Rhythm Changes

Kate Hammett-Vaughantalks about her decades of singing and teaching in the Vancouver jazz community. Kate moved from Nova Scotia to BC in 1979, was present at the founding of our jazz festival, and has recorded over a dozen albums as a leader. Her best-known groups have included a quintet and trio under her own name, a duo with Bill Coon, and Garbo's Hat with Paul Blaney and Graham Ord.

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Credits: Hosted, produced, edited, and mixed by Will Chernoff. Special thanks to Karin Plato for making this episode possible.

Wynston Minckler talks about playing upright and electric bass professionally on the Vancouver music scene for over a decade now. Wynston's name appears on the gig list more than almost anyone else as a side performer. His main project as a bandleader has been a trio with Mary Ancheta and Nick James, playing the music of the Yellow Magic Orchestra.

Just announced: the second annual jazz night at the Bernie Legge Theatre in New Westminster, featuring Will Clements' Compass & William Chernoff, on June 1st. Get tickets here.

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Credits: Hosted, produced, edited, and mixed by Will Chernoff. Music: "Lutin" by William Chernoff.

Rachel Therrien talks about the show she played in Vancouver at Frankie's Jazz Club on April 14, 2024 as well as the upcoming release of her album CAPI on April 26. Rachel is a New York-based trumpet player who has also lived in Montreal and studied in Cuba, now touring widely and maintaining bands in multiple territories. She is perhaps best known to Vancouver in recent years as an original member of the Ostara Project. CAPI will be Rachel's seventh album as a composer-bandleader: her previous ones are On Track, Home Inspiration, Pensamiento: Proyecto Colombia, Why Don't You Try, Vena, and Mi Hogar.

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Credits: Hosted, produced, edited, and mixed by Will Chernoff. Music: "Lutin" by William Chernoff.

David Caballero talks about playing bass with Arvind Ramdas, Atley King, Brad Turner, and many more of the Vancouver jazz scene's most active performers. David emerged quickly after arriving at Capilano University as one of our leading lights on bass, and his debut on record was Atley's album Unconditional released in 2023. His next performances this weekend are at Frankie's for the Daniel Hersog & Ben Henriques quintet on Apr. 11, 2024 and at Tyrant Studios in Arvind's quintet on Apr. 12.

My second album Maybe Eventually is out now on CD; buy now at chernoffmusic.com and use the code RCPat checkout for 25% off!

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Credits: Hosted and produced by Will Chernoff. Edited and mixed by Justin Gorrie. Music: "Lutin" by William Chernoff.

Harmeet Kaur Virdee talks about her upbringing, education, and values as a bass player; her journey as an arts administrator in her early twenties, including work with the VSO School of Music and the Ostara Project; and her music, currently in a band with Ru Ha, Noah Franche-Nolan, & Karl DeJong. Harmeet started a series in May 2023 called Surrey Jazz Nights that features groups of high school students from around Surrey, monthly, at a Blenz Coffee in the Sullivan Heights neighborhood.

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Credits: Hosted, produced, edited, and mixed by Will Chernoff. Music: "Lutin" by William Chernoff.

Chris Wong talks about his new book Journeys to the Bandstand: Thirty Jazz Lives in Vancouver. Chris is an author, lifelong music fan, and veteran of music journalism. He wrote about our jazz community for outlets including the Vancouver Courier, the Georgia Straight, and many more, especially during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Learn about and buy the book here.

I wrote the blurb on the back cover of Chris' book, and Chris wrote the liner notes to my second album Maybe Eventually.

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Credits: Hosted, produced, edited, and mixed by Will Chernoff. Music: "Lutin" by William Chernoff.

Jessica Heaventalks about her multi-disciplinary life as a vocalist (or a singer – she feels a distinction!), dancer going back her entire life, theatre and film actor, and a member of the leadership team with the Women in Jazz Association of BC since that non-profit's inception. Through the association, she has been involved in the Sister Jazz Orchestra and with media around the scene as well. Her recent projects include Descartes for Sheila (2021) with Jake McIntyre-Paul, Closest Living Relative(2020) with Mike WT Allen and Spencer Schoening, and Primal Navigation as the group Ptriodactyl.

Get tickets to the Fraser MacPherson book launch and concert, featuring the Cory Weeds Quartet, at Odd Fellows Hall on April 16th here!

