Vancouver Jazz

The complete guide to jazz in Vancouver BC

Pender Harbour Jazz Festival lives

In November we wrote about what looked like the demise of the Pender Harbour Jazz Festival. A couple of weeks ago The Pender Harbour Music Society confirmed the appointment of Barry O’Hara as the new manager and artistic director of the Jazz Festival and the Society has announced the dates of September 19-21 for the [...]

Morgan Childs Quintet set to record their debut album Live at The Cellar

The hard-bop styled quintet of drummer Morgan Childs made its debut on the Cellar stage in January of 2007, in a tribute to drum great Max Roach that won’t soon be forgotten by those lucky enough to be in attendance of the sold-out performance. Just over a year since that date, The Morgan Childs Quintet [...]

Michael Blake interview and upcoming appearances

Photo by Josephine Ochej Although saxophonist Michael Blake has been based in New York City for over 20 years, his connection to Vancouver has remained strong. Throughout that time, he’s returned often in a variety of musical settings to the West Coast where he grew up. The performance this week is special for a number [...]

Fraser MacPherson Trio

Live At Puccini’sCellar Live CL010177Fraser MacPherson, Tenor SaxOliver Gannon, GuitarWyatt Ruther, Bass 1: I Got Rhythm – 4:392: All The Things Your Are – 5:593: Body And Soul – 3:434: Goose Pimples – 3:345: Someday You’ll Be Sorry – 5:226: Sweet Georgia Brown – 2:397: Struttin With Some Barbeque – 5:088: Drop Me Off In [...]