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Ken Pickering, founder of the Vancouver Jazz Festival and seemingly just about the nicest dude on the planet, has died.

My only interactions with him were online but he seemed like a great guy. Will miss seeing his enthusiastic energy out there on the internet airwaves.

https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/local-arts/vancouver-jazz-fest-founder-ken-pickering-dies-after-cancer-battle

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Really sad news. He was indeed, by all accounts, a really nice guy. Black Swan Records, which he cofounded, was an amazing record store in its time and Pickering did great work in leading the Vancouver Jazz Festival over the years. Back when they had cigarette company funding, he used to bring in some big names from the free/avant jazz world.

Here's a nice obit.

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