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Credits: Hosted, produced, edited, and mixed by Will Chernoff. Music: "Lutin" by William Chernoff.

I went live on Monday, Feb. 19, 2024 to post-game Jazz at the Bolt 2024 — hundreds of happy folks, due to the music by dozens of musicians, underwritten by months of hard work from Cory, Tim, and the team.

I enjoyed every minute of the music at the Shadbolt and at Frankie’s, and your company. I feel lucky to have been involved and to have had a window into this unique event.

My personal thanks to: Cory and Tim (all the love and respect I got for you both), all the volunteers I worked with, my friends for hanging with me, and Chris Wong for writing and printing a book for the ages. I also got to meet some Rhythm Changes subscribers whom I hadn’t met in person yet. You know who you are. Your support makes my world go round.

We’re bringing this vibe all year!

Francis Naluz talks about his band PATH, co-led with Paco Ha. Francis is a bassist who plays upright and electric bass as well as guitar. He is an active side-person in his cohort, playing often with Gordy Li, the Couch Jams Collective, and many more. He graduated from Capilano University in 2022.

Francis plays in the next Couch Jams event called I Wish U Roses, at the Annex Theatre, on February 15.

PATH features Paco in a two-saxophone setup with Erika Chow, while Francis completes the rhythm section with his friends including keyboardist Suin Park and drummers Seth Kitamura and Jordy McIntosh. The band's material ranges from R&B covers to original contemporary jazz.

Francis also has a solo project on SoundCloud called Archibald Caribou.

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Credits: Hosted and produced by Will Chernoff. Edited and mixed by Justin Gorrie. Music: "Lutin" by William Chernoff.

My second album Maybe Eventually is out now on CD; buy now at chernoffmusic.com and use the code RCPat checkout for 25% off!

Need some company? Long travels still ahead of you this winter break? Or do you just want to hear me spill tea about Rhythm Changes? My spouse Vez Chernoff guest-hosts this impromptu chat, going through a bunch of fun (or deep) questions that I collected from tweets, articles, and podcasts around the end of this year. We're not promoting this one anywhere, so if you found it, you're in on the secret.

Links to things mentioned:

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Want to know how many people are in my audience? What about the number of paying subscribers I have?

This is a shortened version of a video I made for paying subscribers at Rhythm Changes on December 6, 2023. To see the numbers and inside information we shared, become a subscriber and add your support to Rhythm Changes.

I also talk about an insight from growing the website that might help you with your own audience-building, as well as three new features I have planned for 2024.

The video and full version for subscribers, including a transcript, is hosted here.

Daniel Deorksen is a guitarist, singer-songwriter, actor, and venue booker who leads the Seven Tyrants Theatre Society. The society presents music and comedy as Tyrant Studios above the historic Penthouse Night Club on Seymour Street in downtown Vancouver.

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Róisín Adamstalks about playing at Ironworks and at 8EAST as one-third of the group Beatings are in the Body, with Erika Angell on vocals and Peggy Lee on cello. Róisín is a composer, pianist, and improviser who also leads her own trio with James Meger on bass and Dan Gaucher on drums.

Beatings are in the Body played shows on Vancouver Island around the time of this episode at the Vault in Nanaimo, at The Orange Light in Victoria, and the Woodstove Festival in Cumberland. Their performance at Ironworks took place as part of IronFest IV, presented by Coastal Jazz in association with Heart of the City Festival.

Check out my review of Beatings are in the Body for Rhythm Changes.

Note: Coastal Jazz invited me to host IronFest IV from the stage and thereby let me in for free; they did not have any part or influence in the making of this podcast episode. Also, I finished writing the album review before I received that invitation.

Steph Walltalks about her fourth and latest album My Angels, released on September 15, 2023. Steph is a singer-songwriter who has learned her craft by ear with influence from the New Orleans tradition, being affiliated with a sub-community of Vancouver jazz expats there since the days of the Rossi Gang in the early 2010s. My Angels has a diversity of genres across its tracklist and features Stephen Nikleva on guitar, Joe Abbott on saxophone, Wynston Minckler on bass, and Nick James on drums – as well as more contributions from Allie O’Neill, Jeremy Parkin, Noah Franche-Nolan, and Noah Walker.

