New Monk Trio – June 28, Cinquième salle

Festival International de Jazz de Montreal presents

Laurent de Wilde – New Monk Trio

Genius pianist and composer Thelonious Monk would have turned 100 this year. His music lives on, to say the least… And with the recent album New Monk Trio, Laurent de Wilde (piano)—THE Monk specialist (as well as the author of a book on the legend)—is joined by Regard (double bass) and Donald Kontomanou (drums) for a personal, original rereading of the repertoire of the master, proving just how his musical modernity remains utterly timeless.

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Ranked as the world’s largest jazz festival by Guinness World Records, the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal has been synonymous with a passion for music for close to four 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 39th edition of the Festival continues on its mission to offer a vast program with over 500 concerts – 2/3 of them free – presented over 10 days and nights on 20 stages, on a site closed to vehicular traffic. A true haven of happiness and musical pleasure right in the heart of downtown Montreal! From June 28 to July 7, hundreds of thousands of people will cross the threshold of the world’s largest jazz festival to set themselves free to the rhythms and melodies of music. From small intimate salons to immense open-air concerts, from major icons to young prodigies on the rise, artists from the world over to homegrown talents, the Festival assembles and showcases the entire spectrum of possibilities to keep music vibrant and alive!

Check out the full festival line-up at www.montrealjazzfest.com