Jazz Fest 06 ~ JUNE 23 - JULY 2

Well, its that time of year again, all that jazz is around the corner from around the planet, you know the drill:

Check out the line-up by artist or venue.

Here's all the free street show listings:

GASTOWN, JUNE 24-25 (1st weekend)
Maple Tree Gastown Square
Steam Clock Gastown
Victory Square Gastown Stage

YALETOWN, JULY 1-2 (2nd weekend)
David Lam parkstage - one of the sweetest outdoor venues a show can have, right on the seawall, check out Moses Mayes here, July 2 @ 3PM
Performance Center Roundhouse

Performance Works @ Granville Island (JUNE 23 – JULY 2)

My picks:

The Pocket Dwellers (Toronto) - One the tightest, livest acts around period. A 7 piece cross between the Roots and JBs
Moses Mayes & the Funk Family Orchestra (Canada) - Expanding on Isaac Hayes style epic funk intstrumentals
Sekoya (Vancouver) - - Vancity's own future soul, nu-jazz, broken beat collective fronted by the amazing Amalia Townsend
Josh Martinez & the Pissed Off Wild (Vancouver) - punk ass, live hip hop, 2004 URB Next 100 list
Baaba Mal (Senegal) - One of modern Afrobeat's finest
Seu Jorge (Brazil) - the song and guitar dude from the Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Jamie Liddel (UK) - the UK's answer to a modern Prince? One of the most talked about new acts of this year
Buck 65 (Halifax) - the noir Johnny Cash of hip hop
Neko Case (Vancouver) - Indie/folk/country rock darling, also of the New Pornographers
&
Tony Bennett (NYC, of course) - the one & the only