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News:

Special event!
Wed May 28th
8:30pm Cellar Jazz Club
Pagetown jazz artist Sharon Minemoto
releases her new trio CD "I can see the ocean from here"
with bassist Paul Rushka and drummer Paul Townsend

Feb. '08

The Jill Townsend Big Band has once again been nominated

for the 2008 National Jazz Awards!

Please check out the following link and vote for all your fav's. (Remember you have to check off every category or the vote doesn't count) vote for national jazz awards

Come see the Jill Townsend Big Band live at The Cellar Jazz Club, on Thursday April 24th! We play two sets, 8:30 and 10:00. The Cellar is located at 3611 West Broadway, call for reservations at 604-738-1959
 

Previous News:

Sunday, Oct. 28th/07
Jazz Vespers
St. Andrews Wesley United Church
Burrard & Nelson, Vancouver
4:00 pm
 
Jill in the News
"The Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra.. has produced its second superlative album of contemporary jazz...showcasing impressive compositions and arrangements by musical director Daniel Barry; Englishwoman Hazel Leach, co-leader of the European-based United Women’s Orchestra; and Jill Townsend, one of Canada’s most talented writers in the big-band genre.

Townsend’s charts appeared previously on her excellent album, Tales from the Sea (Pagetown, 2003). The first is her own enchanting composition, “Waltz of the Jellyfish,” the second the lovely standard “Old Folks,” a luminous arrangement on which Mullis is again showcased, this time on alto sax. "
 

Jack Bowers AllAbout Jazz

Sept. 07

Jill Townsend Big Band returns to the Cellar!
Thursday September 13th @8:30 and 10:15pm

3611 West Broadway, Vancouver

604-738-1959

Sept. 06

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

The Seattle Women's Jazz Orchestra

Jan. 07

The JTBB had the distinct honour and privilege of being invited to perform at the International Association for Jazz Education Conference (IAJE) in New York, January 2007.

We premiered a new work by Socan Established Composer Award winner, world renowned trombonist Ian McDougall, as well as the Emerging Composer Award Winner, Toronto bassist Mike McClennan. We also performed selections from our own repertoire of original Canadian compositions.

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

Photo credit Barb McDougall