Bright (Festival) Moments! 2013 (part one)

BRIGHT (FESTIVAL) MOMENTS 2013 (part one)

(by Ken Pickering)

I'm going to included a few photos from different folks snapping away - including Chris Cameron, (hopefully different ones from the official CC Festival photo files), Jesse Cahill, Christine Fedina and myself on this round.

The first four days of the festival have been pretty amazing with some great highlights to note - but I'm not going to get into listing all of my favourite gigs here - but I would most definitely like to make note of the incredible piano trio performances of Phronesis, Vijay Iyer Trio and Marianne Trudel. There's a very strong piano trio theme running through this year's program with much more to come.

While I'm at it I should mention the new Afternoon Piano Sessions at the Ironworks Studio on Alexander at 5pm - a free program - Tuesday through Friday this week - more piano and keyboards with Cat Toren, Jillian Lebeck, Paul Plimley, Chris Gestrin and their non - piano playing colleagues.

Ok - here's a few bright moments from our opening days - maybe not bright weather but we were fortunate that the deluge didn't happen until the music was over at Downtown Jazz!

Colin Stetson at the Ironworks Studio (by Chris Cameron)

Gordon Grdina Trio at the Ironworks Studio with Colin, Tommy Babin & Kenton Loewen (by CC)

Dylan van der Schyff with Peggy Lee Band at Performance Works (by Jesse Cahill)

Soweto Kinch at Georgia Stage (by JC)

Chad Makela at Cory Weeds' Cellar Jazz Club (by JC)

Mike Zilber with KP at Georgia side stage - note Milano Coffee cup - the best java (by Chris Fedina)

Backstage at Ironworks Studio with (he's not really dour) Jasper Hoiby and Phronesis (by KP)

David Ward testifies at Georgia Stage (by KP)

Bettye LaVette at the Vogue (by CC)

Peggy Lee Band at Performance Works - touring Canada now! (by CC)

Monica Akihary & Wolter Wierbos of Boi Akih backstage at Performance Works (by KP)

BadBadNotGood at Georgia Stage (by KP)

Erin Costelo at Georgia Stage (by KP)

Ross Burns & Adam Fine of Gypsophilia (by KP)

Festival board member Barb Chirinos & Kellylee Evans at Georgia Stage (by KP)

Peter Bernstein / Bill Stewart / Larry Goldings at Robson Stage (by JC)

Dan Gaucher of Monk's Music at Robson Stage (by KP)

That's all for today - there'll be more photographs up on the site in the days to come. Stay tuned - get out and enjoy some live music - jazz and otherwise!  

(submitted by Ken Pickering)