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42nd BC Interior Jazz Festival

April 11, 12, 13, 2019

Kelowna Community Theatre Rotary Center for the Arts Forum

Kelowna, BC

www.bcinteriorjazzfestival.com

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Kelowna Community Theatre Daytime Events (KCT)

$3 admission to ALL daytime performances

Thursday, April 11 – Jazz Bands (all day event)

Friday, April 12 – Vocal Jazz & Jazz Bands (all day event)

Saturday, April 13 – Jazz Bands (all day event)

Kelowna Community Theatre Evening Concerts (KCT)

Friday, April 12th at the KCT

42nd Annual Jazz Masters’ Concert 7:30pm

Featuring Mike Murley and guests, including The Michael Garding Big Band. Tickets: $35+s/c at selectyourtickets.com

Saturday, April 13th at the KCT Showcase of outstanding student groups 7pm

Tickets: $10 at the door

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Rotary Center for the Arts (RCA) Daytime events

Free admission to ALL performances and workshops

Thursday, April 11th Junior and Senior Jazz Combos Held in the Sun FM Studio

Friday, April 12 & Saturday, April 13, Instrument & Voice Workshops

Held in the Sun FM Studio

The public and festival participants are welcome to attend. We encourage workshop participants to bring their instruments and actively participate.

Workshops will be led by BCIJF 2019 artists and adjudicators Workshop Schedules will be posted on

www.bcinteriorjazzfestival.com when they are confirmed

The Forum1317 Ethel St. Evening Events and Concerts

Thursday, April 11th Jazz Jam Session 5-7pm,

sponsored by Capilano University free

followed by

Concert – 8-10pm Craig Thomson & Greg Yasinitsky present –

Boss Tenors: “Straight Ahead” (with guest Anna Jacyszyn) Tickets: $30 adults and $20 for students

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BCIJF Evening Concert Information Show Dates and Event Listings

Thursday evening April 11th at the Forum: Jazz Jam 5-7pm (free) sponsored by Capilano University

followed by Craig Thomson & Greg Yasinitsky present - Boss Tenors: “Straight Ahead”

(with guest Anna Jacyszyn) 8-10pm Tickets $30 adults and $20 for students, www.brownpapertickets.com

Teachers please reserve your student tickets through jfmergens@gmail.com

The show will be built around the two-tenor concept; Greg Yasinitsky and Craig Thomson will play the classic Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt album "Boss Tenors: Straight Ahead From Chicago 1961". Also, some

Yasinitsky originals from his album "Nighthawks". Band will be Craig Thomson, Greg Yasinitsky, Bernie Addington, Neville Bowman, and Mike Treadway.

Friday evening April 12th at the Kelowna Community Theatre: 42nd Annual Jazz Masters’ Concert 7:30pm

Featuring Mike Murley and guests, including The Michael Garding Big Band. Tickets $35.00 plus service charges from Select Your Tickets 250 762-5050 or

www.selectyourtickets.com Teachers please reserve your student tickets through jfmergens@gmail.com

The 42nd Annual Jazz Masters' Concert will feature Mike Murley, one of Canada's most celebrated and well-respected jazz artists. He has played on fourteen Juno Award-winning recordings since 1990, with his most

recent The North (2018), and Metalwood's Twenty (2017). The concert will also showcase festival adjudicators: Horace Alexander Young (woodwinds, keyboards and percussion), John Korsrud (trumpet), Greg Yasinitsky

(saxophone), Joost Patocka (drums), Bernie Addington (bass), Loni Moger (guitar), Janet Warren (vocals), and Kinga Heming (vocals).

The second half will feature the highly charged Michael Garding Big Band!

