Grouse Min.
new fest venue

Michael Becker
RECORD REVIEW
EN FULL days of preri-

this Friday with the
opening night double-bill of
Shirley Horn and the Marcus
Roberts Trio setting the pace
for the 1994 du Maurier Ltd.
International Jazz Festival in
Vancouver.

As is to be expected, ticket
sales are brisk for the more broad-
ly known artists like Horn and gui-
tarist John McLaughlin, who plays
June 27 at the Vogue Theatre.

But this festival, as is the case
with all good music festivals, is
about discovery.

Adventurous jazz fans will dis-
cover Grouse Mountain as a new
festival venue, for example.

For the price of a ride up the
hill music fans can catch Bongo
Bob at Grouse June 24; June 25,
jared Burrows Quartet; June 26,
BCR Trio; June 30, Babayaga; July
1, Ellen Churchill Quartet; and on
july 2, Sibel Thrasher Quartet.

Said Coastal jazz and Blues
Society marketing and promotions
director John Orysik, “They’re
(Grouse) enthusiastic and they're
doing a lot of their own promo-
tion. | think they’re well on their
way to being very successful —
much like the aquarium series was
successful last year.

“Both those venues have
exceeded our expectations in
terms of the quality of presenta-
tion.”

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PIANIST OLIVER Jones pays tribute to fellow Canadian jazz
giant Oscar Peterson June 25 at the Vogue Theatre.

The two free weekend events
which bracket festival offerings are
a wonderful, risk-free opportunity
to experience some new music.

Said Orysik, “Come down,
check it out. Come and hear it and
[ guarantee you'll find something
you like. It's not just one form of
jazz, it’s this whole beautiful
world of music. A lot of it isn’t
jazz but it’s attractive to someone
who has a jazz sensibility.

“The jazz festival is all about
entertaining you and opening your
ears and heart to revelation. It's a
chance to meet other people. The
music is a glue to bring people
together,” Orysik said.

Gastown Jazz, June 25 and 26,
will see two afternoons loaded
with blues and jazz.

Jazz at the Plaza, July 2 and 3,
brings free-of-charge jazz and
blues to the Plaza of Nations

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Some artists to watch for at this
year’s festival:

@ Charles Gayle Trio, July 2 at the
Pitt and July 3 at the Plaza. Orysik:
“He’s one of those rare players
who is totally committed to play-
ing free jazz. He comes from the
era of the 1960s when Coletrane
and Pharoah Sanders and all these
guys were really taking the music
outside.”

& Delbert McLinton, June 25 al
the Commodore. Orysik: “I saw
him a couple of years ago back
east — tight sound, great arrange-
ments.

“He isn't just a blues figure, he
sort of has that roadhouse rock
sound.”

@ Louis Sclavis Acoustic Quartet,

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