Festival Montreal – TD Jazz Series opens with Oliver Jones The Montrealer April 11, 2013 3379 The TD Jazz Series opens on Friday May 10 with Oliver Jones and his favourite sidemen, bassist Eric Legacé and drummer extraordinaire Jim Doxas. Brandi Disterheft opens the evening show with her quartet. St. Ge...
Night Train at 50: A tribute to Oscar Peterson The Montrealer March 12, 2013 5624 Oscar Peterson began his professional career as the pianist in a band performing for Saturday Night dances in Westmount’s Victoria Hall. It was a fitting location for a February 27 live performance and recordin...
Wayne Shorter, 80th Birthday Celebration – June 29, 2013 at 7 pm. at Théâtre Maisonneuve The Montrealer December 12, 2012 4545 As the curtain rises, Joe Lovano and Dave Douglas will present the Sound Prints project. They’ll be followed by the star-studded trio of Geri Allen, Terri Lyne Carrington and Esperanza Spalding. And finally, Mr...
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra featuring Wynton Marsalis – June 28, 2013 at 7 pm. at Maison symphonique de Montréal The Montrealer December 12, 2012 3621 Under the direction of supremely gifted American trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra is incontestably one of the most respected big bands on the planet since the late 19...
Aretha Franklin — June 29, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. At Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Place-des-Arts The Montrealer December 12, 2012 9628 The “Queen of Soul” is back in Montreal, five years after her first stop at the Festival ― a performance that thrilled her many fans. The Queen of Soul returns to serenade us with a collection of immortal songs...
Susie Arioli – November 22 at Place-des-Arts The Montrealer October 17, 2012 5287 In 1998, Susie Arioli hit the outdoor stage at the Festival, dazzling the crowd with her heartfelt interpretations of jazz standards. The same year, guitarist Jordan Officer by her side, she was opening for Ray...
John Scofield with Scott Colley and Bill Stewart- February 12 – 13 at L’Astral The Montrealer October 17, 2012 6988 John Scofield, one of the three gods of the contemporary jazz guitar trinity, completed by Pat Metheny and Bill Frisell, has been in constant artistic evolution and renewal since the '70s. A regular at the Jazz...
Jesse Cook – November 29 at Place-des-Arts The Montrealer October 17, 2012 5123 Paris-born, Toronto-bred flamenco guitarist Jesse Cook is adept at bridging cultures and finding common ground between apparently disparate musical traditions. Releasing seven studio albums in 15 years, he has ...
Harry Manx – November 16 at Centre de creativité The Montrealer October 17, 2012 5138 Harry Manx is a master of an eclectic range of instruments, from lap steel to banjo, harmonica to the mohan veena, a 20-string sitar. A musical expeditionary, he loves to surround himself with musicians who sha...
Gilberto Gil – November 23 at Place-des-Arts The Montrealer October 17, 2012 4548 Born in Salvador, Bahia, Brazilian guitarist and singer Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira rose to prominence in the late 1960s when he spearheaded the revolutionary Tropicalia movement with Caetano Veloso. In the 197...
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