Festival International de Jazz de Montrˆ©al - 150+ Performances On Sale This Weekend
30TH EDITION OF THE FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE JAZZ DE MONTRˆâAL ANNOUNCES MORE THAN 150 ARTISTS FOR THE INDOOR PROGRAM
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Wealth of Performances Including Jeff Beck, Harlem Gospel Choir, Buddy Guy, Mos Def, Pink Martini, The Dears, The Orb, Burning Spear, Toots & The Maytals and Many More
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Montrˆ©al to Host 650+ Concerts Over Two Weeks
May 6, 2009 - The 30th Edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Montrˆ©al marks a genuine turning point in an already remarkable history. The world's #1 jazz event, presented by General Motors in collaboration with Rio Tinto Alcan, the Festival offers a program of incredible diversity for this grand event, as Montrˆ©al is set to host 3,000 musicians & entertainers from 30 countries, more than 650 concerts, 400 accredited journalists and a total of 2.5 million attendees. The sheer amount of live music includes in excess of 450 free shows on 10 outdoor stages, plus more than 150 indoor concerts at 10 different concert halls, showcasing jazz and music in all its forms, inspired by every style including pop, rock n' roll, '80s gypsy music, Afrobeat and other genres from around the world.
The Festival marks its anniversary by paying tribute to legendary record label Blue Note, which made global stars of Miles Davis, Al Green, John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk as well as newcomers including Norah Jones. Many artists from the label's peerless catalogue will illuminate the program. The festival wll also mark the 55th anniversary of the Newport Jazz Festival, represented by founder and "father" of all subsequent jazzfests George Wein, who brings in his Newport All Stars. Finally, a pair of 50th anniversaries of landmark albums will be celebrated in two Festival concerts: Time Out by Dave Brubeck, the first jazz album to have sold over one million copies, and Kind of Blue by Miles Davis, the biggest-selling jazz album in history.
The opening concert of the Festival turns the spotlight on fabulous trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, featuring flamenco piano sensation Chano Dominguez and his quartet. In the closing concert, Montrˆ©al Variations celebrates our city itself with its greatest pianists Oliver Jones, Franˆßois Bourassa, James Gelfand, Alain Lefˆ®vre, Guy Dubuc, Luc Beaugrand, Guy St-Onge and Lorraine Desmarais performing compositions created specifically with the metropolis as muse.
The program, series by series:
Pleins feux General Motors series, 7:30 p.m., Salle Wilfrid Pelletier, PdA:
Wynton Marsalis and Chano Dominguez (June 30)
Chris Botti (July 2)
Tony Bennett (July 3)
Dave Brubeck (July 4)
Al Jarreau and Molly Johnson (July 5)
Jeff Beck (July 6)
Pink Martini (July 7 and 8),
Joe Cocker (July 9)
Brian Setzer (July 10)
Jackson Browne (July 11)
Les Grands concerts TD Canada Trust series, 9:30 p.m., Thˆ©ˆ¢tre Maisonneuve, PdA:
Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra (June 30, 8 p.m.)
Monterey Quartet with Dave Holland, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Chris Potter and Eric Harland
Chucho Valdˆ©s (July 2)
Wayne Shorter Quartet (July 3)
Miles from India (July 4)
Branford Marsalis Quartet (July 5)
Ornette Coleman Quartet (July 9)
Mos Def and pianist Robert Glasper (July 10)
Harlem Gospel Choir (July 11)
Rythmes Bell series, 8:30 p.m., Mˆ©tropolis:
Kool & The Gang with opening act: Stˆ©phane Moraille (July 1)
Buddy Guy and Susan Tedeschi (July 2)
La India with opening act Jesus El Niˆ±o (July 3)
The Lost Fingers (July 4, exclusively at 6 p.m.)
The Positive Force (July 5)
Oumou Sangare and Alpha Blondy (July 8)
Burning Spear and Toots & The Maytals (July 9)
Beirut with opening act The Dodos (July 11)
En voix Rio Tinto Alcan series, 6 p.m., Thˆ©ˆ¢tre Maisonneuve, PdA:
Melody Gardot (July 1 and 2)
Madeleine Peyroux (July 3 and 5)
Susie Arioli (July 4)
Sophie Milman
Charlie Haden's Family and Friends show (July 8)
Van der Graaf Generator (July 9)
Patricia Barber (July 10)
John Pizzarelli (July 11)
Primeur ARTV series, 7:30 p.m., Cinquiˆ®me Salle, PdA:
Angˆ®le Dubeau (June 30, July 1 and 2)
Zachary Richard (July 8 to 11)
July 3 Montreal Guitar Show series: Monte Mongomery (6 p.m.), Peppino D'Agostino (8 p.m.) and Russell Malone (10 p.m.) July 4 Sylvain Provost (6 p.m.), Frank Vignola (8 p.m.) and Olivier Langevin (10 p.m.)
