BIO
Company B Jazz Band delivers a dynamic performance that sends anyone within earshot straight back to the dance halls of the Swing Era and Roaring '20s speakeasies. Featuring a harmonizing female vocal trio, the band's creative arrangements, sharp image, and charming wit never fail to get toes tapping and faces smiling. This talented group of musicians has toured extensively, gracing the stages of renowned venues and music festivals around the globe. In 2018-'19 alone, the band twice toured Europe, were the the sole Canadian representatives at the Joy in Jiangsu Jazz & World Music Festival (China), were selected by the High Commission of Canada to perform for the prelude events to the Jaipur Jazz & Blues Festival (India), and performed the coveted closing set for the Vancouver International Jazz Festival. The group enjoys frequent airplay on Canada's internationally broadcast CBC Radio 1 and 2, featured on popular programs as well as in live broadcasts. Their sixth and most recent album release is their first to primarily feature original compositions.
The original 6-piece lineup now performs with as many as a dozen members as Company B Big Band, and as few as four, featuring the three vocalists (each doubling on an instrument, either trumpet, ukulele or percussion) with upright bass.
BACKGROUND
The members of Company B Jazz Band met in the Jazz Studies program at Capilano University, honing their skills studying modern jazz. Interested in learning more about what came before, the friends happened upon recordings of the Andrews Sisters and the Boswell Sisters. It was love at first listen, and their mission became to recreate the sound and spirit of this wonderful era of swinging jazz, while adding their own musical personalities to the mix.