Praised for his warm, lyrical tone, trumpeter Malcolm Aiken weaves together influences of jazz, world and pop music. His bold new album “New Futures” showcases sounds forged during his four year residency at Guilt & Company, Vancouver’s celebrated live music mecca. The sound is dub-soaked jazz with a splash of soul, down-tempo grooves, and vintage synths that set the mood for his velvet trumpet tone and sinewy improvisations. With his band a synergy emanates that recalls the sounds of Bob James and electric-era Miles Davis, with modern beats inspired by J Dilla, Flying Lotus and Robert Glasper. It’s been called “a west coast take on Nordic nu-jazz. Long, languid horn lines drift over hip beats and chill atmospheres in a collection of sparkling instrumentals.

Based on the west coast, Malcolm is an international touring and recording artist who has performed with an impressive array of musical icons including Latin jazz legend Chucho Valdez, Noel Gallagher of Oasis, R&B Hall of Fame singer Dutch Robinson, Polaris-prize winning band Patrick Watson and salsa superstar Jimmy Bosch. He’s played for global audiences at the 2010 Winter Olympics, and for world figures including the Dalai Lama, Reverend Desmond Tutu and Shirin Ebadi. As both a player and producer, Malcolm maintains a diverse and dynamic schedule performing in clubs, festivals and concert halls across Canada and abroad, while working with artists and collaborators in the US, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Mexico City, and Cuba.

As an educator, Malcolm is an in-demand music adjudicator and clinician. From 2005-15, he served as director of brass with the award-winning West Vancouver Youth Band. He is currently acting Artist in Residence at the Vancouver School Board and sits on faculty at the Sun Peaks and Whistler Music Festivals. He holds a Master’s degree in ethnomusicology from the University of British Columbia, and has published articles exploring topics on brass pedagogy and Latin jazz. He is a frequent panelist for the Juno Awards, FACTOR and the Canada Council for the Arts.
Malcolm is a Stomvi Brass Performing Artist and holds endorsements from AMT Microphones and Matterhorn Music.

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Presented By: Brandon Bagg
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This horn forward and percussion rich six piece band features some of Vancouver’s heaviest players playing the music of composer and baritone saxophone player Tim Sars. Tim’s music combines latin, funk, balkan brass, and chamber jazz, mixed with poetic lyrics.

Sars’ friends Kevin Tang on trombone and Jocelyn Waugh on trumpet fill out the rest of the horn section. These three friends have been playing music together for many years, touring though BC with their Afrobeat band “Camaro 67”, and even opening the Vancouver Jazz Festival with the “Tim Sars Sextet” in 2017.

Ben Brown on drums, Robin Layne on percussion/marimba, and Conrad Good on double bass fill out the rhythm section. These three are all active in Vancouver’s creative music scene, able to create exciting and beautiful grooves will make you move.

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Presented By: Paul Clark
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The Burying Ground is an upbeat blues string band that brings the fire of punk to the technical prowess and distinct sound of such early blues, country and jazz masters as Blind Blake, Bessie Smith, Gary Davis, Memphis Minnie, Big Bill Broonzy, and Jimmie Rodgers. The core duo of Devora Laye (washboard, vocal and saw) and Woody Forster (guitar and vocals) are known for songwriting that illuminates the human experience, and reflects the modern day by touching on mental health, the trauma of war, social justice and good old-fashioned lost and found love. It is today’s commentary on a framework of vintage music. All three albums have hit the radio charts - Big City Blues (2015); Country Blues & Rags (2017); and The Burying Ground (2017). A rotating cast of masterful backing musicians accompanies Woody and Devora.

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Viper Central displays virtuosic chops on fiddle, mandolin, guitar, banjo and dobro, ripping through classic and original bluegrass pieces at barn-burning tempos. But perhaps the thing that makes this band the most unique and exciting is how far they’re able to wander from their home as a bluegrass band, turning the genre on its ear, while remaining true to their roots as such.

As a group of young friends who joined forces in their 20s to shake up the BC bluegrass scene, Viper Central gained a reputation as an excellent bluegrass band at festivals throughout western Canada. They quickly took to the road, touring the west coast of the United States, the UK, and continental Europe half a dozen times.