Steph played release shows in Nanaimo at the Vault, in Victoria at the Layaway, and here in Vancouver at the Anza Club in support of the new album. She also has My AngelsT-shirts and cassettes available for sale.

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Bonnie Northgravesjoins us fresh off of finishing the 2023 Vancouver Triathlon. Bonnie is a trumpet player, singer, and piano player known for leading her own groups in the trad, vintage jazz, and New Orleans styles. She has three projects available on her Bandcamp: Welcome to Trashland,Bonnie Northgraves and the Brown Sugar Bears,and Between Then and Now.She also books jazz for 2nd Floor Gastown, a venue on Water Street.

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Happy 150th episode to James Olson at Pacific Sound Radio!

Pacific Sound Radio is the longest-running music interview podcast in Vancouver. Search for it in your podcast app or visit pacificsoundradio.com to learn more.

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Rev. Dr. Brian Fraser of Brentwood Presbyterian Church talks about the church's role in our jazz community, his life before and around Brentwood, and what is next at the space including major renovation plans.

When I started the RCP over two years ago, I wrote down a personal wishlist of whom I most wanted to eventually speak with and Brian's name was the first one I scribbled. There are but a few people who have honed their perspective on our scene over the decades as he has, including under his non-profit consultancy called Jazzthink – where he identifies as lead provocateur. Please enjoy my chat with Brian Fraser.

Brentwood's Jazz Evensong series takes place on Wednesday nights. Find it on the gig list at https://www.rhythmchanges.ca/gigs .

Their YouTube channel hosts livestreams of each Jazz Evensong as well as Sunday morning worship streams.

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Thank you alongside everyone who made it possible since May 2021.

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Other people's Vancouver music podcasts! Non-exhaustive, there are more:

Robyn Jacobtalks about her band Only a Visitor and their new album Decay, released on Mint Records. Only a Visitor features Robyn as vocalist, keyboardist, and sole songwriter alongside Emma Postl and Celina Kurz on vocals, Jeff Gammon on bass, and Kevin Romain on drums. Decay dropped on February 24, 2023 and the band's release show, featuring Jen Yakamovich's band Troll Dolly and the indie rock band Buddie, happened on March 3 at Red Gate.

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Teresa Marie talks about her recent gigs at Jazz at the Bolt and with the band Winner Winner, as well as upcoming projects that she has with her group of Capilano University jazz friends. Teresa is a vocalist who currently plays with Dean Thiessen on piano, Wynston Minckler on bass, and Seth Kitamura on drums.

Thank you to Pearson Instruments for sponsoring this episode. Learn more about Brad Pearson, luthier & guitar tech in Vancouver, at pearsoninstruments.ca.

Pacific Sound Radio is the longest-running music interview podcast in Vancouver. Search for it in your podcast app or visit pacificsoundradio.com to learn more.

Shruti Ramani is a vocalist and the leader of her band Raagaverse, featuring Noah Franche-Nolan on piano, Jodi Proznick on bass, and Nicholas Bracewell on drums.

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Jocelyn Gould joins us in the middle of an extensive tour, which saw her perform around BC in late January 2023. Jocelyn released her second album, Golden Hour, in 2022 featuring Will Bonness on piano, Rodney Whitaker on bass, Quincy Davis on drums, and Jon Gordon on saxophone alongside her own guitar and vocals.

Thank you to Pearson Instruments for sponsoring this episode. Learn more about Brad Pearson, luthier & guitar tech in Vancouver, at pearsoninstruments.ca.

Pacific Sound Radio is the longest-running music interview podcast in Vancouver. Search for it in your podcast app or visit pacificsoundradio.com to learn more.

Noah Franche-Nolantalks about his life as a pianist in his mid-twenties, having just recorded his first album as a leader while back home from New York. The album, which at the time we spoke was given the draft title Night and Daybut is now called Within the Stream, will release via Cellar Music on September 15, 2023.

Thank you to 12TH ST Sound for sponsoring this episode. Learn more about Anthony Cenerini's recording studio in New Westminster at 12thst.ca/rcp.

Pacific Sound Radio is the longest-running music interview podcast in Vancouver. Search for it in your podcast app or visit pacificsoundradio.com to learn more.

