Raincoast Jazz

Raincoast Jazz sounds like a foggy Vancouver morning - cool, introspective, and beautifully paced. The station favors the West Coast cool school over the frantic energy of bebop. You'll hear Chet Baker's trumpet alongside the piano trio work of Bill Evans. It's not the most adventurous jazz station out there. For that, look to the avant-garde specialists. But Raincoast knows what it is, and that's a reliably tasteful companion. To listen to Raincoast Jazz online is to commit to unhurried listening. The programming avoids jarring transitions, one track bleeds naturally into the next. As a Jazz…