Saturday evening April 13th at the Kelowna Community Theatre: 7:00 pm (KCT) Showcase Concert of Most Outstanding Groups

All tickets $10.00 at entry

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2019 Artists and Adjudicators

Mike Murley - Featured Artist

Horace Alexander Young - Jazz Band and Vocal Adjudicator

John Korsrud - Jazz Band Adjudicator

Greg Yasinitsky - Jazz Band Adjudicator

Joost Patocka - Combo Adjudicator

Bernie Addington - Combo Adjudicator

Loni Moger - Combo Adjudicator

Janet Warren - Vocal Adjudicator

Kinga Hemming - Vocal Adjudicator

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Mike Murley- Featured Artist

An engaging, lyrical saxophonist, Mike Murley is one of Canada’s most celebrated and well-respected jazz artists. Currently active as a leader in various formations from duo to septet, Murley also maintains a busy schedule as both a sideman and an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto Jazz Program. He has played on fourteen Juno Award-winning recordings since 1990, seven as a leader or co-leader, seven as a sideman. His most recent Junos include The North (2018), Metalwood’s Twenty (2017) and his trio’s Test of Time (2013).

Since moving to Toronto from his native Nova Scotia in 1981 Murley has enjoyed a career that has spanned a wide stylistic spectrum. Recordings with legendary Canadian artists such as Ed Bickert, Guido Basso, and Rob McConnell showcase the saxophonist’s talents in the mainstream standard repertoire. On the more contemporary side, Murley has collaborated frequently with the younger generation of improviser/composers including pianist David Braid and guitarist David Occhipinti. He is also well known for his work with the three-time Juno Award winning electric jazz group Metalwood. In addition he has recorded and performed with numerous other Canadian and international

artists including John Abercrombie, David Liebman, Paul Bley, John Schofield and Kenny Wheeler.

AWARD-WINNING RECORDINGS AND GROUPS:

AS A LEADER:

Murley’s 2013 Juno Award-winning release, Test of Time, features his with legendary guitarist Ed Bickert and bassist Steve Wallace. Recorded in 1999, this recently rediscovered recording is certainly made significant by the fact that it represents a new release featuring Bickert (who retired from playing professionally in 2001). Murley’s other two Juno Award winning recordings as a leader were in 1990 for Two Sides (Unity Records) and in 2002 for Live at the Senator (Cornerstone). Murley’s 2012 release, Still Rollin’, was the debut recording for his septet. Nominated for a 2012 Juno, it features the saxophonist’s compositions and arrangements performed by some of Canada’s finest jazz improvisers. Murley has released eleven critically acclaimed recordings as a leader and numerous others as a co-leader with Metalwood, David Liebman. David Braid/The North and David Occhipinti. His 2005 recording, Extra Time, won the National Jazz Award for best album. Conversation Piece also received

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the same honour at the 1997 Jazz Report Awards. He was a four-time recipient of the Jazz Report Award for tenor saxophonist of the year during the 1990s and was also voted saxophonist of the year four times at National Jazz Awards in the 2000s. The Melody Lingers On (CBC records), finds the saxophonist’s trio live in concert at the Glenn Gould Studio with a twelve-piece string ensemble conducted by Rick Wilkins. Also featured on the recording are Guido Basso (flugelhorn) and Tara Davidson (saxes) with string arrangements by Murley and guitarist Reg Schwager. This recording garnered an album of the year nomination at the 2007 National Jazz Awards.

AS A CO-LEADER AND SIDEMAN:

– WITH DAVID BRAID AND THE NORTH

The North recently won the 2018 Juno Award for Jazz Album of the Year (Group) . The North is a jazz quartet creating music combining the experiences of jazz musicians living in Canada and Scandinavia. Multi-Juno Award winners David Braid and Mike Murley are long time musical collaborators as are Danish drummer Anders Mogensen and Finnish bassist Johnny Åman. Murley was also a prominent soloist on David Braid’s 2005 Juno award-winning sextet recording, Vivid. Murley co-led a quartet with Braid that toured nationally in 2004. Their debut CD, “Mnemosyne’s March, was released in March 2006. The group was expanded to a quintet to include new co-leader Tara Davidson (see DMBQ). – WITH ROB MCCONNELL

Murley was a member of the Juno award-winning (2001) Rob McConnell Tenet. Their first of three albums on the Justin Time label was also nominated for a 2002 Grammy Award. The group features some of Canada’s finest jazz artists playing masterful arrangements by the legendary valve trombonist who sadly passed away in 2010. – WITH METALWOOD

