The music from a line-up of local jazz bands inspired spontaneous dancing throughout the day, as Douglas Park was transformed from grassy fields to the site of Langley’s Fifth Annual Jazz Festival in June. The small dance floor set up in front of the main stage was filled with young and old over the course […]
Larry Coryell — an improvised life
If you were to assemble a who’s who of jazz players from the last forty years, chances are good guitarist Larry Coryell has played or shared the stage with the majority of them. He’s certainly the only musician who can boast of playing with Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, Dizzy Gillespie and Stephane Grappelli. In Improvising: […]