
Coastal Jazz & Blues Society Blog
198 FOLLOWERS
Founded in 1985, we incorporated in 1986 as a community-based, not-for-profit, charitable arts organization. From the very beginning, the society has worked diligently to establish Vancouver as a center for the creation and exchange of sounds and ideas. Our mission is to not only increase the appreciation of the music but to strengthen the arts community by developing special projects, artistic..
Coastal Jazz & Blues Society Blog
1w ago
In 2005 the Jazz Festival celebrated its 20th anniversary, its second year with TD as the title sponsor. There was much to be proud of as Artistic Director, Ken Pickering, […]
The post JAZZ FEST PROVES ITS STRENGTH first appeared on Coastal Jazz | Vancouver International Jazz Festival ..read more
Coastal Jazz & Blues Society Blog
2w ago
By 2004 jazz music was having a major crossover moment into the mainstream. Ken Burns’ deep dive documentary Jazz came out in 2001. Norah Jones had cleaned up at the […]
The post JAZZ MUSIC HAS A MAJOR MOMENT first appeared on Coastal Jazz | Vancouver International Jazz Festival ..read more
Coastal Jazz & Blues Society Blog
3w ago
In the midst of 2003’s major news headlines like SARS, the US-led, post-9/11 invasion of Iraq, and the first same-sex marriage in Canada, the Vancouver Jazz Festival began with its […]
The post The Show Must Go On first appeared on Coastal Jazz | Vancouver International Jazz Festival ..read more
Coastal Jazz & Blues Society Blog
1M ago
By 2002 the Jazz Festival had blossomed into “one of the continent’s finest annual musical events” (The Wire, UK). The Vancouver Sun called it “Ten Days of Heaven.” Welcome […]
The post WAS 2002 PEAK FESTIVAL? first appeared on Coastal Jazz | Vancouver International Jazz Festival ..read more
Coastal Jazz & Blues Society Blog
1M ago
The summer of 2001 turned out to be the second hottest year on record, and that may have had something to do with that year’s Vancouver International Jazz Festival, which […]
The post TO THE BEAT OF – JAZZ? first appeared on Coastal Jazz | Vancouver International Jazz Festival ..read more
Coastal Jazz & Blues Society Blog
2M ago
The year 2000 – or Y2K, if you’re old enough to recall – saw Coastal Jazz celebrate its 15th festival. It kicked off with a cover story in The Vancouver […]
The post A BLUEPRINT FOR SUCCESS first appeared on Coastal Jazz | Vancouver International Jazz Festival ..read more
Coastal Jazz & Blues Society Blog
2M ago
As the 20th Century drew to a close, 1999 opened with a few major events that would leave a lasting mark on the world. The year began with the introduction […]
The post AHEAD BY A CENTURY first appeared on Coastal Jazz | Vancouver International Jazz Festival ..read more
Coastal Jazz & Blues Society Blog
2M ago
By 1998, the accolades for Vancouver’s Jazz Festival from around the globe were hard to ignore. It had consistently delivered “the most concentrated week of creative music on the planet.” […]
The post JAZZ FEST IS A SMASH first appeared on Coastal Jazz | Vancouver International Jazz Festival ..read more
Coastal Jazz & Blues Society Blog
2M ago
By Karen Dar Woon & Meredith Bates Board Co-Chairs As you may know, Coastal Jazz lost its title corporate sponsor in 2022. The effects of this loss, compounded by the […]
The post A TURNING POINT FOR COASTAL JAZZ first appeared on Coastal Jazz | Vancouver International Jazz Festival ..read more
Coastal Jazz & Blues Society Blog
3M ago
Eleven years in, the Vancouver Jazz Festival was in a zone. It had just passed the ten year mark.Audiences were coming out in droves. There had been plenty of accolades […]
The post GO BIG AND GO GLOBAL first appeared on Coastal Jazz | Vancouver International Jazz Festival ..read more