
tracks. Also, there are captivating covers of
Egberto Gismonti and Nat King Cole, but her
version of Tom Waits' "Jockey Full of Bourbon"
is a shows topper. Thanks to Rikskonserter,
Sweden, Arts Council Korea.

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BRADTURNER TRIO
Vancouver-based Brad Turner is one of
CLOCKEDOUT DUO
Wed,
Jun30 TomLeeMusicHall(workshop} Free Canada's most prominent and prolific jazz

The intriguing Brisbane, Australia-based
duo of percussionist Vanessa Tomlinson and
pianist Erik Griswold uses traditional and
modified instruments, alongside a bewildering array of toys, found objects, junk, and
sound sculptures, to create carefully designed
sonic and visual experiences. Their unique
style-inspired by Morton Feldman and Terry
Riley-embraces
a wide variety of influences
from experimental, jazz, and world-music
sources. In their playful and adventurous
work, Clocked Out Duo create links between
disparate styles and artistic communities.
The duo opens for their ambitious Chinese/
Australian project 'The Wide Alley.' Thanks to
Arts Queensland, Australia.

YOUN SUN NAH & ULF WAKENIUSDUO
Thu,Jul1 Roundhouse
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"Korean singer Youn Sun Nah may be a new
name on these shores, but she's already
clocked up six albums under her own name;
her latest, Voyage, released on the prestigious
German label ACT. Here in collaboration
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artists. A multi-award-winning trumpeter and
composer, he is also a very gifted jazz pianist
and drummer. Hailed by the noted Canadian
jazz writer Mark Miller as "a kind of Miles
Davis, Herbie Hancock and Keith Jarrett all
rolled into one" and by famed jazz saxophonist
Joe Lovano as "a beautiful musician," he has
performed with the likes of Kenny Werner,
John Scofield, Renee Rosnes, and the October
Trio while also leading his own groups.
Turner's outstanding trio formation finds
him at the piano chair performing original
compositions. All About Jazz notes, "There
is something distinctly contemporary about
Turner's vision, placing him squarely in the
same territory as the Bad Plus and EST.'' With
Darren Radtke bass and Bernie Arai drums.

steeped in the tradition from bop to freedom,
with the smarts and originality to make music
that grabs the listener from start to finish." Signal to Noise
Mario Pavone is one of the most dynamic
and highly sought after bassists in contemporary music. He's anchored the trios of Paul
Bley, Bill Dixon, and the late Thomas Chapin,
and co-led a variety of notable ensembles
with Anthony Braxton, Wadada Leo Smith,
and Marty Ehrlich. Pavone has released 19
recordings as a leader including the recently
acclaimed disc Ancestors (Playscape) that
All About Jazz calls "a heated, volatile affair."
Saxophonist Tony Mala by is a member of
many outstanding jazz groups including Paul
Motian's Electric Bebop Band, Fred Hersch's
quintet, and Charlie Baden's Liberation Music
Orchestra. He also leads several projects of
his own such as the trio Tamarinedo (William
Parker, Nasheet Waits) and Apparitions
(Drew Gress, Tom Rainey, Michael Sarin).
The New York Times calls him, "AJoe LovanoDewey Redman kind of saxophonist with a
knowledge of harmony and a will to experiment with notes as pure sound." Drummer
Gerald Cleaver has brought his powerful
and tasteful approach to bands led by Henry
Threadgill, Roscoe Mitchell,Joe Morris, Hank
Jones, andJackyTerrasson. He leads several of
his own groups including an exceptional trio
with bassist William Parker and keyboardist
Craig Taborn.

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BRANDI DISTERHEFT
"She has the same lope or rhythmic pulse as my
late bassist, Ray Brown. She is what we call
serious." -Oscar Peterson
Still in her twenties, New York-based,
Canadian bassist Brandi Disterheft is already
one of the music's rising stars. Her first album,
Debut, with its deep-grooved bass playing
and innovative writing style (from Mingus
to Bjork) notched a JUNO Award in 2008.
All About Jazz took notice, calling her music,
"picturesque and enticing, as she grabs the

blues, dips into bebop, lays down a cool ballad
and even has the listener dancing. A remarkable talent!" Brandi's sophomore recording-the luminous and intoxicating Second
Side (Justin Time)-features
guests Holly
Cole and Ranee Lee. The stunning new work
uses lively, swinging grooves combined with
touches oflush atmospheres and influences
ranging from cool jazz to Brazilian pop. With
William Sperandei trumpet, Stacie McGregor
piano/Rhodes, Sly Juhas drums

SUSANNA& THE MAGICAL
ORCHESTRA
Fri;Jun25Performance
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"Despite the glacial pace and muted pastel
shades there's a real smouldering drama as the
clean lines ofWallumrod's vocals haunt this
sparse, exquisitely furnished music."
-www.bbc.co.uk
"Wallumrod's voice takes your breath away."
-The Observer, UK
Susanna & the Magical Orchestra is in fact
a Norwegian duo consisting ofkeyboard
player Morten Qvenild (In the Country,
JagaJazzist) and singer Susanna Wallumrod.
Together they create ravishing pop music
fused with elements of electronica and jazz.
Over the years, the pair have become known
for their stunningly personal interpretations
of well-known songs such as Dolly Parton's
"Jolene", Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah", and
Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart.
Now", with their latest release called 3 (Rune
Grammofon), SATMO shift the emphasis
to original writing and a darker, electronic
ambience. In a review of the disc All About
Jazz noted, "Relying on Wallumrod's pure,
direct approach to singing and Qvenild's
glorious attention to texture, 3 is another
highlight in the careers ofboth SATMO the
collective, and its two members individually.
Stark, beautiful, tender and heartfelt it's a
singer/songwriter's album for the 21' t century."
Thanks to Arts Council Norway.

MARIO PAVONETRIO WITH TONY
MALABY& GERALDCLEAVER
Fri,Jul2 Roundhouse
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"Pavone writes pieces full of smart angular
swagger and the group nails them with
assurance, collectively stretching them with
an elastic sense of free swing. Here is a band

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Canadian festival audience. With Salvatore
Maltana double bass, Mark Harris piano, Roger
Soler percussion. Thanks to the Italian Cultural
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SAMUEL HALLKVISTCENTER
Sat,Jun26 Gastown-Maple
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Square
Up-and-coming guitarist Samuel Hallkvist
has been appointed "Jazz in Sweden-Artist
2010," a prestigious award that Caprice
Records and Concerts Sweden give annually,
which comprises an album release, a launch,
and a tour in Sweden and abroad during 2010.
He describes the music he writes for his new
group SHC as strikingly rhythmic: "I am
more interested in rhythms than harmonies.
I promise there will be no walking bass, no
32-bar or 12-bar blues. All I can say is that the
music is built on figures that are repeated and
intensified and in the best case they lead to a
meditative trance." Rooted in ragtime, heavy
metal, and early digital electronics, Samuel
Hallkvist Center is redefining the classic
guitar quartet, creating a modern hybrid
music for curious ears. With Joel Wastberg
sax/percussion,Johannes Burstriim electronics, Knut Finsrud drums/percussion. Thanks to
Rikskonserter, Sweden.

FRANCAMASU
Sat,Jun26Performance
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"Franca Masu's voice is a tender melange of
the maritime air and the artistic sensations
from neighbouring and sister cultures that
have intermixed and influenced one another
mutually throughout the centuries. Her deep
and piercing voice, full of suggestive shades
and colours, intensely versatile all the while,
has found purpose in the musical world."
-All About Jazz
Sardinian singer Franca Masu is the prime
representative of the Catalan cultural heritage
of the region. Her rich and evocative style
showcases both traditional and contemporary
elements, making her one of the most tantalizing and sultry voices in the Mediterranean.
She draws her musical inspiration from the
rhythms of jazz, the saudade of fado, and the
passion of tango. With four acclaimed recordings in tow, this beguiling chanteuse is set to
share her profound love and understanding of
Mediterranean musical traditions. In a recent
concert review, La Vanguardia calls her "A true
revelation ... with her captivating, enchanting persona and powerful voice ... more than
once during her stunning concert, she left us
all simply agape." This tour marks her first
visit to Canada and we believe Franca Masu's
passionate delivery will win over a whole new

RAUL MIDON
Sun,Jun27Performance
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$28G

"There are times when you're reminded of
a sweet-voiced Ray Charles, or Nat "King"
Cole, but everything about Mid6n reveals a
strong, individual and totally musical mind at
work."-The Guardian
New Mexico-born singer/guitarist Raul Mid6n
blends flamenco, jazz, and R&B to create a
category-defying sound. His life story is as
inspiring as his musical vision. "I was told as a
child, "You're blind; you can't do this," Mid6n
told an interviewer recently. "I was told when I
moved to New York, "You can't do that, you're
not going to make it." Well, clearly Mid6n has
made it! On his debut album, State of Mind
(Manhattan), he unleashes a soulful tenor and
dazzling percussive guitar style in which bass,
harmony, and melodic lines emanate from the
fretboard in one slap-happy storm. To this he
adds his improvisational vocal mouth trumpet
sounds to create a stunning one-man band
performance. And yes, he sings straight ahead
too. Though he draws comparisons to Stevie
Wonder, Richie Havens, and Donny Hathaway,
Mid6n is a rare original in a sea of conformity.

NILS LANDGRENFUNK UNIT
Mon,Jun28Performance
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Sun,Jun27Gastown
Vancouver
SunStageat the
SteamClock
Free
Mon,Jun28 TomLeeMusicHall
(Landgren
workshop)
Free
From Sweden with Funk! Nils Landgren is
a virtuoso trombonist who leads a killer funk
band. As a soloist he has appeared on over
500 albums with performers such as ABBA,
Esbjorn Svensson (EST), the Crusaders,
Randy Crawford, WyclefJean, and Herbie
Hancock. He's also worked with Thad Jones
Big Band, Roy Hargrove, Eddie Harris, Maceo
Parker, and the Brecker Brothers. With a
fascination for structure, groove, and wide
range of individual expression, the Funk
Unit's group sound has matured over a period
of almost thirty years into an incredibly
heterogeneous complexity. Today, Scandinavia's crispest, earthiest soul jazz combo is an
international super group, which is ecstatically
celebrated around the world. "Nils Landgren
is one reason for a jazz-funk renaissance,"

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raves Britain's Guardian. A new CD, Funk
for Life, with its hard-hitting riffs, infectious
grooves, and rollicking horns and vocals,
confirms yet again this group's standing as one
of the hottest funk bands in the world. With
Magnum Coltrane Price bass/vocals, Sebastian Studnitzky keyboards/trumpet, Magnus
Lindgren, Jonas Wall woodwinds/vocals, Andy
Pfeiler guitar, Robert Ikiz drums. Thanks to
Rikskonserter, Sweden.

OMAR SOULEYMAN
Tue,
Jun29Performance
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"Wild, buzzing Arab New Wave."-Pitchfork.com
Singer Omar Souleyman is a Syrian musical
legend. Since 1994, he and his musicians have
emerged as a staple of folk-pop throughout
Syria, but until now they have remained little
known outside of the country. Thanks to the
American label Sublime Frequencies, Souleyman's amalgam of classic Arabic mawal-style
vocalization, high-octane Syrian dance music,
and a host oflraqi, Kurdish, and Turkish
styles is beginning to reach a worldwide
audience. Souleyman unleashes his vocals
over aggressive, melodic, frenetic electronic
synthesized bazouk and wild keyboard arpeggios. Onstage, he hardly moves despite the
unbelievable excitement of his music, which
whips his fans into a dancing frenzy. His
performances "could certainly rip you into a
trance," proclaims tinymixtapes.com. "[It's]
an electric stallion ride aboard the platinum
chariot of Syrian pop sensationalism." With
Rizan Said keyboards, Ali Shaker bazouk, Raed
Yassin interpreter.

RANEE LEE QUINTET
Wed,
Jun30Performance
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$ JOG

"Ms. Lee can summon the spirits of classic
vocalists, whether she's singing the blues like
Billie Holiday or using her formidable upper
register to channel the intensity of Sarah
Vaughan." -Toronto Life
Montreal-based Ranee Lee is one of Canada's
most popular jazz vocalists and an awardwinning actress. Ranee has released 10 albums
for the Justin Time label, a proud discography

Franca Masu

of acclaimed recordings that feature some of
the finest jazz musicians of our time: Oliver
Jones, Milt Hinton, Herb Ellis, Clark Terry,
and Bill Mays among them. As an actress, she
landed the starring role playing Billie Holiday
in Lady Day and won a Dora Mavor Moore
Award for her performance. In 2006, Lee was
named a member of the Order of Canada. On
her latest recording, Live Upstairs, the multifaceted chanteuse glides through repertoire
ranging from James Taylor's "Fire and Rain"
to well-known standards. She brings all the
excitement and drama we've come to expect
from her live performances. With Richard
Ring guitar, Taurey Butler piano, Morgan
Moore bass, Dave Laing drums.

NIYAZ
Fri,Jul2 Performance
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"[Niyaz is] an alluring combination of medieval
Persian and Indian exoticism and beats that
are state of the art. Ali's vocals are wholly
evocative of another world and another
time, which creates a wonderful tension with
Torkian and Rizzo's inspired instrumental
textures." -Billboard
Niyaz is an acoustic-electronic project, which
brings together three prominent musical
figures-Vas vocalist Azam Ali, Axiom of
Choice's multi-instrumentalist Loga Ramin
Torkian, and producer/remixer Carmen
Rizzo (Khaled, Seal, Cirque Du Soleil)-to
form an exciting new fusion of traditional
Persian music and trance electronica. These
three masters have all experienced success
on their own and have found a new common
ground in Niyaz; the mystical poetry of Urdu
and Persian Sufi poets of the fourteenth and
fifteenth century form the lyrical framework
for a fresh new musical adventure. The trio's
first eponymous release (Six Degrees) is a
hypnotic, ecstatic, and eminently danceable
album of both traditional world music and
electronic music. Their latest release, Nine
Heavens, consolidates Niyaz's reputation
as pioneers of a twenty-first century global
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keys, Salar Nader tablas. Thanks to the Canada
Council for the Arts.

FERNANDACUNHA "BRAZIL-CANADA"
Sat,Jul3 Performance
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Fernanda Cunha is a brilliant young singer
from Rio de Janeiro. She sings classic samba
and boss a nova with a substantial and versatile
voice that's reminiscent of the late, great Elis
Regina and Joyce. Regular appearances at
jazz festivals here and across Canada have
helped to carve out a whole new fan base for
Cunha's post-bossa groove, and now she is
repaying the compliment with her brilliant
new CD Brazil-Canada. The project uses
artists from both countries to create a unique
fusion of Canadian and Brazilian music and
culture. Songs by Joni Mitchell and Bruce
Cockburn live side by side with Brazilian
composers Sueli Costa, Abel Silva, and Noel
Rosa. The arrangements are by her longtime
pianist Ricardo Rito. For this special concert,
Fernanda will weave her vocal magic with Rito
and Vancouver luminaries Doug Stephenson
bass and Phil Belanger drumsi guitarist Ray
Piper will also sit in for several tunes.

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RAYPIPER & FANTAZEA
Vancouver band Fantazea focuses on presenting authentic Brazilian music, Latin jazz, and
originals. The group's inspiration comes
from Australian/Canadian leader/guitarist's
Ray Piper's extensive travels throughout the
Americas, especially Brazil. Piper's compositions draw on many styles of music found
all over Brazil. He recently returned to the
country in 2009 to record the CD Ray Piper
Sabor Do Rio, which features Brazilian greats
such as Ronalda do Bandolim, Marcilio Lopes,
Rogerio Souza,Joao Hermeto, and Fernanda
Cunha who wrote the lyrics to the boss a nova
tunes. Piper's compositions reflect a jazz
player's love of the music and people of Brazil.
With Tom Keenlyside sax/flute, Michael
Creber keyboards, Bruce Clausen mandolin,
Doug Stephenson bass, Phil Belanger, Liam
MacDonald drums.

THE IRONWORKS
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Sat,Jun26 TheIronworks

songs they choose, and the fresh ideas they
bring to those songs. Vancouver singer Laura
Crema has all three in spades. Her rich, smoky
voice has an ageless quality, tuned to sing the
great jazz standards. Crema is also a wonderful interpreter of classics from the Brazilian
songbook. Her latest CD is called Spring Is
Here. With Ross Taggart piano, Paul Rushka
bass, Bill Coon guitar.

MIKKO INNANEN & INNKVISITIO
Fri,Jun25 TheIronworks
$15G
Sat,Jun26 Gastown-Maple
TreeSquare Free
"The star here is lnnanen's take on past and
present jazz tradition. His multi-part compositions, not such a far cry from Mingus's volatile
style, have enough meat to sustain deconstruction and evade the trap of eclecticism."
-The Wire
Finnish saxophonist/composer Mikko Innanen
first came to our attention after last year's
festival's brilliant performances with the
Nordic quartet Delirium. He's also performed
with luminaries such as Han Bennink, Tim
Hagens, Barry Guy, and Billy Cobham. Influenced by the far-reaching work of Ornette
Coleman, Innanen also has a penchant for
the blues, while his writing shows a strong
balance between the serious and sly humour.
Down Beat magazine calls his quartet
lnnkvisitio, "one of the more dazzling young
bands around: funny, funky, and risk-taking."
With monster Swedish saxophonist Fredrik
Ljungkvist (Atomic, Yun Kan 5), Seppo
Kantonen keyboards, J oonas Riippa drums.
Thanks to Finnish Performing Music Promotion
Centre-ESEK, Foundation for the Promotion of
Finnish Music (LUSES).

CHRIS GESTRINTRIO
Sat,Jun26 TheIronworks

$15G

Vancouver-based pianist Chris Gestrin is
unquestionably one of the major jazz talents
in the country and is in high demand as a
musician, composer, and producer. With
a delicate touch and an ear for texture and
subtlety, Gestrin also swings hard and is
equally comfortable playing straight-ahead
jazz and free improv. This fantastic trio, which
features bassist Andre Lachance and drummer
Dylan van der Schyff, is inspired by the great
modern piano trios of Keith Jarrett, Bill Evans,
and Paul Bley.

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A meeting of three modern music greats!
Throughout his dis1 inguished career,
Vancouver pianist Paul Plimley has continually reasserted his role as one of the foremost
improvising musicians in Canada: as a soloist,
in his longtime partnership with bassist
Lisle Ellis, and with the NOW Orchestra.
Renowned British bassist/ composer/bandleader
Barry Guy, is one of very few innovative
bassists who perform contemporaryclassical music for solo, double bass, and as a
bandleader of reknown (LJCO, BGNO). He
is also a virtuoso improviser whose extended
technique is without equal. Swiss drummer/
percussionist Lucas Niggli is unquestionably
one of the most important drummers on
the European scene. He leads Lucas Niggli's
ZOOM and is a longtime member of the hardcore trio Steamboat Switzerland. Thanks to the
Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia.

RUMBACALZADA
Sun,Jun27 TheIronworks

$15G

Originally formed by Baying Geronimo in
1991 and now headed by his son, composer/
bandleader Raphael Geronimo, Rumba
Calzada blends an eclectic, powerful mix of
salsa, jazz, and Afro-Cuban rhythms to create
a soulful mesmerizing Caribbean musical
fusion. A favourite with Vancouver audiences
for many years, this Juno-nominated band
(with four albums to their credit) perform
powerful and joyful music that is the real
thing and is guaranteed to bring the house
down every time. Raphael Geronimo
timbales/vocals/percussion, NickApivor vibes,
Lou Mastroianni keys, Allan Johnston bass,
Rolando Preza congas/vocals, Rod Murray
trombone.

GORDONGRDINATRIO WITH FREDRIK
LJUNGKVIST
Sun,Jun27 TheIronworks
$15G
Guitarist, composer, and oud player, Vancouver's Gordon Grdina has a concept that blends
mainstream jazz, free-form improvisation,

and Arabic classical music. A protege of jazz
great Gary Peacock, Grdina is a sought-after
contributor to jazz and world music projects
that are seeking a fresh sound. Performing
compositions written for this concert, Grdina's
trio, which features Vancouver greats Tommy
Babin bass and Kenton Loewen drums, boasts
a broad range of influences, from punk and
rock to Albert Ayler and Jimmy Giuffre. With
numerous discs to his credit and an increasing number of festival appearances around
the world, Grdina is one ofVancouver's
most important and exciting contemporary
musicans. They will be joined by the wonderful Swedish saxophonist Fredrik Ljungkvist,
whose expressive and sensitive playing has
been heard extensively in the monster band
Atomic and who's been featured in groups led
by Marilyn Crispell, Mats Gustafsson, Bobo
Stenson, Ken Vandermark, and many more.

CAMPBELLRYGAQUARTET
Mon,Jun28 TheIronworks

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Vancouver's award-winning alto saxophonist
Campbell Ryga is one of this country's busiest
jazz musicians. He has received three Juno
Awards and has toured across the country
and around much of the world, primarily with
the internationally acclaimed Hugh Fraser
Quintet of which he is a founding member.
Ryga's authentic bebop alto-saxophone sound
has contributed to over 50 jazz recordings,
including the fantastic 2009 CD he released
with alto legend PJ Perry, Joined at the Hip
(Cellar Live). With Chris Sigerson piano,
Darren Radtke bass, Craig Scott drums.

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Born in northern California, Michael Moore
has made his home in Amsterdam for over two
decades where he plays with the ICP, Available
Jelly, 'Jewels and Binoculars' Trio, and many
others. Since his first Festival appearance
with Clusone Trio back in the 90's Moore has
been a regular visitor to Vancouver. A force
on alto sax/clarinet/bass clarinet/alto clarinet
and a fascinating composer, Moore joins four of

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Canada's top jazz musicians (performing some
of the beautiful tunes from his quintet book)
in what is sure to be an amazing performance.
With Andre Lachance bass, Brad Turner
trumpet, Chris Gestrin piano, and Dylan van
der Schyff drums. Thanks to Netherlands Fund
for the Performing Arts.

