Big Band Jazz Experience
18 musicians playing modern Big Band Jazz. It's a big phat sound that has to be experienced live.
Upcoming Events
TWO Big Bands!
Only ONE night!
IJB & IMPRESSIONS
with Burger/Bevvy
Friday, November 20, 2026
featuring
Inlet Jazz Band &
Impressions, with Dennis Esson
Don’t miss this incredible night of Big Band Jazz!
Fan favourites, Andrew Clark’s Inlet Jazz Band, plays the first set with tunes that span Jazz eras from 1940 to present day. Hear Canadian artists and composers Fred Stride and Maynard Ferguson and classics from Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Woody Herman, Cole Porter, George Gershwin and more!
Impressions, led by Jill Townsend, pays homage to the late great Canadian icon Trombonist Ian MacDougall. BC’s own legendary trombonist Dennis Esson will be featured on the trombone-centric charts. If you missed the Impressions show in September, this is your chance to hear this special tribute set!
The Details:
Friday, November 20
PoCo Legion #133
2675 Shaughnessy Street, Port Coquitlam
Free parking in back, enter venue off the lane
Doors open at 6pm; first set at 7pm; second set at 8:30
Minors welcome until 10pm
Tickets $30 includes dinner! Choose a beef, chicken or veggie burger with choice of fries or salad, and a glass of wine, beer or pop.
Get tickets: email inletjazzbandtickets@gmail.com to reserve; send e-transfer to confirm
2026-2027 Season
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Videos
Mingish - Inlet Jazz Band - Cuba Sessions - Karl Kirkwallace
About Inlet Jazz Band
Inlet Jazz Band is an 18 piece collective of musicians led by trombonist Andrew Clark. Good times to be shared with IJB's mix of modern Big Band Jazz plus new twists on old standards and rock classics with a Big Band flavour.
Founded in 1995 and based in Port Moody BC, Inlet Jazz Band is known for their collaborations and projects that support young musicians locally and in Matanzas, Cuba.
Inlet Jazz Band is committed to their community. Hear them live at Rocky Point Park or have dinner at PoCo Legion while catching 2 hours of exciting music!
Sample
Setlists
Get to Know Us
Samba Dees Gotta Do It- Tom Kubis
Stardust- Hoagy Carmichael; Doc Severinsen
Fly Me to the Moon-Frank Sinatra; Sammy Nestico
Decoupage-Stan Kenton
Zattitude-Bill Coon
I Just Found Out About Love- Diane Shure & Count Basie Band
5-5-7-Pat Metheny; Bob Curnow
On Purple Porpoise Parkway-Tom Kubis
Fairytales- Hugh Fraser
Everything- Michael Buble
High Maintenance-Gordon Goodwin
Don't Git Sassy-Thad Jones
It Don't Mean a Thing-Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington
Thank You Very Much- Hugh Fraser
88 Basie Street~ Count Basie, arr. Sammy Nestico
Malagueña~ Stan Kenton, arr. Bill Holman
It’s Only a Paper Moon~ Rose, Harburg, arr. Jerry Nowak
El Castor Loco~ Andy Ballantyne
Somewhere (from West Side Story)~ Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim, arr. Roger Holmes
A Mis Abuelos~ Arturo Sandoval, arr. Philip Mossman
I Just Found Out About Love~ Count Basie/ Diane Schuur
You’re Nobody Until Somebody Loves You~ arr. Nelson Riddle
Libertango~ Astor Piazzolla, arr. Philip Mossman
Lush Life~ Billy Strayhorn, arr. Eric Richards
On the Street Where You Live~ Nelson Riddle, arr. Myles Collins
Backrow Politics~ Gordon Goodwin