The electric jazz group, Metalwood, featured the more robust side of Murley’s saxophone during the quartet’s prolific recording period from 1996-2003. The three-time Juno winners (’98 and ’99, and ’17) were signed by Verve/Blue Thumb in 2002 and produced The Recline, featuring special guests John Scofield, Mino Cinelu, and DJ Logic. Their reunion CD, Twenty (Cellar Live), won a 2017 Juno. INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Murley’s playing experience on the international level includes performances with a diverse cross-section of artists including Kenny Wheeler, Randy Brecker, and the late Jack McDuff. He has also appeared as a featured soloist on four different CDs with trumpeter/composer Wheeler, including two Maritime Jazz Orchestra CDs featuring John Taylor and Norma Winstone. He has also appeared as a featured soloist on four different CDs with trumpeter/composer Wheeler, including the latest two Maritime Jazz Orchestra CDs featuring John Taylor’s Azimuth. In addition Murley has worked with some of the most well-respected New York musicians of his generation including trumpeter Dave Douglas, pianist Renee Rosnes, and drummer Bill Stewart. In July 2004, Murley was invited to perform as part of Solos: The Jazz Sessions – a series (produced for Bravo: Canada’s Arts Network) which captures renown jazz artists in the challenging solo

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performance format. In addition to Murley, other artists featured in the series include international luminaries such as saxophonists Joe Lovano and Lee Konitz, guitarists Bill Frisell and Kurt Rosenwinkle, and pianists Brad Mehldau and Andrew Hill. Murley has performed with numerous internationally renowned Canadian performers including Dave Young, David Clayton-Thomas, and the late Doug Riley. He has also recorded and toured internationally with Cornerstone label-mates Time Warp and the Barry Elmes Quintet as well as numerous other Canadian artists including Kevin Dean’s B3 band, Stich Wynston’s Modern Surfaces, the Shuffle Demons, and NOJO. His work as a sideman has taken him to concert halls and clubs in Europe, South America, and Asia. As a leader Murley has played all of the major Canadian jazz festivals and performed high profile international engagements at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C., at Expo ’92 in Spain, and Festival Internacional Cervantino 2007 in Mexico. EDUCATOR:

In August 2011 Murley accepted a full-time lecturer position at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music. After promotion to Associate Professor he served as Area Chair in the Jazz Program from 2016-18. He has also taught at the York University (where he served as jazz area coordinator from 2008-11), Humber College, and has been a visiting member of faculty at the Banff Centre for the Arts. He is also a faculty member at the IMC Summer Jazz Camp. RECORD LABEL:

Murley has been a part owner of Cornerstone Records since the company was formed in the 1994. For more information please visit www.cornerstonerecordsinc.com

Juno Nomination 2019!

Congratulations to Mike Murley for receiving a Juno nomination for the 2019 Juno Awards with David Liebman, Terry Clark and Jim Vivian. To hear the nomination, go to Spotify Playlist: University of Toronto Faculty of Music Juno Nominees 2019 https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6ilCj3G5jjUTB6NZEx1o2t?fbclid=IwAR1YN9cCNc83_gyF5i_npMNBXXOiOwWCy752_g9ckpp2Du4ryybPXgMuJmU

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2019 Adjudicators:

Horace Alexander Young -

Jazz Band and Vocal

Adjudicator

HORACE ALEXANDER YOUNG, is a

21st Century musician whose

combined saxophone and

vocal style revisits the

sensitivity and grit of Lester

Young and Cannonball

Adderley, and the smoothness

and grace of Nat King Cole.

While he has spent most of his

30+ years in the music

business playing, arranging, composing and recording music for other artists, his

focus now is on his personal artistry and mentoring the next generation of

musicians. His personal intent is to leave a mark in both the domains of instrumental and vocal Jazz,

as previously explored by Louis Armstrong and

Chet Baker, and do so from a platform based on "the road less traveled". Stay

tuned.

