The Record Roundup
Orchestre national de jazz de Montréal — Under the Influence Suite Justin Time JTR 8597-2 Two years after its debut release on the ATMA label, Montreal’s…
Browsing: Scena Jazz
New Releases
Lepage, Lussier et le Quatuor Bozzini — Chants et danses … with strings – TDB9019 Founding fathers of the musique actuelle movement, the clarinet and guitar…
Actuelle anyone … ?
Anyone with knowledge of Montreal’s creative music scene immediately recognizes the term “musique actuelle”. Coined over thirty years ago, it first became the identifier of…
Guido Basso – The Homecoming
Eighty years young as of this last September, trumpeter Guido Basso returns to his native Montreal from his Toronto home for an evening dedicated to…
Off Jazz Festival Montreal
For some, 18 is the age adulthood. Montreal’s Off Jazz Festivals reaches that milestone this month, even though it attained real maturity seven years ago…
The Long and Winding Jazz Solo
Once you play the music, it’s in the air. It’s gone. But when you record it, it comes back to haunt you. – Eric Dolphy…
Scott Thomson, Both Sides Now
In 2010, trombonist Scott Thomson left his native Toronto for Montreal. “I wanted to change scenery, he states in a recent conversation, so I moved…
Jazz: At a venue near you
Based on previous experience, the live jazz scene really shifts into overdrive early in October. Not so this year. In fact, it’s off and running…
Jazz Fall Previews: The Record Haul
Those who believe in the death knell of the CD better think twice. Justin Time Records and Disques Effendi, the local jazz labels, don’t seem…
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Suoni per il Popolo Festival) Montreal, June 2017
Words: Marc Chénard / Images: Jacques Gravel There once was a time when the city of Montreal sported one major music event, the Festival International de…