Ben Frosttalks about his album Pixies, released exclusively to Bandcamp on December 2, 2022 featuring Noah Franche-Nolan on piano, Eli Davidovici on bass, and Mili Hong on drums. Ben is a trumpet player and composer from Vancouver. He's an avid rock climber, a generous and open soul, and for my money the best sheet music copyist in town with the most beautiful handwritten charts.

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James Danderfer just hosted me on his Instagram Live show, Monday Midday Live; James is an established woodwind player and educator in Vancouver. With his permission, I bring you the conversation we had there.

James has an upcoming show with the Vancouver Jazz Orchestra on Sunday, December 4th at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts. They'll play the music of Thad Jones, featuring Jeremy Pelt; find tickets here.

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Will Stroet,from Will's Jams, is a renowned Canadian children's musician with one of the most unique musical careers you'll discover on this show. He got his guitar chops from jamming blues at the Yale as a teenager, earned experience as a teacher and a dad, and left it all out there on the self-produced CBC Kids TV show that bore his name. Will joins us to discuss his new French-language collaborative album with Seeka Sings, Will et Seeka: Amis avec tout le monde.

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The brand-new album Maybe Eventually by William Chernoff is out now. Choose your music platform here.

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Gordy Li is a saxophonist who has emerged as a young leader in the post-2020 Vancouver creative music scene. Gordy discusses his search for intensity with collaborators like Feven Kidane, with whom he co-led two nights at Tyrant Studios in September 2022; and his own quintet, featured at The Lido series by The Infidels Jazz.

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Gentiane MG talks about her contemporary jazz piano trio album, Walls Made of Glass, featuring Levi Dover on bass and Louis-Vincent Hamel on drums.She released the album from Montréalon September 23, 2022.

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Sarah Kennedy talks about her upcoming second album, The Beloved, with Dan Reynolds on piano, Alex Kelley on bass, and Bernie Arai on drums.On the album, she sets poetry to music. She moved from Vancouver to Montreal in 2019, has a Master of Arts in Creative Arts Therapy from Concordia University, and is a certified music therapist.

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Chet Doxastalks about his album Rich in Symbols II, which he released from Brooklyn on September 9, 2022. The album is dedicated to Canada's Group of Seven painters, plus two often associated artists, Tom Thomson and Emily Carr. Chet also turns the tables on me (33:42) and opens up the conversation beyond his album.

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Laura Crema & Bill Coon talk about their new collaborative chamber-jazz album, StringSongs. The album features Laura on vocals, Bill on guitar, Peggy Lee on cello, and Jon Bentley on saxophone.

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Danny Najjar talks about moving from Denver, Colorado to Vancouver and studying at UBC; after which he ended up making friends in the jazz scene via the Dual Degree Program, joining the Vancouver Youth Choir, and gaining passionate insights about music history education. Deeper into this episode, Danny turns the tables on me (38:24) to explore the student experience of finding musical identity.

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Lauren Bush talks about returning to British Columbia from the UK, where she has lived and worked as a jazz vocalist and teacher for a decade.

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Aridonis talks about the artist development issues that he sees in the DIY indie pop and rock scene of Vancouver. As we compare his experience to mine in the jazz scene, we explore what to do about these issues.

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George Crottyis a cellist who released his second jazz trio album, Chronotope, on July 22nd, 2022. The trio features cello, bass, and drums, with some percussion, and reflects his experience earned graduating from Berklee and playing in New York. He plays Indian classical music and traditional Arabic music, and he and I have a mutual friend in Gabriel Dubreuil; a violinist with whom he forms the Loose Roots Duo.

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Jennifer West is the artistic director of Muzewest, an organization that launched its 2022-2023 season of concerts on August 3, 2022.

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Chris Fraser sits down for multiple hours of conversation, and fortunately, most of it gets recorded before my hard drive runs out of space. Chris is an established guitarist on the Vancouver jazz scene. As a bandleader, he has one album released to-date on Bandcamp called Give; and he updates his fans through a Substack, Time and Place. Chris also teaches guitar lessons and wrote some of Rhythm Changes' most-shared articles in 2021.

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Jocelyn Pettit is a violinist and vocalist who released her third solo album, Wind Rose, on June 3rd, 2022. She also released an album called All It Bringswith Ellen Gira, who is an American cellist, on July 9th.

