Orchestras of our time: three views
In the Swing Era, big bands reigned supreme, but in the post-World War II years, many would disband, succumbing to changing popular tastes. Some lamented…
Marc Chénard
Marc Chénard
Marc Chénard is a Montreal-based multilingual music journalist specialized in jazz and improvised music. In a career now spanning some 30 years, he has published a wide array of articles and essays, mainly in Canada, some in the United States and several in Europe (France, Belgium, Germany and Austria). He has travelled extensively to cover major festivals in cities as varied as Vancouver and Chicago, Paris and Berlin, Vienna and Copenhagen. He has been the jazz editor and a special features writer for La Scena Musicale since 2002; currently, he also contributes to Point of Departure, an American online journal devoted to creative musics. / / Marc Chénard est un journaliste multilingue de métier de Montréal spécialisé en jazz et en musiques improvisées. En plus de 30 ans de carrière, ses reportages, critiques et essais ont été publiés principalement au Canada, parfois aux États-Unis mais également dans plusieurs pays européens (France, Belgique, Allemagne, Autriche). De plus, il a été invité à couvrir plusieurs festivals étrangers de renom, tant en Amérique (Vancouver, Chicago) que Outre-Atlantique (Paris, Berlin, Vienne et Copenhangue). Depuis 2012, il agit comme rédacteur atitré de la section jazz de La Scena Musicale; en 2013, il entame une collabortion auprès de la publication américaine Point of Departure, celle-ci dédiée aux musiques créatives de notre temps.
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Springtime Jazz Offerings
Whatever the season, there is always live music to catch somewhere, but the sap really starts flowing come spring. The New Trumpet Festival and the…
Book Review: La nuée – L’AACM: Un jeu de société musicale
La nuée – L’AACM: Un jeu de société musicale Alexandre Pierrepont Editions Parenthèses, Collection Eupalinos – Jazz et musiques improvisées Paris, 2015, 431 p. ISBN…
Piano Caméléons: Keys for Two
Left to right: Matt Herskowitz, Oliver Esmonde-White, and John Roney. Photo Lorraine Desjardins The Piano Caméléons project first came together in 2013. Its instigator,…
Jazz: Off The Record – Winter Perspectives
A year ago last March, the Effendi Jazz en Rafale series concluded with the onstage premiere of guitarist Michel Cusson’s appropriately-titled Solo project. The recording…
A Tale from Vienna: The Bösendorfer Story
“Sometimes pianists try to sound like singers. Me personally, I try to sound like a Bösendorfer.” – Placido Domingo Bösendorfer’s famous 97-key Imperial model…
Médéric Collignon : Propos et confidences
Photo: Levy-Stab En tournée canadienne cet été, le joueur de cornet français Médéric Collignon compte parmi les personnalités les plus fortes de la génération de jazzmen…
From Theory to Practice: A conversation with instrument maker Stephen Fox
(This is a continuation of the article in the April 2012 issue of this magazine. Read the article here.) Nora-Louise Müller / Photo: Thomas Berg Based…
Sounds Unlikely: The Bohlen-Pierce System
The story of microtonality might be as old as music itself. In non-Western music traditions, e.g. Indian Carnatic music or Arabic melismas, its use…
More than a Sideman
Photo: Jean-Pierre DubéFrank Lozano in conversation on his recent recorded collaborationsJazz is particularly fond of heroes. Often larger than life, they are both objects of…
