International Festival Musique Actuelle Victoriaville, Day 3-5

John Kelman

Senior Editor since 2004

With the realization that there will always be more music coming at him than he can keep up with, John wonders why anyone would think that jazz is dead or dying.

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Published: May 23, 2005

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Overall a day of almost unremitting ferocity—with the exception of Scodanibbio's late afternoon performance—it was nevertheless a significant one that brought focus to a subgenre that has a relatively small but remarkably committed following. And,with Levasseur opening the festival up to the participation of guest curators, it created a precedent that may well hold some interesting possibilities for future seasons of FIMAV.

Visit Hair Police, Wolf Eyes, Stefano Scodanibbio, No Neck Blues Band, Thurston Moore, Sonic Youth and the International Festival Musique Actuelle Victoriaville on the web. For a full schedule of this year's events, click here.

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