The festival grew out of a local jazz scene that centred on Vancouver Co-op Radio (CFRO-FM), a community radio station, in the early 1980s. The Pacific Jazz and Blues Association was formed in 1984 and hosted the Pacific Jazz and Blues Festival, which showcased regional jazz and blues artists in addition to some international jazz musicians. By 1986, the group had changed its name to the Coastal Jazz and Blues Society, secured corporate sponsorship, and partnered with Expo 86 to produce the first annual Vancouver International Jazz Festival. The inaugural festival included performances by Miles Davis, Wynton Marsalis, Bobby McFerrin, Tito Puente, Tony Williams, Albert Collins, and John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers. Many Vancouver jazz artists have also performed at the festival including Brad Turner, Jodi Proznick, Laila Biali, John Stetch, Cory Weeds, Vince Mai, Bill Coon, Oliver Gannon, Daniel Hersog, Steve Kaldestad, and Alan Matheson.
The jazz festival has been held every year since, becoming the largest such festival in British Columbia. Over 1,000 volunteers help in producing the event, which includes performances in parks, community centres, concert halls, clubs, public plazas, and in streets of various neighbourhoods. In total, the festival includes 400 individual performances, including 130 free concerts, and it draws 460,000 people each year.
vancouver, international, jazz, festival, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, s. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Vancouver International Jazz Festival news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Vancouver International Jazz Festival is an annual summer event in Vancouver British Columbia Canada 1 Vancouver International Jazz Festival2008 festival stage in YaletownStatusActiveGenreMusic festivalLocation s Vancouver British ColumbiaInaugurated1986 38 years ago 1986 Organized byCoastal JazzWebsitewww wbr coastaljazz wbr caThe festival grew out of a local jazz scene that centred on Vancouver Co op Radio CFRO FM a community radio station in the early 1980s The Pacific Jazz and Blues Association was formed in 1984 and hosted the Pacific Jazz and Blues Festival which showcased regional jazz and blues artists in addition to some international jazz musicians By 1986 the group had changed its name to the Coastal Jazz and Blues Society secured corporate sponsorship and partnered with Expo 86 to produce the first annual Vancouver International Jazz Festival The inaugural festival included performances by Miles Davis Wynton Marsalis Bobby McFerrin Tito Puente Tony Williams Albert Collins and John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers Many Vancouver jazz artists have also performed at the festival including Brad Turner Jodi Proznick Laila Biali John Stetch Cory Weeds Vince Mai Bill Coon Oliver Gannon Daniel Hersog Steve Kaldestad and Alan Matheson The jazz festival has been held every year since becoming the largest such festival in British Columbia Over 1 000 volunteers help in producing the event which includes performances in parks community centres concert halls clubs public plazas and in streets of various neighbourhoods In total the festival includes 400 individual performances including 130 free concerts and it draws 460 000 people each year Contents 1 Sounds of Youth Stage 2 Past Lineups 3 References 4 External linksSounds of Youth Stage editDuring the annual festival the Sounds of Youth stage features big bands from local high schools including Semiahmoo Secondary School St Thomas Aquinas Regional Secondary School St Thomas More Collegiate and Langley Fine Arts School 2 Past Lineups edit2019 2020 Melissa Aldana Jacob Collier Hiromi Uehara Jazzmeia Horn Brad Turner musician Herbie Hancock The Roots Wu Tang Clan Laila Biali Too Many Zooz John Stetch2018 2019 Donny McCaslin Brad Turner musician Julian Lage Kamasi Washington Cherry Glazerr Ghost Note band Nels Cline Dirty ProjectorsReferences edit The TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival by the numbers The Vancouver Sun June 18 2014 Retrieved June 23 2014 Sounds of Youth Coastal Jazz amp Blues Society TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival 20 April 2018 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vancouver International Jazz Festival Official website This Vancouver related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Vancouver International Jazz Festival amp oldid 1165481165, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