THE OCTOBERTRIO WITH BRAD
TURNER
Tue,
Jun29 TheIronworks
$15G
Vancouver's October Trio features Evan
Arntzen saxophones,Josh Cole bass, and Dan
Gaucher drums. Exploring the boundaries of
the saxophone-led trio tradition while creating a relevant and highly individual language,
this young trio quickly became a force to be
reckoned with on the local jazz and improvised music scene. From the most intimate
of musical spaces to moments of full-on roar,
their acoustic jazz is spellbinding.Joining the
trio will be one of Canada's finest musicians,
trumpeter Brad Turner. The four musicians
have released a magnificent CD called Looks
Like It's Going To Snow (Songlines).

NICOLEMITCHELL/LISACAYMILLER/
PEGGYLEE
Tue,
Jun29 TheIronworks
$15G
Hailed as "one of Chicago's more inspiring
jazz visionaries" (Chicago Tribune),jlutist/
composer Nicole Mitchell explores new sounds
and creative techniques. She is the founder of
the critically acclaimed Black Earth Ensemble
and Black Earth Strings and has performed
with George Lewis, Anthony Braxton, and
Miya Masaoka. Vancouver-based pianist
Lisa Cay Miller captures the essence of jazz
without reiterating cliches. Her fluid and
impressive improvisations are fuelled by her
comprehensive grasp of modern music. The
magnificent cellist Peggy Lee has made a
significant impact on Vancouver's deep and
exciting contemporary music scene. She is a
constantly inventive improviser and a riveting
presence.

OLIVERGANNON/BILLCOON"TWO
MUCH GUITAR"
Wed,
Jun30 TheIronworks
$15G
Two of Canada's top jazz guitarists, Bill Coon
and Oliver Gannon, join forces in this wonderful quartet. Gannon has been called the "king"
of Canadian jazz guitar and has performed
and recorded with legends like Ed Bickert,
Ian McDougall, and Fraser MacPherson. Bill

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Coon is simply magnificent-a
tasteful and
inventive player who just seems to get better
each time you hear him. Their wonderful CD
Two Much Guitar swings mightily. Beautiful
music. With Darren Radtke bass and Dave
Robbins drums.

PLIMLEY/DEJOODE/BENNINK
Wed,
Jun30 TheIronworks

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Three of the most respected players in
improvised music meet in what is sure to be
a night of deep and occasionally uproarious
music. Vancouver pianist Paul Plimley is
unquestionably one of the foremost improvising musicians in Canada. As a soloist, in
his longtime partnership with bassist Lisle
Ellis, and through his many years with the
NOW Orchestra, he has continued to dazzle
audiences with his assured, rhythmic, and
highly individual music. The brilliant and
diverse Dutch bassist Wilbert de J oode is
one of the most active bass players on the
European improvised music circuit, and he
has played our festival many times in various
groups. Drummer Han Bennink is also no
stranger to Vancouver, having performed here
with ICP Orchestra, Cor Fuhler, and many
others. Bennink is famed for his unconventional approach to the drum kit and for
performing on 'found' objects from backstage,
such as chairs and ladders. Thanks to Netherlands Fund for the Performing Arts.

BOEREN/WILSON/DEJOODE/VANDER
SCHYFF
Thu,Jul1 TheIronworks
$15G
Four major Dutch and Canadian artists meet
on the bandstand. Amsterdam-based cornetist
Eric Boeren is a veteran of such talent-laden
ensembles as Available Jelly and Sean Bergin's
MOB. A major force in our city's creative
music community, guitarist/bandleader Tony
Wilson is unquestionably one of the most
original guitar stylists on the Canadian scene.
The brilliant and highly individual Dutch
bassist Wilbert de Joo de is a highly active bass
player on the European improvised music
circuit. And a leading figure on the Vancouver
new music/improv scene, drummer Dylan van
der Schyffhas played with such luminaries
as George Lewis, Louis Sclavis, Eyvind Kang,
Georg Grawe, John Butcher, Mark Helias,
Evan Parker, and more. Thanks to the Netherlands Fund for the Performing Arts.

TheIronworks
Eclectic
Series
MICHAELMOORE/PEGGYLEE/DYLAN
VAN DER SCHYFF
Thu,Jul1 TheIronworks
$15G
A rare meeting of three stellar improvisers.
Although this trio doesn't have the opportunity to get together nearly as often as they'd
like-they performed at the Molde and Stockholm festivals a few years ago-it's always an
occasion when they do. The trio's Spool disc
Floating 1,2,3 (recorded at the 2000 VIJF) is
still a favourite of many improv fans. Amsterdam-based clarinetist/saxophonist Michael
Moore is a member of the ICP, Available
Jelly, Clusone Trio, Kamosc (along with van
der Schyff and Achim Kaufmann), and more.
Vancouver's Peggy Lee cello and Dylan van der
Schyff drums lead their own groups and have
performed with Wayne Horvitz, Dave Douglas,
Mark Helias, Larry Ochs, Saadet Turkoz, and
many others. Thanks to Netherlands Fund for
the Performing Arts.

HOULE/SMULOVITZDUO WITH LORI
FREEDMAN
Fri,Jul2 TheIronworks
$15G
Free improvisation and unearthly soundscapes.
Vancouver's Stefan Smulovitz and Viviane
Houle combine electro-acoustic music with
extreme vocals in an unforgettable performance.
Smulovitz unleashes the full potential of the
laptop as musical instrument, exposing unlimited possibilities for musical expression. Houle's
gorgeous voice and endless versatility defy
categorization. Last year's VIJF performance
with Sylvian Kassap and Didier Petit from
France was a tour de force, and Stefan's recent
Push Festival concert-The Passion of Joan of
Arc-was spectacular. For this performance,
Viviane and Stefan are joined by Montreal bass
clarinetist Lori Freedman. Known internationally as one of Canada's most provocative
and creative performers, her work includes
contemporary, improvised, and electro-acoustic music, and she frequently collaborates with
dance, theatre, and visual artists.

Michael Zilber.iphoto by Eloine

INHABITANTS
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$15G

Inhabiting the nether regions ofVancouver's
music underground, this quartet is made
up of some the most active and interesting
musicians from our scene-JP Carter horns,
Skye Brooks drums, Pete Schmitt bass, and
David Sikula guitar. The Georgia Straight
calls their mix of art rock and experimental
jazz "nothing short of spectacular," and the
prestigious 2006 Moers Festival in Germany
describes the quartet as "the most exciting
new band in Canada." Their third disc (2010),
A Vacant Lot (Drip Audio), is intoxicating.

BRADTURNER QUARTET
Sat,Jul3 TheIronworks

$15G

Vancouver-based Brad Turner is one of
Canada's most prominent and prolific jazz
artists. An award-winning trumpeter and
composer, he is also a very gifted jazz pianist
and drummer. Hailed by the noted Canadian
jazz writer Mark Miller as "a kind of Miles
Davis, Herbie Hancock and Keith Jarrett all
rolled into one," and by famed jazz saxophonist Joe Lovano as "a beautiful musician,'
Turner's modern jazz quartet is simply one of
the best units around. With Brad on trumpet,
the group also features three of the country's
greatest rhythm-section players-Andre
Lachance bass, Bruno Hubert piano, and
Dylan van der Schyff drums. They perform
original compositions with an interactive, cutting-edge sensibility. Their newest
CD, Small Wonder (Maximum Jazz), was
nominated for a 2009 Juno as Traditional Jazz
Album of the Year.

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Sat,Jul3 TheIronworks
$15G
Sat,Jul3 Roundhouse-Workshops
at theStudioFree
Sun,Jul4 Roundhouse-Festival
Hall
Free

Pure jazz! Vancouver-born and San Franciscobased tenor saxophonist Michael Zilber, whom
jazz legend Dave Liebman calls "one of the
best composers and players around anywhere,
period!" has performed and/or recorded with
Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, Miroslav Vitous,

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and a host of other jazz stars. Downbeat raves,
"There is a fierceness to Michael Zilber's tenor
lines, a kind of fire and authority one hears
in the playing of Coltrane and his disciples ...
And yet, he is capable of sublime lyricism
on ballads." With Chris Gestrin piano,Jeff
Johnson bass, Bernie Arai drums.

PEGGYLEE'S FILM IN MUSIC
Sun,Jul4 TheIronworks

$15G

Vancouver cellist/composer Peggy Lee's brilliant new project creates a context in which
written music supports and heightens the
dramatic experience of the solos. Lee conveys
the cinematic effects of that drama using
musical choices, not as an attempt to tell
any story in particular but to evoke a similar
tension between players, creating suspense
and absolutely focused, driven performances.
Film in Music features seven ofVancouver's top-tier improvising musicians. With
Torsten Muller bass,Jesse Zubot violin, Kevin
Elaschuk trumpet, Chris Gestrin piano, Andre
Lachance bass, Dylan van der Schyff drums,
Tony Wilson guitar.

GASTOWNJAZZ
MAPLE
TREE
SQUARE
STAGE
DAL RICHARDS& HIS ORCHESTRA
Sat,Jun26 Gastown-Maple
TreeSquare Free
Dal Richards, an icon in Western Canada,
celebrated his 92nd birthday early this year.
For more than six decades, Richards has
delighted Canadians with memorable dance
music and is still one ofBC's busiest entertainers. A Vancouver native, he formed his
first dance band in high school and has been
performing on the West Coast ever since. Dal
is a tireless supporter of arts and culture and,
at 92, ran the Olympic torch relay in Vancouver earlier this year. To see and hear Dal
Richards and his Orchestra play is to experience a piece ofVancouver's cultural history.

MIKKO INNANEN & INNKVISITIO
Fri,Jun25 TheIronworks
$15G
Sat,Jun26 Gastown-Maple
TreeSquare Free
See The Ironworks bio p40

SAMUEL HALLKVISTCENTER
Fri,Jun 25Performance
Works
$25G
HARRIS EISENSTADT-CANADADAY
- MapleTree
Square Free
Sun,Jul4 TheIronworks
$15G Sat,Jun26 Gastown
Sat,Jul3 Roundhouse-Festival
Hall
Free See the Performance Works bio p38
Sun,Jul4 Roundhouse
- Workshop
(Eisenstadt)
Free IBRAHIM ELECTRIC
Nominated for Up and Coming Artist of the
Sat,Jun26 Gastown-Maple
TreeSquare Free

Year for 2009 by the Jazz Journalists Association, Canadian Brooklyn-based drummer
and composer Harris Eisenstadt is among
the most versatile and prolific musicians of
his generation. His eclectic resume includes
performances in genres ranging from film and
theatre to poetry, dance, contemporary classical, and opera. A drummer with strong experimental tendencies, Eisenstadt incorporates
traditional material into a new and vital framework for improvised music, which always
sounds fresh and accessible. Most active in
jazz and improvised music, he's performed all
over the globe (with musicians such as Paul
Rutherford,Jeb Bishop, Mark Dresser, Achim
Kaufmann, Simon Fell, and John Zorn), and
appeared on more than 35 recordings over
the past decade. His CD Canada Day (Clean
Feed) turned up on Best of2009 lists from
the Village Voice,All About Jazz New York,
Time Out Lisbon, and many more. With Nate
Wooley trumpet, Matt Bauder tenor sax, Chris
Dingman vibes, and Tommy Babin bass.

"Gets under your skin and into your blood
faster than a Ganges parasite ... With their
irresistible guitar motifs and cantering percussion, Ibrahim Electric could be the soundtrack
for a spaghetti western in Mali."
-All About Jazz
This Danish trio is a fantastic live experience. Their quirky and provocative original
music sticks its fingers into just about every
musical cookie jar. There are elements of soul
jazz, Afro beat, '60's acid rock, and, the trio's
trademark, the speedy, almost-punk passages
in which the three musicians merge into one
playful organism. The sheer intensity of the
band will have Water Street shakin' baby! Be
warned: Jazz Special magazine in Denmark
declares, "They have an effect on your body
like an all-time total orgasm." Oh my! With
Niclas Knudsen guitar, Jeppe Tuxen Hammond
B-3 organ, Stefan Pasborg drums. Thanks to
Jazz Denmark.

Gastown
Jazz
vising ensemble the NOW Orchestra, Vancouver alto saxophonist/composer Saul Berson and
his quartet oflocal greats perform a wild mix
of jazz, world, klezmer, and Middle Eastern
music. Instruments from around the globe,
stellar accordion playing, and some very exciting grooves! The group has recently released
their third CD, Intricacy (Moco Loco). Their
first two recordings are Not Here Not Now and
From Here To Beyond. With Tony Wilson guitar,
Kim Darwin accordion, Paul Blaney bass.

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PLAYTHE MUSIC OF JIMI HENDRIX
Sun,Jun21 Gastown-Maple
Tree
Square Free

The music of the late great guitarist/
songwriter Jimi Hendrix was hugely influential on musicians around the world. This
European/American all-star band celebrates
the output of the immortal musical giant with
a good portion of experimentation and deviation. It's an energetic, incendiary, high-octane
homage without cheap tricks or parody. And
HARAM
what a band! Irish-Swiss guitarist Christy
Sun,Jun21 Gastown-MapleTree
Square Free Doran is a powerful player with a searing
technique that's found collaborative opporThis powerhouse Vancouver group filters
tunities with Han Bennink, Ray Anderson,
Arabic music from great composers like
and Carla Bley. Swiss-American vocalist
Farid Al-Atrache, Abdul Whahab, and Oum
Erika Stucky is one of the most distinctive
Khalsoum through Vancouver's creative
voices on the international jazz circuit. Her
improvising community. Haram's music is
vocal art lies somewhere between Laurie
as invigorating visually as it is aurally, as it
Anderson, Meredith Monk, and Tom Waits.
constantly shifts directions while building to
Swiss drummer Fredy Studer is a masterful
euphoric crescendos. Exciting, cross-cultural,
percussionist and is well known for his work
boundary annihilating music! With Gordon
with the hardcore trio Koch-Shiitz-Studer,
Grdina oud, Fran~ois Houle clarinet,JP Carter
Pierre Favre, and Joey Baron. The bassist
trumpet, Emad Armoush nay/vocals, Kenton
Jamaaladeen Tacuma is outstanding. From
Loewen drums, Tommy Babin bass, Tim
his work with Ornette Coleman's Prime Time
Gerwing dumbek, Liam Macdonal riq,Jesse
to collaborations with James "Blood" Ulmer
Zubot violin, Chris Kelly sax.
and Free Form Funky Freqs (Vernon Reid and
OPENSOULS
Calvin Weston), he has left his mark on later
Sun,Jun21 Gastown-MapleTree
Square Free generations of jazz and funk bassists. So, in
"Opensouls are up there with Sharon Jones
response to Jimi Hendrix's inquiry "Are you
& The Dapkings, Quantic Soul Orchestra &
experienced?" the answer from this foursome
Breakestra. It's quality from start to finish." is a definite "yes!" Thanks to the Swiss Arts
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and flair to burn! Formed in 2002, New
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old-school soul, modern pop, and wide-open
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music. Check out their latest recording, Standranging talent also embraces pop, opera, art
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music, and tango. In fact, as she gains increasHammond vocalist,Jeremy Toy (a.k.a. Ota)
ing artistic maturity, it's getting more and
guitar,Julien Dyne drums, Chip Mathews bass,
more difficult to categorize her work. Let us
Isaac Aesili trumpet, and Harlin Davey (a.k.a.
just say that this award-winning and eclectic
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impassioned performances are mesmerizing,

SAUL BERSONQUARTET
Sun,Jun 21 Gastown-MapleTreeSquare Free
A longtime member of the acclaimed improIbrahim Electric, phot; by Tuala Hjarnoe

Anna Maria Castelli, photo by Massimo Battista

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and her repertoire is equally fascinating. This
will be an unforgettable performance. With
Simone Guiducci guitar and Stefano Caniato
accordion. Thanks to the Italian Cultural Institute, Vancouver.

UGETSU
Sat,Jul26 Gastown-Vancouver
SunStage Free
Named after the Japanese word for fantasy,
this Vancouver group began its life as an Art
Blakey tribute band and has since become
one of the country's finest original ensembles. Co-led by drummer Bernie Arai and
saxophonist Jon Bentley, the group's repertoire
features compositions by all of its members
as well as jazz classics. With a hard-bop front
line of trumpet, trombone, and tenor sax, this
band smokes! With Brad Turner trumpet, Ross
Taggart piano, Andre Lachance bass.

ZAPATONEGRO
Sat,Jun26 Gastown-Vancouver
SunStage Free
Featuring musicians from Cuba, Venezuela,
and Canada, this quintet's blend of progressive jazz and Afro-Caribbean rhythms is
guaranteed to put you in the groove. Their
eclectic repertoire includes original compositions as well as arrangements of jazzed-up
Latin classics and funked-up jazz standards.
Andre Carrasquero piano, Gilberto Moreaux
drums,JackDuncan congas, Allan Johnston
bass, Chris Davis trumpet. Their eponymous
CD has been released on Cellar Live.

RICH BROWN'SRINSETHEALGORITHM
Sun,Jun27Gastown-Vancouver
SunStage Free
Led by Toronto electric bassist Rich Brown,
rinsethealgorithm's music is rooted in jazz but
heavily influenced by jazz-rock groups like
Weather Report and the jazz-funk ensembles
led by Miles Davis and Steve Coleman.
Mixing these traditions with modern forms
of black music, rinsethealgorithm's fresh new
sound combines sophisticated harmonic
and melodic concepts with a heavily grooveoriented base. Their debut album is called
Locutions. A great band, with the stellar Robi
Botos piano, Larnell Lewis drums, and Luis
Gonzasles Deniz sax. Thanks to the Canada
Councilfor the Arts.

OWEN HOWARD"DRUM LORE"
Sun,Jun27Gastown-Vancouver
SunStage Free
Some of the hippest bandleaders and composers in jazz have been drummers. Often flying

June25-July4, 2010
under the radar, Canadian-born and New
York-based drummer/composer Owen Howard
has put together a collection of great tunes
by percussion legends (Tony Williams,Jack
deJohnette, Billy Hart). Howard's newest CD,
Drum Lore, features his own arrangements
played by his incredible top-notch band.Joe
Lovano says the CD "makes a beautiful and
honest statement... It captivates you throughout and feels great!" Catch it live with Frank
Carlbergpiano,John O'Gallagher alto sax,
Adam Kolker sax,Johannes Wiedenmueller
bass.Thanks to the Canada Council for the Arts.

NILS LANDGRENFUNK UNIT
Sun,Jun27Gastown-Vancouver
SunStage Free
Mon,Jun28 TomLeeMusicHall
(Landgren
workshop)
Free
$28G
Mon,Jun28Performance
Works
See Performance Works bio p38

ROUNDHOUSE-BC
TRANSMISSION
CORPORATION
DAVID
LAMPARK
STAGE
THE SHIRLEYS
Sat,Jul3 Roundhouse-David
LamParkStageFree
Their humour, passion, and enthusiasm will
delight you. An all-female a cappella septet,
the Shirleys sing everything from Cuban
carnival music and tragic Russian love songs
to sweet Mandarin flirtations and wrenching
Appalachian protests. Their harmonies are
complex, the arrangements original, and the
songs are in at least seven different languages.
The Shirleys aim to promote joy, love, and
happiness through singing and, while they're
at it, to save the world! With Yael Blum,
Samantha Fletcher, Karen Lee-Morlang, Karla
Mundy, Keona Mundy, Victoria Oginski, and
Dawn Pemberton.

RAYPIPER & GOSTOSINHO
Sat,Jul3 Roundhouse-David
LamParkStageFree
Brazilian choro music is an improvisational
form begun in the late nineteenth century
that mixes ragtime, Portuguese Jada, African
percussion, and European harmony with
blistering tempos and virtuosic technique.
Led by Australia's Ray Piper guitar/cavaquinho,
this fantastic Vancouver group's repertoire
emphasizes choro with original tunes and
compositions by Pixinguinha, Gismonti,
and others. With Bruce Clausen mandolin,
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Tom Keenlyside sax/flute, Phil Belanger
percussion.

