Canada Council, NEA honours Oscar at IAJE conference
Ottawa, December 17, 2007 – The Canada Council for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts – the national arts funding agency in the United States – will join forces to pay tribute to Oscar Peterson when the International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) holds its annual conference in Toronto in January. The [...]
New book from Mark Miller
The release of a new book by Mark Miller is always cause for celebration. Miller was for many years the jazz critic of Canada’s national newspaper, The Globe and Mail, and the author of seven previous books of Canadian jazz history and biography. This time out, Miller has moved father afield, taking on the life [...]
Jodi Proznick, Tilden Webb, and Cory Weeds featured in CODA
The November/December issue of CODA Magazine is out. Always worth checking out, the current issue will be of special interest to Vancouverites for the major-length stories on three of our finest jazz players, Jodi Proznick, Tilden Webb, and Cory Weeds. The Weeds profile focuses, aside from his musicianship, on his significant role here as the [...]
Future of Pender Harbour Jazz Festival in doubt
We received the following email from Monty Rolston, former Chairman of the Pender Harbour Jazz Festival. After twelve years as the volunteer founder and Chairman of the Pender Harbour Jazz Festival, I have decided to step down and pursue other activities. The majority of the volunteer festival committee have also tendered their resignations. The Pender [...]
Music Films at the Vancouver International Film Festival
The film festival gets under way this weekend and as usual, there are lots of aural and visual treats for music fans. A couple of films in particular should make some jazz ears perk up. When Anita O’Day died last year at the age of 87, everyone conceded that it was a miracle that she [...]
Ornette Coleman to play Vancouver in February
Coastal Jazz & Blues Society announced today that Ornette Coleman, one of greatest innovators in the history of jazz will be appearing at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts on on February 17, 2008. It’s been twenty years since Coleman’s last appearance in Vancouver. His current band features Tony Falanga and Charnett Moffett acoustic [...]
Renee Rosnes, Bill Charlap marry
Pianist Renee Rosnes, formerly of Vancouver and a long-time New York resident, and Bill Charlap, also a well-known and highly-regarded pianist, were married yesterday at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, part of the Jazz at Lincoln Center complex, where both have performed. The Rev. Julie Laudicina, a nondenominational minister, officiated. The bride and bridegroom have toured extensively [...]
Miles Black records live at the Cellar this weekend
Vancouver pianist Miles Black appears at The Cellar August 3rd & 4th with his trio featuring bassist Miles Hill and drummer Dave Robbins, where they will be recording the two nights live for an upcoming release on Cellar Live. Among his many credits, Miles Black is known for his work with the Oliver Gannon Quartet, [...]
Eli Bennett wins Oscar Peterson Grant
Congratulations to young Vancouver tenor saxophonist Eli Bennett who has won the Oscar Peterson Grant for Jazz Performance, awarded by The Hnatyshyn Foundation, a private charity established by the late Right Honourable Ramon John Hnatyshyn, Canada’s twenty-fourth Governor General. Each year their Developing Artists Grants program provides eight $10,000 scholarships to exceptional young Canadians in [...]
Vancouver composer Fred Stride named the 2007 SOCAN/IAJE Phil Nimmons Jazz Established Composer Recipient
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2007 SOCAN/IAJE Phil Nimmons Jazz Composer Award Recipients Announced IAJE is pleased to enter into the third year of a unique partnership with the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN). This partnership’s objective is to honour the compositional talents of both established and emerging Canadian composers. The awards [...]
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