Horace Alexander Young uses Vandoren Reeds, Mouthpieces and Ligatures,

SKB Cases and AMT Microphones exclusively.

www.pacificcoastjazz.com

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Alexander_Young

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John Korsrud - Jazz Band Adjudicator

Honored with the City of

Vancouver’s Mayor’s Arts

Award for Music for 2012, and

the 2015 Canada Council Victor

Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award,

John is a composer, producer

and trumpet player based in

Vancouver. He is the leader and

principle composer of the 17-

piece Hard Rubber Orchestra,

a highly active jazz/ new music

ensemble that has toured to

Europe and across Canada, released three CDs, and is the recipient of Canada’s largest arts prize,

The Alcan Arts Award.

As a trumpet player, John’s wide range of experiences include everything from performing with

international improvisors such as George Lewis, Anthony Braxton, Han Bennink, Barry Guy and

Kenny Wheeler to punk legends DOA to with The Vancouver Symphony. John has performed in the

jazz festivals of Berlin, Havana, Chicago, Lisbon, Amsterdam and Montreal. John also leads the very

popular 20-piece salsa/ latin-jazz orchestra, Orquesta Goma Dura, which has released a live CD on

CBC’s Mothercorp records and the 14-piece Drum & Light Orchestra. John teaches at Vancouver

Community College and Capilano University.

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Greg Yasinitsky - Jazz Band

Adjudicator

Gregory W. Yasinitsky, Regents Professor of Music at Washington State University, has an international reputation as a composer, arranger and saxophonist. He is the winner of the American Prize for Orchestral Composition. Yasinitsky is a member of the Board of Directors for the Jazz Education Network and is a member of the Washington State Music Educators Hall of Fame. Additionally, he is the recipient of the WSU Eminent Faculty Award, the university’s top award for faculty, and the Distinguished Faculty Award from the College of Arts and Sciences. Yasinitsky is a recipient of grants and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, The Commission Project, Artist Trust and ASCAP. He has written music especially for David Sanborn, Clark Terry, Dave Liebman and the USAF "Airmen of Note" big band. Yasinitsky has over 210 published musical works which are

performed in over forty countries world-wide, and his compositions and saxophone playing are featured on over fifty recordings. Yasinitsky has performed with Randy Brecker, Sean Jones, Marcus Printup, Tom Harrell, Ed Calle, Alex Acuna, Kirk Whalum, Claudio Roditi, Conrad Herwig, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, Louis Bellson, Stan Getz, Lionel Hampton, Lou Rawls, Manhattan Transfer, and many others. Yasinitsky is a Yamaha performing artist and a JodyJazz Artist.

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Joost Patocka - Combo

Adjudicator

Drummer Joost Patocka is one of few musicians able to focus on both the past and the future. He worked on a classical idiom with drummers Eric Ineke and Clarence Becton, which to this day has been the foundation of his otherwise timeless style.

Joost also studied with major American drummers such as Joe Morrello, Marvin ‘Smitty’ Smith, and Carl Allen. In doing so, he developed a way of playing as

solid as it is adventurous, helping him become what he is now: one of the most sought -after jazz drummers of the Netherlands.

Joost is a member of the Kurt Rosenwinkel Trio, the Benjamin Herman Trio, and the Maarten Hogenhuis Quartet, and he is one of the founders of Krupa & The Genes. He has been working at Codarts Rotterdam since 2007 as a teacher of jazz drums.

Bernie Addington - Combo

Adjudicator

Bernie began composing, performing

and recording in 1983. From 1989-91,

Bernie studied Jazz at The Vancouver

Community College School of Music,

majoring in performance and acoustic

bass. While there, he studied under the

renowned bassist, Rick Kilburn. Since

completing his studies, Bernie has

enjoyed a successful career as a

freelance musician and private

instructor.

Bernie has played extensively throughout North America, Europe, and Australia. Over the years, he

has recorded with numerous artists (too many to mention), as a session musician. Since moving to

the Okanagan, Bernie continues to play and record throughout the Interior as a first call musician and

band leader.

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Loni Moger - Combo Adjudicator

When asked why Loni Moger likes to play music in

an intimate setting like a house concert, he

replied, “Music can be transformative, and a house

concert is a great place to connect in ways large

venues do not have.”

