Kinan Azmeh CityBand – April 28, 2022 LiveEvents April 20, 2022 1063 Bourgie Hall presents Kinan Azmeh CityBand Syrian-born clarinetist Kinan Azmeh is back in Montreal, this time with his New York-based ensemble to perform repertoire straddling both jazz and Middle Eastern mus...
Jacques Kuba Séguin and friends at Bourgie Hall LiveEvents April 2, 2022 1112 Bourgie Hall presents Jacques Kuba Séguin and friends: Migrations Jazz 5 à 7 A mosaic of jazz compositions inspired by diverse cultural horizons and immigrant persons in Quebec, Migrations illuminates the bl...
Ranee Lee – Montreal’s Queen of Jazz continues to reign Rick Keene March 16, 2022 3419 Montreal jazz singer to reprise her Dark Divas show for Festival de la Voix It has been four years since Ranee Lee gave the performance of her lifetime. Her husband and musical partner Richard Ring passed away...
Reconnect with an old friend: music Jim Doxas February 24, 2022 872 MTL Jazz Notes The act of listening to music has changed monumentally over the last 20 years. The once tangible process of physically placing an LP on a turn table or putting a CD in the tray of a player h...
Oscar Peterson’s legacy kept alive by his wife Kelly Duke Eatmon February 23, 2022 11658 Duke Eatmon Groove Innerviews Kelly Peterson discuses her life with Oscar and the new album recorded live in Helsinki in 1987 “I want the world to remember that it was his dedication, determination and hi...
Canada Post honours groundbreaking jazz singer Eleanor Collins LiveEvents February 6, 2022 1675 Eleanor Collins - Canada’s first lady of jazz hosted her own national show in the early days of television The Edmonton-born artist began performing in concert venues and on radio in the 1940s and broke ne...
Jim and Chet Doxas to perform their album The Circle at Bourgie Hall, February 10 The Montrealer February 4, 2022 1727 The management of Salle Bourgie are delighted that their popular-Thursday evening 5 a 7 Jazz concerts can restart, staring on Thursday, February 10 at 6pm. The re-opening concert will feature The Doxas Brothers...
Bass player Rhonda Smith has performed with Prince, Rick Derringer, Beyoncé and many other rock stars Duke Eatmon January 23, 2022 4730 Duke Eatmon Groove Innerviews “They keep pulling me back in Duke”, laughed Rhonda Smith, one of the greatest bass players on the planet. The Halifax, Nova Scotia born, and Montreal raised musician was re...
Tribute to Louis Armstrong – January 4, 2022 Online LiveEvents January 1, 2022 1446 Toronto Symphony Orchestra presents Tribute to Louis Armstrong His voice was unmistakable, his personality magnetic, and his artistry astonishing. With a career that spanned five decades and changed jazz fore...
Film Scores: Expect the Unexpected Jim Doxas December 20, 2021 823 MTL Jazz Notes I think that there is always a cinematic aspect to music. Great musicians and great artists from all walks of life tell a story within their chosen genre. Some express their thoughts through w...