July 5 Don Alder (6 p.m.), Muriel and Valˆ©rie (8 p.m.) and Stanley Jordan (10 p.m.)
Les Couleurs SAQ series, 7 p.m., Club Soda:
Brazilian Duos (July 1)
Emilie-Claire Barlow (July 2)
Eleni Mandell (July 3)
Joyce (July 4)
John Butler (July 5) solo and in duet with Nicky Bomba
Pacifika(July 6)
Tˆ©rez Montcalm (July 8)
Farka Tourˆ© (July 9)
Lila Downs (July 10)
DeVotchKa's (July 11)
Invitation Hyatt Regency Montrˆ©al series, 6 p.m., Gesˆ¼ Centre de crˆ©ativitˆ© presented in collaboration with Galaxie:
French trumpeter Erik Truffaz Benares (July 1), Mexico(July 2), Paris (July 3).
Saxophonist Joshua Redman with pianist Aaron Parks, drummer Eric Harland and bassist Matt Penman (July 4)
Saxophonist Joshua Redman with Joe Lovano, Greg Hutchison, Reuben Rogers and Sam Yahel (July 5)
Saxophonist Joshua Redman with Brian Blade, Greg Hutchinson, Larry Grenadier and Reuben Rogers (July 6)
Garcia Fons (July 9) with Sabrina Romero (July 9)
Garcia-Fons with Jean-Louis Matinier (July 10)
Garcia-Fons with David Venitucci, Kiko Ruiz and Pascal Rolando (July 11)
Jazz Beat TD Canada Trust series, 8 p.m., Thˆ©ˆ¢tre Jean Duceppe, PdA. Presented by CBC Radio 2 (93.5 FM):
Al di Meola (July 1)
Sadao Watanabe (July 2)
Eliane Elias (July 3)
Kenny Garrett (July 4)
Kenny Werner (July 5)
Jimmy Cobb's So What Band with Wallace Roney, Vincent Herring, Javon Jackson, Larry Willis & Buster Williams (July 6)
Bill Frisell Quartet with Tony Scherr, Rudy Royston and Ron Miles (July 8).
Lorraine Desmarais (July 9)
George Wein, producer, promoter, pianist and father of jazz festivals, along with his Newport All Stars with Lew Tabackin, Randy Sandke, Howard Alden, Peter Washington and Lewis Nash (July 10).
Alain Caron & Franˆßois Bourrassa (July 11)
Jazz d'ici La Presse series, 6 p.m., L'Astral:
Oliver Jones (June 30)
Julie Lamontagne and her trio (July 1)
Guy Bˆ©langer (July 2)
Le Large Ensemble (July 3)
Auguste (July 5)
Karen Young, Stˆ©phane Moraille, Jean Vanasse and Martial Mˆ©ronˆ©, pay Tribute to ˆâval Manigat (July 6
Rˆ©mi-Jean Leblanc, Samuel Joly, Dan Thouin and Jocelyn Tellier (July 8)
Joel Miller (July 9)
Michel Donato (July 10)
Toussaint brothers of Sacbˆ© with Jean Pierre Zanella (July 11)
Jazz dans la nuit series, 10:30 p.m., Gesˆ¼ Centre de crˆ©ativitˆ©:
Enrico Rava (June 30)
The Baptiste Trotignon Quintet featuring Mark Turner, Jeremy Pelt, Greg Hutchison and Matt Penman (July 1)
Esperanza Spalding (July 2) Lee Konitz, accompanied by Minsarah (July 3)
Brian Blade (July 4) with longtime friends the Fellowship Band
Hadouk Trio (July 5)
Julien Lourau, Serbian pianist Bojan Zulfikarpaic and Algerian drummer Karim Ziad are BoZiLo (July 6)
Hiromi (July 8)
Rudresh Mahanthappa (July 9)
Bill Charlap and Houston Person (July 10)
Greg Osby (July 11)
Concerts intimes Planˆ®te Jazz series, 7 p.m., Savoy
Mˆ©lissa Laveaux (July 1 and 2)
Jordan Officer (from July 3 to 5 July 4 exclusively at 8:30 p.m.)
NEeMA (July 6)
Jason Bajada (July 8 and 9)
Po'Girl (July 10 and 11).
Jazz au Club series, 9 p.m., L'Astral n collaboration with Galaxie:
Bad Plus (June 30, 11 p.m., and July 1, 9 p.m.)
