Fredrik Ljungkvist joins me during his residency at the 2026 Vancouver International Jazz Festival. Fredrik is a Swedish saxophonist who has played with Talking Pictures and other ensembles already at the festival. He is the featured artist with Dean Thiessen's Stranger Friends Orchestra (of which I'm a member) tonight at Performance Works.

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Hosted by Chris Fraser. Edited and mixed by Will Chernoff. A Chernoff Music podcast. Theme music: "Lutin" by William Chernoff.

Wendy Eisenberg joins me (Will) for a conversation in front of a live audience at Tom Lee Music Hall, downtown Vancouver, recorded on June 30th, 2026 as part of the Vancouver International Jazz Festival. Later in the episode, Wendy sings and plays a song, and we take a couple audience questions.

Wendy is one of my favourite artists active today. Their new self-titled album is out now. Their big show as an artist in residence at the festival is on Friday, July 3rd at the Revue Stage, playing the music of their album Viewfinder with JP Carter, Nebyu Yohannes, Cat Toren, Sean Cronin, and Dan Gaucher.

(0:00) Intro

(1:05) Conversation

(38:43) Song

(43:44) Transition to Q&A

(44:51) First question

(49:31) Second question

(51:57) Last question

I was called (and paid as a festival artist) by the Coastal Jazz & Blues Society to host this event, and in doing so, to pop up again on the RCP in relief of the show's current host, Chris Fraser. Chris will return with a new episode of his own. Thanks again to Coastal Jazz and Tom Lee for having us.

The interview I mention that Wendy did in 2020 is here.

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Hosted, produced, edited, and mixed by Will Chernoff for the Coastal Jazz & Blues Society, co-presented by Tom Lee Music, at the 2026 Vancouver International Jazz Festival. Theme music: "Lutin" by William Chernoff.

John Lee joins the show between his two nights at Frankie's Jazz Club at the end of February. He talks about playing organ, how he developed a personal language on multiple instruments, the positions of learning music in different generations, and hosting educational drop-in sessions in his home city of Victoria. John grew up in Nanaimo and is known for his prowess on four rhythm-section instruments in jazz: drums, keys, bass, and guitar.

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Hosted by Chris Fraser. Edited and mixed by Will Chernoff. A Chernoff Music podcast. Theme music: "Lutin" by William Chernoff.