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Today is Friday and the festival is well underway. We have had a good audience for the first three days of festival concerts. Tuesday brought Brad Muirhead to perform and work with our workshop students on listening and improv skills. Karen Graves was in fine form Wednesday performing on various woodwinds and working with vocals. Thursday brought our first double bill with trumpeter Al Matheson performing and working with our students through a series of three masterclasses on improvisation in the afternoon, offering some great advice to our students. Thursday evening featured vibrophonist Marty Franklin with Nino DiPasquale in a concert of jazz standards and a tribute to Milt Jackson.

Here is a picture of Marty Franklin performing at Beaches in Tsawwassen on Thursday evening. We had a good crowd for the event despite some confusion in location.

Great tunes and great weather helped make this year’s outdoor concert a success. Thanks to Envision for use of the tent and to the M&M’s Meats for providing food and fixings. Here is a photo taken near the end of the day of the Tristan Rogers Trio. The Student workshop starts on Tuesday.

The third annual Delta Jazz Workshop is almost upon us. An article about the workshop was published in the South Delta Leader last Friday. Thanks to Chris Bryan for writing about us. Our first event is the outdoor concert this Sunday July 2 at Diefenbaker Park (56th St. at 1st Ave. in Tsawwassen). This concert features local musicians and bands from the Delta area. We still need volunteers to help with this event. If you are a jazz fan and are able to come and help out please contact Jamie. Thanks to Delta Parks and Rec for helping us make this event possible.