A Little Momento of the Summer and the Jazz Fest

by Hanne Lene Dalgleish, Communications Coordinator

It looks be a wet wintery December in Vancouver so we thought we'd provide a few audio-visual aids to remind you about the summer and the 2010 TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival. Our rock 'em sock 'em (that means we really think she's great) intern, Casey Chan, has cruised through the B-roll that was filmed during the Jazz Festival and picked out a few themes, then grafted them together and created some great vignettes.

I watched over Casey's shoulder as she played them for me, and seeing and hearing the clips really makes you appreciate what a fun and exciting 10 days of music the Jazz Festival is. I always have a blast! Things are starting to gear up for festival in 2011, so perhaps a little bit of last year's vibe will take you smiling into the new year.

Dancing in the Streets
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On the Street Shout Outs

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Artist Shout Outs
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We've transcribed what some of the artists had to say about us:

Mike Stern
Yo I’m here in Vancouver at the Jazz Festival and as usual it’s really a cool festival, it’s like such a great city, such a great festival, it’s a pleasure to be here. I’ve been here about five or 6 times over the years, its not enough I always want to come back, always the best vibe.

Sojourners
Hi I’m Marcus Mosely, [Carl McLelland] and Will Sanders and we are the Sojourners, we are here at beginning of the Vancouver Jazz Festival, one of the great things about this city is the summer time, great parts of the summer is the Jazz Festival. It’s an opportunity for people to come from around world to see how beautiful the Vancouver is and to experience the best music around.

John Scofield
Hi, I’m John Scofield, I started playing the TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival wow, many years ago. I can’t count the times I’ve been here; it’s at least 10 times. It’s a wonderful festival because the people are great, and the program is always really good here. It’s so much fun getting to see the other artists for a second and just be in Vancouver because it’s such a special city. You know that if you’re here. We always appreciate the vibe and the feeling in this city. Seems to be very artistic and its good just for music. Its great to be here, great to be involved. I love this festival.

Nils Langren Funk Unit
We are the Nils Langren Funk Unit and we love the TD Vancouver International Jazz festival. So help me FUNKin’ God.

Ola Onabulé
Hello and good evening folks my name is Ola Onabulé, I’m here from London with my 6-piece band. We’ve been here a couple of days, and we’ve just had a shed load of fun. We were part of the Canada Day celebrations yesterday, got involved in all the partying, all happiness, all the fun. And today we are gonna play of couple of sets for you at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival. It seems like We’ve had fun and there’s even more to be had. Come and join us if you can, see you later.