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Jeni’s Picks for the week aheadDear Picks People… it is almost June and what a marvellous May we have had. Outdoor festival season is arriving. Yeah! Some calendars are not yet updated for the new month so please visit my website for additional events. The 2018 Jazz Festival is only 4 weeks away!! Get your tickets before they are all gone. More info here. 10 days of music and 150 free shows. More info here. Also the Summer Night Concert Series line up at the PNE is announced.. Chicago, Cyndi Lauper, Jann Arden, Burton Cummings included. Info and tickets available here And the usual reminder. Please check with venues for any last minute changes/cancellations. Enjoy!!  Guilt & Co – Don Stewart Quartet Pay-what-you-canMay 29, 2018 9:30 pm
Don Stewart has been singing all his life… professionally since the age of nine. Don lends his seductive and smooth musical stylings to Jazz and Pop standards, R&B, British Invasion and Gospel tunes, and effortlessly sweeps through the full gamut of the Great American Songbook, from depression-era Jazz Standards through to Motown, Contemporary Soul and beyond. With Ron Johnston – piano, Cameron Hood -bass, Buff Allen – drums, Nick Apivor – vibes/percussion  Provence Marinaside – Hip Pocket with Kristian Alexandrov Free eventMay 30, 2018 6:00 pm
Hip Pocket Trio with special guest Kristian Alexandrov Adam Rohrlick: electric guitar & tenor saxophone Brent Gubbels: acoustic bass Kristian Alexandrov: keyboards  Frankie’s Jazz Club – Rumba CalzadaMay 30, 2018 8:00 pm
World Music Wednesday Countless tours, festivals, and sold out shows across Canada, the US, and Asia have earned Rumba Calzada the title of Canada’s tightest Latin band. Originally formed in 1991 by Boying Geronimo and now headed by his son, Raphael Geronimo, the band has recorded four albums with an array of nominations and awards, and is gearing up for more touring and recording, with an all-new album planned for 2018. With Lou Mastroianni piano, Allan Johnston bass, Rod Murray trombone, Rolando Preza congas/vocals, and Raphael Geronimo timbales/vocals. Cover $10  MOV – Happy Hour Jazz Series Pay-what-you-canMay 31, 2018 6:00 pm
The first in MOV’s jazz themed Happy Hour series featuring diverse musicians from Vancouver’s rich jazz community. Explore the exhibitions, have a drink, enjoy live music performed in the MOV Studio This Happy Hour features live music performed by the Cory Weeds Trio, featuring Jason Decouto (organ) and Julian MacDonough (drums).  Cottage Bistro – Colleen Savage Quartet By DonationMay 31, 2018 7:00 pm
Join jazz vocalist Colleen Savage and her band for an evening of exemplary music. With Ron Thompson on guitar, Dave Guiney on bass, and Bill Abbott on saxophone  Jazz at Tangent Cafe – Thunder Lizard By DonationMay 31, 2018 8:30 pm
Thunder Lizard is an organ trio for the 21st century. The band has strong roots in the classic jazz organ trio tradition but with a contemporary take on harmony and rhythm stemming from European jazz as well as influences from rock and world music. Three of Vancouver’s most daring improvisors. With Jared Burrows – guitar, Nick Peck – organ, and Joe Poole – drums  Pacific Cinematheque – I Feel You: The Films of Lucrecia Martel June 1-5, 8-10June 1, 2018 6:00 pm
Opening Night June 1 – Reception, Refreshments & Special Introduction 6p.m. Screening of Zama 7p.m. With the seismic arrival of Zama on the festival circuit last year, Argentine auteur Lucrecia Martel (b. 1966) ended a long nine-year drought between pictures and upped her feature-film count to a lean four works over the past 16 years.Born and raised in the tropical northern province of Salta — the locale of most of her films — Martel came to international prominence in 2001 with her dazzling, dreamlike first feature La Ciénaga. A deeply immersive, deeply impressionistic account of a bourgeois family in decay, Martel’s astonishing debut introduced the social themes, feminist framework, and much-lauded aesthetic sensibilities — unorthodox aural landscapes; visual tactility — that would only intensify over her next two features: the oblique coming-of-age drama The Holy Girl (2004), and the brilliantly inside-out thriller The Headless Woman (2008), considered to be one of the best films of the 21st century. Tickets $13/$11  Red Lion Bar- Johnston/ Hood Jazz DuoJune 1, 2018 7:00 pm
Fridays & Saturdays at the Red Lion Ron Johnston on the newly refurbished piano and Cameron Hood on bass. Expect an eclectic jazz repertoire. This week it is rumoured that legendary saxophonist Dick Smith may be in Vancouver and sitting in.  Frankie’s Jazz Club – Sam Kirmayer QuartetJune 1, 2018 8:00 pm
