coastaljazz.ca<\/a> at 10 a.m.\u00a0<\/p>\nIn the announcement, the organization recognized both the challenges and benefits of overlapping with the FIFA World Cup descending on the city. Nina Horvath, executive director of the Coastal Jazz and Blues\u00a0Society, pointed out it\u2019s the longest run for the festival in many years. \u201cWith so many visitors in Vancouver in June and July, we want tourists to have something local to experience, knowing that our programming contributes to the vibrancy and\u00a0 excitement of summer in the city,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cCurrent affairs and the FIFA World Cup 2026\u00a0schedule have led to many limitations and hindrances in this work, but thankfully, our\u00a0connection with the community has once again helped us land on our feet,\u201d said Cole Schmidt, co\u2013artistic director of the Jazz Fest, adding that a strong emphasis will be put on highlighting local talent and collaborations with other Vancouver arts groups.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s festival features an appearance by bold Japanese-American multi-instrumentalist and jazz composer Tomoki Sanders on June 25 at the Birdhouse (44 West 4th Avenue), appearing with guests the Todd Stewart Trio\u00a0in a presentation with the Queer Arts Festival.<\/p>\n
Dutch underground punk pioneers the Ex hit the Hollywood on June 26, with new work from their album If Your Mirror Breaks. The group appears with guests Grdina\/Lillinger.<\/p>\n
On June 30, Keyon Harrold\u2019s Foreverland and Songs for Miles takes the Vancouver Playhouse stage. The trumpeter, vocalist, and producer has been hailed by Wynton\u00a0Marsalis as \u201cthe future of the trumpet\u201d. Riding a wave of critical praise for the 2024 Grammy-nominated album Foreverland, his band journeys through the spectrum of African-American music, touching on everything from bop to pop to hip-hop. <\/p>\n
The next night at the same venue, saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Isaiah Collier appears with his show Collier Plays Coltrane. Hailed by DownBeat magazine as \u201cthe next sax giant\u201d and a leading force in modern spiritual jazz, he drew buzz at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival with his ensemble the Chosen Few in 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Jazz Fest also announced the return of Downtown Jazz, a free concert series taking place\u00a0outside the Vancouver Art Gallery at \u0161x\u02b7\u019b\u0313 \u0259n\u0259q Xwtl\u2019e7\u00e9n\u1e35 Square on June 27 and 28. Granville\u00a0Island also returns as a hub for festival activities, hosting both free and ticketed shows at Ocean\u00a0Artworks throughout the event, as well as at Performance Works and the Revue Stage from\u00a0July 1 to 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO-BASED SAX master Isaiah Collier\u2019s Collier Plays Coltrane and Grammy-winning jazz trumpeter Keyon Harrold\u2019s show Foreverland and Songs…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":575660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-575659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/575660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}