Vernon Jazz Society, a Hot Venue featuring musicians playing jazz from ragtime, bop,swing, to modern. welcome

"THE JAZZ OASIS"

Celebrating our 10th anniversary

and this November our 200th band contract

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* Musicians and Bands *

A vast portfoilio of high resolution gig photograhs are available for purchase.

contact Dan Robertson

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Tickets available at the

The Bean to Cup Coffee House

3903-27th St. tel 250-503-2222

The Bean Scene Coffee House

2923-30th Ave. tel 250-558-1817

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Evening Concerts

Tickets $18.00

Members = $14.00

Memberships = $25.00

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3pm matinee prices

$7.50 for adults

$5.00 for students over 12

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Memberships = $25

VJS President

Steve Simon

jazzprez@shaw.ca

Website and photos:

Dan & Pamela

Robertson

Directions - Map

The Vernon Jazz Club

3000 - 31st. Street

Vernon, B.C. Canada

V1T 5H7

fall 2008

Sept. 6

JOHN LEE SANDERS - photos

vocals, piano, sax, guitar Louisiana dynamo plays deep- fried funk and a bucket full of blues

Sept. 20 - photos

SAUL BERSON QUARTET

sax, keyboards

a wild mix of jazz, world, Klezmer, & Middle Eastern music

Oct. 4 - photos

LAURA CREMA with SHARON MINEMOTO TRIO

vocals, piano

lush unique vocals, a lyrical piano, and straight-ahead jazz blended with pop

Oct. 18 - photos

DOUG GRANT QUINTET

featuring JILLIAN LEBECK

trombone, vocals, keyboard

popular dance & swing tunes from yesteryear

Vancouver-based vocalist/pianist with a true jazz soul

Nov. 1

BERNIE ADDINGTON Quintet

3 saxes, piano, vocals, bass

a strong rhythm section with a melodic centre swings & bops

*TWO SHOWS*

Nov. 14 & 15th

JUDY ROSE & THE PRETTY BOYS

vocals, guitar, piano

jazz, blues, and lots of attitude

"No matinees on these dates"

Nov. 29

HENRY’S HEROES

keyboards, sax

high-energy twists on old jazz tunes and Henry Piovesan’s originals

No matinee

Dec. 13

MANOUCHE with Neil Fraser

guitars, clarinet, vocals

up-beat quintet plays Gypsy jazz, swing, and a touch of Latin

No matinee

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Located in Vernon BC,

the Jazz Society draws Jazz and Blues lovers from throughout the Okanagan valley and beyond.

We have been referred to by some of our international performers as a Jazz Oasis, to both performers and patrons.

Matinees Have Been Discontinued

Dear Jazz Fans

A little over two years ago we started providing matinees to complement our evening shows. The sole purpose of these matinees was to give an opportunity to young people in the community to see the shows. One of the mandates of our society is to provide the enjoyment of jazz for youth. Our liquor licence however, restricted minors from our evening shows.

After 2 years of matinees, we have observed that very few young people come to the matinees and our tickets sales for evening shows have dropped significantly. Coupled with this is a significant increase in the costs associated with operating the club. Even with a 50% increase in ticket price for matinees, they just break even at best.

There are other factors as well; many bands travel long distances and have difficulty getting to the matinees, local bands often have to arrange to miss work to play a matinee, and more volunteer work is required.

We tried our best to find a way to keep the matinees but the economic reality is that if we are not financially stable our ability to provide live jazz at all is at risk. What we are doing is a good thing for all involved; the audience, the bands, and the society as without this change we could face difficulty in continuing.

We hope you will understand the difficult decision that we had to make and will continue to support the Vernon Jazz Society by coming to evening shows whenever you can and volunteering if possible.

Thank you for your understanding.

Steve Simon

President

Vernon Jazz Society