I moved from Peterborough, Ontario to Victoria B.C. on May 1st, 2019, and was able to become a volunteer for the TD Victoria International Jazz Festival. If COVID19 hadn’t stopped it in its tracks, I would have been involved in this year’s festival as well. And the festival would have just ended this past weekend.

Since I’ll be doing a lot of program re-runs this summer—shows from the archives—I thought I’d start with re-broadcasting the third program I put together last year on the Victoria Jazz Fest, which included some talks with the festival founder and artistic director, Daryl Mar.

I play some recordings by some of the international and local artists who were involved in last year’s festival.

You’ll hear Makaya Craven, Trio LSD (from Sweden), Eric Alexander, Jacob Collier, Davina & The Vagabonds, Melissa Aldana, Steve Smith and the Groove, plus Victoria locals Rowan Farintosh and the Attila Fias Quartet.

The program starts with a celebration of the festivals director’s roots.