Sam Kirmayer is a guitarist and composer based in Montreal. Inspired by masters like Wes Montgomery and Grant Green, Sam maintains firm roots in the blues and hard bop traditions. He was included in CBC Music’s list of “The 35 Best Canadian Jazz Musicians Under 35”. Sam’s first tour of the West Coast follows up on the 2017 debut release, Opening Statement. With Sean Fyfe piano, John Lee bass, and Valérie Lacombe drums. Cover $15  Guilt & Co – ForQ Pay-what-you-canJune 1, 2018 10:00 pm
Forq is a New York based instrumental quartet with a dynamic sound and a penchant for sonic exploration. Originally founded by keyboardist Henry Hey (David Bowie, Empire of the Sun, Jeff “Tain” Watts) and bassist Michael League (Grammy-winning leader of Snarky Puppy), Forq is now joined by guitarist Chris McQueen (Snarky Puppy, Bokanté), drummer Jason “JT” Thomas (Roy Hargrove’s RH Factor, Marcus Miller, D’Angelo) and bassist Kevin Scott (Wayne Krantz, Jimmy Herring, Col. Bruce Hampton). They have toured across the US and Europe and performed at international festivals. Listen here  VAG – Tower of Babel : 20 Voices 20 Languages Free eventJune 2, 2018 1:00 pm
An outdoor public poetry reading involving over 20 participants and 20 languages to celebrate the cultural diversity of Vancouver Vancouver Art Gallery North Plaza (near the stairs) Performance duration: 1pm to 3pm 15 mins performance every 30 mins Organized by TASAI Created by local poet Soramaru Takayama Directed by local performance artist Yayoi Hirano  Vancity – Vancouver Impressions: The Early 60’sJune 2, 2018 2:15 pm
Early 1960s Vancouver was a very different place compared to the vibrant multicultural city we know today. This archival programme of films produced by CBUT (CBC Vancouver) between 1961 and 1965 treats the viewer to scenes of a predominantly low-rise provincial city, mostly white and European; a place familiar, yet alien to contemporary eyes. Films include Immigrant Impresions (1965), City Song (1961), and three short pieces from the Day in the Life series (a bus driver, a postman and a waitress) Tickets $13/$11  Jazz @ The Pat – Jazz Powerhouse Free eventJune 2, 2018 3:00 pm
Vancouver Legacy Jazz Orchestra leader Michael Kim strips things down for a swinging sextet show. Michael Kim – trumpet ~ Rod Murray – trombone Brent Mah – sax ~ Bernie Arai – drums Brad Turner – piano ~ TBA – bass player  Fairview Pub – Dennis Green & The Green MachineJune 2, 2018 4:30 pm
Dennis Green and the Green Machine are back at the Saturday Afternoon Dance Party. With Dennis Green on Guitar and Vocals, Cameron Hood on Bass, Brian Bird on Piano, Rob Neumann on drums and featuring vocalist Michael Vincent. Cover $8  Libra Room – Jesse Waldman & friends By DonationThis event runs from January 7, 2018 until June 10, 2018.
Every Sunday guitarist/singer/songwriter Jesse Waldman and special guests…. (expect great musicians like Marc L’Esperance, Noah Walker and Paul Pigat)  Libra Room – John Korsrud Latin Jazz Band By DonationThis event runs from January 8, 2018 until June 11, 2018.
Monday Latin Night returns to Libra Room… trumpet player/composer/band leader John Korsrud (Goma Dura/Hard Rubber) will bring some of Vancouver’s finest players to the Drive most Mondays.  WISE Hall – There’s A Party Going’ On! Wanda Jackson Night Vol. 2 By DonationJune 5, 2018 8:00 pm
The Party Timers are back! Wanda Jackson Night Vol. 2 in the almighty WISE Lounge. Come kick off the summer and celebrate the Queen of Rockabilly with a night chock-full of songs about partying, boys, and the occasional murder. 🎉 🎸 🎉 🎸 🎉 🎸 THE PARTY TIMERS ★ Kathleen Nisbet – bass ★ Jody Peck – guitar ★ Jodie Ponto – drums ★ Noah Walker – guitar FEATURING SPECIAL GUEST STARS ★ Jimmy Roy ★ Kelly Haigh ★ Carolyn Mark ★ Dawn Pemberton ★ Steve Charles ★ Ben Rogalsky ★ and more!  The Heatley – Adventures in Steel Guitar #13 – The Hits By DonationJune 5, 2018 8:00 pm
For the 13th instalment of “Adventures in Steel Guitar” the band takes a break from learning 24 new tunes and will instead play a couple dozen favourites from the last year and half. Expect some shredding instrumentals and some amazing guest singers including: Rich Hope, Barney Bentall, Angela Harris, Elliot C Way, Marin Patenaude, John Sponarski, Barb Wilkins and Rupert Lindsay Scott Smith – steel guitar Paul Pigat – guitar Jeremy Holmes – bass Liam MacDonald – drums |
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