In our guide to the TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival, we profile Bokanté, Donny McCasllin, Antibalas, Jim Campilongo and other artists who will be in town between June 22 to July 2.

Organized by Coastal Jazz and Blues Society, this is the largest music festival in British Columbia. One of the highlights is its Canada Day at Granville Island event, which features free music all day and in the evening on several stages. Another big event is David Lam Park Jazz Weekend, which offers free music on July 1 and 2.

You can also use the TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival 2017 schedule to figure out who you’re seeing and where they’re playing.

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Kurt Rosenwinkel is master of his own musical destiny

Jazz aficionados already know the guitarist as an unusually fluid and expressive soloist. But it’s only with his new release, Caipi, that Rosenwinkel has unveiled the full scope of his musicianship.

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Vintage goes viral in Scott Bradlee Postmodern Jukebox videos

He's almost single-handedly responsible for hauling ragtime and vintage jazz into the YouTube era, but he’s not letting that go to his head.

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Thievery Corporation takes a dubby trip to Jamaica

“I love all kinds of music, but I could never tell you why I love it," declares band cofounder Eric Hilton. "I guess the search for that meaning keeps us going.”

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Saxophone star Donny McCaslin was the perfect choice to help shape David Bowie's sonic epitaph

For him, playing jazz is all about intuition, improvisation, and spreading a little bit of love.

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Bokanté’s sound is a truly multicultural exchange

It's an eight-piece outfit whose unique sound brings together elements of blues, rock, metal, funk, jazz, and African and Antillean music.

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Antibalas goes epic with long compositions

In Spanish, antibalas means “bulletproof”, and while the band of that name has so far avoided lunatics with assault rifles, it’s showing definite signs of being indestructible.

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Jim Campilongo would rather play guitars than geek out

He’s a player’s player, both as a sideman with singers like Norah Jones and Martha Wainwright and as a bandleader.

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Phronesis finds true democracy in its music

Since becoming a true partnership, the band has been rapidly adding collaborators—not so much on-stage, but in the studio.

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Turning Point Ensemble forges the Fifth Stream at jazz fest

Popularized in the late 1950s, Third Stream music aspired to a synthesis of classical form and jazz freedom.

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André Lachance riffs on an Orange Challenge that has nothing to do with Donald Trump

His quartet's debut album has much more to do with the chakra of creativity and fertility.