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A contemporary jazz with mixed influences, focused on overall cohesion rather than individual virtuosity; this is what Montreal based trio Misc aim for. If the musicians hail from the jazz tradition they are clearly not limited to it, flirting mainly with pop, rock and electronic music and using a wide range of effects, sampled field recordings and orchestration tricks.

With an extended experience of several tours across Canada and Europe, the band Misc launched their self-titled album in the spring of 2016. That year, the album was nominated at the ADISQ Awards Gala in the Jazz Album of the Year category. and is the recipient of the jazz album of the year at GAMIQ Awards. Winner of the Grand Prize at the Rimouski Jazz Fest in 2011, named Radio-Canada Revelation in 2014-15 and recipient of the Jazz Album of the Year at ADISQ Awards Gala in 2014, the trio is soon to be back in full force with a new opus titled Partager l’ambulance which translates to Sharing the Ambulance.

Misc: Partager l'ambulance

Read "Partager l'ambulance" reviewed by Gareth Thompson

by Gareth Thompson
April 9, 2021

Montreal piano-led trio Misc use their album title and artwork here to reflect on a post-Covid world. The title translates as “Sharing The Ambulance" and the cover is like an apocalyptic cartoon, showing a disused hospital truck furnished with hi-fi and easy chair floating in the sky. It could be a still from any Studio Ghibli film and thus appropriate to an album which soundtracks its own dreamlike drama. At the 2018 Montreal Jazz Festival, the group interpreted ...

Career

Taxes 101: Five Tips and One Misconception That All Musicians Should Know

Source: HypeBot
March 23, 2018

For musicians and DJs, the tax code is filled with both landmines and opportunities. Nick Murray of the Spotify For Artists blog interviews tax expert Anil Melwani to learn the latest tax tips that should make this year's filing a bit less stressful. Take the worry out of taxes with these easy to follow steps. Guest post by Nick Murray from the Spotify for Artists blog It's never fun to file a tax return, but for those who work only a regular 9 ...
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Performance / Tour

ICP Orchestra Brings Zany Dutch Mischief to Seattle Art Museum on April 12th

Source: Seattle Jazz Scene
April 9, 2011

The International Composers Pool (ICP) Orchestra, pictured here, doesn't just invent music in the moment, it plays with the idea of how that music gets made. Mischievous, zany, fox-quick and witty, all the players in this 44-year-old Dutch tentet can tap dance on a dime. (Sadly, pianist and composer Misha Mengelberg left the tour earlier this week for health reasons.) Whether bearding the classics with hippity-hoppity horns or playing ineffably beautiful sustains on violin, cello and bass, ICP always offers ...
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Video / DVD

Mischa Machez - Two

Source: AAJ Staff
August 14, 2010

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Performance / Tour

Review Jenny Scheinman's Mischief and Mayhem @ Village Vanguard

Source: AAJ Staff
July 20, 2010

Kings of Rhythm and a Queen of the Avant-Garde By Will Friedwald

If the Knitting Factory ever established an outpost in Nashville, Jenny Scheinman's Mischief & Mayhem band is what you'd hear there. Ms. Scheinman, a violinist, composer, and vocalist, is one of those young players (at 31) who at first seems almost insanely diverse; I heard her for the first time (on records at least) playing behind Norah Jones on the blockbuster country-jazz hybrid “Come Away With Me" ...
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Performance / Tour

A Mischievous Convergence of Past and Present Jazz

Source: Michael Ricci
April 20, 2010

Erimaj, a band led by Jamire Williams, the young jazz drummer from Houston, features a lot of information being knocked around. There are rising and falling vamps and solos; a bit of rock and pastoral-sounding, post-Pat Metheny guitar harmony; some careful falsetto R&B; and, from Mr. Williams, fluid narrative improvising, as well as beats like fragmented hip-hop. At the Jazz Gallery on Friday Mr. Williams kept a mischievous smile through almost all of Erimajs set. (The bands name is his ...
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Recording

John Ellis & Double-Wide to Release "Puppet Mischief" on Obliqsound

Source: Calabro Music
January 9, 2010

JOHN ELLIS & DOUBLE-WIDE Make PUPPET MISCHIEF - Second Album From NEW ORLEANS-Inspired Band

To Be Released FEBRUARY 23 On OBLIQSOUND

Brooklyn, NY -- Brooklyn saxophonist John Ellis is gearing up for a busy 2010. On February 23, ObliqSound will release Puppet Mischief, the second album with his New Orleans-based band Double-Wide, which in addition to Ellis features Brian Coogan on organ, Matt Perrine on sousaphone and Jason Marsalis on drums, plus special guests Gregoire Maret on harmonica and Alan ...
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TV / Film

Technologically Promiscuous American Youth Screw Viacom

Source: All About Jazz
August 1, 2008

How American Youth Will Screw Viacom

Here's the thing about the TV business: It's only as profitable or as valuable as the people who watch it. And if the only people who watch it are senior citizens strapped by debt, it's not worth much -- not to advertisers, anyway. When Viacom posted second-quarter results yesterday, the company admitted its TV business hit a snag. Global advertising sales grew just 2 percent, and U.S. ad sales only eked out 1 percent ...
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