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Kria Wall talks about singing in and leading a band called Spindle! at the 2022 Vancouver International Jazz Festival, finding home in Vancouver while discovering their identity, and growing a parallel artistic career as a painter.

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Rory Hislop plays trumpet, teaches high school music, and is the producer of the gig list at Rhythm Changes. In this extended, more casual episode, Rory and I discuss our experiences so far at the 2022 Vancouver International Jazz Festival and swap takes about our local music scene.

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André Lachance talks about his second album as Quatuor André Lachance, titled Après l'hiver. On the album, he plays guitar with Brad Turner on piano and keyboards, Chris Gestrin on Moog bass, and Joel Fountain on drums. André is perhaps best known for being one of Vancouver’s great jazz bassists over the past couple decades, as well as a longtime member of the Brad Turner Quartet. He moved from Québec to Vancouver in the 1990s.

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Clayton Poon talks about playing trumpet in the jazz program at Capilano University, where he just finished his second year of studies.

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Cory Weeds is a saxophonist, the founder of Cellar Music Group, and the president of the Fraser MacPherson Jazz Fund. He is known in Vancouver for owning the Cellar from 2000 to 2014, booking Frankie’s Jazz Club, and hosting Condition Blue on bside radio Wednesdays from noon to 2pm.

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Jen Fritz makes a special appearance to celebrate the show's 50th episode. Jen is the founder of Fritz Media, a local music publicity and digital marketing firm; and she is the host of The FM Podcast, which just finished its third season of music business interviews in BC.

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Haleluya Hailu talks about the the end of her first year of music studies at Selkirk College in Nelson, BC; which just so happened to be on the cusp of her signing with 604 Records in Vancouver.

It's the Before Series on the Rhythm Changes Podcast: not known at the time, discovered in hindsight, when we interviewed someone early.

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Arvind Ramdas talks about his performance at Frankie's Jazz Club under the ensemble name Homage. Joining him are Brad Turner on trumpet, Jon Bentley on saxophone, David Sikula on guitar, and David Caballero on bass.

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The four audio essays recovered from the now-defunct Rhythm Changes YouTube channel:

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Julia Ulehla and Meredith Bates are the first newly-appointed board members in 2022 for the Coastal Jazz & Blues Society: the organization that produces the Vancouver International Jazz Festival. As part of a transition plan for the society, they formed a four-member board with two existing directors.

Amanda Sum talks about her 2022 album, New Age Attitudes. She released the title track as the lead single from the album on April 22, 2022 to begin the release cycle.

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JANCIS talks about his first jazz quartet and vocal album, You Must Believe In Spring. He released it from Richmond on April 8, 2022.

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Emily Best talks about her second album, Light Up the Dawn, which mixes indie rock, folk, and jazz. She released it from Vancouver on April 8, 2022.

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Jamie Hickstalks about his first jazz album,Origin Story, and whether or not it is smooth jazz.He released the album from North Vancouver on March 25, 2022.

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Angela Verbruggetalks about her second vocal jazz album, Love for Connoisseurs. She released the album on March 25th, 2022. Here in BC, where she has lived for 25 years, she performed in support of the album at Frankie’s in Vancouver, Hermann’s in Victoria, and Char’s Landing in Port Alberni before embarking on a Canadian tour.

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Emily MacCallum talks about her academic and musical path; from Langley to Victoria, Europe to the University of Toronto, and violin to musicology.

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Justice McLellantalks about his band Blue J and their first indie rock album, A Sign of Good Luck, released on Nettwerk Records.

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Ian Cromwelltalks about his live music initiative, Locals Lounge.

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Catherine Wilson talks about her classical and jazz music education performance initiative, Euterpe.

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Alex Marr & Tess Meckling talk about their indie rock band, Sugarfungus; and the band's first EP, Letting Go, Moving Still. Alex plays bass, and Tess sings, in the five-piece band.

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Andie Lloyd talks about their work in theatre, lighting design, producing shows, the music of Taiwan, and more.

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Alex Scott talks with Will Chernoff about her first EP, Adult Skin, released under the name LxTox.

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Carman J. Price talks about his second album, I Will. He released the album on November 26th, 2021.

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Cindy Dai-Thiessen talks with Will Chernoff about working for Music Heals and about her own creative life as a vocalist and event planner.

