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The New Thing at General Strike Coffee launch
Feven Kidane played free jazz at the newest DIY series in town.
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Coverage of live music events in the Vancouver jazz scene.
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Atley King: Unconditional
Atley King took the audience at Frankie’s to a rare place.
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15-minute-long tunes?
David Blake's lengthy standards go to my head at the Tangent.
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Thad Bailey-Mai's superpower
Thad's time is coming; here's the key factor that'll put him over.
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The Sister Jazz Orchestra plays Chelsea McBride
Talking about two tunes in the setlist from a composer I admire.
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"Just go build the band": how the Sister Jazz Orchestra started
An interview with Christian Morrison of Sister Jazz Orchestra
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I went to Raagaverse’s first-ever gig at the Fox Cabaret
This quartet, Raagaverse, inspired me last week.
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Jennifer Kim on the New Generation Big Band
The band played six tunes, one of which is an original by Julian Borkowski.
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The last stop on Virginia MacDonald's jazz tour to BC
Later this year, expect Virginia to record her original material and get ready for a later album release, possibly in 2023.
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The jazz vocal scat soloing of Laura Anglade
Laura's scat singing prowess kept me tuned in throughout each of the three numbers at a jazz student clinic.
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The High Standards Quartet at Blue Frog & Numbers Cabaret
Introducing Laura Anglade (vocals) and Virginia MacDonald (clarinet) to Metro Vancouver in two gigs.
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The Ostara Project launch: a supergroup is born
Their recordings will be one of the biggest Canadian jazz releases this year; here's the set that started it all.