Join us this Sunday, March 12th at 4pm, where the spirit meets jazz. Featuring South Van Big Band.
Director: Andrew Clark
Artistic Director: Erik Hougaard
Saxes: Bob Walker, Tim Kelly, Geoff Blake, Dave Davies, Sandra Betker
Trombones: Yuni Fuchioka, Peter Homenuk, Rod Ellard, Mike Schaufele , Craig Hyndman
Trumpets: David Esler, Peter Juric, Gerry Deagle, Keith McLachlan
Vocals: Ikuko May and Peter Juric
Percussion: Gabriel Yorston
Drums: Jim Kempton
Guitars: Paul Taylor
Bass: Phil Howell
Keys: Bryan Phenix
SOUTH VAN BIG BAND is a big band jazz orchestra based in Vancouver, BC, Canada. The band’s musical repertoire explores a variety of different musical styles in blues, latin jazz, rock, funk, bebop, fusion and contemporary music, all arranged in modern big band orchestration. With 13+ horns, a full rhythm section and vocalist, SVBB impresses with the dynamic power of a big band through arranged music of well-known artists such as the Beatles, Santana, Steely Dan, Radiohead and Pat Metheny, as well as the music of the great big bands such as Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Kenton, Buddy Rich and countless others. The band also enjoys performing new modern compositions and arrangements by Dr. Greg Johnson, a saxophonist/composer/clinician based in the San Francisco Bay Area and current Director of Jazz Studies at Marin School of the Arts. In recent years, the band has started exploring and performing the music of modern Canadian composers. CHECK OUT https://www.southvanbigband.com/