Adam Thomas performs a diverse array of music from favourite radio hits of this year all the way back to music from the jazz and big band era, and a wide array of classics in between. His unique sound combines elements of soul, jazz, indie and top 40 music. Aside from his own compositions, his performing song book includes hits by artists such as Sam Smith, Drake, Norah Jones, Coldplay, Al Green, Radiohead, Stevie Wonder and many others, all covered with sweet soulful taste.

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Dutch Robinson as lead singer of the legendary R&B group The Ohio Players, Dutch toured for years with highlights such as Soul Train and The Tonight Show.  He co-wrote their material, and even performed the Ohio Player version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow requested at Judy Garland’s funeral.   After leaving The Players, Dutch worked with the likes of Tommy Motolla, Daryl Hall, John Oates, Melba Moore, Kid Creole & the Coconuts, and Curtis Mayfield before relocating to Canada.  His 5 octave vocal range and undeniable stage presence makes for a classic R&B/Soul spectacle.  His show is a mix of Motown classics and well-known originals, none of which are to be missed. 

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Presented By: Paul Clark & Brandon Bagg
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Born and raised in the Philippines, Audrey Rose moved to British Columbia with her family at the age of 13. Growing up in the influences of 80's music icons like Guns N Roses, Scorpions and The Cure, she embraced a peculiar genre; a twist and blend of rock, jazz, soul and blues. Audrey Rose continued to live her passion, performing as a solo artist but eventually set this aside to pursue audio engineering in the live realm. After working with, and constantly getting inspired by many talented musicians behind the board, her passion to perform rekindled and is ready to take on the stage once again with both old and new music.

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Presented By: Paul Clark & Brandon Bagg
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Jennifer Hodge, a busy Vancouver-based bass player, bandleader, and arranger, is a versatile musician who can be found playing with a wide variety of artists all over the world. When Jen is leading the band, she likes it hot – hard swinging grooves, boisterous New Orleans style horns, cheeky lyrics, intriguing arrangements, plenty of spontaneous fun, and an evident, infectious love for making music. Jen’s particular expertise in the arena of traditional jazz has taken her to stages all over Canada, the USA, China, Spain, France, the UK, and the Caribbean. On home turf, Jen can be found leading a band on Wednesday nights at Guilt & Co, a bar in Vancouver’s historic Gastown district and a major hub for the city’s musical creative minds, where she has held a regular gig since January 2011.

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Born in Minnesota, Tim Fuller has resided in California,Seattle, Vancouver, the Turks and Caicos Islands and New York City. He started singing in church choirs as a child, and went on to study classical piano during his teenage years. Following a post-secondary degree in vocal jazz at Vancouver Community College in British Columbia, success as a musician came almost immediately. Fuller had a record deal with his funk/R&B outfit Vote of Confidence, but Since then, Tim has fronted several successful bands, performing funk, soul and R&B, though he’s best known across the West Coast for steaming up the stage as lead vocalist for the live funk band ‘Soulstream’, which held a longstanding residency at Vancouver hot spot Bar None.

Tim is relatively new to us here at Guilt & Company, but we have him back as regularly as possible. His experience and ability as a vocalist along with his beautiful personality and stage presence make him a very important part of what we are working to build.

In this episode of the podcast, Fuller is joined by long time friend and bandmate Darren Parris on bass, as well as Mary Ancheta on keys, Justin James on drums, and Anthony Anderson on guitar for some classic 90s and 2000s R&B throw backs.

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Presented By: Paul Clark
Recorded By: Trevor Tews
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This episode of the Guilt & Company podcasts features two of our favourite Vancouver based instrumentalists, Jonny Tobin and Nate Drobner.   Jonny Tobin has, in record time, become one of the top call keys players in Vancouver since graduating from Capilano college merely a few years ago.  He plays with absolutely everyone in town and abroad and it’s clear to see why.  Nate Drobner, who is an outstanding bass player and multi instrumentalists, has been behind some of the most impressive R&B, hip hop, and jazz fusion to come out of Vancouver in the last 5 to 7 years.  He also produces beats under the name Astrological and has an absolutely incredible catalog of music to his name.   Jonny and Nate grabbed guitarist Tristan Paxton and drummer Sean Mitchell to form the quartet that performed as the Jonny Tobin/Nate Drobner quartet.  Tristan and Sean are definitely two of Vancouver’s most prized instrumentalists as well.  Here’s why.

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Presented By: Paul Clark
Recorded By: Trevor Tews
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