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Jeni’s Picks for the week aheadDear Picks People… The 2018 Jazz Festival. Get your tickets before they are all gone. More info here. 10 days of music and 150 free shows. More info here. Summer Night Concert Series line up at the PNE is announced.. Chicago, Cyndi Lauper, Jann Arden, Burton Cummings included. Info and tickets available here 41st annual Vancouver Folk Festival (July 13-15) line up is looking amazing. Advance tickets on sale until July 11. More info here. List of free June events in Vancouver courtesy of Vancouver’s Best Places And the usual reminder. Please check with venues for any last minute changes/cancellations. And check my website for updates/additions during the week. Enjoy!!  Provence Marinaside – Hip Pocket with Diane Lines Free eventJune 13, 2018 6:00 pm
Hip Pocket Trio with special guest Diane Lines Adam Rohrlick: electric guitar & tenor saxophone Brent Gubbels: acoustic bass Diane Lines: keyboards & vocals  Blue Martini – Bruno Hubert Free eventJune 13, 2018 7:00 pm
Bruno Hubert is one of Canada’s most lyrical and expressive Jazz pianists, with a deep sense of swing, lush harmonies, and beguiling melodic lines. His conception, while highly original and utterly genuine, is evocative of, at once, Erroll Garner, Keith Jarrett, Herbie Hancock, Bill Evans and other luminaries of jazz. While he is careful to stress that he is not a composer, he nevertheless presents a cornucopia of medley-like arrangements of jazz standards, soul, rock and pop influenced pieces. No cover listed.  WISE Hall – Shannon Scott & Ida Nilsen By DonationJune 13, 2018 8:00 pm
The Wise Hall Lounge features a rare night of pianist songwriters: Ida Nilsen and Shannon Scott share a bill, each performing as a trio with some of Vancouver’s most renowned musicians. Ida Nilsen is a pianist, singer and songwriter. She led the band “Great Aunt Ida” from 2002 until 2013, releasing three albums of original material. Influenced by classic songs from a variety of genres, her writing has been called intimate and honest, warm and spare, and bordering on misanthropic. She is joined by Mark Haney and Barry Mirochnick. Shannon Scott’s songs blend elements of jazz harmony, pop melody and poetry; her music is expressed with an original voice as she winds her way through form and sound in unpredictable ways, and she invariably sings with her heart on her sleeve. Drummer Skye Brooks and guitarist Jeff Younger bring their deep sonic sensibilities to the music.  Frankie’s Jazz Club – Louisiana JoymakersJune 13, 2018 8:00 pm
World Music Wednesday The Louisiana Joymakers return to Frankie’s to play a blend of toe tapping Dixieland Jazz. With leader Mike Hobbs on banjo and guitar, Glen Tremblay on trumpet/vocals, Jim Armstrong on trombone/vocals, and Ben Henriques on reeds. The rhythm section is rounded out by Steve Toren, tuba and Nick James on drums. Cover $10  Jazz at Tangent Cafe – David Blake Quartet By DonationJune 14, 2018 8:30 pm
Guitarist David Blake with Brent Mah – saxophone, Conrad Good – bass, and Joe Poole – drums  Red Lion Bar – Johnson/Hood Jazz Duo By DonationJune 15, 2018 7:00 pm
Join Ron Johnston on piano and Cameron Hood on bass for some jazz stylings. Plus there are often surprise guests from the jazz community. Last week it was Tom Keenlyside and Keith Bennett. This week??? **Also on Saturday. Same place. Same time.**  Mt. Pleasant Neighbourhood House – Wanda Nowicki with Harris van Berkel By DonationJune 15, 2018 7:30 pm
Beats on Broadway acoustic open stage presents … Vocalist Wanda Nowicki accompanied by guitarist Harris van Berkel. Expect jazz, blues and pop tunes all done in Wanda’s own inimitable style.  Frankie’s Jazz Club – From San Francisco: Michael Zilber QuartetJune 15, 2018 8:00 pm
Saxophonist and composer Michael Zilber has his roots in Vancouver, he is now based in San Francisco after being part of the New York scene. Zilber is described by NEA Jazz Legend David Liebman as “one of the best players and composers around anywhere. Period!” and AllAboutJazz raves “Zilber is one of the true masters of modern jazz saxophone.” In this, his only Vancouver show of 2018, he is joined by Seattle greats: Marc Seales piano, Jeff Johnson bass, and Vancouver’s Bernie Arai drums. Cover $15  China Cloud – MagikJune 15, 2018 9:00 pm