Ledon frequently draws from her own fair
share of challenging life experiences for lyrical
inspiration. The vocally versatile high-energy
MIMOSA
dynamo has a spellbinding stage presence and
Sat,Jul3 Roundhouse-David
LamParkStage Free
boasts a varied and eclectic background as an
A delicious musical cocktail! Vancouver's
entertainer and performer Now a rising star,
Mimosa mixes sambas, jazz, French chanson,
Ledon has a spellbinding stage presence and
and cabaret in equal parts with beautiful
a passion for her Latin roots that's contagious.
melodies and thought-provoking and quirky
Her band includes some ofVancouver's most
lyrics. If Serge Gainsbourg, Antonio Carlos
talented musicians: Brent Gubbels bass, Nick
Jobim, and Billie Holiday all hung out together
Apivor vibes/percussion, Graig Robertson
one night and wrote tunes, they might sound
sax/guitar, Chris Haas drums, Boris Favre
something like Mimosa's concoctions. Stir
keyboards.
or shake, sip, and get ready to feel great. With
BEN POWELLQUARTET
Rebecca Shoichet vocals, Anna Lumiere
Sun,Jul4 Roundhouse-David
LamParkStageFree
keyboards, Karen Graves saxophones, Bernie
Arai drums, Adam Thomas vocals, Nick Apivor
The exciting young English jazz violinist Ben
vibes/percussion.
Powell is a rising star. Just 22, and newly
graduated from the Berklee College of Music
CURRENTSWELL
(with a degree in composition), he is deeply
Sat,Jul3 Roundhouse-David
LamParkStageFree
influenced by the great jazz violinist Stephane
This dynamic Victoria, BC-based foursome is
Grappelli. Powell's technical brilliance,
at the vanguard of the new roots music pulsatmature sound, and intuitive musicality
ing on Canada's West Coast. Their initial surf/
have already found him sharing the stage
ska/reggae/rock sound has evolved to include
with greats such as Herbie Hancock, Gary
a deeper blues/folk feel that's prominent on
Burton,Joe Lovano, and Paul Simon. Powell's
the group's latest album, Protect Your Own. In
debut CD Light is an instant classic. With
a review of the disc, Monday magazine notes,
Cedric Hanriot piano, Gautier Garrigue bass,
"There's a lot more slide guitar and harmonica,
Bertrand Bernard drums.
adding a grittier, bluesy aspect ... the more
CORBIN MURDOCH& THE NAUTICAL
ska-and-reggae heavy tunes are still there
MILES
and there's even a dose of twang thrown in
for good measure ... Solid." Current Swell has
Sun,Jul4 Roundhouse-David
LamParkStageFree
shared stages with the likes of Xavier Rudd,
This fascinating four-piece folk-roots band
Bedouin Soundclash, and the Beach Boys.
from East Vancouver has a repertoire of richly
However, now these guys are bound for their
textured and emotionally complex folk music.
own international glory. With Scott Stanton
Led by guitarist/vocalist Corbin Murdoch, the
guitar/vocals, Davers Lang guitar/vocals, Louie
group's songs are steeped in the natural and
Sadava bass/vocals, Chris Peterson drums.
emotional histories of the Pacific Northwest.
Migratory mammals, people who swim across
DEBORAHLEDON
Sat,Jul3 Roundhouse-David
LamParkStageFree oceans, and long-forgotten revolutionary
figures all become subjects in the narratives
Captivating, electrifying, unforgettable ....
that the Nautical Miles spin. They have a new
Vancouver-based singer-songwriter Deborah
release called Wartime Lovesong. With Timothy
Ledon is as extraordinary as her life story.
Twee dale steel guitar, Tyson Naylor keys, Simon
Born in Cuba, her family pulled off a daring
Rotheisler bass, Lucas Schuller drums.
escape to Canada when she was just two
years old. The epitome of charisma, fierce
determination, and exotic beauty, Deborah

Owen Howard, photo by Fernando Azevedo

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music of the gifted guitarist/composer/arranger
ROBERTWILSON
Bill
Coon will be beautiful. Now imagine
& THE BLACKBIRDP.A.
Sun,Jul4 Roundhouse-David
LamParkStageFree Coon's music performed by his top-tier jazz
Multi-award-winning singer/songwriter/
guitarist and producer Robert Wilson has
established himself as one ofVancouver's
most engaging live performers. Performing his
highly personal songs, an intriguing blend of
soul and folk, he's shared the stage with stars
like Aimee Mann,Jason Mraz, and others.
Well known as a solo artist, he has launched
a thrilling new project, a 10-piece all-star
soul band: Robert Wilson and the Blackbird
P.A. will be performing songs from their new
release Lovers One. Haters Zero. With John
Raham drums,Jon Roper guitar,Jacob Aginsky
keys, Brian Minato bass, Eduardo Ottoni
percussion/vocals, Alita Dupray vocals, Steve
Hilliam,Jason Walters saxophones, Terry
Townsend trumpet.

quartet and a string quartet. The result is lush,
swinging, and totally enchanting. The group
features the famed Canadian trumpeter Brad
Turner as a special guest. With Paul Rushka
bass, Bernie Arai drums, Yue! Ywaney violin,
Cameron Wilson violin, Finn Manniche cello,
Reg Quiring viola.

ANDRE LEROUXQUARTET
Sat,Jul3 Roundhouse-Festival
Hall

Free

Effendi recording artist and Quebec-based
saxophonist, clarinetist, and flautist, Andre
Leroux possesses a muscular sound that is
strongly influenced by jazz legends John
Coltrane and Sonny Rollins. But Leroux has
an unpretentious, energetic, and explosive
sound of his own. Often heard with Frarn;:ois
Bourassa's quartet, this appearance signals his
first VIJF performance as a leader in his own
HEY OCEAN!
Sun,Jul4 Roundhouse-David
LamParkStageFree right. His use of insistent rhythms, simultaneous reed whispering and sounding, and dizzyDrawing on a myriad of influences in folk, jazz,
ing ascents and cascading falls make him one
pop, and more, this young Vancouver band
of Canada's leading saxophonists, a master at
incorporates whimsically poetic lyrics, finely
exploring the many capabilities of his instrucrafted pop, and funky freeform jams. With
ment. With Normand Deveault piano, Frederic
two releases to their credit, Hey Ocean! is one
Alarie bass, Christian Lajoie drums. This tour is
of Canada's best up-and-coming acts. They've
supported by the Canada Council for the Arts.
created a brand of eclectic infectious pop
HARRIS EISENSTADT-CANADADAY
that is hard to define and uniquely their own.
Ashleigh Ball vocals/flute, David Beckingham
Sat,Jul3 Roundhouse-Festival
Hall
Free
vocals/guitar, David Vertesi bass/vocals, and
Sun,Jul4 Roundhouse
- Workshop
(Eisenstadt)
Free
Adam Cormier drums deliver a high-energy
Sun,Jul4 TheIronworks
$15G
show with plenty of infectious enthusiasm.
See The Ironworks bio p44

FIVE ALARM FUNK
Sun,Jul4 Roundhouse-David
LamParkStageFree
This Vancouver-based, 12-piece rhythm
machine pounds out a delirium-inducing
live show that brims with original funk
and Afro beat grooves. The horn- and
percussion-driven instrumental jams feature
searing guitar leads and horn solos, wailing
and soaring above a four-man percussion
maelstrom. Think Pela Kuti meets James
Brown, add a dash of Kool and the Gang and
a whole lot of youthful energy, and you'll get a
show that will rock David Lam Park.

ROUNDHOUSE-FEST/VAL
HALL
BC DOUBLEQUARTETFEATURING
BRADTURNER
Sat,Jul3 Roundhouse-Festival
Hall
Free

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RICHARDUNDERHILLQUINTET
Sat,Jul3 Roundhouse-Festival
Hall
Free
Sat,Jul3 Roundhouse
- Workshops
at theStudio
A veteran of Toronto's jazz scene and one of its
most endearingly hip personalities, saxophonist Richard Underhill has just released his
third album as a leader, Kensington Suite. The
leader of the longtime Canadian hipster band
the Shuffle Demons, Underhill's new modern
jazz record takes inspiration from the World
Saxophone Quartet, Eric Dolphy, and the
Art Ensemble of Chicago. His music features
a mix of jazz, bossa, drum'n'bass, rock, and
modern rhythmic influences with plenty of
groove. With Sly Juhas drums, William Carn
trombone, Dave Restivo piano, Artie Roth bass.
Thanks to the Canada Council for the Arts.

HARD RUBBERORCHESTRA
Sat,Jul3 Roundhouse-Festival
Hall

Free

2010 marks the Orchestra's 20 th anniversary!
Formed and led by Vancouver composer and
trumpeter John Korsrud, the Hard Rubber
Orchestra performs music influenced by
jazz, pop, world, contemporary classical, and
improvised music. Since their debut in 1990,
they have created avant ice shows, operas,
television specials, and other multi-media
events. The Orchestra has commissioned
many of the finest composers from Vancouver
and across Canada, including Brad Turner,
Michael Blake, Hugh Fraser, Peter Hannan,
Paul Dolden,Jean Derome, and Rene Lussier.
This fantastic 18-piece band features Derry
Byrne, Chris Davis, Kent Wallace, Tony
Alonzo trumpets, Steve Kaldestad, Chad
Makela, Bill Runge, Saul Berson saxophones,
Jeremy Berkman, Brad Muirhead, Rod Murray,
Dennis Esson trombones, Cameron Wilson
violin,Jack Duncan percussion, Dave Robbins
drums, Chris Gestrin keyboards, Kerry Galloway bass.

TD HIGH SCHOOLJAZZ INTENSIVE
CONDUCTEDBY NICOLE MITCHELL
Sat,Jul3 TomLeeMusicHall(OpenRehearsal)
Free
Sun,Jul4 Roundhouse-Festival
Hall
Free
"If this is the future of jazz in Vancouver, we're
going to be just fine." -Georgia Straight
Designed to connect talented high-schoolstudent musicians together with an internationally acclaimed artist for a rigorous
nine-day residency, the TD High School
Jazz Intensive offers a rare opportunity for
students to explore new techniques, develop
new works, and investigate new perspectives
under the tutelage of a jazz master. This year
the band-comprising
a select group ofhighschool students from the Lower Mainland
who successfully auditioned for the
program-will
be led by artist-in-residence,
flautist, composer, educator, and conductor
Nicole Mitchell.

THE CHET DOXAS4TET
Sun,Jul4 Roundhouse-Festival
Hall

Free

This concert represents the first VIJF
appearance for Chet Doxas. Still in his '20s,
Montreal's Chet Doxas is an accomplished
and mature saxophonist/composer/arranger.
Possessing a fully formed sound and style,
Chet is firmly ensconced in a line of important Canadian saxophone players that might
include Seamus Blake, Mike Murley, and
Phil Dwyer. He's already appeared on over
80 CDs and performed with artists such as
Dave Douglas,Jason Moran, and Ben Mander.
Now he has released his first CD as leader,
Sidewalk Etiquette. With Zack Lober bass,Jim
Doxas drums, Ben Charest guitar. Thanks to the
Canada Council for the Arts.

THE MICHAELZILBER GROUP
Sat,Jul3 TheIronworks
$15G
Sat,Jul3 Roundhouse-Workshop
(Zilber) Free
Sun,Jul4 Roundhouse-Festival
Hall
Free
See The Ironworks bio p43

NEIL COWLEYTRIO
Sun,Jul4 Roundhouse-Festival
Hall
In just a few short years, and over the course
of two acclaimed albums, pianist Neil Cowley,
bassist Richard Sadler, and drummer Evan
Jenkins have emerged as one of Britain's
most exciting bands. Their recent recording,
Radio Silence (Nairn jazz), captures a band
fully comfortable in their unique sonic skin.
Cowley's 'music for the heart and feet' shifts
effortlessly between moments of poetic grace,
rip-roaring riffs, and Chaplinesque ditties.
This is music born in London pubs, on stage at
Glastonbury, in suburban side streets, and the
banter of the tour bus, with results that are as
enthralling, heart-warming, and gripping as
the very best in contemporary music.

GULLVIVA:THE MUSIC OF LARS
GULLIN
Sun,Jul4 Roundhouse-Festival
Hall

Free

Vancouver's Gullviva pays tribute to the
Swedish baritone saxophonist and master
composer Lars Gullin. Gullin's compositions

One expects that anything featuring the
A11dreLeroux, photo by Mathieu Rivard

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and arrangements extended the "birth of the
cool" sound associated with Miles Davis and
Gerry Mulligan. He also added elements of
Swedish folk song along with unusual forms
and textures, making his music unique in jazz.
Led by Shane Krause baritone sax/clarinets,
the ensemble will perform Gullin's works as
well as some of the original Birth Of The Cool
arrangements written by Gerry Mulligan, John
Lewis, and Gil Evans. With Alan Matheson
cornet/flugelhorn/piano, Tim Ting trombone,
Dominic Conway tenor sax, Neeamjit Dillon
alto sax, Russell Sholberg bass, Cat Toren
piano and Kevin Romain drums.

June25-July
4, 2010
Canadian, NYC-based drummer Harris Eisenstadt is among the most versatile and prolific
musicians of his generation and has performed
all over the globe.

TONY WILSON 5TET
Sat,Jul3 Roundhouse-Performance
Centre Free

A major force in our city's creative music
community, guitarist/bandleader Tony Wilson
is unquestionably one of the most original
guitar stylists on the Canadian scene, having
shared stages with Gerry Hemingway, Benoit
Delbecq, William Parker, and Tobias Delins
to name a handful. His compositions tap into
the whole history of jazz and blues, shifting
ROUNDHOUSE-PERFORMANCE
CENTRE
from Leadbelly's moaning sound to Ayler-like
combustion, and they have been performed by
STEVESMITH'S SONGS
a diversity of artists including Hard Rubber,
Sat,Jul3 Roundhouse-Performance
Centre Free
NOW Orchestra, Myra Melford, and Zubot &
Vancouver bassist/bandleader Steve Smith is
Dawson. His Stet features some ofVancouan active member of our jazz community and
ver's most interesting young improvisers. With
a prolific composer. His Songs project was
JP Carter trumpet Jesse Zubot violin, Russell
conceived as a vehicle for exploring the open
Sholberg bass, Skye Brooks drums.
conversational style of the piano trio with the
HUNTSVILLE
lyrical quality of the voice. Vancouver pianist/
Sat,Jul3 Roundhouse-Performance
Centre Free
vocalist Jillian Lebeck inspired Smith to write
lyrics to his original songs for her to sing after
One of Norway's most intriguing bands,
he heard her debut CD Living In Pieces and her
Huntsville delivers an adventurous crossbreed
latest release Songs and Melodies. The trio is
of rock, drone, country, jazz, and electrocompleted by drummer Paul Townsend.
acoustic improvisation. Their unexpected
sounds and textures, combined with a radical
MOLLER/GRATKOWSKI/WOOLEY/
new conceptual language, have been described
EISENSTADT
as abstract drone Americana and yoga country.
Sat,Jul3 Roundhouse-Performance
Centre Free Their recent double CD on Rune Gramofon
Sat,Jul3 Roundhouse
- Workshop
(Gratkowski)
Free Eco, Arches & Eras features special guests
Sun,Jul4 Roundhouse
- Workshop
(Eisenstadt)
Free Sidsel Endresen and Nels Cline/Glenn Kotche
Sun,Jul4 Roundhouse
- Workshop
(Wooley) Free (ofWilco fame). Ivar Grydelandguitars, banjo,
Renowned German bassist Tors ten Miiller
pedal steel guitar, Tanny Kluften electric &
has made Vancouver his home for the past
double bass, bass pedals, Ingar Zach percussion,
decade and has become a valued collaborator
tabla machine, sarangi box, sruti box, drone
in our vibrant creative music scene as a player
commander and Anders Aseboe sound create
and as the co-artistic director for the annual
a beautiful mosaic, combining kaleidoscopic
Time Flies Festival. A great improviser who
grooves with abstract music. Thanks to Minisexpands the sonic possibilities of his instrutry of Foreign Affairs/Music Information Center
ment through extended techniques, Miiller
Norway, Norwegian Arts Council, Norwegian
has played with Gunter Christmann, Ken
Jazz Forum.
Vandermark, and Paul Rutherford on the
RADIO.STRING.QUARTET.VIENNA
international scene. German saxophonist
"CELEBRATING
THE MAHAVISHNU
Frank Gratkowski is an active member of the
ORCHESTRA"
international improvising scene, performSat,Jul3 Roundhouse-Performance
Centre Free
ing with Achim Kaufman, Wolter Wierbos,
"A string quartet paying tribute to the high
Gerry Hemingway, and others. American
energy, high velocity Mahavishnu Orchestra
trumpeter Nate Wooley is a renaissance man
of the early 1970s? An oxymoronic concept
in the mold of Dave Douglas, collaborating
perhaps, but Viennese radio.string.quartet's
with a variety of fascinating musicians and
"Celebrating the Mahavishu Orchestra" not
pushing the envelope of new creative music.

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only honors the spirit of the group, but proves
that Mahavishnu Orchestra founder/guitar
icon John McLaughlin's writing can provide
plenty of grist for unexpected and challenging
interpretations." -All About Jazz
This classical quartet surprises everyone with
its ability to harness the robust dynamics,
complexity, and high energy of jazz fusion
as demonstrated by the iconic Mahavishnu
Orchestra of the early '70s. They've taken the
spirit ofTMO and created a distinctly and
profoundly personal musical statement. Even
McLaughlin himselfis impressed: "This is no
ordinary string quartet. From the first note I
was struck by the way this group has 'appropriated' my music and made it their very own.
They even got the atmosphere, which was
presented all those years ago. Outstanding."
With Bernie Mallinger,Johannes Dickbauer
violins, Cynthia Liao viola, Asja Valcic cello.
Thanks to Thomastik-Infeld, Austrian Cultural
Fund.

who expands the sonic possibilities of his
instrument through extended techniques,
Vancouver's Torsten Miiller has played with
Gunter Christmann, Ken Vandermark, Fred
Lonberg-Holm,John Butcher, and many other
international greats. The magnificent cellist
Peggy Lee has made a significant impact
on Vancouver's deep and exciting contemporary music scene. As a performer, she is a
constantly inventive improviser and a riveting
presence.

Huntsville, photo by Ola Flatvad

Frank Gratkowski, photo by Patric Hinely

GRATKOWSKI/BABIN/VAN
DER SCHYFF
Sat,Jul3 Roundhouse-Workshop
(Gratkowski)Free
Sun,Jul4 Roundhouse-Performance
Centre Free

German saxophonist and composer Frank
Gratkowski is one of the brightest lights
in improvised music today, a compelling
example both of its current strength and of
its future promise. He is an active member of
a number of groups, performing with Achim
Kaufman, Wolter Wierbos, Gerry Hemingway,
Fred van Hove, Tony Oxley, and others, and
TOMMY SABIN'S SENDEROLUMINOSO
he has played at many of the world's most
Sun,Jul4 Roundhouse-Performance
Centre Free important festivals. Bassist Tommy Babin's
Hot on the heels of his critically acclaimed
energetic and soulful bass is a perfect match
CD Your Body Is Your Prison, Vancouver
for Gratkowski. He is one ofVancouver's top
bassist/composer Tommy Babin launches a new
creative players and he has collaborated with
program for the Festival. Heavily influenced
numerous international artists including
by such modern day iconoclasts as Henry
Fredrik Ljungkvist, Anthony Braxton, and
Threadgill and Anthony Braxton, Sendero
Hamid Drake. He also plays in a number of
Luminoso combines elements of both Latin
our city's most interesting groups, including
and serial music, mixing them with musical
the Gordon Grdina Trio, and he'll lead his
freedom and the jazz tradition of improvisaown group, Sendero Luminoso, in the Festival.
tion. With JP Carter trumpet, David Sikula
Drummer/percussionist Dylan van der Schyff
guitar, Bernie Arai drums.
has lent his talents to countless performances,
playing with such luminaries as George Lewis,
LORI FREEDMAN/TORSTENMULLER/
Louis Sclavis, Eyvind Kang, Georg Grawe,
PEGGYLEE
Myra Melford, Michael Moore, John Butcher,
Sun,Jul4 Roundhouse-Performance
Centre Free Mark Helias, Evan Parker, Vinny Golia, and
Sun,Jul4 Roundhouse-Workshop
(Freedman)
Free Andy Laster. He performs and records with
A musical revolutionary, bass clarinetist Lori
Talking Pictures and works often with Torsten
Freedman is known internationally as one
Miiller, as well as with groups led by Tony
of Canada's most provocative and creative
Wilson and Peggy Lee.
performers. Her work includes contempoPETERVAN HUFFEL QUARTET
rary, improvised, and electro-acoustic music,
Sun,Jul4 Roundhouse-Performance
Centre Free
and she frequently collaborates with dance,
Sun,Jul4 Roundhouse
- Workshops
(vanHuffel)Free
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A Canadian native son, Peter Van Huff el
(based in Berlin) is developing into one of
Europe's top creative jazz saxophonists. Time
Out New York calls him "a compelling melodist
with a fiery outward-bound streak and a penchant for layering opposed rhythms in quirky,
compelling ways." And All About Jazz calls
his playing "richly nuanced, with melody and
texture seamlessly integrated to create colorful and evocative statements." His new quartet
features New York pianist Jesse Stacken, Canadian bassist Miles Perkin (known for his work
with French pianist Benoit Delbecq), and
Swiss drummer Samuel Rohrer. Their debut
CD, Like the Rusted Key (Fresh Sound), was
released in February of this year. Thanks to the
Canada Councilfor the Arts.

JODI PROZNICKQUARTET
Sun,Jul4 Roundhouse-Performance
Centre Free
Vancouver bassist/composer Jodi Proznick is
a Canadian jazz star on the rise. Although
she plays regularly in a number of groups, the
totality of her gifts come to light as a leader.
In 2008, the NationalJazzAwards named
Proznick Bassist of the Year, the quartet as
Acoustic Group of the Year, and their CD
Foundations (Cellar Live) as Album of the
Year. The CD was also nominated for a Juno.
Proznick's quartet is fresh, intense, and
highly interactive, featuring some of the finest
musicians in the country-Tilden Webb piano,
Steve Kaldestad tenor sax, and Jesse Cahill
drums. Their repertoire includes originals by
all band members and new interpretations of
compositions by the likes of Dave Holland,
Charles Mingus, and Joni Mitchell.

RICHARDUNDERHILL
Sat,Jul3 Roundhouse-Festival
Hall
Free
Sat,Jul3 Roundhouse
- Workshops
(Underhill)
Free
See Roundhouse-Festival

Hall bio p48

MICHAELZILBER
Sat,Jul3 TheIronworks
$15G
Sat,Jul3 Roundhouse-Workshops
(lilber) Free
Sun,Jul4 Roundhouse-Festival
Hall
Free
See The Ironworks bio p43

CHRIS DINGMAN
Sat,Jul3 Roundhouse
- Workshops
(Dingman)
Free
New York's Chris Dingman fuses a wide
range of stylistic influences into a progressive
approach to the vibraphone in improvisational
music. A graduate of the prestigious Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance,
Dingman has studied and played with Herbie
Hancock, Wayne Shorter, and more. He
appears at the Festival with Harris Eisenstadt-Canada
Day.

