A Sound Experience Subscribe and save up to 25% Tickets and info at chancentre.com Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue – SEP 25 Mariza – NOV 2 I Diego El Cigala – NOV 20 Dianne Reeves – FEB 22 I Noche Flamenca’s Antigona – MAR 12 Anda Union – MAR 26 I Max Raabe and Palast Orchester – APR 9 Bobby McFerrin – APR 29 Welcome to the 31st Annual TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival TD Bank Group is pleased to bring you the 2016 TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival, a world-class event celebrating talented and culturally diverse artists from Canada and around the world. In Vancouver, we share a love of music – it is a passion that brings us together and enriches our lives. Music is one of many ways that TD connects with customers and communities across the country. And what better way to come together than to celebrate music at more than nine major music festivals from Victoria to Halifax. Thousands of fans across Vancouver – including me – look forward to this event every year. I’m excited to take in the music by local and international talent and enjoy the great celebration this festival has to oer! This incredible event wouldn’t be possible without the amazing people involved. Thank you to the hundreds of organizers, volunteers, talented musicians and, of course, the thousands of fans who make the 2016 TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival a hit every year. We are thrilled you’ve all come together in our spectacular backyard for the love of music. Mauro Manzi Senior Vice President TD Canada Trust, Pacic Region A MESSAGE FROM THE MINISTER OF CANADIAN HERITAGE Welcome to the 31st TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival! Thanks to an extensive lineup that brings together concerts, workshops and training, this musical gathering has succeeded in making its mark on the arts and culture scene in Western Canada. The Festival, which attracts an audience hundreds of thousands strong, makes an outstanding contribution to the economic and cultural vitality of this region of the country. This is why the Government of Canada is proud to support its presentation. As Minister of Canadian Heritage, I salute the Coastal Jazz and Blues Society, as well as all the music lovers and the many volunteers who helped bring the 2016 TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival to life. Enjoy the shows! Mélanie Joly MINISTER OF CANADIAN HERITAGE 4 TD VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL 2016 A MESSAGE FROM THE PREMIER As Premier of the Province of British Columbia, I am pleased to welcome everyone to the 2016 TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival. For the past 31 years, Metro Vancouver has been fortunate to host this internationally acclaimed event. With over 300 concerts spread across 35 venues, this is a wonderful opportunity to enjoy amazing performances set against the breathtaking beauty of Vancouver. Coupled with educational programs, workshops and free performances, I’m sure that this event will inspire people of all ages. I know that it takes a tremendous amount of planning and organization to bring together a festival of this magnitude, and I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Coastal Jazz and Blues Society, TD Canada Trust and over 600 volunteers who have dedicated their e orts to ensure that this event is a success. Enjoy the shows everyone! Sincerely, Christy Clark PREMIER A MESSAGE FROM THE MINISTER OF COMMUNITY, SPORT AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT On behalf of Premier Christy Clark and the Government of British Columbia, I would like to welcome everyone to the 31st annual TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival. Jazz is well loved around the world. The TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival not only provides exceptional musical experiences for more than half a million attendees, but also generates $35 million in economy activity in the area. Arts and culture are at the heart of the creative economy, one of the most rapidly growing sectors in the world. As B.C.’s largest arts and cultural event, Vancouver’s world-class jazz festival enhances our province’s prosperity and global pro le as a great place to live, work and play. Thank you to everyone behind this year’s festival: the organizers, volunteers, venues, musicians and fans. I wish you great success. Sincerely, Peter Fassbender MINISTER OF COMMUNITY, SPORT AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT TD VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL 2016 5 A MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR On behalf of my colleagues on City Council, I want to extend my warmest greetings to everyone attending the Coastal Jazz & Blues Society’s 31st TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival. The TD Vancouver Jazz Festival began in 1986 as a non-pro t community-based arts organization and has blossomed into one of British Columbia’s largest arts and cultural events and one of the leading music festivals in the world. The Festival showcases a wonderful mix of every possible musical expression along with our city’s great indoor and outdoor venues to produce 10 days