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This Vancouver French Band celebrates 25 years of being a band, through all kinds of weather. They have learned that they don’t have to be exactly the same type of human to have strong deep bonds with one another. In fact, one could say that the art of friendship and music is to create a whole that is greater than its parts, to compensate for each other’s weaknesses and augment each other’s strengths. By combining players with different backgrounds, personalities and languages to create together they celebrate diversity and resilience.

This Vancouver French Band draws on Jazz, Brazilian Sambas, French 60ies pop and Cabaret music to concoct its own unique sound: gorgeous melodies, quirky lyrics, incredible groove and sky-high improvisations.

Vancouver French Band CDs

With three critically acclaimed Cds and festival appearances all over Canada (including the Vancouver and Montreal Jazz Festivals), this Vancouver French Band has become CBC favourites, selected first as the subject of a one-hour long documentary and more recently as one of four Western bands featured on television, radio and the web, in the popular “Mai de la chanson d’ici”.

In September 2011 this Vancouver French Band also appeared on the French CBC show “Bien au show”, for their final episode. In 2012, they collaborated for the first time with dancers and a projectionist for a unique performance at the Sechelt Arts Festival. Recently, they toured the Okanagan with a brand new repertoire of originals and interesting arrangements of standards. In 2016 they performed at various festivals, including the Harmony Arts Festival, the Gibsons Jazz Festival, the Pender Harbour Jazz Festival and many others.

Vancouver French Band members

This Vancouver French Band's music is comprised of three women and some of their compositions have been used in film and television (Rise of the Gargoyles, Mange ta ville, etc). She also received a IMA composition award for Hotel des peines perdues and some of her songs have been rearranged for choirs (Echos du Pacifique).

This Vancouver French Band is made up of a vocalist, a pianist/accordionist, a saxophonist/flutist/vocalist, a bass player and a drummer. Although every member of this band is also active on the Canadian music scene in many other groups, this Vancouver French Band has been together for almost two decades and has developed a unique performance that will take you on an unforgettable journey into time and sound.