Wayne Shorter Quartet

Festival International de Jazz de Montreal presents

Opening act: Joey Alexander

Joey Alexander

When legendary saxophonist-composer Wayne Shorter, winner of the 1996 Mile-Davis Award, returns to this Festival flanked by his brilliant quartet (Danilo Pérez, John Patitucci and Brian Blade) —with whom he has stirred the passions of our jazzophiles many times over the decades—well, you can expect a major and memorable musical moment. And it gets better: when this apostle of spontaneity and musical freedom takes the stage of the Maison symphonique, a venue he has never performed in during the course of a 50-year career of musical exploration, it is quite simply a rendezvous no genuine music fan can miss! The concert opens with exceedingly young piano prodigy Joey Alexander, who has already conquered Planet Jazz at the age of 12!

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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