Dominick Farinacci (July 2)
Aaron Parks (July 3)
Gerald Clayton (July 4)
Loueke (July 5)
Anat Cohen (July 6)
English Canada (July 8)
BˆØa (July 9)
Jill Barber (July 10)
Somi (July 11)
Les Nuits Heineken series, midnight, Club Soda:
Elsiane (July 1)
High Tone (July 3)
Thunderheist (July 4)
Pawa Up First (July 5)
The Dears (July 6)
The Orb (July 8)
The Bell Orchestre (July 9)
Bonobo (July 10)
DJ Misstress Barbara preceded by Claass (July 11)
Special events:
Festival Pre opening: Gary Burton Quartet Revisited with Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow and Antonio Sanchez, June 26, 7:30 p.m., Salle Wilfrid Pelletier de la PdA
Jazzing Flamenco, 8 p.m., Thˆ©ˆ¢tre du Nouveau Monde, June 30 (6 p.m.), July 2 to 6 and 8 to 11 presented by Air France
Battle of the Bands with the Glenn Miller Orchestra and the Harry James Orchestra, July 12, 3:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, PdA
Complete programming for free outdoor concerts and activities at the 30th edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Montrˆ©al will be announced on June 8.
Pleins feux General Motors series, 7:30 p.m., Salle Wilfrid Pelletier, PdA:
Wynton Marsalis and Chano Dominguez (June 30)
Chris Botti (July 2)
Tony Bennett (July 3)
Dave Brubeck (July 4)
Al Jarreau and Molly Johnson (July 5)
Jeff Beck (July 6)
Pink Martini (July 7 and 8),
Joe Cocker (July 9)
Brian Setzer (July 10)
Jackson Browne (July 11)
Les Grands concerts TD Canada Trust series, 9:30 p.m., Thˆ©ˆ¢tre Maisonneuve, PdA:
Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra (June 30, 8 p.m.)
Monterey Quartet with Dave Holland, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Chris Potter and Eric Harland
Chucho Valdˆ©s (July 2)
Wayne Shorter Quartet (July 3)
Miles from India (July 4)
Branford Marsalis Quartet (July 5)
Ornette Coleman Quartet (July 9)
Mos Def and pianist Robert Glasper (July 10)
Harlem Gospel Choir (July 11)
Rythmes Bell series, 8:30 p.m., Mˆ©tropolis:
Kool & The Gang with opening act: Stˆ©phane Moraille (July 1)
Buddy Guy and Susan Tedeschi (July 2)
La India with opening act Jesus El Niˆ±o (July 3)
The Lost Fingers (July 4, exclusively at 6 p.m.)
The Positive Force (July 5)
Oumou Sangare and Alpha Blondy (July 8)
Burning Spear and Toots & The Maytals (July 9)
Beirut with opening act The Dodos (July 11)
En voix Rio Tinto Alcan series, 6 p.m., Thˆ©ˆ¢tre Maisonneuve, PdA:
Melody Gardot (July 1 and 2)
Madeleine Peyroux (July 3 and 5)
Susie Arioli (July 4)
Sophie Milman
Charlie Haden's Family and Friends show (July 8)
Van der Graaf Generator (July 9)
Patricia Barber (July 10)
John Pizzarelli (July 11)
Primeur ARTV series, 7:30 p.m., Cinquiˆ®me Salle, PdA:
Angˆ®le Dubeau (June 30, July 1 and 2)
Zachary Richard (July 8 to 11)
July 3 Montreal Guitar Show series: Monte Mongomery (6 p.m.), Peppino D'Agostino (8 p.m.) and Russell Malone (10 p.m.) July 4 Sylvain Provost (6 p.m.), Frank Vignola (8 p.m.) and Olivier Langevin (10 p.m.)
July 5 Don Alder (6 p.m.), Muriel and Valˆ©rie (8 p.m.) and Stanley Jordan (10 p.m.)
Les Couleurs SAQ series, 7 p.m., Club Soda:
Brazilian Duos (July 1)
Emilie-Claire Barlow (July 2)
Eleni Mandell (July 3)
Joyce (July 4)
John Butler (July 5) solo and in duet with Nicky Bomba
Pacifika(July 6)
Tˆ©rez Montcalm (July 8)
Farka Tourˆ© (July 9)
Lila Downs (July 10)
DeVotchKa's (July 11)
Invitation Hyatt Regency Montrˆ©al series, 6 p.m., Gesˆ¼ Centre de crˆ©ativitˆ© presented in collaboration with Galaxie:
French trumpeter Erik Truffaz Benares (July 1), Mexico(July 2), Paris (July 3).
