Earth, Wind & Fire The Montrealer June 19, 2014 6185 June 30 – Salle Wilfrid Pelletier EWF set a new standard for R&B and pop in the 70s and 80s selling millions of records with smash hits such as September, Boogie Wonderland, Shining Star. This is the band’s fi...
Roy Hargrove The Montrealer June 19, 2014 8360 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 The Montrealer June 19, 2014 5052 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 The Montrealer June 19, 2014 4872 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...
Alain Lefèvre and the MSO perform Gershwin legacy The Montrealer June 19, 2014 4871 June 26 & 27 at Maison Symphonique Pianist Alain Lefèvre will open the 35th Anniversary Festival with a concert featuring the works of George Gershwin, on the 90th Anniversary of the composer’s Rhapsody In B...
Trombone Shorty The Montrealer June 19, 2014 4978 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 The Montrealer June 19, 2014 4962 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 The Montrealer June 19, 2014 5156 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...
Lyric Singers bring energy & talent to Forever Broadway The Montrealer May 29, 2014 5062 For Bob Bachelor, charting the musical direction and evolution of the Lyric Singers is a labour of love and passion that has extended for more than 20 years. Annual auditions, the selection and preparation of a...
