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Jacob Wutzke: Drums, You Better Bet, Tour, Montreal, NYC
Jacob talks about his new album You Better Bet and his first bandleading tour; the drummer plays Jazz at the Bolt this weekend
2025 jazz Junos: nominees and people of our scene
The 54th Junos will happen here in Vancouver on Sunday, March 30. Nominees got published on Tuesday, including some of us
Kevin Romain: Drums, DIY Spaces & Scenes, Autopoietic 1
Kevin talks about his longtime creative residence in our scene including a solo drum record forthcoming on the Infidels label
“My job is very boring, I'm an office clerk”
10 Things: Echo Beach, Todd's and other lists, Grammys and jazz crimes, fulsome coverage, Sarah Hanahan returns, Kaia Kater
Todd's Picks: 2024 Albums
Looking back on a year's worth of very solid album releases and reflecting on the ones that stuck with me the most
New series are very much still a thing
10 Things: The Hargrove, Coastal Cravings; back to Apollo's at long last; shows by Róisín Adams, Sean Fyfe, and Jason de Couto;
Jodi Proznick: Bass, Jazz at VSO School, Ostara Project
Jodi talks about becoming the Director of Jazz Studies at the VSOSOM, her values as an educator, and Ostara’s next album
He's one of them now
10 Things: Bona & Frisell, Arooj Aftab, Elisa Thorn, Stephane Wrembel, Hugh Fraser, Stacie McGregor, and an initiation
Peggy Lee & Cole Schmidt - Forever Stories Of: Moving Parties
The co-leaders play duo once, recruit improvisers from around the world, and still make such a ‘Vancouver’ album
The second one already?
10 Things: Red Gate, Fort Langley, "neighbours", Jodi & Jon, radio, Berklee pop, Wine Wednesdays, & farewell to a peer site
Jason Winikoff: Drums, Percussion, NOLA, Ethnomusicology
Jason Winikoff talks about playing here since his arrival at UBC in 2018, though he’s about to move back to the US
Subscriber Fridays
10 Things (the first one)
This style is what I’m going to bring you whenever I have 10 or so (a lot of) things to tell you about. Let’s get into it
Vancouver albums
Tom Wakeling releases: The CBC Tapes & Cotton Club Live
Live, local, early-2000s Wakeling on bass with Brad Turner trumpet, John Gross saxophone, & William Thomas drums
Podcast
Chelsea McBride & Thomas Houlden: Sax, Trumpet, Grad School
Chelsea & Thomas talk grad school, composition, favourite Christmas songs, and this week's Holiday Spectacular
Canadian albums
Marie Goudy’s Paloma Sky: produced by Elizabeth Shepherd
The sound on Goudy’s album, Shepherd’s own latest record called Three Things, and Andrea Superstein’s work
Video: year-end letter 2024 for subscribers
Talking money, growth, the podcast's new era, gig list internship, venue guide, & my 2025 goal. Thank you!
Canadian albums
Elastic label: Michael Davidson, Dan Fortin, Bryn Roberts
Going through the work of the Toronto indie jazz label’s founders, plus the latest album by pianist Roberts
Live music
A look at ticketed shows in the new year
Things that might sell out + personal favourites that I have a moment to walk you through before the holidays
Podcast
David Sikula: Guitar, Audio Engineer, Organ Jazz & More
Dave’s playing covers straight-ahead to improvising; he records out of Demitone, Monarch, & more
Subscriber Fridays
Venue Guide subscriber-exclusive preview
I came up with the idea a year ago; unexpected forces have helped me get a test version to you
Canadian albums
Caity Gyorgy: Hello! How Are You?
Her 5th album has all the fixings – birds, snail mail, tight arrangements, scat – and affirmations
Live music
Noah Franche-Nolan brought his trio to Alberta and to Saskatoon
To Alberta and Saskatchewan, joined in BC by Dan Pitt for playing and recording, and Raagaverse
Canadian albums
Dan Pitt Quintet: Horizontal Depths
A variety of guitar effects combined with the two horns and the slight integration of free jazz