Vancouver-based composer and Chapman Stick player Jim Meyer brings something a bit different to the 2nd Floor. The amazing sonic and tonal range of this multi-stringed instrument lets Jim play guitar and bass parts simultaneously.. Jim has performed from Melbourne to Barcelona, and his music reflects his travels, ranging from rock to pop to jazz. It is the 10th anniversary of Jim and Mike's duo CD “Arbutus and Jade”, which they will play in its entirety.

Over the past three decades Vancouver-based musician Jeremy Price has built a reputation as a jazz flute specialist in Canada. His voice speaks the language of straight-ahead jazz with Brasilian and Latin sensibilities nurtured from several Banff Centre Jazz Orchestra editions, and musical associations with Hendrik Meurkens and more recently with Canadian flute icon Bill McBirnie under the banner Two Many Flutes.

Alvin Brendan is an up and coming guitarist from Richmond, BC. Despite his youth, Alvin has found himself in a multitude of various musical situations spanning many genres and styles and therefore has given him many performance opportunities both live and in the studio. This versatility has allowed him to share the stage with singers and bands coming from many musical traditions such as pop, R&B, folk, rock, country, etc. Alvin has found himself very much at home in the studio, where his love of crafting sensible and musical parts becomes a big asset. He has become well acquainted with the growing scene of studios and producers in the lower mainland.

Alex Flock is a versatile guitarist playing a diverse array of music. As a solo performer he combines bass, melody, choral accompaniment and percussive techniques to create a sound so rich and full you may find it hard to believe all that sound is coming from a single instrument. His performances are high energy and traverse many styles. Traditional Travis pickin’ tunes, instrumental arrangements of pop songs and even his own impressive original works can all be expected at a performance.

Very, very good avant fusion” (Guitar Player magazine) captures the essence of The Elliot Freedman Group’s music: harmonically elegant, rhythmically muscular, and an uncompromisingly adventurous update on the electric jazz of the 1970s. Elliot, whose baritone guitars accentuate his innovative chordal work, is joined by bassist Ashin Richardson and drummer Paul Mason. Elliot will augment the group’s presentation of his own compositions with solo guitar performances of compositions by Keith Jarrett, Kenny Wheeler, Bill Evans, and others.