He first fell in love with music as a small child

while dancing to Elvis with his aunt. Listening to

the BB King album ‘Live at Ole Miss’ as a

teenager, drew him to the guitar. When given the

opportunity to perform with Russel Jackson, the

bass player on that album, he said, “It was like

floating above the stage, watching myself play.”

His style is Jazzy, funky, and bluesy. Highly

influenced by John Pizzarelli, Johnny Hartman and

the Swing Era Big Bands of Count Basie and Duke

Ellington. With just one guitar and a fantastic

voice, he sounds like a whole band.

Although Loni has performed with many people

and in many styles, he is currently focusing on a

solo expression. “It’s like I’m a brand-new artist,”

he said when asked about this exciting, new path.

While Loni has recorded an Ep collection of six songs, he plans on recording a full album and is

currently booking a tour of house concerts.

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Janet Warren - Vocal Adjudicator

Recipient of the British Columbia Music Educator’s Professional Music Educator Award, is recognized nationally for her work in both traditional repertoire and vocal jazz. A graduate of the University of British Columbia, she completed the Diploma in Music Education in 2000. Recently retired from teaching in North Vancouver, she is presently a Faculty Advisor for UBC, working with pre-service teachers at both elementary and secondary levels. Ms. Warren enjoys a variety of adjudicating and clinic experiences which continue to take her throughout Western Canada and as far as Japan.

Two career highlights for Ms. Warren have been conducting the BC Music Educator’s Provincial Honour Vocal Jazz Ensemble and directing the BC Choral Federation’s Provincial Youth Choir. She was honoured by colleagues in North Vancouver with the Award of Excellence, and was named 2004 Teacher of the Year by the Sylvan Learning Center.

For twenty-two years, Ms. Warren organized the Sea-to-Sky Choral Festival; she formed and has conducted Higher Ground Women’s Vocal Ensemble for ten years. Since retirement, Ms.

Warren has been performing as a solo singer, has appeared in several live shows, and is featured on the locally produced CD “A Time To Heal”. Other interests include travel (notably cycling internationally), dragon boating, and three awesome grand-daughters. Choral conducting continues to be Ms. Warren’s favourite and most creative musical outlet.

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Kinga Hemming - Vocal

Adjudicator

Jazz and Pop chanteuse Kinga was born in

Poland, then moved with her family to

Amsterdam before settling in Ottawa,

Ontario. While being baptized at four

months of age, she screamed out, and the

attending priest predicted that Kinga would

become a singer. Her parents gifted Kinga

with appreciation for music, including and

especially jazz, at an early age: Her father

played in a jazz cabaret while her mother

constantly played vocal pop and jazz

records by The Platters, Tony Bennett,

Frank Sinatra and the like.

By age thirteen, Kinga had studied classical

piano and voice theory, and began

immersing herself in classical and

contemporary music, both jazz and

pop. She soon began performing at recitals

and competitions, and helped assemble and lead a jazz quartet (called West Berlin) that played in and

around Ottawa until all its members graduated from high school. She also discovered and began

learning the repertoires of many great jazz vocalists, including Diana Krall, Dianne Reeves, Sarah

Vaughan, Natalie Cole, and especially Ella Fitzgerald. Kinga moved on to Humber College, studying

voice and theory under Trish Colter, Lisa Martinelli, and Lisa Sullivan; she also served as instructor for

voice, piano, theory, ear training and improvisation to child and adult students. "The most important

experiences during my time at Humber College were working alongside very talented and reputable

musicians, learning different aspects of the jazz world, and lastly, winning the Duke Ellington Honoree

award in my final year there," Kinga recalls.

Kinga has subsequently spread her vocal talents - as smooth, heady and sophisticated as well-

matured brandy - throughout Canada: She has sung the American and Canadian national anthems

for the Toronto Blue Jays, Toronto Maple Leafs (in partial French, for a sold-out contest against the

Montreal Canadians), the Toronto Raptors, and internationally-broadcast Hockey Night in

Canada. Kinga has performed with pianist Renee Rosnes, flugelhornist Guido Basso, and Don

Thompson's jazz ensemble, and appeared at the National Jazz Awards, the Royal Ontario Museum,

Canada's Walk of Fame, and on CTV and CBC Radio.

