Jazz Festival 2011 - A Selection of Photographs from the opening weekend

Gastown is rocking on the opening weekend.. a real street party ..

showing the real Vancouver LOVE! (photo: Chris Cameron)

Jazz Festival programmers: Ken Pickering and Rainbow Robert with Joe - the Jazz Traffic Constable. No riots here - this is what a street party is really all about - arts and culture -  a jazz love in during Gastown Jazz Weekend! (photo: Christine Fedina)

 Wynton Marsalis at the Orpheum - LJCO played Joe Henderson's Shade of Jade and Chick Corea's Matrix in their 90 minute show (photo: Chris Cameron)

Fire music with Peter Brötzmann & Michael Wertmüller at the Roundhouse on opening night 

(photo: Chris Cameron)

Swedish guitarist - Johan Lindstrom (with Dan Berglund's Tonbruket @ Performance Works) on opening night was a mind blower. Everyone loved this show! ( above photo: Chris Cameron / below: Peter Gannushkin)

Rich Halley Quartet featuring Clyde Reed on bass - Michael Vlatkovich trombone - Carsen Halley drums. Great shows at the Ironworks on opening night. Old school Ornette style free jazz. Great tenor man - Rich Halley (photo: Peter Gannushkin)

Jaga Jazzist (Norway) at the Venue tore it up on Saturday, June 25th (photo: Chris Cameron)

Blonde Redhead - a great show at the Vogue knocked everyone out (Photo: Chris Cameron)

Lars Hornveth of Jaga Jazzist (from Norway) Knips indeed - (photo: Peter Gannushkin)

Pugs and Crows light it up in Gastown - nice to see Cat Toren back in town (photo: Peter Gannushkin)

Danish / Canadian - Copenhagen based band "Koptor" (Kevin Brow, Graig Earle, Rob Mosher and Jacob Anderskov) at Performance Works on Sunday (photo: Peter Gannushkin)

Norwegian trio "In the Country" miraculously managed to perform at the festival on Saturday night -
at the Roundhouse - a really sweet and very beautiful concert (Morten Qvenild, Roger Arntzen, Paal Hausken) (photo: Peter Gannushkin)

Posted by: Ken Pickering