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31 Years... and the Celebration Continues with a Record Number of Free Performances!
Montreal -- Yes, the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal, presented by TD in collaboration with Rio Tinto Alcan, celebrated its three-decade existence last year... but with this new fanfare of festivities, you might think the celebrations had never ended! Not only is this 31st edition of the Festival readier than ever to host high-profile guests, ...
Jazz.FM91 Goes Global Via the Free Jazz.FM91 Mobile App
Toronto, Ontario -- JAZZ.FM91's Mobile App has surpassed 100,000 downloads after its launch just over 5 months ago. The application, available free of charge from the iTunes Store, offers jazz fans worldwide the ability to stream content live from Canada's Premier Jazz station on their iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. Trending reports show that a significant ...
Claude Marc Bourget's New Release "Musiques de Ballet"
Claude Marc Bourget MUSIQUES DE BALLET / PIANO After offering us Second Time, Claude Marc Bourget is back with a second solo album, Musiques de Ballet (Ballet Music). Second Time, published under a New-York label in 2008, was quickly noticed by American and Italian Critics. Jazz review, Jazz Times, All About Jazz Italia have ...
Festival International Musique Actuelle Victoriaville: Day 4 - May 23, 2010
by Gordon Marshall
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 Festival International Musique Victoriaville Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada May 23, 2010 Sunday afternoon was relegated to sounds of the European persuasion. Jacques Demierre's and Urs Leimgruber's Six opened the day, and The Trondheim Orchestra under Kim Myhr followed. As much ...
Festival International Musique Actuelle Victoriaville: Day 3 - May 22, 2010
by Gordon Marshall
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 Festival International Musique Actuelle VictoriavilleVictoriaville, Quebec, CanadaMay 22, 2010 In a sense, by definition, experimental artwork can never fail because, as it constitutes experiments, even when the outcome is not the desired one, there is still something to be learned that moves ...
Festival International Musique Actuelle Victoriaville: Day 2 - May 21, 2010
by Gordon Marshall
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 Festival International Musique Actuelle Victoriaville Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada May 21, 2010 Friday, Day 2 of FIMAV, started with a double feature at 2:00 in the afternoon, with two more Quebec-based acts, underscoring the impression that a new musical language ...
Festival International Musique Actuelle Victoriaville: Day 1 - May 20, 2010
by Gordon Marshall
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 Festival International Musique Actuelle VictoriavilleVictoriaville, Quebec, CanadaMay 20, 2010 Festival International Musique Actuelle Victoriaville (FIMAV), translated into English, is an acronym meaning Victoriaville International Festival of Contemporary Music--or, more precisely, “Now" music, or, “the music of now." It distinguishes itself from, ...
Ola Onabule Will Be Performing in Canada with His Six Piece Band on 26th June, 2nd July and 3rd July
Ola Onabule will be performing this summer in Canada at EDMONTON, VANCOUVER and VICTORIA JAZZ FESTIVAL. July 2009 saw Ola perform on the main stage of the Festival de Jazz de Montreal for their 30th anniversary festival and also Vancouver Jazz Festival last Summer. Ola possesses a stunning voice of enormous range and emotional clout. His ...
David Binney Quartet at L'Astral in Montreal, May 13, 2010
by John Kelman
David Binney QuartetL'Astral Montréal, Canada May 13, 2010 For one night, saxophonist David Binney brought a little taste of the 55 Bar to Montréal's L'Astral, courtesy of the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal. Mind you, as much as the well-known New York club acts as a regular performance space for ...
The TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival Turns 30!
Ottawa - From its roots as a weekend-long Dixieland bash to its current status as one of the National Capital Region's largest annual events, the Festival has been thrilling music fans for 30 summers. To celebrate, this year's edition is stretching out to encompass 11 days--June 24 to July 4--and introducing three new musical series. “This ...
