John Boutté Quartet

JOHN BOUTTÉ QUARTET

WEDNESDAY, 6 JULY 2022  |  DOORS AT 16:30, MUSIC FROM 17:00

It is a great pleasure to present the vocal wizardry and ineffable sweetness of John Boutté, whose astonishing concert on Sunday night closed the 2022 Vancouver International Jazz Festival. John’s deft warmth is perfectly mirrored in his superb band, with Caleb Tokarska on guitar, Nobumasa Osaki on bass, and Luis Melgar sitting in for the first time on piano.

“Mr. Boutté can often evoke the sound of Sam Cooke. But his stage manner, his choice of repertory and his rapport with musicians all point back to New Orleans. It’s hard to imagine him settled in any place else.” – The New York Times