Vancouver albums
Sienna Dahlen & Bill Coon: Balladextrous
Sienna and Bill’s vocal-guitar duo album of standards with a nighttime reflective tone
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Local Vancouver jazz reviews of new album releases.
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Daniel Hersog: Jazz Orchestra, Open Spaces, jazzfest show
Open Spaces (Folk Songs Reimagined) is out June 23 followed by a release concert June 26
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A Giving Way at the Fox: the bounty of the Peggy Lee Band
Peggy’s eight-piece band plays the Fox Cabaret Saturday; A Giving Way is their new album
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Brad Turner Trio w/ Darren Radtke, Bernie Arai: North Star
All compositions, produced, mixed, & mastered by Brad: recorded at Monarch by Dave Sikula
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Flicker: Chad Makela Quartet album, more from Paul Rushka
Following up on my interview with Paul: a scene from the “director's cut” of the interview
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Mike Allen Trio, with John Lee and Carl Allen: To A Star
Three tracks are recorded at the Warehouse, the rest live at Frankie's: all are top-shelf
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Holly Burke & Bill Runge with Linda Lee Thomas: Dreamride
Holly & Bill have co-composed 20 short piano pieces, recorded by pianist Linda Lee Thomas
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The highly-anticipated Ostara Project album: our review
10 months ago, we covered the supergroup at their launch. Now, their debut album is out
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Alvaro Rojas, the restless guitar & string quartet master
His latest record, Music for 22, is full of genre-bending and collaborative adventure
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Mama Danced: LJ Mounteney sings the Basement Suite Blues
LJ's blues / roots album has great range and features several Vancouver jazz musicians
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Marina Hasselberg's debut album isn't just a business card
Red, the cellist's first as a leader, is expressive and shows rewarding collaborations
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Singing "Russians" by Sting like it's a brand-new song
Melody Diachun's new album is all Sting songs with a quartet of piano-guitar-bass-drums