HARRIS EISENSTADT
Sat,Jul3 Roundhouse-Festival
Hall
Free
Sun,Jul4 Roundhouse
- Workshop
(Eisenstadt)
Free
Sun,Jul4 TheIronworks
$15G
See The Ironworks bio p44

NATEWOOLEY
Sat,Jul3 Roundhouse-Performance
Centre Free
Sun,Jul4 Roundhouse-Workshops
(Wooley)Free
See Roundhouse-Performance

Centre bio pS0

PETERVAN HUFFEL
Sun,Jul4 Roundhouse-Performance
Centre Free
Sun,Jul4 Roundhouse
- Workshops(van
Huffel)Free
See Roundhouse-Performance

Centre bio pSl

WORKSHOPS@
THE
STUDIO

LORI FREEDMAN
Sun,Jul4 Roundhouse-Performance
Centre Free
FRANKGRATKOWSKI
Sun,Jul4 Roundhouse-Workshops
(Freedman)
Free
Sat,Jul3 Roundhouse-Workshops
(Gratkowski)Free
SeeRoundhouse-Performance Centre bio pSl
Sun,Jul4 Roundhouse-Performance
Centre Free
See Performance Centre bio pSl

MATT BAUDER
Sat,Jul3 Roundhouse
- Workshops
(Bauder) Free
Chicago-based saxophonist Matt Bauder is
a force on America's new jazz scene, playing
with artists like Taylor Ho Bynum and Harris
Eisenstadt. Bauder has killer chops and
impeccable taste both as an improviser and
as a conceptualist, finding thrilling ways to
use arrangement, composition, and electronic
production to forge something new.

GRANVILLE:.S AND JAZZ

GRANVILLE
ISLAND-MARKET
STAGE
QUESO BLANCO!
Fri,Jun25Granville
Island-MarketStage

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TROMBOSSANOVA
Sat,Jun26 Granville
Island-MarketStage Free

few. With Victor Noriega keyboards and Kassa
Overall drums.

This Vancouver trio, led by trumpeter Kevin
Tang, blends warm melodies and a strong
sense of groove. Performing Latin, swing,
and pop standards steeped in a twenty-firstcentury trombone-trio context, Tang's lyrical
lines and original arrangements are supported
by bandmates David Blake guitar and Joseph
Lubinsky-Mast bass.

RIBCAGETRIO
Wed,
Jun30 Granville
Island-MarketStage Free
Exploring the melodic landscape of old
school funk, indie rock, and hangman blues,
this Vancouver trio never lets go of the good
groove. With influences as diverse as John
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SWINGHOUSE4
Sun,Jun27Granville
Island-MarketStage Free ZOE TRIO+ 1
Paying homage to the great Gerry Mulligan &
Thu,Jul1 Granville
ls/and-MarketStage

Chet Baker Quartet, Vancouver's Swinghouse
4 replicates their unique instrumentation.
Having no piano or guitar in the group leaves
lots of space for interaction of the frontline
horns on melodies and in solos. Spontaneous
and swinging jazz, featuring Rob Fee baritone
sax, Adrian Smith trumpet, Kristian Braathen
drums, and Allan Johnston bass.

EVANARNTZENQUARTETFEATURING
MARCOSVARELA
Mon,Jun28Studio100
Free
Tue,
Jun29 Granville
Island-MarketStage Free
Thu,
Jul1 LibraRoom
Two young stars on the rise meet in this
cool quartet. The versatile saxophonist Evan
Arntzen is a member of some of the best young
bands on the national scene (the October Trio,
Bria's Hot 5, and the Amanda Toso ff Quartet).
The young Texas-born bassist Marcos Varela
has performed with legends like Billy Hart,
Junior Mance, and Geri Allen, to name just a

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In Vancouver's Zoe Trio, Alvaro Rojas guitar,
Cory Curtis bass, and Sam Cartwright drums
fuse jazz, rock, and reggae. Rojas' original
compositions range from straight-up to film
noir and psychedelic soundscapes. Their debut
recording is called For the Community. They'll
be joined in this performance by Vancouver
saxophonist John Paton.

CABS
JENN BOJMQUARTET
Mon,Jul28 Granville
Island-MarketStage Free
Fri,Jul2 Granville
Island-MarketStage

Four gifted Vancouver jazz artists-Evan
Arntzen saxophones, David Sikula guitar,
Josh Cole bass, Skye Brooks drums-take a
decidedly unorthodox approach to the music
of some of our country's most imaginative
singer-songwriters of the last 20 years. CABS
will make you rethink what Canadian music
is all about.

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This 25-year-old Vancouver vocalist brings
an understated and mature sensibility to the
jazz-infected soul and blues songs she crafts or
covers. Unusual in the blues genre, Bojm is a
vocalist of nuance and restraint, qualities that
are perfectly suited to the narratives of the
lyrics she delivers. With Miles Black keyboards,
Rene Worst bass, Tony Chamberlist percussion.

THE GRANDTRINE
Jun26,Jul3 TheLibraRoom
Sat,Jul3 Granville
Island- MarketStage

Free

Three talented young Vancouver women form
the Grand Trine, performing vocal and swing
versions of jazz, blues, and Latin classics.
With Orith Fogel vocals/acoustic bass, Melissa
Hammer trumpet, Cat Toren keyboards.

ETHEREALQUARTET
Sun,Jul4 Granville
ls/and-MarketStage

Free

Influenced by artists like Art Blakey,John
Coltrane, and Jaco Pastorius, Vancouver's
Ethereal Quartet mixes funk, rock, and fusion

Strains of surf rock, jazz, Cuban tumbao,
reggae, '60s space-age tunes, and Hawaiian
music are all part of the strange and very cool
brew that Queso Blanco! serves. This Vancouver quartet-Noah
Walker guitar, Michael
Rush double bass, Tyson Naylor keyboards, and
Michael Simpson, drums, Paul Bray percussion-are always serving up something fresh.
Peter van Hu.ffelQuartet, photo by David Beecroft

The Grand Trine, photo by Ian Joyce

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with hard-hitting jazz. With Sonny Rosati sax,
Dominic Chan guitar, Collin Ankerson bass,
and Na than Wylie drums.

sophisticated. With influences ranging from
Ahmad Jamal to Brad Mehldau and Bela
Fleck to the Beatles, all members of the band
contribute original tunes and arrangements to
GRANVILLE
ISLAND-ANTHEM
PROPERTIES the band's repertoire. With Jens Christiansen
SOUNDS
OFYOUTH
ATMARKET
STAGE
woodwinds, Jennifer Hodge bass, Cat Toren
keyboards, and Mike Ardagh drums.
ANDREASUPERSTEINTRIO

Sat,Jun26 Granville
Island-MarketStage Free
Jun27,30LibraRoom

MATTHEWSMITH TRIO
Sun,Jun27Granville
Island-MarketStage Free

Sultry and sublime, Andrea Superstein sings
smoky blues and sassy swing, conjuring dimlylit speakeasies and lavish nightclubs. Think
Sarah Vaughan meets Blossom Dearie meets
your favourite martini. It's no wonder they call
her Super. With Victor Noriega keyboards and
Joseph Lubinksy Mast bass.

One of our city's best young jazz vocalists,
Matthew Smith has a chilled-out vibe and
smooth sound and can tear your heart apart
with a ballad. He's also hip to greats like Kurt
Elling and Mark Murphy, and he can bop, scat,
and swing hard. With Bill Coon guitar and
Jodi Proznick bass.

THE PUGS AND CROWSBAND
Sat,Jun26 Granville
ls/and-MarketStage Free

GRANVILLE
ISLAND-TAPROOM
ATGRANVILLE
ISLAND
BREWING

Vancouver's Pugs and Crows' dramatic and
cinematic music draws inspiration from
experimental forms of Eastern European folk
and modern jazz. With Cole Schmidt guitar,
Ben Brown drums, Meredith Bates violin, Cat
Toren keyboards, Russell Sholberg bass.

FOUR EYESQUARTET
Sun,Jun27Granville
Island-MarketStage Free
The talented young members ofVancouver's
Four Eyes Quartet are playful yet musically

One of the best young players on our local
scene, pianist/vocalist/composer Shannon Thue
leads a trio that has been working together
since 2001. With a mix of jazz standards and
original compositions, they shift seamlessly
from jazz waltzes, ballads, and Latin numbers
to blues, New Orleans street beats, and harddriving swing. With Patrick Metzger on bass
and Mike Magnusson on drums.

MICHAELGUILD DUO
Thu,Jul1 Taproom
at Granville
IslandBrewingFree

Vancouver jazz guitarist Jon Roper has worked
with a varied and talented collection of groups
and artists including Spygirl, Ribcage, and
Spinning Room and many others.

Two stalwarts of the Vancouver jazz scene, the
swinging jazz duo of guitarist Michael Guild
and bassist Tim Stacey perform classic jazz
standards.

An exciting group of young Vancouver
musicians, this trio plays originals and free
improvisations. With Dominic Conway tenor
sax, Geordie Hart bass, Ben Brown drums.

THE JASONWALTERSTRIO
Sun,Jun27Taproom
at Granville
IslandBrewingFree
Swinging jazz standards in a classic tenor-led
format. Saxophonist Jason Walters performs
with some of our city's best musicians. His
trio features Jon Roper guitar and Laurence
Mollerup bass.

SHANNON SCOTT
Sun,Jun27 Granville
Island-MarketStage Free THE QUAINT HEARTED
Sun,Jun27Taproom
at Granville
IslandBrewingFree
With influences that range from Leonard
Cohen to St. Vincent to Jeff Buckley, jazz vocalist/pianist Shannon Scott's original music is
both sophisticated and accessible. As rooted in
jazz as it is in progressive pop, the grooves are
natural, the complexities subtle, and the lyrics
both poetic and intimate. With Meredith Bates
violin/voice and Tom Wherrettguitar.

SHANNON THUE TRIO
Thu,Jul1 Taproom
at Granville
IslandBrewingFree

JON ROPERDUO
Sat,Jun26 Taproom
at Granville
IslandBrewingFree

VERYGOOD
Sat,Jun26 Granville
Island-MarketStage Free THE MALLEUSTRIO
Sat,Jun26 Taproom
at Granville
IslandBrewingFree
If Duke Ellington, Leonard Cohen, Bjork, and
Shostakovich made music together, would
it be very good? This six-piece Vancouver
band says yes! Combining a huge variety of
musical interests, the group has been labeled
as "theatrical avant-pop," and "ethnic chamber
rock," but we'll just call it colourful, fun, good
music. With Sean Cronin vocals/bass/piano/
banjolele, Martin Reisle guitar/cello, Sam
Davidson woodwinds/vocals, Meredith Bates
violin/viola/vocals, Tom Wherrett guitar/vocals,
, Sam Cartwright drums/vocals.

Granville
IslandJazz
sound and an infectious sense of both humour
and swing, Vancouver's Price is a true student
of popular song. Inspired by Tony Bennett,
Jon Hendricks, and Kurt Elling, he delights in
entertaining audiences with bebop, vocalese,
and beautiful ballads. With two legendary
Vancouver jazz artists, Bill Coon guitar and
Rene Worst bass.

Drawing inspiration from the likes of Tortoise,
Miles Davis, and Broken Social Scene, this
young Vancouver trio formed during their jazz
school days at Capilano College. Blending art
music with pop sensibilities, this is easy-listening music for the hard-to-please. With Peter
Carruthers bass, Mark Vasakguitar, Alexander
Klassen drums.

YUJI TRIO
Sat,Jul3 Taproom
at Granville
IslandBrewingFree
Led by guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Yuji
Nakajima, this trio combines their take on
Brazilian pop music with delicate harmonies
and a variety of Latin and western numbers.
With Alex Kelly bass and Danilo Havana
percussion.

JENNIFERSCOTT& RENE WORST
Sat,Jul3 Taproom
at Granville
IslandBrewingFree
Beautiful music from two ofVancouver's best.
Vocalist Jennifer Scott is a rare find. With a
pure, flexible voice that seems made for jazz
singing, she's also a swinging and sensitive
pianist. Rene Worst is a versatile and talented
bassist. These two great artists have a marvellous musical connection.

KATEHAMMETT-VAUGHAN
&
BILL COON
Sun,Jul4 Taproom
at Granville
IslandBrewingFree
The duo ofVancouver-based jazz vocalist Kate
Hammett-Vaughan and guitarist Bill Coon
is a little piece of jazz heaven. Acclaimed for
her sophisticated and swinging interpretations of jazz standards, Hammett-Vaughan's
free-spirited delivery is perfectly matched
by Coon's smooth-as-satin melodic style and
irresistible swing. Their CD Imagination: Live
at the Cellar captures the charm of their live
performances.

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at Granville
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One ofVancouver's finest guitarists, Daryl
Jahnke keeps busy playing in jazz, Latin, and
groove projects. He appears here in a duo
with the wonderful Vancouver bassist Adam
Thomas.

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ISLAND-GALAX/£
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PERFORMANCE
WORKS
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Fri,Jun25 Ga!axie
Series
at Performance
WorksFree
Four fantastic European horn players and
a legendary drummer make music out of
thin air! Gifted and adventurous, trombonists Johannes Bauer and ClyistofThewes are
joined by trumpeter Jean-Luc Cappozzo and
tenor saxophonist Henrik Walsdorff. The
magnificent drummer Paul Lytton (Evan
Parker Trio) adds his in\mitable touch. Thanks
to Goethe Institut, and the Canada Council for
the Arts.

ALEXANDERVON SCHLIPPENBACH/
BARRYGUY/MAYAHOMBURGER
Sat,Jun26 Galaxie
Series
at Performance
WorksFree
This concert is structured for two different
duos-both featuring Barry Guy. This will
mark the first time Guy and Schlippenbach
have performed in a duo setting together.
Legendary German pianist Alexander von
Schlippenbach is well known in improvising

CARMANJ. PRICE TRIO
Thu,Jul1 Taproom
at Granville
IslandBrewingFree
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circles for his long-standing trio with Evan
Parker and Paul Lovens and as an integral
force behind large-scale projects like the
Globe Unity Orchestra and Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra. His collaborations include
playing with Gunter Hampel, Manfred Schoof,
Sam Rivers, Sunny Murray, and Aki Takase.
A key figure in the development of European
free improvisation, he often references Thelonious Monk and Herbie Nichols in his playing.
Renowned British bassist Barry Guy is one of
very few bassists who perform contemporary
classical music for solo double bass. He is
also a virtuoso improviser whose extended
technique is without equal. Guy's concertworks for chamber orchestras, chamber groups,
and soloists have been widely performed, and
his skillful and inventive writing has created
some exceptional compositions. He's probably
best known for his work with the trio ParkerGuy-Lytton and the London Jazz Composers
Orchestra. Swiss-born Maya Homburger is a
baroque violinist who specializes in Bach and
the compositions of Henrich Biber. She is the
leader of the groups Chandos Baroque Players
and Trio Virtuoso. Maya has worked together
with her husband Barry Guy in many different
contexts over the years, and they have developed a special repertoire drawing together
both their specialties. Thanks to the Swiss Arts
Council Pro Helvetia and the Goethe-Institut/
Toronto.

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4, 2010
and occasionally directs the overall cooperative sound. He has worked internationally
with most of the leading musicians in free
jazz, including the Globe Unity Orchestra,
the Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra,
the Schlippenbach trio, Quintet Moderne,
Company, and a duo with Paul Lytton. Thanks
to the Goetheinsitut-Toronto
and Montreal.

BENNINK/DE JOODE/HOULE/GRDINA
Mon,Jun28Galaxie
Series
at Pelformance
WorksFree
Tue,Jun29 TomLeeMusicHall(Bennink
workshop)

Dutch master drummer Han Bennink is one of
the most individual artists in creative music.
He's performed with a diverse array of greats
including Eric Dolphy, ICP Orchestra, Dave
Douglas, and Steve Lacy. A hard-swinging
jazzman with a plethora of improvisational
tools (including humour), Bennink is both a
spellbinding soloist and a consummate collaborator. The brilliant and diverse Dutch bassist
Wilbert de J oode is one of the most active
bass players on the European improvised
music circuit, and he has played our festival
many times in various groups. Vancouverbased clarinetist Fran<;:oisHoule is one of
Canada's finest musicians. Also a composer and
bandleader, Houle explores the many facets of
modern music-from electronic manipulation
to acoustic contemporary chamber music. He
has performed with Marilyn Crispell, Dave
Douglas, Benoit Delbecq, and many others.
One of the most important new voices on the
TORSTENMOLLER/EVANPARKER/
Vancouver (and Canadian) scene, guitarist,
PAULLOVENS
composer, and oud player Gord Grdina has a
Sun,Jun27Galaxie
Series
atPelformance
WorksFree concept that blends mainstream jazz, freeform
improvisation, and Arabic classical music. He
Three fantastic improvisers make fresh music!
leads a number of fascinating ensembles and
Renowned German bassist Tors ten Muller has
is a sought-after contributor to jazz and world
made Vancouver his home for 10 years, and he
music projects that are seeking a fresh sound.
is a valued collaborator in our vibrant creative
Thanks to Netherlands Fund for the Performing
music scene. A great improviser who expands
Arts.
the sonic possibilities of his instrument
through extended techniques, Muller has
COATCOOKETRIO W/GORDONGRDINA
played on the international scene with Gunter
Tue,
Jun29Galaxie
Series
at Pelformance
WorksFree
Christmann, Ken Vandermark, Wolfgang
Vancouver
saxophonist/composer
Coat
Cooke's
Fuchs,John Butcher, and Paul Rutherford (to
hard-hitting and interactive trio features
name a few). Britain's Evan Parker has develbassist Clyde Reed, who has played with Vinny
oped his own unique style of improvisation on
Golia, Rich Halley, and other icons ofWest
both soprano and tenor saxophone. Through his
Coast free jazz. Drummer Kenton Loewen is
solo works and performances with groups like
an integral part of our scene and also plays
the Globe Unity and London Jazz Composin rock and alternative groups. The group's
ers' Orchestra, he has established himself as a
playing has a flint-sharp edge that can only
leading figure on the international improvised
come from repeated live performances, and
music scene. Paul Lovens is the ultimate
their swing feel has that elastic quality of jazz
collaborator who listens, colours, contributes,
that has to be heard and felt. The trio will be

joined by another ofVancouver's creative
forces, Gordon Grdina guitar/oud.

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a decade. With Chris Gestrin piano, Andre
Lachance bass, Tom Foster drums,Jon Bentley
saxophones.

QUATUORANDRE LACHANCE
Wed,
Jun30Galaxie
Series
at Pelformance
WorksFree THE WEST COASTART TRIO WITH
SPECIALGUEST GRAHAMORD
Drawing on jazz, rock, funk, and improvised
Sun,Jul4 Galaxie
Seriesat Pelformance
WorksFree
electric music, this quartet shows us the
lesser-known sides (and versatility) of some
of our country's great musicians. Andre
Lachance, known to many as one of Canada's
leading bassists, plays guitar (think Grant
Green meets John Scofield), trumpet star Brad
Turner plays Fender Rhodes, and pianist Chris
Gestrin holds down the bottom end on Moog
bass. Drummer Joe Poole adds his swinging
groove to the mix. Influenced by Wayne
Shorter, Stevie Wonder, Miles Davis, Radiohead, and more, this is just great music.

Bruce Freedman sax, Clyde Reed bass, and
Stan Taylor drums, have been playing and
performing together for the last 15 years.
Freedman is one of the strongest improvisers on the Vancouver scene, influenced by
John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, and Jimmy
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Lyons. Reed is a founding member of the
NOW Orchestra, and currently plays with
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has toured and recorded with Pat Labarbara,
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Kenny Wheeler, Hugh Fraser, Tony Wilson,
and many others. Their music is a mix of
LISA CAYMILLER'S Q
collective improvisation with themes to
Fri,Jul2 Galaxie
Seriesat Pelformance
Works Free
springboard from. The trio's chemistry simply
"If the new improvisational movement means to
works, as they create music that is uncontrived
convey the spirit of jazz without
and straight from the heart.
reiterating its stylistic cliches, then Vancouverbased pianist/composer Lisa Cay Miller deserves
CANADADAYON GRANVILLEISLAND
to be considered one of its leading lights." Globe and Mail Miller has become one of the
GRANVILLE
ISLAND-RAILSPUR
ALLEY
STAGE
foremost creative forces on the Vancouver
THE OFFERINGOF CURTIS ANDREWS
scene. Q(Peggy Lee cello, Steve Smith bass,
Thu,Jul1 Granville
lsland-RailspurAlley Free
Dylan van der Schyff drums) embraces Lisa's
Rhythmically
dense
and captivating, the
interests in modern jazz, contemporary classiOffering is a musical synthesis of the experical composition, and free improvisation. CODA
ences of drummer/composer Curtis Andrews.
magazine praises their debut CD, music by lisa
His years of study of South Indian and West
miller Q: "an impressive debut... [a] wild natural
African drumming and improvised music
sound, fiery and graceful."
drive this program of stimulating original
KATEHAMMETT-VAUGHANQUINTET
compositions. With Tommy Babin bass,Jared
Sat,Jul3 Galaxie
Seriesat Pelformance
WorksFree Burrowsguitar,JP Carter trumpet,Joseph
One of Canada's most distinctive jazz artists,
"Pepe" Danza percussion, Robin Layne marimba,
Vancouver-based Hammett-Vaughan is advenColin Maskell woodwinds.
turous and assured, and her hip vocals have
KRISTIN FUNG TET
earned her three Juno nominations. CODA
Thu,
Jul1 Granville
lsland-RailspurAlley
Free
magazine calls her simply "the finest jazz
Vivacious
vocalist
Kristin
Fung
leads
a
strong
standards singer in Canada." Through soul6-piece unit that melds R&B, pop, and soul
searching ballads, swinging standards, and
with playful energy and adventurous ease.
freewheeling sonic explorations, HammettClassics by soul masters Al Green and Stevie
Vaughan is supported and challenged at
Wonder,
original tunes, and some modern
every turn by her remarkable band of over
R&B hits by Alicia Keys, MichaelJackson, and

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more. With Scott Tucker bass, Mary Ancheta
keyboards,JeffYounger guitar, Randall Stoll
drums, Shaun Thomas tenor sax.

