Tomoki Sanders Quartet brings its rich avant-garde sound to the Vancouver International Jazz Festival, June 25
New York–based multi-instrumentalist, the child of legendary saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, is joined by their band and the Todd Stewart Trio
Tomoki Sanders. Photo by Erik Bardin
As part of its Marquee Series, the Vancouver International Jazz Festival is hosting the Tomoki Sanders Quartet on June 25 at 8 pm. This concert launches Vancouver programming at The Birdhouse, a venue that the festival is working with for the very first time this year.
Tomoki Sanders is a free electron who greedily explores Great Black Music, urban music, electronic, and the avant-garde. The child of legendary jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, the trailblazing artist has been making their mark for the past five years as tenor saxophonist with Kassa Overall’s supergroup. They are the mind behind Tomo Tuesdays, a series that spotlights the new generation of musicians that are making a mark in New York; it’s a vector of openness and diversity reflective of Sanders’s own Afro-American and Japanese culture and non-binarity.
Born in New York City in 1994, Tomoki Sanders started playing percussion at age four and clarinet at six. At 10, their father gave them a saxophone. They had their first gig at 13, and began performing around Japan’s Kanto Region, before studying at the prestigious Berklee College of Music.
Sanders’s debut album is to be released in 2026. They reference the rich sound of the Impulse! Records label, and with all their fantastic personality, rush through the door reopened by contemporary jazz innovators Kamasi Washington and Shabaka Hutchings.
The Todd Stewart Trio will join Sanders and their band for this Vancouver International Jazz Festival concert, presented by the Coastal Jazz & Blues Society in association with the Queer Arts Festival.
Tickets and more details are available here.
Post sponsored by Coastal Jazz & Blues Society.
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