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Toronto Jazz '09 Festival Journal: 'Round About Midday to 'Round About Midnight
by Raul d'Gama Rose
T.D. Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival Toronto, Ontario, Canada June 26-July 5, 2009 To begin at the beginning: close encounters in a war against the abolition of free will by methodical conditioning and the servitude made acceptable by regular doses of chemically-induced progress and happiness from: canned food, ...
Sylvain Provost: Desirs Demodes
by Robert J. Lewis
Sylvain Provost Désirs Démodés Effendi Records 2009 If you've been among the very best in your chosen field (of jazz piano) over a long career, there will inevitably come a time when what you say carries as much weight as what you play. So when pianist Oliver Jones, ...
Take Five With Curtis Andrews
by AAJ Staff
Meet Curtis Andrews: Drummer/percussionist/composer Curtis Andrews strives to create, assemble, mix and discover. Schooled in the jazz tradition, he prefers to take his music beyond that and has studied intensely, the music of Ghana and India. As a result, his debut album The Offering of Curtis Andrews is unlike anything you may have heard.Instrument(s): ...
Wrap-up of the 30th Edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal a Musical Dream... Come True
The 30th anniversary of the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal enters the history books-and wasn't that a party! For 13 days and nights-two more than usual, a bonus for everyone, including our local hotels!-Montreal reveled in the best of jazz and its related musical genres in a historic and successful turning point for the Festival. ...
Amanda Tosoff Quartet Wins the 2009 General Motors Grand Jazz Award
The Galaxie Rising Star Award of the CBC goes to Vincent Gagnon Montreal -- The Festival International de Jazz de Montreal in collaboration with General Motors Canada--partner and presenter of the event for the 10th consecutive year--are today pleased to be awarding the General Motors Grand Jazz Award to Amanda Tosoff Quartet. The artist was deemed ...
Fiesta Cubana with Los Van Van and Afro-Cuban All-Stars, Followed by Ben Harper and Relentless7!
30th anniversary Rio Tinto Alcan Closing Event, Sunday, July 12, 7 p.m. Fiesta Cubana with Los Van Van and Afro-Cuban All-Stars, followed by Ben Harper & Relentless7! Montreal - Closing out an amazing 30th edition with a big bang, the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal invites fans to a festive, technicolour Rio Tinto Alcan 30th ...
Honouring the "Father" of Jazz Festivals: A Tribute to George Wein
Montreal - For its 30th anniversary, the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal welcomes and honours George Wein, the “father” of jazz festivals, who created the very first event of its kind, the Newport Jazz Festival, 55 years ago. Yesterday, in the Maison du Festival Rio Tinto Alcan pressroom, Alain Simard, president and founder of the ...
Montreal Jazz Festival: Days 7-9, July 7-9, 2009
by John Kelman
Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-9 Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae Charlie Haden Family and Friends / Bill Frisell QuartetVan Der Graaf Generator / Ornette ColemanFestival International de Jazz de Montreal Montreal, Quebec, Canada July 7-9 2009 Every year the Festival ...
The Week of the Sponsorship
Just a day after George Wein announced that CareFusion will be the title sponsor for his jazz festivals in Newport starting this year and New York starting in 2010, The Montreal International Jazz Festival today announced that it has a new presenting sponsor.TD Financial Group (Toronto-Dominion Bank and its subsidiaries) is stepping up to ...
Ornette Coleman Winner of the Miles Davis Award
The Festival International de Jazz de Montreal this year offered the prestigious Miles Davis Award to the peerless free jazz titan Ornette Coleman. He was given the prize by Alain Simard, founder and president of the Festival. For over five decades, saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman, 79, has played a major role in the evolution of ...
