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Free Jazz & the Miles Davis/Wynton Marsalis story

Ok, first off here is your list for the free Jazz Festival (celebrating its 25th year) gigs around town starting this Saturday in Gastown and around.

Ok, first off here is your list for the free Jazz Festival (celebrating its 25th year) gigs around town starting this Saturday in Gastown and around.

- Gastown June 26/27 (Open Souls @ 430pm on Sunday)

Granville Island series: throughout festival Jun. 25 - Jul. 4

- Galaxie Series

- Market Series

- Taproom Series

- Anthem Properties Sound of Youth

- Canada Day

- North Shore Series: All festival

Other free shows: including UBC, Tom Lee, Canada Place

And last but not least, the sweetest spot of them: Jazz at the Roundhouse & David Lam Park - Jul. 3/4 (Hey Ocean! @ 6pm, Sunday, Five Alarm Funk @ 8pm, Sunday)

And....I just read about this story of this spat between Miles Davis and Wynton Marsalis at the Jazz Fest in its first year which happened during Expo 86 (didnt know that either). Apparently the jazz scene's version of Tupac vs Biggie went down (and put the Vancouver Jazz Fest on the map) as Marsalis went on stage to join Davis much to Davis' displeasure. Read about this story in the Sun HERE.