of incredible entertainment. I want to thank the Society for its long standing commitment to music education and providing our communities with the gift of music. I encourage everyone to take in at least one of the over 300 concerts that will be held during the festival. Thank you to all of the musicians, sponsors, organizers and volunteers for once again bringing this great event to Vancouver! Your truly, Gregor Robertson MAYOR A MESSAGE FROM THE BC ARTS COUNCIL For more than three decades, this renowned festival celebrating jazz, blues and improvised music has showcased remarkable talent from British Columbia, Canada and around the globe. As the province’s largest annual arts and cultural event, the TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival is both a delight to attend and a signi cant contributor to our creative economy. Over its 10-day run this year, 1,800 musicians will be featured at more than 300 concerts, generating not only business and tourism throughout the region but immense enjoyment for an estimated 560,000 attendees. With funding made possible by the Province of British Columbia, the BC Arts Council is pleased to be a long-time supporter of the TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival. Congratulations to the musicians, the Coastal Jazz and Blues Society and its many dedicated volunteers. Thank you for creating this cultural highlight for British Columbia each summer. Merla Beckerman Chair, BC Arts Council 6 TD VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL 2016 Message from Co-Founders that is in the planning stage. Coastal Jazz has commissioned the superb John Orysik and Ken Pickering Vancouver cellist Peggy Lee to compose a new suite of music—Echo Painting—for a ten-piece ensemble to premiere at the Festival. John Ken Orysik Pickering Also new and exciting at this year’s edition is the integration of Frankie’s Jazz Club into the multi-layered fabric of our event. Since its launch last October, Frankie’s (a Coastal Jazz initiative) has become the epicentre for jazz and blues in Vancouver. Centrally located downtown, the room has a Now entering its 31st season, the TD Vancouver International Jazz capacity of 100 and is designed for maximum listening pleasure. In ad- Festival continues to enrich our community with a vibrant, wide-ranging dition to early evening performances, we are delighted to announce that calendar of diverse artistic experiences and free educational programs audiences will have the opportunity to enjoy free Festival jam sessions and workshops. hosted nightly at 11pm by saxophonist Mike Allen and his quartet. Hundreds of thousands of music fans from across the region will attend Providing access to the Festival is important to us. And in the spirit of our annual celebration of exceptional musical talent and cross-cultural openness, discovery and community building we oer a bevy of free inclusivity. With over 300 concerts featuring 1800 musicians at 35 indoor concerts and workshops featuring both resident and international artists and outdoor venues the Festival generates signicant economic and in venues throughout the city. social benets as well. One of the Festival’s most cherished annual free performances came Widely recognized by acionados to be among the most esteemed from iconic bandleader Dal Richards. Sadly, Dal passed away on New events of its kind on the planet, the Festival has earned a reputation for Year’s Eve just shy of his 98th birthday. For over six decades, Dal and curatorial excellence. Our dedicated programming team never rests on its his Orchestra delighted generations of swing fans during longstanding laurels. It searches far and wide to nd the very best that the Canadian gigs at the Hotel Vancouver and the PNE, at various tea dances and, of and international jazz scenes have to oer. course, at the Jazz Festival. Vancouver’s “King of Swing” may be gone Our long-term commitment to Spotlight on French Jazz and the but many great memories will remain. As a parting farewell the Festival Made in the UK Series continues unabated for a fth year alongside is honoured to present the Dal Richards Orchestra in “A Salute to Dal new stimulating international collaborations with the Novara Jazz Richards” on opening weekend during Downtown Jazz on the historic Festival (Italy) and the Jazztopad Festival (Poland). A freshly minted grounds of the Vancouver Art Gallery. co-presentation with Early Music Vancouver entitled Common Grounds On behalf of everyone at Coastal Jazz and music fans across the city and is a cross-genre venture (jazz and baroque) conceived to support the throughout the Province of British Columbia we say: “Keep swinging important Vancouver Independent Music Centre (VIM House) initiative Maestro!” 2016/2017 LONDON DRUGS VSO POPS! A SWINGING 6-CONCERT SERIES AT THE ORPHEUM JEFF TYZIK MONTEGO GLOVER BYRON STRIPLING SY SMITH ELLIS HALL CAPATHIA JENKINS THE VSO POPS SERIES IS ALL ABOUT STYLE AND SWING, with fun and fantastic concerts ranging from the Cotton Club’s old-time blues and jazz, to the Best of Broadway, hot Latin music by the Mambo Kings, a tribute to soul and the great Ray Charles, Sophisticated Ladies with the amazing Capathia Jenkins, and a night of Simon and Garfunkel.