Let's Hear it For Yaletown

Dean Thiessen is a jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader. His band, Dean Thiessen and the Good Apples, draws on giants like Nat "King" Cole, Duke Ellington, Red Garland, and Oscar Peterson to create rhythmically driven, melodically catchy music for the city's swing dance community. The band is grateful to be inspired by a Black American art form built on resilience, joy, and creativity.