Oliver Jones – July 5, at Theatre Maisonneuve LiveEvents July 1, 2014 5635 Festival International de Jazz de Montréal presents Oliver Jones 80th Birthday Celebration With every performance, the venerable Oliver Jones delights in offering us a magisterial demonstration of piano artistry. This living legend of jazz celebrates his 80th birthday with a gift for us, a superb soirée at Théâtre Maisonneuve. And as the cherry on top, the kid from Saint-Henri will be accompanied by some of his best musician friends: Lorraine Desmarais, Ranee Lee, Josée Aidans and Daniel Clarke Bouchard. Emotions will run high… 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