Guess Who I Saw Today brings all Kinga's influences and experiences full circle. Knowing that a

great singer's best friend is a great song, her debut release features new interpretations of Ellington's

classic "Mood Indigo" and such familiar tunes as "Don't Len Me Be Misunderstood" and "This Bitter

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Earth." Its title track was first recorded by Nancy Wilson. Songs by such talented singer-songwriters

as Randy Newman ("I Think It's Going to Rain Today"), Bill Withers ("Ain't No Sunshine") and Mose

Allison ("What's With You" and "Swingin' Machine") round out the set.

Guess Who I Saw Today was arranged and produced by pianist Bill King. "I could tell during our first

practice sessions, the voice fit comfortable around the rich melodies and could deliver a heartfelt

interpretation of the lyrics," producer King recalls. For Kinga, the most important thing about this debut

is her emotional connection to each track. Each song reflects a time or point in her life where she

experienced an emotional roller coaster - whether it was love, happiness, anger or frustration - and

these experiences speak to and through each song on Guess Who I Saw Today.

The Michael Garding

Big Band

Style is what this band is really all about.

The Big Band era goes back to the 1930’s

and 1940’s. This was a time when North

America was coming out of the depression

and was ready to have a good time. Big

Bands would travel around the country filling ballrooms and dance halls. This happy, upbeat music got

people out of their chairs and up on the dance floor. The infectious rhythms and sentimental lyrics

became more and more popular with the arrival of the Second World War. Guys and gals jumped at

the opportunity to get dressed up and have a “night on the town”. In the last few years, there has been

a resurgence of interest in this type of music. People are again “ready to have a good time.” Ballroom

dancing has become extremely popular not only as a recreation, but as a competitive sport. Swing

dancing has once again swept the nation. Even contemporary artists such as Colin James have

caught on. The “Little Big Band” was a huge success. The Michael Garding Big Band takes things to

the next level; this is a true Big Band. Right down to the signs in front, the Michael Garding Big Band

holds to the tradition that made this style so popular. Crisply dressed musicians with an ocean of shiny

brass deliver big sound with the power only a Big Band can. Whether you want to dance or sit back

and listen. The Michael Garding Big Band puts on a show you won’t soon forget.

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BC Interior Jazz Festival at a Glance

April 2019 Thursday, April 11th

Friday, April 12th

Saturday, April 13th

KCT - Jazz Bands (all day event) $3 entry RCA - Junior and Senior Jazz Combos (all day event) Free

KCT - Vocal Jazz & Jazz Bands (all day event) $3 entry RCA - Instrument & Voice Workshops Free

KCT - Jazz Bands (all day event) $3 entry RCA - Instrument & Voice Workshops Free

Forum - Jazz Jam Session 5-7pm, sponsored by Capilano University Free followed by Concert – 8- 10pm Craig Thomson & Greg Yasinitsky present - Boss Tenors: “Straight Ahead” with guest Anna Jacyszyn. Band: Bernie Addington, Neville Bowman, Mike Treadway. Tickets $30 adults and $20 for students Brownpapertickets.com

KCT – Concert 7:30 42nd Annual Jazz Masters’ Concert Featuring: Mike Murley, one of Canada’s most celebrated and well-respected jazz artists. The concert will showcase festival adjudicators Horace Alexander Young, John Korsrud, Greg Yasinitsky, Joost Patocka, Bernie Addington, Loni Moger, Janet Warren, and Kinga Heming. The second half will feature the highly charged Michael Garding Big Band! Tickets selectyourtickets.com $35 + service charges

KCT Showcase Concert of Most Outstanding Groups. 7:00pm All tickets $10.00 at entry

Check at www.bcinteriorjazzfestival.com for a detailed workshop schedule

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BC Interior Jazz Festival sponsors: