Results for "Montreal"

Will Régnier

Born: May 13, 1994

Will Régnier is a Montreal-based Canadian drummer, composer and record producer. Since the beginning of his professional musical career in 2010, Will has established himself as a sought-after drummer, contributing to numerous records and tours, with a diverse array of artists. In addition to his impressive drumming abilities, Will has also made his mark as a composer, mixer and producer, overseeing the creation of several records. In 2014, William began a bachelor’s degree in jazz performance at Université de Montréal, where he studied drumming with Paul Brochu; he went on to obtain a master’s degree in jazz performance and composition in 2020

Choose Joy

by John Chacona
March 2, 2023

What should music sound like as the world emerges from the musical Ice Age of the pandemic years? An elegiac tone is an inevitable and perhaps necessary acknowledgment of the desolation of those years. Equally valid is an expression of joy and gratitude for the transformative power of music to heal and uplift. In their own ...

Melissa Pipe

Melissa Pipe is a baritone saxophonist, bassoonist, composer and arranger who lives in Montreal. 

As well as leading her own quintet and sextet, she performs regularly with jazz, hip hop, indie, and classical ensembles as a freelancer. A versatile player and writer, she has written for small group, chamber ensemble, big band and symphony orchestra.

Martin Gioani

Born: September 17, 1987

Martin Gioani is a guitar player, pedagogue and content creator with a community of more than 200K subscribers. Since 2005 he teaches guitar, creates pedagogical content and full courses on his website guitare-improvisation.com, and shares tutorials and backing tracks on his Youtube channel Guitare Improvisation.

A vast experience in jazz, gypsy jazz and Brazilian music led Martin to teach in different seminars, including the most prestigious Django in June in 2019 in Massachusetts. His interest towards different cultures, music genres and languages can be felt in his approach to teaching as much as in his playing.

Pierre Francois

SortiesJAZZnights.com Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary At Montreal's O Patro Vys on January 20, 2023

January 19, 2023

This event will celebrate our body of work for the last 20 years starting with a presentation of how it all started for Claude Thibault January 1, 2003, its evolution until today’s 5th version as well as our current team. At the sortiesjazznights.com 20th anniversary birthday, you’ll also hear testimony and ad lib comments from partners, ...

Sarah Kennedy

Born: June 3

Sarah Kennedy is the kind of performer that brightens the room before the show starts, warms every heart, and keeps listeners spellbound and smirking until the last note has faded. Her repertoire is strongly rooted in straight-ahead jazz, with influences ranging from Sarah Vaughan to Blossom Dearie, but her sound is evolving into an intriguing personal style as she ventures into original composition. 

She holds a diploma in Jazz and Contemporary Voice, completed with instructors from both Vancouver Community College and Capilano University, but more recently she completed a Masters in Creative Arts Therapies from Concordia University.  So in addition to being a brilliant jazz performer with a penchant for thrilling her audience, Sarah Kennedy is also a Music Therapist on a mission to enhance mental health with music.

2022: The Year in Jazz

by Ken Franckling
December 29, 2022

Current events impacted the jazz world in significant ways throughout 2022. In its third year, the coronavirus pandemic continued to lurk in some settings, while others recovered in robust fashion. Russia's war on Ukraine was felt by musicians and triggered an outpouring of support for its victims. Initiatives to ensure greater equity in jazz advanced. The ...

Adrian Vedady

Adrian Vedady is one of Montreal’s finest jazz bassists. Since 1998 he has been performing, recording and touring nationally and internationally. He is known for his beautiful sound, his creativity, his ability to connect with a broad array of musicians and his soulfulness.

He performs regularly with such great Montreal musicians as Christine Jensen, Kate Wyatt, Sienna Dahlen, Al McLean, Lex French, Steve Amirault, and Yannick Rieu. He has performed with Canadian jazz greats Lorne Lofsky, Kirk MacDonald, Wray Downes, Phil Dwyer, Brad Turner, Florian Hoefner, Kevin Turcotte, and Roddy Ellias.  Vedady has worked with international artists such as Marc Copland, Dan Weiss, Peter Bernstein, Ingrid Jensen, Jean-Michel Pilc, Sheila Jordan, Chet Doxas, David Liebman, Gary Versace, Ariel Pocock, Ravi Coltrane and George Colligan.

Nicolas Lanctot

Born: March 19, 1992

Nicolas Lanctôt, a Monteal based musician, was introduced to music at a very young age. Having always had a love for music, he began taking piano lessons at the age of 6, and played trombone during high school. It is however at the age of fifteen that he started learning how to play the guitar and found out that he wanted to become a professional musician. Having studied music in college and in university allowed Nicolas to make many connections in the montreal music scene. The city's culturally diverse population has also allowed him to learn a wide variety of different styles, as he has accompanied arists from Haiti, Mali, the Dominican Republic, and many more