TEA
Thu,Jul1 Rai!spur
Alley

Free

Vancouver vocalist/pianist Tea Petrovic has
a sultry and powerful sound. Born in Serbia,
this rising star fuses elements ofR&B, soul,
and pop music into her own brand of"City
Soul." Tea's creativity, passion, and presence
are magnetic. With Jeremy Scott bass, Vladan
Nojkovic drums, Krischan Grohne keyboards.

June25-July
4, 2010
bassist Tarry has established a reputation as
one of North America's top players. Abbasi is
one of the foremost modern jazz guitar players
on today's scene. He's performed with a
diverse array of greats, including Peter Erskine,
Kenny Werner, Marilyn Crispell, and his
wife Kiran Ahluwalia. Thanks to the Canada
Council for the Arts.

GRANVILLE
ISLAND-PERFORMANCE
WORKS

SIMMER
ALAN MATHESONSEPTET
Thu,Jul1 Granville
ls/and-Performance
WorksFree Sat,Jun26 TomLeeCityStage

ESQ
Thu,
Jul1 Granville
Island-Performance
WorksFree

Led by local greats Kevin Elaschuk trumpet
and Dave Say tenor sax, this quintet plays
originals that range from free jazz to more
ZOE TRIO+ 1
structured forms, from the subtle and eclectic
Thu,Jul1 Granville
Island-MarketStage Free to hard-driving grooves. Influenced by
See Granville Island-Market
Stage bias pS3
Ornette Coleman, Booker Little, Eric Dolphy,
GRANVILLE
ISLAND-RON
BASFORD
PARK
STAGE and Charles Mingus, Elaschuk and Say formed
this group in 1996. With Andre Lachance
COMPANYB JAZZ BAND
guitar, Stan Taylor drums, Paul Rushka bass.
Thu,Jul1 Granville
Island-RonBasford
Park Free The group has two stellar CDs, the most recent
A delightful six-piece swing band in the
of which is Casual Coordinates.
style of the Andrews Sisters and the Boswell
ELISAPIEISAAC
Sisters, Vancouver's Company Bis fronted
Thu,
Jul1 Granville
Island-Performance
WorksFree
by talented young vocalists Shannon Scott,
It's been said that the great singers are first and
Emily Lyall, andJuhli Conlinn. Loaded with
foremost great communicators. Montrealpersonality, sweet harmonies, and plenty of
based Elisapie Isaac's life's work has been
swing, Company B serves up great music and
communicating, first on radio, then on televientertainment. With Jen Christiansen alto sax,
sion, and then on film with her award-winning
Jennifer Hodge bass, Dave Taylor guitar.
National Film Board documentary If the
TANDAVA
Weather Permits. Born of an Inuk mother and
Thu,Jul1 Granville
Island-RonBasford
Park Free a Newfoundland father, Isaac is a unique artist
Vancouver's Tandava takes its inspiration
with an intriguing voice. She sings in English,
from the folk and classical music oflndia and
Innu, and French. Her first solo recording,
Bangladesh and draws upon the wealth of
There Will Be Stars, is a seductive, sometimes
musical traditions from China, the Middle
joyful, sometimes melancholy, but always
East, Africa, and the West. Described by CBC
inspired blend oflnuit folk and western pop
Newsworld as "a metaphor for Canada in the
music. Call it the New Cool. With Manuel
21st century," Tandava's original compositions,
Gasse keyboards/bass/percussion and Gabriel
dynamic improvisation, and arrangements of
Gratton keyboards/guitar/percussion. Thanks to
traditional styles bridge the ancient and the
the Canada Council for the Arts.
contemporary. With Jonathan Bernard percusDOMINELLI/TARRY/ABBASI
sion, Lan Tung erhu/vocals, Stefan CihelkamThu,
Jul1 Granville
Island-Performance
WorksFree
tablas, and PrashantJohnguitar.
This powerhouse trio is headed by Canadian
KOAN
drummer Sandro Dominelli. A successThu,Jul1 Granville
Island-RonBasford
Park Free ful composer, bandleader and producer,
In Zen Buddhism, a koan is a nonsensical
Dominelli has played with luminaries Joe
question asked of a student, meant to bring
Lovano, Sheila Jordan, Ernie Watts, PJ Perry,
the student to awareness through contemplaand many others. His most recent CD, The
tion. This group of Vancouver musicians and
Alvo Sessions, was recorded in New York City
with Chris Tarry and Rez Abbasi, two of New
composers are exploring a dialogue between
varied cultural experiences and artistic
York's leading players. Canadian-born and
New York-based, multi-award-winning electric
practices, both composed and improvised.

GRANVILLE
ISLAND-MARKET
STAGE

Around
Town

The result is an exciting mix of sounds ranging
from ethereal Chinese ballads to Middle
Eastern melodies and boisterous ethnojazz-rock-fusion jamming. With Jun Rong
erhu, Chen Guang Xiao suona/dizi, Brad
Muirhead trombone, Jared Burrows guitar,
Tommy Babin bass,Joseph "Pepe" Danza
percussion/shakuhachi.

Pianist/trumpeter/composer and arranger Alan
Matheson is one of our city's jazz treasures.
Matheson's all-star 'little big-band' performs
terrific arrangements of classics as well as
originals by Matheson. Expect to hear tunes
by Ellington, Strayhorn,Jon Roper, and more.
With Alan Matheson cornet/jlugelhorn/piano,
Rob McKenzie trombone, Dave Branter,Julia
Nolan saxophones,Jon Roper guitar, Laurence
Mollerup bass, Craig Scott drums.

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MICHAELGUILD DUO
Thu,Jul1 Taproom
at Granville
IslandBrewingFree
See Granville Island Jazz-Taproom
Granville Island Brewing bio pSS

at

AROUNDTOWN
TOM
LEEMUSIC
CITY
STAGE
Free

Influenced by jazz greats Herbie Hancock and
Miles Davis, and legendary funk artists like
James Brown and P-Funk, this exciting new
Vancouver-based trio-Sharon
Minemoto
keyboard, Matt Reid bass, Richard Brown
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drums-brings a wealth of experience and
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stylistic diversity to the bandstand. From jazz 1-0
and soul to reggae, drum and bass, and beyond,
SIMmeR's eclectic sound is heavy on groove
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and captivating melodies.

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BESS DUREY
IAN COLEMANTRIO
Thu,
Jul1 Granville
Island-Performance
WorksFree Sat,Jul3 TomLeeCityStage

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One of the city's (and Canada's) best new
talents, Vancouver jazz vocalist Bess Durey
is carving out her own unique space as an
impressive singer, composer, and bandleader
on the Canadian jazz scene. With a fluid and
pitch-perfect voice, Durey blends bebop and
groove with singer-songwriter hipness in
emotionally compelling music. Her debut
CD Arctic captivates the listener from track
one to the final haunting phrase. Durey won
top honours in last year's Galaxy Rising Star
competition at the Festival.

Jazz in the tradition of the piano trios of Bill
Evans and Keith Jarrett. Vancouver pianist
Ian Coleman's fine compositions range from
bebop to Latin and funk to ballads.

See Granville Island Jazz -Taproom
Granville Island Brewing bio pS4

Sound Lines: Improvisation, Text and Media,
a conference on improvisation, text and media
that will take place June 24-26, 2010 during
the TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival,
sponsored by Coastal Jazz, the University
of British Columbia, and Improvisation,
Community, and Social Practice. Registration

TOM
LEEMUSIC
HALL-WORKSHOPS

SOUND LINES: IMPROVISATION,TEXT
AND MEDIA
Thu,Jun24 9:30am-4pmUBCRobson
Square,
RoomC400
Free
Fri,Jun2510am-12pm
UBCRobson
Square,
Room
C400
Free
GRANVILLE
ISLAND-TAPROOM
ATGRANVILLEFri,Jun25 10am-4pm
TomLeeMusicHall
Free
ISLAND
BREWING
Sat,Jun2610am-12pm
at UBCRobson
Square,
RoomC485
Free
CARMANJ. PRICE TRIO
The
Creative
Music
Think
Tank
presents
Thu,Jul1 Taproom
at Granville
IslandBrewingFree
at

SHANNONTHUE TRIO
Thu,Jul1 Taproom
at Granville
IslandBrewingFree
See Granville Island Jazz -Taproom
Granville Island Brewing bio pSS

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for the conference is free, and all events and
talks are open to the general public. For full
schedule and details coastaljazz.ca.
Highlights include:
June 24 10am Festival artists Barry Guy and
Michel Gagne will present a keynote address
on their commissioned multi-media collaboration "Fixed, Fragmented & Fluid".
June 26 1Oam Vancouver poet and performer
Wayde Compton will deliver a keynote
address, "Turntable Poetry, Mixed-Race,
and Schizophonophilia," and will perform
excerpts from some of his turntable poems
(withJason de Couto).

JAZZ
ATCANADA
PLACE
PRESENTED
BYDVB/A
DARYLJAHNKEQUARTET
Fri,Jun25 Canada
Place

Free

One ofVancouver's finest guitarists, Daryl
Jahnke keeps busy playing in jazz, Latin, and
groove projects. This quartet finds him returning to his mainstream jazz roots but with a
twist, using modern, eclectic compositional
ideas and guitar sounds. With Jon Bentley
saxophones, Chris Gestrin keys, Bernie Arai
drums.

VAN DJANGO
Sat,Jun26 Canada
Place
Free
Sun,Jun27TheCellarRestaurant/Jazz
Club

NILS LANDGREN
Sun,Jun27Gastown-Vancouver
SunStage Free Vancouver's premier gypsy-jazz ensemble
Mon,Jun28 TomLeeMusicHall
Free plays classic Django Reinhardt, as well as their
own unique mix of original tunes and eclectic
Mon,Jun28Performance
Works
$28G
See Performance Works bio p38

HAN BENNINK
Mon,Jun28Galaxie
Series
atPerformance
WorksFree
Tue,
Jun29Roundhouse
Performance
Ctr $25G
Tue,
Jun29 TomLeeMusicHall
Free
Thu,Jul1 Studio700
Free
See Performance Works bio p56

CLOCKEDOUT DUO
Wed,
Jun30 TomLeeMusicHall
Wed,
Jun30Roundhouse
Performance
Ctr

arrangements of jazz/pop and classical music.
Featuring four of the city's best musiciansBudge Schachte guitar, Finn Manniche guitar/
cello, Cam Wilson violin, Laurence Mollerup
bass-Van Django's dazzling flights of fancy,
driving rhythms, and boundless creativity are
a marvel

JACKEEGUILLOU
Sun,Jun27Canada
Place
Free
$25G

See Roundhouse Performance Centre bio p36

CHRIS TARRY
Thu,
Jul1 Granville
Island-Performance
WorksFree
Thu,Jul1 TomLeeMusicHall
Free
Canadian-born and New York-based, multiaward-winning electric bassist Chris Tarry is
an internationally celebrated artist. He has
shared the stage with top musicians such as
John Scofield, Ben Mander, Mino Cinelu,
and more. Don't miss his show with Sandro
Dominelli and Rez Abbasi at Performance
Works at 5 p.m. today. Thanks to the Canada
Council for the Arts.

Free

Flowing effortlessly from Brazilian classics to
Broadway, from cabaret to jazz standards and
originals, vocalist J ackee Guillou was one of
two winners of the 2009 Galaxy Rising Star
jazz awards at our Festival. Her unaffected
and emotional delivery is charming, and her
ability to sing in French and Portuguese is
icing on the musical cake. With Bruno Hubert
piano, Michael Rush bass, Chris Davis trumpet,
Joe Poole drums.

TONYFOSTER'S
"SOULJAZZPROJECT"
FEATURING
DAVIDSAY
Mon,Jun28 Canada
Place
Free

Vancouver-based jazz pianist/composer Tony
Foster's "SoulJazz Project" quartet plays in
the grooving tradition of the great soul jazz
MARIO PAVONE
artists of the '60s, including legends like
Fri,Jul2 Roundhouse
Performance
Ctr
$28G Lou Donaldson, Stanley Turrentine, and
Fri,Jul2 TomLeeMusicHall
Free Eddie Harris. With the emphasis on cutting
See Roundhouse Performance Centre bio p36
loose and having a good time, this group's
music is steeped in soul, and it's all about the
TD HIGH SCHOOLJAZZ INTENSIVE
groove! Featuring the great Vancouver-based
CONDUCTEDBY NICOLE MITCHELL
saxophonist David Say with Brent Gubbels bass
Sat,Jul3 TomLeeMusicHall(OpenRehearsal)
Free and Joe Poole drums.

Sun,Jul4 Roundhouse-Festival
Hall
See Roundhouse-Festival

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Town

June25-July4, 2010

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THE UNSUPERVISED
Tue,
Jun29 Canada
Place

Pianist/keyboardist/composer Sharon

Free Minemoto is one of the leading players on

Led by guitarist/composer JeffYounger, the
Unsupervised is one ofVancouver's toothiest
jazz monsters. Inspired by Atomic, Nels Cline,
Kurt Rosenwinkel, and Dave Douglas, the
group is well known for their distinct compositional voice and grinningly adventuresome
improvisational spirit. With Kristian Naso
trumpet, Colin Maskell saxophones, Dave
Chokroun, Mike Magnusson drums.

THE CHAD MAKELAQUARTET
Wed,
Jun30Canada
Place

Free

Vancouver baritone saxophonist Chad Makela
heads up this high-energy, swinging modernjazz quartet. Makela's compositions reveal
the influence of Scofield, Lovano, and Trane,
while the group's harmonic freedom and
sinuous melodic contours reflect the music of
Ornette Coleman. With bassist Paul Rushka,
drummer Jesse Cahill, Brad Turner trumpet.

SHHENSEMBLE
Fri,Jul2 Canada
Place

Free

With two saxophones, bass, and drums as their
line-up, this exciting new Vancouver quartet
plays vibrant and deep music. Their melodic
originals sit comfortably alongside angular
bop-oriented classics by artists like Lennie
Tristano and Thelonious Monk. With Steve
Kaldestad tenor sax, Evan Arntzen tenor sax/
clarinet, Sean Cronin bass,Joe Poole drums.

RABNETT5
Sat,Jul3 Canada
Place

Free

Praised by jazzers and jam handers alike, this
Vancouver-based quintet marries the soul of
New York's downtown scene with West Coast
cool. Led by guitarist/composer Rich Rab nett,
the band features Mike Kennedy bass, Kiyoshi
Elkuf tenor sax, Ian Cox piano/organ, Dan
Gaucher drums. Leopardism, the band's fourth
album, finished at No. 1 in both Earshot and
CHARTattack's year-end lists for 2008.

THE SHARON MINEMOTOTRIO
Sun,Jul4 Canada
Place

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Free

our scene. A swinging and sensitive pianist
with a considered and highly melodic style
(influenced by Horace Silver), she's also the
composer of some very hip original music.
Her band mates, Paul Rushka bass and Paul
Townsend drums, are two of our city's finest.

CBC/RADIO-CANADA
STUDIO
ONE
JAZZ
DIRTY BOTTOMWITH CHAD MAKELA
AND LAURACREMA
Fri,Jun25CBC/Radio-Canada
StudioOneJazz Free
Working hard on their Bachelor's of Funk
degree, the Vancouver trio Dirty Bottom
should soon graduate with honours. Blending reggae, jazz, and soul-with a touch of
showbiz jazz. Guitarist Langston Raymond,
bassist Shawn Hall, and drummer Brennan
Saul make up the core of this group, but the
big show features guest artists that give it
extra pizzazz. Baritone saxophonist Chad
Makela and jazz vocalist Laura Crema are two
ofVancouver's premier jazz artists. Add the
talents of Brock Miller sax/vocals and vocalists
Bianca Carli and Mike Ackhurst, and it's sure
to be a kickin' show!

SOMOSCOLLECTIVE
Sat,Jun26CBC/Radio-Canada
StudioOneJazzFree
So mos Collective is inspired by the old and
the new in music. Based in Vancouver, the
group's tasteful blend of soulful Colombian,
Brazilian, and Cuban rhythms with groovy
dance beats is enchanting. Influenced by
Manu Chao, Ozomatli, Buena Vista Social
Club, and Caetano Veloso, their mostly original songs speak of cultural experiences and the
many shades oflove. With William Benavides
guitar/vocals, Myles Bigelow congas, Michael
Rush bass, Cary Aileen Garcia piano, Joel
Fountain drums.

BRIASKONBERG
QUARTET
Sun,Jun27CBC/Radio-Canada
StudioOneJazzFree
At age 26, Vancouver's Bria Skonberg has
been performing onstage for over 20 years. A
naturally talented vocalist, she picked up the

Free

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trumpet at age 11. A graduate of the Capilano
University Jazz Studies program, she has made
appearances as a bandleader and guest artist
all over North America and Europe as well as
China and Japan, alongside greats like Warren
Vache and Bucky Pizzarelli. The recipient of
numerous awards, Skonberg is often a featured
performer with Canadian icon Dal Richards
and his Orchestra. With Solomon Douglas
piano, Sean Cronin bass, Jesse Cahill drums.

beautiful, Lebeck's music is unforgettable. Her
quintet includes local greats Peggy Lee cello,
James Danderfer clarinet, Paul Rushka bass,
Paul Townsend drums.

STUDIO
700
DUDEK/GESTRIN/BABIN/VANDER
SCHYFF
Fri,Jun25Studio700
Free

German free-jazz veteran Gerd Dudek is a
saxophonist of enormous range. Although
IAN MCDOUGALL12 TET
Mon,Jun28CBC/Radio-Canada
Studio
One
JazzFree he is perhaps best known for his work with
free jazz artists like Albert Mangelsdorff and
The very fine Canadian trombonist/arranger
the Globe Unity Orchestra, he is also deeply
Ian McDougall has been an icon of Canadian
influenced by Lester Young, Sonny Rollins,
jazz for decades, and his compositions have
John Coltrane, and modern-jazz icon Wayne
been recorded by many ensembles, includShorter. In the 60s he toured with Manfred
ing Rob McConnell's legendary Boss Brass.
Schoof, George Russell, and Don Cherry and
McDougall leads this all-star band ofWest
was
in the original version of the Globe Unity
Coast greats in a program of cleverly arranged
Orchestra. All of this makes Dudek an ideal
standards and well-crafted originals. With
partner for the three great Vancouver-based
Oliver Gannon guitar, Campbell Ryga,
artists he'll collaborate with here. Bassist
Phil Dwyer, Chris Startup, Ross Taggart
Tommy
Babin, pianist Chris Gestrin, and
saxophones, Brad Turner, Derry Byrne
drummer Dylan van der Schyff are all equally
trumpets, Rod Murray trombone, Ron Johnston
skilled in free and more constructed forms
piano,Jodi Proznick bass, Craig Scott drums.
and flow effortlessly between them. Thanks
MIKE ALLEN QUARTETFEATURING
to the Goethe-Institut/Toronto and the Canada
ADAMTHOMAS & KARIN fLATO
Council for the Arts.

Tue,
Jun29CBC/Radio-Canada
StudioOneJazzFree
The centenary of the legendary songsmith
Frank Loesser is celebrated in this special
concert featuring saxophonist Mike Allen's
quartet with guest vocalists Karin Plato and
Adam Thomas. Born in New York City on June
29, 1910, Loesser composed such classic songs
as "Never Will I Marry," "Adelaide's Lament,"
"HI Were A Bell," "Baby It's Cold Outside," and
many, many more. His hit musicals included
Guys and Dolls, Where's Charley?, Greenwillow,
and How to Succeed in Business Without Really
Trying. With Sean Cronin bass, Miles Black
piano,Julian MacDonough drums.

Around
Town

June25-July4, 2010

SOLOS/DUOS:MOLLER/MAHAL/
DORNER/VANDER SCHYFF
Sat,Jun26Studio700

Free

This sure-to-be-fascinating program finds
four gifted individuals performing solos and
a variety of duos. Renowned German bassist
Tors ten Muller has made Vancouver his home
and is a vital member of our creative music
scene. A great improviser who expands the
sonic possibilities of his instrument through
extended techniques, Muller has played with
Gunter Christmann, Ken Vandermark, and
many other international greats. German bass
clarinetist Rudi Mahall works with a who's
JILLIAN LEBECKQUINTET
who of European stars, including the Globe
Wed,
Jun30CBC/Radio-Canada
Studio
One
JazzFree Unity Orchestra, Carlos Bica Azul, Radu
Malfatti, and others. Berlin-based trumpeter/
Emerging as one of the most original and
composer Axel Dorner is an active member of
exciting voices on the Canadian Jazz scene,
the European creative music community. In
Vancouver pianist/vocalist Jillian Lebeck
addition to leading his own groups, he plays
is influenced by artists as diverse as Carla
with the King Ubu Orchestra, Alexander von
Bley, Bill Frisell, Keren Ann, Elliott Smith,
Schlippenbach, the London Jazz Composers
M.Ward, and Bjork. Following up her critiOrchestra, and many more. Drummer Dylan
cally acclaimed debut Living In Pieces, the
van
der Schyffhas lent his talents to countless
wonderful Songs 1/!rMelodies (Talie Records)
performances, playing with such luminaries
showcases her writing in stunning original
as Dave Douglas, George Lewis, Louis Sclavis,
instrumentals and songs. Quiet and intensely
Eyvind Kang, and Georg Grawe. Thanks to

the Goethe-Institut/Toronto
Council for the Arts.

and the Canada

BARRYGUY/MAYAHOMBURGER/
FRANCOISHOULE
Sun,Jun27Studio700

Free

Renowned British bassist Barry Guy is one of
very few bassists who perform contemporary
classical music for solo double bass. He is
also a virtuoso improviser whose extended
technique is without equal. Guy's concertworks for chamber orchestras, chamber groups,
and soloists have been widely performed, and
his skillful and inventive writing has created
some exceptional compositions. He's probably
best known for his work with the trio ParkerGuy-Lytton and the London Jazz Composers
Orchestra. Swiss-born Maya Homburger is a
baroque violinist who specializes in Bach and
the compositions of Henrich Biber. She is the
leader of the groups Chandos Baroque Players
and Trio Virtuoso. Maya has worked together
with her husband Barry Guy in many different
contexts over the years, and they have developed a special repertoire drawing together
both their specialties. Vancouver-based clarinetist Frarn,:ois Houle is a spectacular musician
whose performances and recordings transcend
stylistic borders. Also a composer and
bandleader, Houle explores the many facets of
modern music from electronic manipulation
to acoustic contemporary chamber music. He
has worked alongside Marilyn Crispell, Dave
Douglas, and Evan Parker, and with ensembles
under the direction of Mauricio Kagel and
Iannis Xenakis. Thanks to the Swiss Arts
Council Pro Helvetia.

