It's jazz festival season. The countdown is on for both the Victoria International JazzFest and the Vancouver International Jazz Festival.
The music kicks off on June 18 with hundreds of acts from all over the world playing in both cities. There's so much to choose from and you may be asking where to even start.
It's Hot Air's annual tradition to enlist the help of someone with an inside scoop. John Orysik is the media director for Coastal Jazz and Blues, the folks who have been bringing us the Vancouver International Jazz Festival since 1986.
Orysik shared his top picks this year with Hot Air host Margaret Gallagher.
1. GoGo Penguin
This trio from Manchester, England could very well be the highlight of this year's jazz festivals, says Orysik. They mix in beautiful piano melodies with break beat rhythms, combining techno sounds with classical influences.
They are part of the Vancouver International Jazz Festival's innovation series. Chris Illingworth plays piano, Nick Blacka plays bass and Rob turner plays drums.
GoGo Penguin perform at Hermann's Jazz Club in Victoria on Monday June 22 and at Ironworks Studios in Vancouver on June 23.
2.Cyrille Aimée
This French jazz singer started out busking in railway stations and street corners throughout Europe and developed a real fondness for Django Reinhardt style jazz, mixing in pop sentiments and Brazilian rhythms.
In 2007, she won a vocal competition at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. Orysik describes her voice as light, whimsical, bouncy and full of optimism.
Cyrille Aimée performs at Performance Works in Vancouver on June 21.
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