Roy Hargrove

June 26 at Le Gesu Roy Hargrove is a brilliant trumpeter, and he returns to the Festival after spellbinding performance with a big band in 2010. This time he’ll perform with his regular quintet at the intimat...

Jill Barber

July 5 at Club Soda While Jill Barber’s songs remind listeners of The American Songbook, her material consists of original compositions arranged and performed in the style of the Songbook. She’s very cool, ur...

Dianne Reeves

June 27 at Theatre Maisonneuve PdA A multiple Grammy-winner, Reeves has recorded and performed extensively with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra featuring Wynton Marsalis, who said of Reeves, “She has one o...

Trombone Shorty

June 30 at The Metropolis Troy Andrews aka Trombone Shorty has received rave reviews from Rolling Stone, USA Today, The New Yorker, and The Washington Post. He’s performed for President Obama’s Inauguration,...

Tony Bennett

July 1 – Salle Wilfrid Pelletier With 50 years in the music business, the ultimate crooner is still going strong at 87. With 17 Grammy Awards and millions of albums sold, Tony Bennett continues to perform ev...
Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin

July 2 at Salle Wilfrid Pelletier The undisputed, reigning "Queen of Soul," Aretha Franklin is peerless. She is one of the most influential and important voices in the history of American music, with a repe...
Nikki Yanofsky

Nikki Yanofsky – June 27, at the Métropolis

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 calib...
Elvis Costello

Elvis Costello – June 29, Maison Symphonique

Festival International de Jazz de Montréal presents Elvis Costello Elvis Costello is one of those exceptional artists who, animated by a protean talent and driven by manifold interests, shrugs off labels li...