Noriega has developed a distinct personal
style that is both inventive and adventurous.
Crisp and articulate, his playing blends intricate contrapuntal lines, percussive attack, and
fluid improvisations. His original compositions fuse Classical and Filipino folk elements
with a jazz aesthetic. With Sean Cronin bass
and Bernie Arai drums.

ALTEREDLAWS
Wed,
Jun30Studio700

Free

Vancouver's Altered Laws creates distinctly
individual music that combines Latin, pop,
Brazilian, mainstream, and avant-garde jazz,
sometimes subtly and sometimes with intense
forward-drive. The compositions (originals
by pianist Miles Black and saxophonist/
flutist Tom Keenlyside) are all melodic, but
this melody can be hypnotic, light-hearted,
surreal, and eager. In addition to the brilliant
contributions of Black and Keenlyside, the
group features the gifted drummer Bernie
Arai and the marvellous bassist Rene Worst.
Their second CD, Metaphora, received a Juno
nomination in 2007.

BENNINK/GRATKOWSKI/PLIMLEY
Thu,Jul1 Studio700
Free
Mon,Jun28Galaxie
Series
atPerformance
WalksFree
Tue,
Jun29Roundhouse
Performance
Ctr
$25
Tue,
Jun29 TomLeeMusicHall(Bennink) Free

A summit meeting of three improvising greats.
Dutch drummer Han Bennink has legions of
Vancouver fans, having performed here with
ICP Orchestra, Cor Fuhler, and many others.
A hard-swinging and inventive improviser,
Bennink is also famed for his unconventional
approach to the drum kit. German saxophonist
EVANARNTZENQUARTETFEATURING
Frank Gratkowski is an active member of the
MARCOSVARELA
international improvising scene, performMon,Jun28Studio700
Free ing with Achim Kaufman, Wolter Wierbos,
Tue,
Jun29 Granville
Island-MarketStage Free Gerry Hemingway, and others. The legendary
Thu,Jul1 LibraRoom
Vancouver pianist Paul Plimley juxtaposes
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an exuberant jazz vocabulary and a refined
classicism, achieving a defined and individual
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Tue,
Jun29Studio700
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CATTOREN BAND
Fri,Jul2 Studio700

Free

Vancouver-based pianist/composer Cat Toren
is a strong new voice on the Canadian music
scene. Influenced by greats like Brad Mehldau,
Jason Moran, Charlie Haden, and Maria
Schneider, Toren presents a dynamic program
with drummer Daniel Gaucher and bassist
Russell Sholberg. From gentle, passionate
ballads to angular, dissonant improvisations,
the music has a spaciousness and patience
that belies the youth of its creators. Their
eponymous debut CD includes eight original
compositions.

ST.ANDREW'S-WESLEY
UNITED
CHURCH

June25-July
4, 2010
The Soul Stirrers. Guaranteed to make you
stomp your feet, clap your hands, and have a
feel-good time. With Diane Lines piano, David
Marion bass, Rob Ferguson drums, and Keith
Bennett harmonica.

DON STEWARTGOSPELFRIENDS
Wed,
Jun30 St.Andrew's-Wesley
UnitedChurchFree
Vancouver vocalist Don Stewart has been
singing gospel since he was nine years old. His
rich, warm and powerful voice has captivated
audiences all over Canada. Now he brings his
sophisticated, emotional style back home to
the church. He'll be joined by the magnificent
gospel singer Sibel Thrasher. Her bell clear
voice and magnetic presence will make this
a truly unforgettable performance. With the
Michael Creber Quartet.

CHECOTOHOMASOAND THE voe
SOUL GOSPELCHOIR
Fri,Jun25St.Andrew's-Wesley
UnitedChurchFree JIM BYRNESAND THE SOJOURNERS
Thu,Jul1 St.Andrew's-Wesley
UnitedChurch Free

Celebrating their 13th anniversary, Checo
Tohomaso and the high-energy Vancouver
Outreach Community Soul Gospel Choir
will stir your soul with their six-part harmonyinfused message of peace, hope, and healing.
Irresistible toe tapping, hand-clapping music.

A local legend in both music and television,
blues guitarist and Juno Award-winning
vocalist Jim Byrnes returns from a tour of
the Netherlands just in time to perform at St.
Andrew's-Wesley. Byrnes is one ofVancouver's
most respected and beloved entertainers, with
THE GOSPELGIANTS
television and movie credits too numerous to
Sun,Jun27St.Andrew's-Wesley
UnitedChurchFree mention. Alongside Byrnes is the powerhouse
gospel trio, the Sojourners: Marcus Mosely,
Soul-stirring, heart-lifting music! The Gospel
Will Sanders, and Ron Small. This event is
Giants high-energy blend of modern gospel
sure to fill the church and set it rocking.
and groovy secular songs will have you
dancing in the aisles. This lively five-piece unit
CANDUSCHURCHILL& THE TOM
is led by Georgina Arntzen vocals and also
PICKETTGOSPELJAZZ
features Tom Arntzen vocals/piano and Curt
Fri,Jul2 St.Andrew's-Wesley
UnitedChurch Free
Allison vocals.
Soaked in gospel, jazz, and R&B, the dynamic
THE KENNY WAYNEGOSPELGROUP
duo of vocalists Candus Churchill and Tom
Mon,Jun28St.Andrew's-Wesley
UnitedChurch
Free Pickett will lift your heart and feed your soul.
You are invited to Raise the Praise along with
Juno award winning blues and boogie-woogie
these great singers and the wildly talented Bill
keyboardist/singer/songwriter Kenny Wayne
Sample piano and Tim Stacey bass.
was raised in New Orleans where his preacher
father encouraged him to play gospel and his
SHARON BRYSONAND SOUL 2 LIFE
Uncle Charlie taught him blues piano. Wayne
BAND
is a club favorite in Vancouver who brings his
Sun,Jul4 St.Andrew's-Wesley
UnitedChurch Free
talents back to the church.
Vancouver native and international recording
THE DAWNPEMBERTONJAZZ
artist Sharon Bryson wants to heal the world
with the gift of music which God has given to
QUARTET
Tue,
Jun29St.Andrew's-Wesley
UnitedChurchFree her. Her youthful blend of gospel and blues
will surely calm your soul. With Budd ah Sax
A dynamic, heartfelt and powerful singer,
saxophone/vocals, Adrian Smith trumpet/
Vancouver's Dawn Pemberton has deep
jlugelhorn, Elijah Jean drums, Chrysti Lynn
musical roots that draw from jazz, blues, funk,
Ashton bass.
gospel, and soul. She's a former soloist and

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CHANTELUPSHAW& ANDREW
RASMUSSEN
Fri,Jun25 CitySquare
Shopping
Centre

tenor and alto saxophonist Aaron Hardie. With
Andrew Stack guitar and Joe Worst bass.

Free

The talented young Vancouver pop/soul
vocalist/songwriter Chantel Upshaw creates
a uniquely beautiful sound with a mixture
of quirky pop and a very soulful vibe. Her
imminent full-length CD is sure to be
stunning. Although she can write (and sing)
pure pop, this duo performance with the very
gifted pianist Andrew Rasmussen promises to
be impressionistic and artful.

MIDNIGHTBLUEWITH JACQUESKHOURI
Sat,Jun26 CitySquare
Shopping
Centre
Free
Vancouver's Midnight Blue features vocalist
Robyn Roscoe and guitarist Luis Sojo with
bassist Jacques Khouri. The trio plays fresh
interpretations of jazz standards and other
classics in an acoustic format.

MARIA HO TRIO
Sun,Jun27CitySquare
Shopping
Centre

Free

Backed up by the ultra-swinging sounds of
Vancouver jazz stalwarts Ron Johnston on
piano and Russ Botten on bass, vocalist Maria
Ho presents classic jazz standards.

JUST JAZZ TRIO
Mon,Jun28 CitySquare
Shopping
Centre

Free

From bebop to modern classics, this local
trio's repertoire includes swing, ballads, Latin,
and blues. With Andy Stackguitar,Joe Bourchier bass, Gary Keenan alto sax/vocals.

DOUGTOWLEDUO
Tue,
Jun29 CitySquare
Shopping
Centre

Free

Guitarist Doug Towle is known as the leader of

the jazz-infused rumba/flamenco/world beat
group De La Terra. This performance features
him in an intimate duo setting. With Pete
Davyduck bass.

NOW'STHE TIME TRIO
Wed,
Jun30 CitySquare
Shopping
Centre

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Free

Playing classic jazz tunes, this trio features the
robust and swinging sound of the wonderful

DOUBLEHELIX
Thu,Jul1 CitySquare
Shopping
Centre

Free

Guitarist brothers Tony and Peter Chotem play

lush original jazz. With tantalizing hints of
rock, folk, Latin, and blues, their mix of acoustic and electric guitars is cool and inviting.

ZAZUIERA
Fri,Jul2 CitySquare
Shopping
Centre

Free

Brazilian vocalist Celia Enestrom and her band
Zazuiera explore bossa nova, samba, chorino,
and Brazilian pop. Enestrom's beautiful,
rhythmic voice can be sleek and sensual or
strong and sassy. Either way, it's enchanting.
With Yuji Nakajima guitar and Alex Kelley
bass.

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Sat,Jul3 CitySquare
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Swinging jazz standards played by a trio that
clearly loves what they do! With Jim Burns
guitar,James Hill saxophone,Jerry Boey
trumpet. Cool.

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Taking their cue from artists that range from
Wayne Shorter to John Keats, Poetrio's repertoire is a collection of original material and
adapted jazz standards, with vocalist Shannon
Scott penning lyrics for instrumental tunes.
These three young Vancouver musicians are
among the best new artists on Vancouver's
original music scene. With Gavin Youngash
guitar and Michael Rush bass.

NORTH SHOREJAZZ
CAPILANO
PERFORMING
ARTS
THEATRE
HARRYMANX
Fri,Jun25 Capilano
Performing
ArtsThtr $35/33G
"Mysticssippi" blues man Harry Manx creates
musical short stories that wed the tradition
of the blues with the depth of classical Indian
ragas. He has been called an "essential link"

Assistant Director for the Universal Gospel
Choir who takes inspiration from gospel
greats Mahalia Jackson, Mavis Staples, and
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between the music of East and West. Born
on the Isle of Man, Manx spent his childhood in Canada and left in his teens to live in
Europe,Japan, India, and Brazil. He honed
his hypnotic live show on street corners,
in cafes, bars, and at festivals. But it was
Indian music that captured Manx, and in the
mid-'80s he began his five-year tutelage with
Rajasthani Indian musician Vishwa Mohan
Bhatt (Grammy winner with Ry Cooder for A
Meeting by the River). He also received the gift
ofBhatt's custom-made, self-designed Mohan
veena-a 20-stringed sitar/guitar-which
was the catalyst for Harry to forge a new path
with his now signature East-meets-West style
of music. On Mohan veena/lap steel,, Manx
quickly brings the audience into what has been
dubbed "the Harry Zone" with his warm vocals
and the hauntingly beautiful melodies of his
original songs.

GEOFFMULDAUR& JIM KWESKIN
Sun,Jul4 Capilano
Performing
ArtsThtr $30/28G
When it comes to acoustic folk, blues, and
ragtime,Jim Kweskin and GeoffMuldaur are
unparalleled exponents of the best aspects
of American music. Both are founding
members of the hugely popular 1960's group
Jim Kweskin & the Jug Band (also with Fritz
Richmond, Maria Muldaur, and Mel Lyman),
and they share a rare chemistry, which was
instantly renewed when they reunited as
a duo for a concert in Tokyo in 2006. They
have been playing select dates ever since, and
the distinctive qualities they brought to the
Jug Band-Kweskin's clean, rhythmic finger
picking and Muldaur's emotional, quavering voice-remain
their signature. The Jim
Kweskin Jug Band was responsible for creating
a new style in the American music scene, and
their influence was felt in Jerry Garcia's first
band, Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions, and subsequently the Grateful Dead, the
Lovin' Spoonful, and more.

PRESENTATION
HOUSE
THEATRE
MARCATKINSONTRIO
Sat,Jun26Presentation
HouseTheatre $15/13G
This wonderful internationally renowned
Vancouver Island-based trio-Marc Atkinson lead guitar,Joey Smith bass, and Reuben
Wier rhythm guitar-makes
fans for life
everywhere they play with their vitality,
exuberance, musical elegance, and melodic
strength. Atkinson is one of Canada's most
talented musician/composers, a virtuoso

June25-July
4, 2010
mandolinist and guitarist. Acknowledging
Django Reinhardt's influence (particularly
evident in Atkinson's blazing but melodic
improvisations), the trio also ventures into
musical terrain that the King of Gypsy Swing
never explored, including flamenco rumba,
the nineteenth century classical music of
Chopin, Brazilian choro music, and Broadway
show tunes.

JOHN REISCHMAN& JOHN MILLER
Sun,Jun27Presentation
HouseTheatre $15/13G
Fans of acoustic music (and just great music
in general) will be thrilled by this pairing of
renowned string wizards. One of the acoustic
world's top mandolin players, veteran artist
John Reischman is renowned for his exquisite
taste, tone, and impeccable musicianship.
His dazzling choro-flavoured instrumental
work with guitarist John Miller culminated
in their second album The Bumpy Road
(Corvus, 2002) and drew praise from fans and
music critics alike. The Georgia Straight raves:
"Reischman ... possesses phenomenal tone ....
Miller matches him note for note with slippery
leads and sophisticated chords on his Martin."
This is sure to be a knockout!

CAPILANO
SUSPENSION
BRIDGE
WANDANOWICKI
Wed,
Jun30 Capilano
Suspension
Bridge

Free

From off-the-beaten-path standards to
reworked pop gems, Vancouver jazz vocalist
Wanda Nowicki brings new life to everything
she sings. With her longtime bandmates
Chris Potter piano, Mark Bender bass, Steve
Bagnell sax, and Don Fraser drums, she
has two CDs to her credit. Influenced by
singers like Abbey Lincoln and Shirley
Horn, and with a background in theatre and
performance, you could almost call Nowicki's
style "tough cabaret-style jazz." Unique and
entertaining!

KARIN PLATO
Thu,Jul1 Capilano
Suspension
Bridge

Free

Hailed as "a marvellous Canadian jazz singer
who has staked out unique terrain for herself"
(EjazzNews), Vancouver's Karin Plato has a
breezy, swinging style and melodic sensibility
that bring new life to classic gems. Her clearas-a-bell diction and sensitivity to lyrics are a
treat. A Juno nominee for her vocals, Karin is
also a gifted songwriter, and her compositions
stand comfortably among standards on early
recordings such as Blue Again and The State

NorthShore
Jazz
of Bliss and on her wonderful new double CD
Out of Town. With Harold Birston cello, Chris
Sigerson piano, Doug Stephenson bass.

ANAGRAM
Fri,Jul2 Capilano
Suspension
Bridge

Free

Pianist Anna Lumiere (Mimosa, Green
Room) and saxophonist Graham Ord (NOW
Orchestra, Hard Rubber Orchestra) are
longtime collaborators. From Brazilian and
Latin rhythms to funky and downright quirky
grooves, this is soulful and fun music. With
local greats Joel Fountain drums and Adam
Thomas bass. They have just released a new CD,
The Other Side.

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incorporates driving rhythms and beautiful
vocal harmonies. With Jonas Shandel guitar/
banjo/vocals, Matt Bryant mandolin/guitar/
vocals, Tim Tweed ale steel guitar, Patrick
Metzger bass/vocals.

CIVIC
PLAZA
JENNIFERSCOTTQUARTET
Sat,Jun26 CivicPlaza

Free

Vancouver-based vocalist Jennifer Scott is a
rare find. Possessed of a pure, flexible voice
that seems made for jazz singing, she's also a
gifted pianist and composer. Her latest CDs,
Crossing Borders and Storybook, exemplify
Scott's rare mix of great technique and deep
COLLINYONG
interpretive skills on both standards and origiSat,Jul3 Capilano
Suspension
Bridge
Free nal tunes. With Rene Worst bass, DarylJahnke
guitar,John Nolan drums.
Jazz vocalist/guitarist Collin Yong's earliest
inspirations were Nat Cole, Frank Sinatra,
DYLANCRAMERQUARTET
and Louis Armstrong. With some of our city's
Sat,Jul3 CivicPlaza
Free
most swinging players-Michael
Guild guitar,
North
Vancouver-based
alto
saxophonist
Tim Stacey bass, John Nolan drums-Yong
Dylan Cramer is a talent well worth catching.
will present a great combination of swing, pop,
Critically praised for his "clean, vigorous lines,
jazz, and boss a nova classics. He has a CD, At
often of breathtaking technical brilliance"
Long Last Love ( Charelle Productions).
( CODA magazine) and his "panache and
MELODYDIACHUN
eloquence" (All About Jazz), Cramer takes on
Mon,Jun28 Capones
Restaurant
& LiveJazzClub
jazz, blues, swing, and Latin classics. InfluSun,Jul4 Capilano
Suspension
Bridge
Free enced by legendary players Sonny Criss, Paul
Desmond,Johnny Hodges, Stan Getz, and
One ofVancouver's musical treasures,JunoJohn Coltrane, Cramer has released several
nominated jazz vocalist Melody Diachun is
fine CDs, the most recent of which is Alto
both a gifted songwriter and a versatile, under(Casa, 2009). With John Nolan drums,James
stated singer celebrated for her expressive
Forrest bass, Ron Johnston keyboards.
voice and warm performance. She has released
three CDs as a leader. With Chris Andrew
WEST
VANCOUVER
MEMORIAL
LIBRARY
piano, Doug Stephenson bass, Ray Garraway
drums.
DIRK POWELLBAND

Fri,Jun25 WestVancouver
Memorial
Library Free

JACK
LOUKS
COURT/JOHN
BRAITHWAITE
CENTRE

Think folk music could use more edge? Think
country music could use fewer electric guitars
and more banjos? Think Headwater. One of
the busiest acoustic roots bands on the West
Coast, their highly personal sound, influenced
by Neil Young and Old Crow Medicine Show,

Fiddle player Dirk Powell has expanded on
the deeply rooted sounds of his Appalachian
heritage to become one of the pre-eminent
traditional American musicians of his generation. With great subtlety, a sense of history,
and a tremendous feel, he has defined himself
as a rooted, but very modern, musician. Powell
has recorded and performed with artists
such as Loretta Lynn, Sting, Levon Helm,

Karin Plato

Anagram, photo by Lorne Berman

HEADWATER
Sun,Jun27JackLouksCt/John
Braithwaite
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Jewel, and more, and his live performances of
Appalachian music have inspired audiences
across the globe. With Stephen "Sammy" Lind
fiddle/guitar/vocals, Caleb Klauder mandolin/
guitar/vocals, Nadine Landry bass/guitar/
vocals.

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THE
BILTMORE
LILY FROST
Mon,Jun28 TheBiltmore
Singer/songwriter Lily Frost draws on influences of'60s pop, fashion, and art to create
her engaging brand of not-easily pigeonholed
music.

JAZZ-WOMP
Mon,Jun29 TheBiltmore
A futuristic fusion oflive instrumentation
with bass heavy electronic dance foundations.
A live jazz band starting the night transitioning into DJs playing Dubstep, Glitch Hop and
Drum and Bass with jazzy undertones.

RUN WITH THE HEARD/THEZOLAS/
ANALOGBELL SERVICE
Wed,
Jun 30 TheBiltmore
Run With The Heard A multi-genre electro
acoustic audio visual band from Vancouver.
The Zolas Progressive-pop from the playlist
generation, electro bleeps, synthscapes, singalong harmonies and Motown horn sections.
Analog Bell Service Amped up art rock with
lush vocal textures.

SLEEPYSUN WITH GLORYDAYSDJ'S
Sat,Jul3 TheBiltmore
Sleepy Sun is a California band hailing from
the rolling oak and sage hills of Sierra Gold
Country, where Kesey raged and the Dead
were once Warlocks. Wooden, earthy, stratospheric, and swinging. Music of beautiful
contrasts for conflicted times.

KITTY NIGHTS-JAZZ BABIESOF
BURLESQUE!
Sun,Jul4 TheBiltmore
A night of naughty nostalgia awaits you at
the Biltmore Cabaret! Enjoy vintage cabaret
ambiance as you witness Vancouver's most
talented burlesque starlets performing to
some of the golden era of jazz's most glorious
music.

