Rhythm Changes Podcast

An audio companion to the Canadian music website Rhythm Changes, hosted out of Vancouver by Chris Fraser (since 2024) and Will Chernoff (2021-2024). Get to know the people and projects of our music scene in this guest-driven interview show. Keep up with the community, discover new artists, and catch busy musicians as they reflect on interesting times. RCP: a home for creative, improvising, local music people.

Rhythm Changes Podcast is a music podcast hosted by Chernoff Music, with 135 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Chernoff Music hosts Rhythm Changes Podcast, a music show with 135 episodes published.

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  Episode #128

  Fredrik Ljungkvist at Vancouver International Jazz Festival

  Jul 5, 20261h 3m

  Fredrik Ljungkvist joins me during his residency at the 2026 Vancouver International Jazz Festival. Fredrik is a Swedish saxophonist who has played with Talking Pictures and other ensembles already at the festival. He is the featured artist with Dean Thiessen's Stranger Friends Orchestra (of which I'm a member) tonight at Performance Works. Become a member for free today at rhythmchanges.ca . You'll get the free weekly email with upcoming events from the gig list, plus artists, events, or recordings for you to enjoy and share. Sent every Tuesday morning at 6:00 AM Pacific Time. Hosted by Chris Fraser. Edited and mixed by Will Chernoff. A Chernoff Music podcast . Theme music: "Lutin" by William Chernoff .

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  Wendy Eisenberg at Vancouver International Jazz Festival

  Jul 2, 202658 min

  Wendy Eisenberg joins me (Will) for a conversation in front of a live audience at Tom Lee Music Hall, downtown Vancouver, recorded on June 30th, 2026 as part of the Vancouver International Jazz Festival. Later in the episode, Wendy sings and plays a song, and we take a couple audience questions. Wendy is one of my favourite artists active today. Their new self-titled album is out now. Their big show as an artist in residence at the festival is on Friday, July 3rd at the Revue Stage , playing the music of their album Viewfinder with JP Carter, Nebyu Yohannes, Cat Toren, Sean Cronin, and Dan Gaucher. (0:00) Intro (1:05) Conversation (38:43) Song (43:44) Transition to Q&A (44:51) First question (49:31) Second question (51:57) Last question I was called (and paid as a festival artist) by the Coastal Jazz & Blues Society to host this event, and in doing so, to pop up again on the RCP in relief of the show's current host, Chris Fraser. Chris will return with a new episode of his own. Thanks again to Coastal Jazz and Tom Lee for having us. The interview I mention that Wendy did in 2020 is here . Become a member for free today at rhythmchanges.ca . You'll get the free weekly email with upcoming events from the gig list, plus artists, events, or recordings for you to enjoy and share. Sent every Tuesday morning at 6:00 AM Pacific Time. Hosted, produced, edited, and mixed by Will Chernoff for the Coastal Jazz & Blues Society, co-presented by Tom Lee Music, at the 2026 Vancouver International Jazz Festival. Theme music: "Lutin" by William Chernoff .

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  Episode #127

  John Lee: "I'm just interested in all of it."

  Mar 17, 20261h 42m

  John Lee joins the show between his two nights at Frankie's Jazz Club at the end of February. He talks about playing organ, how he developed a personal language on multiple instruments, the positions of learning music in different generations, and hosting educational drop-in sessions in his home city of Victoria. John grew up in Nanaimo and is known for his prowess on four rhythm-section instruments in jazz: drums, keys, bass, and guitar. Become a member for free today at rhythmchanges.ca . You'll get the free weekly email with upcoming events from the gig list, plus artists, events, or recordings for you to enjoy and share. Sent every Tuesday morning at 6:00 AM Pacific Time. Hosted by Chris Fraser. Edited and mixed by Will Chernoff. A Chernoff Music podcast . Theme music: "Lutin" by William Chernoff .

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  Episode #126

  Mike Rud: The Paranormal Adventures

  Feb 24, 20261h 24m

  Mike Rud comes through town to play Frankie's Jazz Club (last Friday, Feb. 20) and talks about guitars, teaching at Selkirk College, studying with Jim Hall, the sources of the stories you tell in your artistic projects, and more. Mike is a guitarist and composer-bandleader who won a Juno Award in 2014 for his album Notes on Montréal, featuring Sienna Dahlen. His latest album is The Paranormal Adventures of Uncle Mike , recorded across the years 2022 to 2024 in Paris, Montreal, and Edmonton. Become a member for free today at rhythmchanges.ca . You'll get the free weekly email with upcoming events from the gig list, plus artists, events, or recordings for you to enjoy and share. Sent every Tuesday morning at 6:00 AM Pacific Time. Hosted by Chris Fraser. Edited and mixed by Will Chernoff. A Chernoff Music podcast . Theme music: "Lutin" by William Chernoff .

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  Episode #125

  Ron Samworth: Playing for the Song

  Dec 13, 20251h 36m

  Ron Samworth talks about "fearless" artistry and "playing for the song", drawing on a lifetime of creativity, improvisation, hangs, and initiatives. Ron is a guitarist who has played on the Vancouver scene since 1979. He is known for playing in many groups from Talking Pictures (going back through the 90s) to Electric Miles (active today), his long tenure in John Korsrud's Hard Rubber Orchestra, and his work for the NOW Society and the Barking Sphinx Performance Society. He was an instructor at Capilano University's jazz program for 28 years, retiring in 2024. Ron's audiovisual project The Etiquette of Dying , featuring his music in collaboration with filmmaker Melissa Hubert, is available to watch in full on Vimeo and as an audio release on the Infidels Jazz label . Become a member for free today at rhythmchanges.ca . You'll get the free weekly email with upcoming events from the gig list, plus artists, events, or recordings for you to enjoy and share. Sent every Tuesday morning at 6:00 AM Pacific Time. Hosted by Chris Fraser. Edited and mixed by Will Chernoff. A Chernoff Music podcast . Theme music: "Lutin" by William Chernoff .

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