Nikki Yanofsky – June 27, at the Métropolis LiveEvents June 14, 2014 6084 Festival International de Jazz de Montreal presents Nikki Yanofsky She was discovered at the Festival in 2006 when she was just 12; now, the darling of Montreal jazz has become a singer of international calibre. She’s been hailed at the Olympia in Paris, the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York, and during her last Festival stop, a three-night run in TNM; now, the young artist is under the artistic wing of legendary producer Quincy Jones and returns to present a new album, Little Secret, that utterly lives up to the highest expectations! Opening the evening, welcome sensational young New Orleans jazzman Jon Batiste backed by Stay Human. For tickets and information: www.mtelus.com 1-855-790-1245 [divide] Ranked as the world’s largest jazz festival by Guinness World Records, the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal has been synonymous with a passion for music for over three decades. Every year, the metropolis welcomes global music fans to 10 days of jazz-centric celebration, where fans of all types of jazz-related music rub shoulders with aficionados of the genre in its purest form. The Festival hosts some 30 countries, 3,000 musicians and public entertainers, 1,000 concerts and activities—two-thirds of them free – in 15 concert halls and on 8 outdoor stages, welcoming more than 2 million visitors to the city, from noon to midnight! And it all happens in the heart of Montreal’s downtown core, in an area off-limits to car traffic! There’s no doubt – Montreal is the heartbeat of Planet Jazz! Check out the full festival line-up at www.montrealjazzfest.com