ClubSeries

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THECELLAR
RESTAURANT/JAZZ
CLUB
NANCYKING & STEVE
CHRISTOFFERSON
Fri,Jun25 TheCellarRestaurant/Jazz
Club
Considered by many to be the world's greatest
living jazz singer, Nancy King's performances
are mesmerizing. With an ultra-flexible voice,
an infallible ear, and a true jazzer's love of risk,
King also possesses the rare ability to make
the most intricate jazz articulations sound like
pure folk music. Her duo with the great pianist
Steve Christofferson is a must-see event!

STEVE KALDESTADQUINTET
Sat,Jun26 TheCellarRestaurant/Jazz
Club
A relative newcomer to our local jazz scene,
tenor saxophonist Steve Kaldestad is making
his mark with his mature and emotional
tenor sound. Kaldestad combines a wonderful sense of music beyond melody with a
palette of shades and textures that invite his
talented band-mates to create some swinging
and moving jazz. With Chris Davis trumpet,
Tilden Webb piano,Jodi Proznick bass,Jesse
Cahill drums.

VAN DJANGO
Sun,Jun27 TheCellarRestaurant/Jazz
Club
Vancouver's premier gypsy-jazz ensemble
plays classic Django Reinhardt, as well as their
own unique mix of original tunes and eclectic
arrangements of jazz/pop and classical music.
Featuring four of the city's best musiciansBudge Schachte guitar, Finn Manniche guitar/
cello, Cam Wilson violin, Laurence Mollerup
bass-Van Django's dazzling flights of fancy,
driving rhythms, and boundless creativity are
a marvel.

CHRIS DAVISQUARTET
Mon,Jun28 TheCellarRestaurant/Jazz
Club
Still just in his '20s. Vancouver trumpeter
Chris Davis plays in the tradition of jazz greats
Kenny Dorham and Freddie Hubbard. He is
also influenced by modern icons like Wyn ton
Marsalis and Nicholas Payton. This is sure to
be a night of ultra-swinging jazz. With Cory
Weeds alto sax, Adam Thomas bass,Jesse
Cahill drums.

ROSSTAGGARTQUARTET/TRIO
Sun,Jun27O'Dou/'s
Restaurant
andBar
Tue,
Jun29 TheCellarRestaurant/Jazz
Club
Ross Taggart's lyrical phrasing and robust
sound on the tenor sax are just a part of
the reason he's one of our country's finest

jazz players. This trio features his considerable skills as a pianist and composer. He has
performed for audiences around the world and
has performed with Benny Golson, George
Coleman, Clark Terry, Frank Wess, and many
others. Taggart and his band mates-Bill
Coon guitar, Ken Lister bass, Craig Scott
drums-play with warmth, finesse, and an
unerring sense of swing, radiating an extraordinary spirit of melodic joy.

THE CORYWEEDSQUARTETPLAYS
THE MUSIC OF RODGERSAND HART
Wed,
Jun30 TheCellarRestaurant/Jazz
Club
Vancouver tenor saxophonist Cory Weeds is
known for his big sound and swinging style.
His last release, Everything's Coming Up
Weeds (Cellar Live) was on the top of US
jazz charts in 2009. This concert features the
brilliant and classic compositions of Richard
Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. With Sharon
Minemoto piano, Russ Botten bass,Julian
McDonough drums.

BRUNO HUBERTTRIO AND BRAD
TURNER QUARTET
Fri,Jun25LibraRoom
Thu,
Jul1 TheCellarRestaurant/Jazz
Club
Formerly one of our country's best-kept
secrets, Vancouver's superb jazz pianist Bruno
Hubert is finally getting recognition as a leader
of his own group. Fresh, swinging, sublime
modern jazz. With Sean Cronin bass and Sam
Cartwright drums. Vancouver-based trumpeter
Brad Turner is one of Canada's most prominent and prolific jazz artists. Hailed as "a kind
of Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock and Keith
Jarrett all rolled into one." With Bruno Hubert
piano, Andre Lachance bass and Dylan van der
Schyff drums.

SCOTTHAMILTONWITH THE OLIVER
GANNONQUARTET
Jul2, 3 TheCellarJazzClub/Restaurant
Scott Hamilton is today's premier mainstream
jazz saxophonist. Inspired by the small-group
swing of such 1950's stylists as Illinois Jacquet
and Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Hamilton's classic
sound and impeccable phrasing are a delight.
With the legendary Canadian guitarist Oliver
Gannon, plus Miles Black piano, Jodi Proznick
bass, Blaine Wikjord drums.

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Rebecca Jenkins has always had a love for
singing. She has toured withJane Siberry
and the Parachute Club and has now released
her own CD of favourite standards called
Blue Skies. Jenkins' soulful and slightly
ethereal voice is a lovely match for the great
standards she sings. With Joel Bakanguitar,
Bill Abbott sax, Bruce Meikle bass, Liam
MacDonald drums.

CAPONES
RESTAURANT
& LIVE
JAZZ
CLUB
LOVESEATDELUXE
Fri,SatJun25,26 Capones
Restaurant
& LiveJazz
Club
Vancouver's Love Seat Deluxe blurs the
boundaries between rock, funk, and jazz. This
high-energy band features the creative talents
of Jon Roper guitar, Andrew Davies saxophone/
Fender Rhodes,James Forrest electric bass, and
Johnny 'Boogie' Seguin drums.

WEAVERWERTHGROUP
Jun26,27CaponesRestaurant
&LiveJazzClub
Strong vocals and the smooth sounds of piano,
bass, sax, and drums. These five artists bring
a great vibe to jazz, blues, and R&B classics.
With Laura Werth vocals, Rick Kilburn bass,
Dan Brubeck drums, Rob Weaver keyboards,
Dave Say sax.

WES "THE BLUESMAN"MACKEY
Jun27,Jul4 CaponesRestaurant
&LiveJazzClub
Rooted in the tradition of blues legend BB
King, guitarist/vocalist Vancouver's Wes
Mackey is a versatile artist who performs blues
classics and contemporary favourites. Earthy,
swingin' music that is ultra-smooth.

MELODYDIACHUN
Mon,Jun28CaponesRestaurant
&LiveJazzClub
With jazz, soul, R&B, and funky Latin pop
on the menu, an evening with the wonderful
Vancouver vocalist Melody Diachun is always
a treat.

SOUL SYNDICATE
Tue,
Jun29CaponesRestaurant
&LiveJazzClub
This great duo performs soul, jazz, and classic

REBECCAJENKINS BAND
Sun,Jul4 TheCellarRestaurant/Jazz
Club
Well-known Canadian stage and film actor
Rebecca Jenkins

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funk in an intimate acoustic setting. Sure to
get your mojo workin'. With Tom Hancock
guitar and Dawn Pemberton vocals.

MYLES BIGELOW,ONE MAN BAND
WITH MAX ZIPURSKY
Jun28,Jul4 Fairmont
PacificRim

curated improvisational program features
trios of artists who may have never even have
met before.

VICTORWELLS
Wed,
Jun30CaponesRestaurant
&LiveJazzClub

From Boston to Cuba, and New York to
Vancouver, the gifted percussionist Myles
Bigelow is a one-man powerhouse, mixing
modern day tropical scorchers for the dance
floor! With Max Zipursky keys.

DAN MOXONWITH NATASHAENQUIST
AND JASONDANA
Fri,Jun25 Guilt&Co

Chicago-born vocalist/guitarist Victor Wells
delivers blues, R&B, contemporary rock,
reggae, country, and ragtime in his signature
energetic style.

WENDYBOLLARD
Thu,Jul1CaponesRestaurant
& LiveJazzClub
Jazz vocalistWendy Bollard's warm, sultry
voice and vibrant stage presence make her
performances a real delight.

UNO MAS
Jul2, 3 CaponesRestaurant
&LiveJazzClub
This trio takes classic swing and Latin music
and freshens it up with a lively twist of funk.
Uno Mas is a favourite at this Yaletown nightspot. With Kelly Brown guitar, Dino Dinicolo
bass, Goud Cuthbert drums.

TRACYMOARCOLLECTIVE
Jul3, 4 CaponesRestaurant
& LiveJazzClub
From Stevie Wonder to Sound Garden,
Black Crows to the Beatles, the Tracy Moar
Collective pursues their vision of the new jazz
standards. With Andrew Davies sax, Steve
Kulusikguitar, Tracy Moar vox.

FAIRMONT
PACIFIC
RIM
THE BRUBECKKILBURN QUARTET
Fri,Jun25Fairmont
PacificRim
Drummer Dan Brubeck (son of jazz legend
Dave Brubeck) and the great bassist Rick
Kilburn co-lead this great jazz quartet.

THE MAX ZIPURSKYTRIO
Sat,Jun26Fairmont
PacificRim
Vancouver jazz/soul pianist Max Zipursky
is a delight to listen to. Described as a young
Herbie Hancock, Max plays old favoritess and
originals

THA ALI MILNER TRIO
Jun27,Jul3 Fairmont
PacificRim
Singer/songwriter/pianist Ali Milner performs
her original songs and rhythm and blues
classics. She has been called a female Sam
Cooke, and CBC Radio hails her as "the next
Joni Mitchell".

THE BRIA SKONBERGDUO
Tue,
Jun29Fairmont
PacificRim
The gifted young vocalist/trumpeter Bria
Skonberg has made appearances as a
bandleader and guest artist all over North
America and Europe, as well as China and
Japan, alongside greats like Warren Vache and
Bucky Pizzarelli. The recipient of numerous
awards, Skonberg is often a featured performer
with Canadian icon Dal Richards and his
Orchestra.

ALITA DUPRAY& CO.
Wed,
Jun30Fairmont
PacificRim
A beautiful young chanteuse possessed with
an uncanny ability to conjure another time,
spirit, mood, and place. Evocative and moving,
Dupray spins a mellifluous web ofbluesywoe
and purring delight, illuminating both lyric
and melody with a sound that is totally her
own.

THE GOBYCATT DUO
Thu,Jul1 Fairmont
PacificRim
Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, Goby
Catt has been a busy bassist and vocalist on our
city's jazz scene for over a decade. This duo is
sure to be a treat.

MELODYDIACHUN'SEQ
Fri,Jul2 Fairmont
PacificRim
Juno-nominated vocalist, composer,and
lyricist Melody Diachun is one ofVancouver's
finest talents. EQ(her Electric Quintet) is a
contemporary, groove-oriented group with
underpinnings of the classic jazz tradition.
Inspired by Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis,
Me'shell Ndegeocello, and others, Diachun's
genre-crossing band unites the freedom and
excitement of jazz expression with a modern,
rhythmic base. The new recording EQis her
third CD. With Chris Andrew keyboards,
Doug Stephenson bass, Ray Garraway drums.

GUILT
& CO
Featuring musicians who play traditional
jazz instruments in modern ways, this

Pianist/vocalist Dan Moxon is the leader of
Bend Sinister. Accordionist Natasha Enquist
has performed with artists such as Pablo
Diemecke and Daniel Lapp and shared the
stage with Geoff Berner, the Hidden Cameras,
and more. Drummer Jason Dana also plays
with Bend Sinister.

NATASHAENQUISTWITH COLINCOWAN
AND BOBBYSIADAT
Sat,Jun26Guilt&Co
AccordionistNatasha Enquist has performed
with artists such as Pablo Diemecke and Daniel
Lapp and shared the stage with Geoff Berner, the
Hidden Cameras, and more. Colin Cowan bass/
vocalsis a member of Analog Bell Service. Drummer Bobby Siadat plays in the electronic band
Gang Violence

JP CARTERWITH LOUISEBURNSAND
AL BOYLE
Thu,
Jul1 Guilt&Co
TrumpeterJP Carter is one ofVancouver's
leading improvisers in bands like Carsick and
Fond of Tigers. Multi-instrumentalistLouise
Burns plays with the noir pop band the Blue
Violets and with Moonshiner. Al Boyle is
another multi-instrumentalistwho has toured and
recorded with Ghost House, TAXES, the WPP,
and others.

JODYGLENHAMWITH SHANEKRAUSE
AND AL BOYLE
Fri,Jul2 Guilt&Co
The talented alternative pop singer/songwriter/
pianistJody Glenham will perform with Shane
Krause baritonessax/bass clarinet(Secret
Mommy Q]:tintet, They Shoot Horses Don't
They?) and Al Boyle, a multi-instrumentalistwho
has toured and recorded with Ghost House,
TAXES, the WPP, and others.

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Bell Service. Drummer Bobby Siadat plays in the
electronic band Gang Violence

THE
LAMPLJGHTER
VICKYSJOHALL& DINO DINICOLO
Sat,Jun26TheLamplighter
Vocalists/songwritersVicky Sjohall and Dino
Dinicolo are well known performers on the
Vancouver music scene. Inspired by jazz, rock,
soul, and blues, these two talents are a must-see.

APRESDJs
Sat,Sun,Mon,Jun26,27,28 TheLamplighter
A music collective formed by DJs Mike Dobbs,
Jay May, and Dana D, their roots are in jazz,
classic funk, reggae, house music, hip hop, and
the new soul movement. Bringing the best of
the new and old to every gig, their Jazz Festival
perfom1ances are sure to be a groove.

DALRICHARDSQUARTET
Sun,Jun27TheLamplighter
Dal Richards, an icon in the entertainment
business in Western Canada, celebrated his
92 nd birthday early this year. For more than six
decades, Richards has delighted Canadians with
memorable dance music, and he is still one of
BC's busiest entertainers. A Vancouver native,
he formed his first dance band in high school
and has been performing in clubs and hotels in
Western Canada ever since. With Diane Lines
keyboards,Ron Thompsonguitar,Jamie Croil

trumpet.

CANADADAYPARTYWITH BLACKLABEL
Wed,
Jun30TheLamplighter
The Black Label DJs bring their party-rocking
legendary long weekend bash to the Lamplighter
for a Canada Day Party that you won't forget.

MOSTLYMARLEY
Thu,
Jul1 TheLamplighter
It's a groove party with one of hottest reggae
bands in Vancouver. This seven-piece group
is fronted by powerhouse vocalistMike Henry,
with Billy Mendoza bass,Tim Proznick drums,
Russ Klyne guitar,Tilden Webb keyboard,

DAVIDSIKULAWITH COLINCOWANAND
BOBBYSIADAT
Sat,Jul3 Guilt& Co
David Sikula guitar is a member of Carsick, a
guitar/trumpet duo with JP Carter, and Inhabitants, a groove-based unit that combines elements
of acoustic jazz, free jazz, rock, texture, and noise.
Colin Cowan bass/vocalsis a member of Analog
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Dawn Pemberton lead/backup vocals, and Ilene
Dalacruz lead/backup vocals.

youth of its creators. Their eponymous debut
CD includes eight original compositions.

CARNIVALERA
Fri,Jul2 LibraRoom

THE
UBRA
ROOM

MARY KASTLEBAND
Tue,
Jun29LibraRoom

A cool new bohemian pop quartet with an
eclectic original style. With male and female
vocalists, piano, guitar, bass and drums, their
influences include David Bowie, Joni Mitchell,
Hawksley Workman, Billy Holiday and Radiohead. Their self-titled style is Bohemian Pop.
With Chelsea Crawford, Ross Hastings, Chris
Mortensen & Spencer Watts.

BRUNOHUBERTTRIO
Fri,Jun25UbraRoom
Thu,
Jul1 TheCellar
Restaurant/Jazz
Club
See The Cellar Restaurant/Jazz Club bio p69

IAN BEATY'SBROWNPAPERBAG
Fri,Jun25UbraRoom
Frontman/bassist Ian Beaty (Greenroom/
Werewolves of Creston) delivers searing
vocals that shine new light on Soul and
R&b favourites. Fans of Otis Redding, Sam
Cooke, Albert King, Aretha Franklin, and
Ray Charles will love this. With Johannes
Grammes guitar, Ian Cox Hammond B-3,
Colin Maskell sax, and Ryan Davis drums.

Vancouver-based pianist/vocalist/songwriter
Mary Kastle bridges the divide between jazz
and contemporary pop. Influenced by Ray
Charles, Stevie Wonder, Rufus Wainwright,
and Norah Jones, her new album Beneath the
Folds (Black Hen Music) is an eclectic mix of
Motown, reggae, bossa, and roots grooves.

MEREDITH BATESQUARTET
Tue,
Jun29LibraRoom

Featuring Tom Wherrett electric guitar,
Meredith Bates violin, Ben Brown drums, and
John Walsh upright bass, the quartet performs
an eclectic program of all original compositions. Stylistically diverse, this group's influences range from progressive rock to modern
THE GRANDTRINE
jazz. Expect an exciting performance of the
Jun26,Jul3 TheLibraRoom
Sat,Jul3 Granville
Island- MarketStage
Free highest quality from three of Vancouver's
emerging creative musicians.
See Granville Island-Market
Stage bio p53

ZHAMBAI TRIO
Wed,
Jun30LibraRoom

GORDONGRDINATRIO
Sat,Jun26LibraRoom
Sun,Jun27 TheIronworks

$15

See The Ironworks bio p4 l

CHAD LEYTEQUARTET
Jun27,Jul4 LibraRoom
Vancouver jazz guitarist Chad Leyte leads
this cool quartet. Playing original music
inspired by rock, hip hop, and free improvisation, Leyte's compositions explore odd meters
and straight eighth grooves. With Wynston
Minckler bass, Cam Stephens drums,Jocelyn
Waugh trumpet.

ANDREASUPERSTEINTRIO
Sat,Jun26 Granville
Island-MarketStage Free
Sun,Wed,
Jun27,30LibraRoom
See Granville Island-Market

Stage bio p54

CATTOREN QUARTET
Mon,Jun28 TheLibraRoom
Vancouver-based pianist/composer Cat Toren
is a strong new voice on the Canadian music
scene. Influenced by greats like Brad Mehldau,
Jason Moran, Charlie Haden, and Maria
Schneider, Toren presents a dynamic program
with drummer Ben Brown and bassist Russell
Sholberg. From gentle, passionate ballads to
angular, dissonant improvisations, the music
has a spaciousness and patience that belies the

This new trio of diverse performers joyously
shares their love of traditional and contemporary Zimbabwean music. With Kurai Blessing
Mubaiwa mbira/marimba/vocals, Curtis
Andrews mbira/marimba/vocals, and Navaro
Franco hosho/movement/vocals.

EVANARNTZENQUARTETFEATURING
MARCOSVARELA
Mon,Jun28Studio700
Free
Tue,
Jun29 Granville
Island-MarketStage Free
Thu,Jul1 LibraRoom
See Granville Island-Market

Stage bio p53

KRISTIAN BRAATHENTRIO
Thu,Jul1 LibraRoom
With interesting arrangements and a great
feel, this Vancouver group is influenced by the
great jazz-piano trios, including those led by
Ray Brown, Ahmad Jamal, and Bill Charlap.
With Kristian Braathen drums, Paul Miyai
piano, Karlis Silins bass.

TOM WHERRETTTRIO
Fri,Jul2 LibraRoom
This modern jazz guitar/bass/drums trio is
led by guitarist Tom Wherrett. His original
music has harmonic density, groove, and an
adventurous sense of melody.

THE RELEASE
Sat,Jul3 TheLibraRoom
A jam band rooted in the spirit oflive improvisation and based on a foundation of innovative
songwriting. Drawing on southern rock, funk,
modern jazz, jamtronica, and all music that
has soul, the Release's luscious harmonies and
sexy dance grooves are ultra-cool.

SWING 2 BEAT
Sun,Jul4 LibraRoom
Three guitarists plus a string bass and a
clarinet equals swing! Playing gypsy jazz in
the style ofDjango Reinhardt, this group is
guaranteed to make you want to dance.

O'DOUL'S
RESTAURANT
ANDBAR
MIKE ALLEN QUARTET(JAM SESSION)
Jun25-Jul4 O'Doul's
Restaurant
andBar
A great experience for visiting musicians and
jazz fans alike, our nightly jam session at
O'Doul's is always a huge hit and promises
to be even more fun this Festival. Hosting
the session is the Mike Allen Qµartet, an
acclaimed unit who have performed with
many luminary guests including Julian Priester, Gary Bartz, Kirk McDonald, YannickRieu,
and Brian Lynch. Allen is a perfect choice
for host, as he's both a gifted pianist and tenor
saxophonist. With Miles Black piano, Adam
Thomas bass,Julian MacDonough drums. We
guarantee surprises, lots of great music, a
fantastic ambience, and terrific food at one of
Vancouver's hippest music venues.

KARIN PLATOTRIO
Fri,Jun25O'Doul's
Restaurant
andBar

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stand comfortably among standards on early
recordings such as Blue Again and The State
of Bliss, and on her wonderful new double CD,
Out of Town. With Chris Sigerson piano and
Doug Stephenson bass.

SAUL BERSONTRIO
Sat,Jun26 0'Doul'sRestaurant
andBar
Alto saxophonist Saul Berson is one of Vancouver's musical treasures. With a clear, sweet
sound, Berson can swing like crazy. He also
leads an eclectic quartet that specializes in
mixing grooves from around the world. With
Vancouver jazz legends Miles Black piano and
Paul Blaney bass this is sure to be a memorable
night of music.

ROSSTAGGARTTRIO
Sun,Jun270'Dou/'s
Restaurant
andBar
Tue,
Jun29 TheCellarRestaurant/Jazz
Club
See The Cellar Restaurant/Jazz

Club bio p68

BILL COONTRIO
Mon,Jun28 0'Dou/'s
Restaurant
andBar

,.,,

Led by the brilliant Canadian jazz guitarist
Bill Coon, this ultra-cool trio features the
talents of bassist Jodi Proznick and drummer
Dave Robbins playing standard gems, Brazilian classics and more. In 2009, Coon was
voted Guitarist of the Year by the National
Jazz Awards.