Saxophonist Joshua Redman with pianist Aaron Parks, drummer Eric Harland and bassist Matt Penman (July 4)
Saxophonist Joshua Redman with Joe Lovano, Greg Hutchison, Reuben Rogers and Sam Yahel (July 5)
Saxophonist Joshua Redman with Brian Blade, Greg Hutchinson, Larry Grenadier and Reuben Rogers (July 6)
Garcia Fons (July 9) with Sabrina Romero (July 9)
Garcia-Fons with Jean-Louis Matinier (July 10)
Garcia-Fons with David Venitucci, Kiko Ruiz and Pascal Rolando (July 11)
Jazz Beat TD Canada Trust series, 8 p.m., Thˆ©ˆ¢tre Jean Duceppe, PdA. Presented by CBC Radio 2 (93.5 FM):
Al di Meola (July 1)
Sadao Watanabe (July 2)
Eliane Elias (July 3)
Kenny Garrett (July 4)
Kenny Werner (July 5)
Jimmy Cobb's So What Band with Wallace Roney, Vincent Herring, Javon Jackson, Larry Willis & Buster Williams (July 6)
Bill Frisell Quartet with Tony Scherr, Rudy Royston and Ron Miles (July 8).
Lorraine Desmarais (July 9)
George Wein, producer, promoter, pianist and father of jazz festivals, along with his Newport All Stars with Lew Tabackin, Randy Sandke, Howard Alden, Peter Washington and Lewis Nash (July 10).
Alain Caron & Franˆßois Bourrassa (July 11)
Jazz d'ici La Presse series, 6 p.m., L'Astral:
Oliver Jones (June 30)
Julie Lamontagne and her trio (July 1)
Guy Bˆ©langer (July 2)
Le Large Ensemble (July 3)
Auguste (July 5)
Karen Young, Stˆ©phane Moraille, Jean Vanasse and Martial Mˆ©ronˆ©, pay Tribute to ˆâval Manigat (July 6
Rˆ©mi-Jean Leblanc, Samuel Joly, Dan Thouin and Jocelyn Tellier (July 8)
Joel Miller (July 9)
Michel Donato (July 10)
Toussaint brothers of Sacbˆ© with Jean Pierre Zanella (July 11)
Jazz dans la nuit series, 10:30 p.m., Gesˆ¼ Centre de crˆ©ativitˆ©:
Enrico Rava (June 30)
The Baptiste Trotignon Quintet featuring Mark Turner, Jeremy Pelt, Greg Hutchison and Matt Penman (July 1)
Esperanza Spalding (July 2) Lee Konitz, accompanied by Minsarah (July 3)
Brian Blade (July 4) with longtime friends the Fellowship Band
Hadouk Trio (July 5)
Julien Lourau, Serbian pianist Bojan Zulfikarpaic and Algerian drummer Karim Ziad are BoZiLo (July 6)
Hiromi (July 8)
Rudresh Mahanthappa (July 9)
Bill Charlap and Houston Person (July 10)
Greg Osby (July 11)
Concerts intimes Planˆ®te Jazz series, 7 p.m., Savoy
Mˆ©lissa Laveaux (July 1 and 2)
Jordan Officer (from July 3 to 5 July 4 exclusively at 8:30 p.m.)
NEeMA (July 6)
Jason Bajada (July 8 and 9)
Po'Girl (July 10 and 11).
Jazz au Club series, 9 p.m., L'Astral n collaboration with Galaxie:
Bad Plus (June 30, 11 p.m., and July 1, 9 p.m.)
Dominick Farinacci (July 2)
Aaron Parks (July 3)
Gerald Clayton (July 4)
Loueke (July 5)
Anat Cohen (July 6)
English Canada (July 8)
BˆØa (July 9)
Jill Barber (July 10)
Somi (July 11)
Les Nuits Heineken series, midnight, Club Soda:
Elsiane (July 1)
High Tone (July 3)
Thunderheist (July 4)
Pawa Up First (July 5)
The Dears (July 6)
The Orb (July 8)
The Bell Orchestre (July 9)
Bonobo (July 10)
DJ Misstress Barbara preceded by Claass (July 11)
Special events:
Festival Pre opening: Gary Burton Quartet Revisited with Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow and Antonio Sanchez, June 26, 7:30 p.m., Salle Wilfrid Pelletier de la PdA
Jazzing Flamenco, 8 p.m., Thˆ©ˆ¢tre du Nouveau Monde, June 30 (6 p.m.), July 2 to 6 and 8 to 11 presented by Air France
Battle of the Bands with the Glenn Miller Orchestra and the Harry James Orchestra, July 12, 3:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, PdA
Complete programming for free outdoor concerts and activities at the 30th edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Montrˆ©al will be announced on June 8.
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