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Vancouver based arranger/ composer Jill Townsend leads the Jill Townsend Big Band, a seventeen piece jazz ensemble featuring Vancouver's finest jazz musicians.

 

 

May 2009

Congratulations to the 2009 National Jazz Award winners on the west coast!

Bill Coon-Guitarist

Jodi Proznick-Bassist

Ross Taggart- Instrumentalist

Brad Turner- Trumpeter and Producer

Ian McDougall- Big Band

Hugh Fraser-Trombonist

Cory Weeds-Cellar Live Record Label

Phil Dwyer-Saxophonist

Jesse Zubot- Violinist

Joe Coughlin -Vocalist

Eli Bennett- Rising Star

Vancouver Jazz Festival

 

March 27th  Jiggs Whigham will be performing with the Jill Townsend Big Band.

Birch Theatre, Capilano University. 

 jiggswhigham.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pagetown Records CD Release

Jazz artist Sharon Minemoto released her new trio CD

"I can see the ocean from here" with bassist Paul Rushka and drummer Paul Townsend.

 

Jill Townsend Big Band was nominated for the 2008 National Jazz Awards.

 

Jill Townsend Big Band invited to perform at the prestigious International Association for Jazz Education Conference (IAJE) in New York, Jan/07

with Marty Summers, (President IAJE Canada), and Brent Campbell, (Executive Director, IAJE Canada).

 

The Seattle Womens Jazz Orchestra is proud to bring Jill to Seattle as the featured composer and conductor for this special concert, Sept/06. SWOJO

 

 

CALENDAR

January 18/09

Jazz Vespers

St. Andrews Wesley

United Church

Burrard & Nelson,

Vancouver

4:00 pm

 

February 16/09

Kiwanis Festival

Birch Theatre

Capilano University

7:30 pm

 

March 27/09

Birch Theatre at Capilano University
in concert with

Jiggs Whigham
 jiggswhigham.com
8:00pm
 

September 2009- September 2010
Jill Townsend Big Band 10th season anniversary!


 Past Performances