JILLIAN LEBECKTRIO
Tue,
Jun29 0'Doul'sRestaurant
andBar
Emerging as one of the most original voices on
the Canadian jazz scene, Vancouver pianist/
vocalist Jillian Lebeck is influenced by artists
as diverse as Carla Bley, Bill Frisell, Keren
Ann, Elliott Smith, M.Ward, and Bjork. Her
trio includes local greats Paul Rushka bass and
Paul Townsend drums.

KATE HAMMETT-VAUGHAN
TRIO
Wed,
Jun30 0'Doul'sRestaurant
andBar
One of Canada's most distinctive jazz artists,
Vancouver-based Kate Hammett-Vaughan's
adventurous, assured, and hip vocals have
earned her three Juno nominations. The
Toronto Star hails her as "a marvelous story-

Hailed as "a marvellous Canadian jazz singer
who has staked out unique terrain for herself"
(EjazzNews), Vancouver's Karin Plato has a
breezy, swinging style and melodic sensibility
that bring new life to classic gems. Her clearas-a-bell diction and sensitivity to lyrics are a
treat. A Juno nominee for her vocals, Karin is
also a gifted songwriter, and her compositions
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teller. ..with the knack of making everything
she attempts sound newly minted," while
CODA magazine calls her simply "the finest
jazz standards singer in Canada." With
Canadian jazz greats Chris Sigerson piano and
Andre Lachance bass

KAREN LARSEN
Jun26,270uisiBistro
and powerful presence to original tunes and
classics from Etta James, Sarah Vaughan, Sade,
and more.

and classics tunes. Together for more than
a decade, this rockin' six-piece features Ray
Keesh bass, Ed Johnson drums, Rob Bracken
vocals/harmonica, Darrel Havers keyboards,
Neil Cruickshankguitar, and Oldrich Zitek
saxophone.

ADAM THOMAS TRIO
Thu,Jul1 0'Doul'sRestaurant
andBar

MICHAELCOURYTRIO
Jun28,29 0uisiBistro

POWDERBLUES
Sat,Jun26 TheYale

Trumpeter Michael Coury, bassist Michael
Alleyne, and guitarist Sophia Clara perform
jazz standards and originals. Playing on the
Vancouver scene for the last 15 years, they
bring both experience and a love of music to
the bandstand.

Over two decades, the Juno Award-winning
Powder Blues band has amassed a widespread
cross-generational following with their
timeless classics that incorporate elements
of rock 'n' roll, blues, swing, and R&B. Led
by guitarist Tom Lavin, Powder Blues has
appeared in concert with legends Willie Dixon,
John Lee Hooker, BB King, and James Brown.

An outstanding young Canadian vocalist,
Vancouver's Adam Thomas is also a talented
bassist who has played with Kenny Wheeler,
Michael Brecker, John Abercrombie, and
many more. His new CD For My Love has been
featured on CB C's Hot Air and Tonic. With
Vancouver jazz stars Miles Black piano and
Paul Rushka bass.

JENNIFERSCOTTTRIO
Fri,Jul2 0'Doul'sRestaurant
andBar
Vancouver-based vocalist Jennifer Scott is a
rare find. Possessed of a pure, flexible voice
that seems made for jazz singing, she's also a
gifted pianist and composer. Her latest CDs,
Crossing Borders and Storybook, exemplify
Scott's rare mix of great technique and deep
interpretive skills on both standards and original tunes. With Vancouver greats Rene Worst
bass and Bernie Arai drums.

SHARON MINEMOTOTRIO
Sat,Jul3 0'Doul'sRestaurant
andBar
Pianist/composer Sharon Minemoto is one of

the leading players on our scene. A swinging
and sensitive pianist with a considered and
highly melodic style (influenced by Horace
Silver), she's also the composer of some very
hip original music. Her band mates, Paul
Rushka bass and Paul Townsend drums, are
two of our city's finest.

CHRIS SIGERSONTRIO
Sun,Jul4 O'Doul's
Restaurant
andBar
The ultra-swinging Vancouver pianist Chris
Sigers on is a mainstay of our vibrant jazz
community. A busy teacher and musician, he
plays in a variety of groups as well as leading
his own projects.

OU/SI
BISTRO
THE DAVIDPRIESTTRIO
Jun25Jul3 0uisiBistro
David Priest's elegant and soulful piano
stylings have been a part ofVancouver's jazz
scene for almost 20 years. With Brian Harrison bass and Bob Liley drums.

Vocalist Karen Larsen brings her soulful sound

GARYCOMEAU& THE VOODOO
ALLSTARS
Jun30,Jul4 0uisiBistro
Hot and spicy! Gary Comeau is a performer
and musician of unusual versatility. Whether
it's the fiddle, mandolin, accordion, or guitar, his
music defies classification as he delivers originally crafted high-energy blues, New Orleans
zydeco, and Cuban-influenced Latin rhythms
with irresistible exuberance. With Chris
Nordquist drums and Rob Becker bass.

THE MALCOLMAIKEN TRIO
Jul1,2 0uisiBistro
Inspired by Miles Davis, Chet Baker, and
Freddie Hubbard, Malcolm Aiken trumpet/
jlugelhorn leads his talented group in a smooth
blend of standards with heavy doses of blues,
bossa nova, and hard bop. With Noah Walker
guitar and John Walsh bass.

THEYALE
JOANIEBYEAND THE
HOMEWRECKERS
Fri,Jun25 TheYale
Fronted by the greatJoani Bye vocals/rhythm
guitar, the Homewreckers' high-powered
rhythm and blues cooks with a mixture of
powerful playing and strong four-part vocals.
Their eclectic song-list includes selections
from such artists as Etta James, Stevie Wonder,
Janis Joplin, Steppenwolf, and Joe Cocker.
With Tim Porter guitar, Dennis Marcenko
bass, Darryl Havers keyboards, Ed Johnson
drums.

BRICKHOUSE
Jun25-27,Jul2,3 TheYale
Vancouver's favourite party band serves up
a mix ofblues, R&B, and soul with originals

ACOUSTICTRIO WITH KENNY "BLUES
BOSS"WAYNE
Mon,Jun28 TheYale
Juno Award winning blues and boogie-woogie
keyboardist/singer/songwriter Kenny Wayne
was raised in New Orleans. The seasoned
pianist embraces his elemental influenceshigh-energy boogie-woogie piano, rollicking
New Orleans blues and jazz, improvisational
Kansas City swing, and vibrant West Coast
jump. With Russell Jackson bass and Chris
Nordquist drums.

PIANO BAR WITH DAVIDVEST
Tue,
Jun29 TheYale
American-born, Victoria-based David Vest is
an authentic, southern-bred boogie-woogie
piano player, but his style owes as much to
Thelonious Monk and Sun Ra as to Champion
Jack Dupree, Memphis Slim, and Katie
Webster. Vest is also known for his songwriting talent.

RM & F WITH NADINE STATES
Wed,
Jun30 TheYale
Playing the perfect blend of smooth jazz,
blues, and soul, this popular Vancouver
five-piece features the smokin' guitar of Rob
Montgomery and the powerhouse vocals of
Nadine States.

THE PERPETRATORS
Thu,Jul1 TheYale
Hard-edged blues/garage rock at its strippeddown and filthy finest! Front man and founding member Jason Nowicki vocals/guitar is one
of Canada's tastiest guitar players. With Brad
Ferguson vocals/bass and Ken MacMahon
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Western Canadian Music Awards and Juno
nominations.

TIM VAUGHN
Thu,Jul1 TheYale
Inspired by Prince, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan
and blues legends such as BB King and T-Bone
Walker, vocalist/guitarist Tim Vaughn's soulful
original music pays tribute to his heroes.
Screaming guitar solos, funky compositions and soaring vocals are key elements of
Vaughn's signature sound.

DAVIDGOGO
Jul2, 3 TheYale
Three-time Maple Blues Award Winner David
Gogo vocals/guitar adds heart, soul, and grit
to the international blues scene. The Cordova
Bay artist will be performing tracks from his
latest CD Different Blues. Gogo's unique sound
and authentic feel have garnered international
critical acclaim.

SUPER CHIKAN AND THE FIGHTING
COCKS
Sun,Jul4 TheYale

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(2009), features Johnson with Spoonful of
Blues, Norway's leading blues band. He was
recently nominated for four Blues Music
Awards by the Blues Foundation, including
the BB King Entertainer of the Year, and Best
Traditional Blues Male Artist.

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Index

ARTIST BIOS INDEX

72
Celso Machado Solo
34
Chad Leyte Quartet
72
Chantel Upshaw &Andrew
65
Rasmussen
Checo Tohomaso and the VOC
Soul Gospel Choir
64
Chick Corea Piano Solo
24
Concert
Chris Davis Quartet
68
Chris Dingman
52
Chris Gestrin Trio
40
Chris Sigerson Trio
74
Chris Tarry
60
36, 60
Clocked Out Duo
Coat Cooke Trio w/Gordon
56
Grdina
67
Collin Yong
Company BJazzBand
58
Corbin Murdoch & The
Nautical Miles
47
Current Swell
47
Cat Toren Quartet

A
Acoustic Trio with Kenny
"Blues Boss" Wayne
Adam Thomas Trio

75
74
59

Alan Matheson Septet

Alexander van Schlippenbach/
Barry Guy/Maya
Hom burger
55
Alita Dupray & Co.
70
Altered Laws
63
Anagram
67
Andrea Superstein Trio 54, 72
Andre Leroux Quartet
48
Andy Milne & Dapp Theory 27
Anna Maria Castelli
45
Anti-Pop Consortium
29
Apres DJs
71

B
Barry Guy/Maya Hamburger/
Frani;:ois Houle
63
Barry Guy/Michel GagneFixed, Fragmented
& Fluid
33
Bauer/Thewes/Cappozzo/
Walsdorff/Lytton
55
BC Double Quartet featuring
Brad Turner
48
Bennink/Gratkowski/
Plim!ey
63
Ben Powell Quartet
47
BessDurey
59
Bill Charlap & Renee Rosnes
24
Duo Piano
Bill Coon Trio
73
Bill Frisell Trio featuring
Eyvind Kang & Rudy
Royston
25
Boeren/Wi lson/de J oode/van
42
der Schyff
Bonobo {Live)
31
Brad Turner Quartet
43
Brad Turner Trio
36
Brandi Disterheft
37
Brasstronaut
31
Bria Skonberg Quartet
61
Brickhouse
74
Bruno Hubert Trio
72
Bruno Hubert Trio and Brad
Turner Quartet
69
28
Buck6S

D
Dal Richards &
his Orchestra
44
Dal Richards Quartet
71
Dan Maxon with Natasha
Enquist and Jason Dana 71
Daryl Jahnke Duo
55
Daryl Jahnke Quartet
60
David Gago
75
David Sikula with Colin Cowan
and Bobby Siadat
71
Deborah Ledon
47
Deerhoof
32
Dirk Powell Band
67
Dirty Bottom with Chad
Makela and Laura Crema 61
Dominelli/Tarry/Abbasi
58
Don Stewart Gospel Friends 64
Doran-Stucky-Studer-Tacuma
Play the Music of Ji mi
Hendrix
45
Double Helix
65
Doug Towle Duo
65
Dudek/Gestrin/Babin/van
der
Schytf
62
DupontT
35
Dylan Cramer Quartet
67

E
58
Elisapie Isaac
Eric Boeren 4tet featuring Han
Bennink
35
58
ESQ
Ethereal Quartet
53
Evan Arntzen Quartet featuring
Marcos Varela
53, 63, 72

C
CABS
53
41
Campbell Ryga Quartet
Canada Day Party with Black
Label
71
Candus Churchill & the Tom
Pickett Gospel Jazz
64
Carman). Price Trio
54, 59
Carniva!Era
73
Cat Toren Band
64

F
Fernanda Cunha "BrazilCanada"

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G
Gary Comeau & the Voodoo
Allstars
74
GeoffMuldaur &
66
JimKweskin
George Benson
12, 22
Globe Unity Orchestra
34
Gordon Grdina Trio
72
Gordon Grdina Trio with
41
Fredrik Ljungkvist
Gratkowski/Babin/
van der Schyff
51
Gullviva: The Music of Lars
Gullin
49

H
Han Bennink
60
Haram
45
Hard Rubber Orchestra
49
52
Harris Eisenstadt
Harris Eisenstadt44, 48
Canada Day
65
Harry Manx
Headwater
67
Hey Ocean!
48
Houle/Smulovitz Duo with
Lori Freedman
43
Huntsville
50
Ian Beaty's Brown Paper Bag 72
lan Coleman Trio
59
62
Ian McDougall 12 tet
Ibrahim Electric
44
Inhabitants
43
60
Jackee Guillou
James Farm with Joshua
Redman, Aaron Parks, Matt
Penman, Eric Harland
23
Jazz Con Brio
65
68
Jazz-Womp
Jenn Bojm Quartet
53
67
Jennifer Scott Quartet
Jennifer Scott & Rene Worst 55
Jennifer Scott Trio
74
Jillian Lebeck Quintet
62
Jillian Lebeck Trio
73
Jim Byrnes and
the Sojourners
64
Joanie Bye and the
Homewreckers
74
52
Jodi Proznick Quartet
Jody Glenham with Shane
Krause and Al Boyle
71
23
John Pizzarelli

John Reisch man &
John Miller
John Scofield and the Piety
Street Band
Jon Roper Duo
Jose James &JefNeve
Joyce Moreno
JP Carter with Louise Burns
and Al Boyle
Julian Lage Group
Just Jazz Trio

66

Plato

26
54
24
28
71
35
65

K
Karen Larsen
74
Karin Plato
66
Karin Plato Trio
73
Kate Hammett-Vaughan &
Bill Coon
55
Kate Hammett-Vaughan
Quintet
57
Kate Hammett-Vaughan
Trio
73
Katzenjammer
28
22
Kellylee Evans
Kid Koala presents the Slew
Live: 6 Turntables meets
the Ex-Wolf mother Rhythm
Section
30
Kitty Nights-Jazz Babies of
Burlesque!
68
Koan
58
Kristian Braathen Trio
72
Kristin Fung Tet
57

L
Laura Crema Quintet
Lily Frost
Lisa Cay Miller's Q
Lori Freedman
Lori Freedman/Torsten
Millier/Peggy Lt!e
Love Seat Deluxe

Mike Allen Quartet featuring
Adam Thomas & Karin

40
68
57
52
51
69

62

Mike Allen Quartet
(Jam Session)
73
Mike Stern Band
26
Mikko Innanen & Innkvisitio
40,44
Mimosa
47
Mostly Marley
71
Mostly Other People Do the
Killing (MOPDtK)
34
Milller/Gratkowski/Wooley/
Eisenstadt
so
Myles Bigelow, One Man Band
with Max Zipursky
70

N
Nancy King & Steve
Christofferson
68
Natasha Enquist with Colin
Cowan and Bobby Siadat 71
Nate Wooley
52
Neil Cowley Trio
49
Nicole Mitchell/Lisa Cay
Miller/Peggy Lee
42
Nikki Yanofsky
22
Nils Landgren
60
Nils Landgren
Funk Unit 38 1 46
Nils Petter Molvaer
25
Niyaz
39
NOMO
29
Now's The Time Trio
65

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Ola Onabule
32
Oliver Gannon/Bi!! Coon ''Two
Much Guitar
42
Omar Souleyman
39
Opensouls
45
Owen Howard "Drum Lore" 46

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Marc Atkinson Trio
66
Maria Ho Trio
65
60
Mario Pavone
Martha Wainwright
24
Sings Piaf
Mary Kastle Band
72
Matt Bauder
52
Matthew Smith Trio
54
Melody Diachun
67,69
Melody Diachun's EQ
70
Meredith Bates Quartet
72
Meshell Ndegeocello
32
Michael Coury Trio
74
Michael Guild Duo
55, 59
Michael Moore/Peggy Lee/
Dylan van der Schyff
43
Michael Moore Quintet
41
Michael Zilber
52

Pacifika
Peggy Lee's Film in Music
Peter van Huff el
Peter Van Huffel Quartet
Piano Bar with David Vest
Plim\ey/de Joode/Bennink
Plimley/Guy/Niggli
Poetrio
Powder Blues

31
44
52
51
75
42
41
65
75

Q
Quatuor Andre Lachance
Queso Blanco!

57
52

R
Rabnett S
61
Radio.String.Quartet.
Vienna "Celebrating the
Mahavishnu Orchestra
50
Ranee Lee Quintet
39

Raul Mid6n
Ray Piper & Fantazea
Ray Piper & Gostosinho
Rebecca Jenkins Band
Ribcage Trio
Richard Underhill
Richard Underhill Quintet
Rich Brown's
rinsethealgorithm
RM & F with Nadine States
Robert Wilson &
the Blackbird P.A.
Ross Taggart Quartet/Trio
Ross Taggart Trio
Rumba Calzada
Run with
The Heard/The Zolas/
Analog Bell Service

38
40
46
69
53
52
48
46
75
48
68
73
41

68

s
Samuel Hallkvist Center 38, 44
Saul Berson Quartet
44
Saul Berson Trio
73
Schlippenbach Trio with Evan
Parker & Paul Lovens
33
Scott Hamilton with the Oliver
Gannon Quartet
69
Shannon Scott
54
Shannon Thue Trio
55, 59
Sharon Bryson and
Soul 2 Life Band
64
Sharon Minemoto Trio
74
ShhEnsemble
61
SIMmeR
59
Sleepy Sun with
Glory Days DJ's
68
Slide to Freedom:
Doug Cox/Salil Bhatt/
Cassius Khan
30
SOLOS/DUOS, Muller/
Mahal/D0rner/van der
Schyff
62
Samas Collective
61
Soul Syndicate
69
Sound Lines: Improvisation,
Text and Media
59
Stanley Clarke Band
featuring Hiromi
27
Steve Kaldestad Quintet
68
Steve Smith's Songs
50
Strunz & Farah
28
Super Chikan and
the Fighting Cocks
75
Susanna & the Magical
Orchestra
37
Swami
31
Swing 2 Beat
73
Swinghouse 4
53

T
Tandava

58

TD High School Jazz Intensive
conducted by Nicole
Mitchell
49, 60
Tea
58
Terry Clarke Trio
25
Tha Ali Milner Trio
70
The Bria Skonberg Duo
70
The Brubeck Kilburn
Quartet
70
The Budos Band
29
The Chad Makela Quartet
61
The Chet Doxas 4tet
49
The Cory ·weeds Quartet plays
the music of Rodgers and
Hart
69
The David Priest Trio
74
The Dawn Pemberton jazz
Quartet
64
The Goby Catt Duo
70
The Gospel Giants
64
The Grand Trine
53, 72
The Heavy
30
The Jason Walters Trio
54
The Kenny Wayne Gospel
Group
64
The Malcolm Aiken Trio
74
The Malleus Trio
54
The Max Zipursky Trio
70
The Michael Zilber
Group
43, 49
The October Trio with Brad
Turner
42
The Offering of Curtis
Andrews
57
The PackA.D.
29
The Perpetrators
75
The Pugs and Crows Band
54
The Quaint Hearted
54
The Release
73
The Sharon Minemoto Trio 61
The Shirleys
46
The Unsupervised
61
The West Coast Art Trio
with special guest
Graham Ord
57
The Wide Alley
36
Tim Vaughn
75
Tomasz Stanko Quintet
26
Tommy Sabin's Sendero
Luminoso
51
Tom Wherrett Trio
72
Tony Foster's ''Soul Jazz
Project" featuring
David Say
60
Tony Wilson Stet
50
Tord Gustavsen Ensemble
27
Torsten Mi.iller/Evan Parker/
Paul Lovens
56
Toshi Reagon
30
Tracy Moar Collective
70
Trombossanova
53

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Ugetsu
Uno Mas

46
70

V
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Very Good
Vicky Sjohall &
Dino Dinicola
Victor Noriega Trio
Victor Wells

60,68
54
71
63
70

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Wanda Nowicki
Weaver Werth Group
Wendy Bollard
Wes "The Bluesman"
Mackey

66
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1. The Biltmore Cabaret (395 Kingsway)
2. Capones Restaurant and Live Jazz Club (1141 Hamilton St.)
3. CBC/ Radio-Canada Studio One Jazz {700 Hamilton St.)
4. Canada Place (North end of Burrard St.)
5. The Cellar Jazz Club (3611 W. Broadway)
6. The Centre for Performing Arts (777 Homer St.)
7. City Square Shopping Centre (555 W. 12th Avenue)
8. Commodore (868 Granville St.)
9. The Fairmont Lounge (1038 Canada Place)
10.Gastown
a. Maple Tree Square Stage (Water & Carra II)
b. The Vancouver Sun Stage (Water & Cambie)

11. Granville Island (under the Granville Street Bridge)
a. Market Stage
b. Peformance Works (1218 Cartwright St.)
c. Railspur Alley Park Stage
d. Ron Basford Park
e. Taproom at Granville Island Brewing
12. Guilt & Co (1 Alexander St. Downstairs)
13. The Ironworks (235 Alexander St.)
14. The Lamplighter (210 Abbott)
1S. Libra Room (1608 Commercial Drive)
16. O'Doul's Restaurant and Bar (1300 Robson St.)
17. Ouisi Bistro (3014 Granville St.)

18. Queen Elizabeth Theatre (Hamilton and W, Georgia)
19. The Roundhouse (Pacific Blvd. & Drake St. at Concord
Pacific Place)
a. Davd lam Park Stage
b. Festival Hall
c. Performance Centre
d. The Studio (Workshops)
20. St. Andrews-Wesley United Church (1022 nelson St.)
21. Studio 700 {700 Hamilton St.)
22. Tom lee Music (929 Granville St.)
23. The Yale (1300 Granville St.)

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