Magik is a new Vancouver-based project that brings together the historical work of Giorgio Magnanensi’s sound genesis that became West Coast Radians with two of Vancouver’s most respected players to create a multi-layered, live electro acoustic performance. The experimental ensemble will play in surround sound among panels of hand cut cedar and maple wood. Giorgio Magnanensi Panels/ electronics Marina Hasselberg Cello Kenton Loewen Drums $20 at the door  Jazz @ The Pat – Hip Pocket plays Grant Green Free eventJune 16, 2018 3:00 pm
Grant Green was the most recorded guitarist on Blue Note Records in the early to mid 60s, performing on dozens of recordings and winning Downbeat magazine’s Best New Star award in 1962. Green has been called the ‘Father of Acid Jazz‘ and his later recordings have been sampled by artists including US3, A Tribe Called Quest and Public Enemy. Hip Pocket led by Adam Rohrlick – guitar, with Nick Peck – piano, Conrad Good – bass, Buff Allen – drums  Vancity Theatre – The Drummer and The KeeperJune 16, 2018 5:45 pm
Launching the Vancouver Irish Film Festival, organised by a passionate group from the Irish community to celebrate the best in Irish Cinema… The Drummer and The Keeper Nick Kelly’s film tells the story of an unlikely friendship between Gabriel, a rock’n’roll party animal newly-diagnosed with mental health issues, and Christopher, a 17-year-old goalkeeper with Asperger Syndrome who yearns to fit in. This uplifting and comedic feature début deservedly won the Best Irish First Feature Award at last year’s Galway Film Fleadh. Tickets $13/11  Mountainview Cemetery – Paper Beat Scissors Free eventJune 16, 2018 8:00 pm
The Little Chamber Series that Could presents .. Singer/songwriter Tim Crabtree from Montreal and his project Paper Beat Scissors. This concert will feature Tim and 6 of Vancouver’s finest musicians performing arrangements written by Tim Crabtree during a residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada’s Rocky Mountains in the winter of 2016. A free event in the Celebration Hall at Mountainview  The Heatley – Monica Lee Band By DonationJune 16, 2018 9:00 pm
Monica Lee is back with her smokin’ hot band at the Heatley for another great night of music and making merry! Monica is a closeted country musician. It took her by surprise when she realized all these years she has been running from her Albertan roots only to wake up singing tales worthy of a Yee Haw! Lee’s songs can be both powerful emotional exposés and fun runaway hoedowns. Backed by her long standing band, Jesse Waldman on guitar, Michael Simpsonelli on drums Gold Saucer – Play Nice II – Humans & Intelligent Machines Pay-what-you-canJune 16, 2018 9:30 pm
Sawdust Collector presents a few special events during the summer… here is one of them PLAY NICE II Musical Collisions Between Humans & Intelligent Machines It’s all about musebots. Apparently the Musebot Project is open source: anyone can download musebots or learn to make their own at http://musicalmetacreation.org/musebots/ Andrew Brown – composer/developer/performer Arne Eigenfeldt – composer/developer Johanna Hauser – clarinet Brady Cranfield – electronic drumset Eldritch Priest – recorded performance Barbara Adler – live text  MERGE – Rollaway + Jeff Younger and The Sensitive GentlemenJune 16, 2018 9:30 pm
The richly southern flavoured sextet Rollaway makes their Merge debut, and Jeff Younger opens the night with a set of original vocal tunes accompanied by drummer Joe Sorbara. Rollaway, one of Vancouver’s foremost purveyors of roots, jazz, and rock n’ roll, is built from four-part vocal harmonies, virtuosic solos, deep grooves, and epic poetry, the sextet has been compared to My Morning Jacket, The Band, and Fleet Foxes. Cover $10 cash at door  St.Andrews Wesley Jazz Vespers – Ingrid Stitt By DonationJune 17, 2018 4:00 pm
Formerly with the groups Tchukon and Mother of Pearl, alto sax player Ingrid Stitt steps away from her secondary school band leader gig to play at Jazz Vespers. Band t.b.a.  Jazz at Tangent Cafe – Saul Berson Trio By DonationJune 17, 2018 6:00 pm
Saxophonist Saul Berson has a bright and colourful sound steeped in the bebop styles of Charlie Parker and Cannonball Adderley. His inventive improvising explores jazz standards and originals. With Nick Peck – piano and Andre Lachance – bass.  Libra Room – John Korsrud Latin Jazz Band By DonationJune 18, 2018 9:00 pm
Monday Latin Night trumpet player/composer/band leader John Korsrud (Goma Dura/Hard Rubber) will bring some of Vancouver’s finest players to the Drive |
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