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Todd Stewart talks about playing drums as a sub for Jazz at Numbers gigs, including with Brad Turner, and about his own performances.

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Mary Chernoff talks with her son Will about life as an author, designer, artist, and creative spirit.

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velours talks about her recent singles including "Whatever That Means" and winning grants and festival opportunities in her home province of Saskatchewan.

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Darlene Cooper & Bill Sample talk about their duo album, You & I. They released the album under the name Wild Blue Herons.

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Claude Giguère talks about the North Shore Celtic Ensemble (NSCE), a violin youth group that he co-founded roughly two decades ago.

Disclosure: Claude was the executive and artistic director while I, Will Chernoff, worked for NSCE between 2014 and 2020. I provided Claude with an advance listen of this interview and received his feedback on the episode's content between recording and publication. This occasion is the only time I've done that to-date at Rhythm Changes, and I intend for it to be the final time I ever do it at the publication. Please enjoy the episode!

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Aidan Goheen talks about how he replaced Will in the band Early Spirit during 2021.

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Alvin Brendan talks about playing in musical duos and releasing an album called Duets with Will Clements.

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John Oliver talks with Will Chernoff about all the music he's released in fall 2021, including A Thousand Points of Lightand Tao 20 Tree Temple.

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Jonathan Baylis talks about being a lifelong learner and becoming an improvising jazz double bassist.

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Tim Reinert talks about hosting his radio show called The Infidels and starting his label of the same name. He produced and released Kenton Loewen & JP Carter's album titled It Becomes Us to launch the label.

Albums I shout out in the intro:

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Laynah talks to Will Chernoff about learning to produce her own music as a singer-songwriter, moving between BC and Montréal.

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Amber Tsang talks about her eventful year 2021, including her album Autumn Nocturne with Alvin Brendan.

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Steve Kaldestad talks about his decisions in moving from Regina to Montréal, then to London, and finally to Vancouver as a jazz saxophonist and educator. He also tells stories from New York about studying with Lee Konitz and recording albums with great rhythm sections.

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Will Clements talks about three classic musician problems: being too hard on yourself, work-time balance, and avoiding burnout.

Disclosure: in this episode, the guest and I talk about the recording, "Don't Miss Me (feat. Will Clements)". I, William Chernoff, hold the rights to this recording, as well as some of the rights to the song. If you listen to it, I will benefit financially.

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David Lavoie & Carson Tworow talk to Will Chernoff about their new album, Urban Repurpose: a next step from their multi-year partnership previously known as Chill Evans.

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J. Knutson talks about life in the band Early Spirit, where he is the guitarist and singer-songwriter and Will is a former member.

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Deanna Drudge talks about her 2021 album, Killing Time, and about moving from the Greater Toronto Area to Metro Vancouver.

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Marina Hasselberg talks about her multiple shows at the Vancouver jazz festival and her upcoming album for 2022, Red.

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Anita Eccleston talks about her whole artist's journey to date, where her influences range from Amy Winehouse to Brad Turner, and Radiohead to Dolly Parton.

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Will Chernoff presents 6 costly mistakes in a long-form version of an upcoming PechaKucha New Westminster presentation.

First tour of Vancouver Island (01:48) Flying to Moncton, New Brunswick (10:03) Early Spirit domain name (13:13) Aim to Stay album release campaign (16:12) Getting paid $200 per month (18:52) Not being kind to yourself (22:50)

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Chin Injeti talks about his single "Golden (feat. Thieves Like Us)" in a quick hit from another studio session.

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Victoria Cowan hosts an AMA with Will Chernoff.

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David Blake talks about the first 7-year run of jazz at the Tangent Café in Vancouver, where he was the main booking agent.

Emily Wood talks about her research with the Auditory Development Lab at McMaster University and contrasts learning folk music traditions with music education.

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Chris Blaber talks about handling many projects, hardships, and growing pains in the arts, as well as the physical demands of being a musician.

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Francis Henson talks about his third solo album, Boy Pacific, which he released in January 2021.

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Ilhan Saferali, as a teenager, talks about coming-of-age in the Vancouver jazz community.

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Will Chernoff reads a short story called "The Tale of Terry Murphy", about the music industry, to launch the podcast.

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