B.B. King & Gary Clark Jr. – July 5, Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier LiveEvents July 1, 2014 6419 Festival International de Jazz de Montréal presents B.B. King & Gary Clark Jr. A Double Bill Two generations of blues meet on one stage: the regal B.B. King, 15-time Grammy winner, member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Blues Hall of Fame, and Gary Clark Jr., who was compared to Jimi Hendrix by The New York Times and won a Grammy in 2014 for Best Traditional R&B Performance. It’s an opportunity to discover the rich spectrum of this music, from B.B. King’s Mississippi hoodoo to Gary Clark Jr.’s new hip-hop and soul-influenced album, Blak And Blu. This is the real deal! For more information and tickets: www.laplacedesarts.com 514-842-2112 or 1-866-842-2112 [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
