This Week in Montreal (June 13 – 19)
Montreal Chamber Music Festival, June 3-19 The pre-festival activities of the Montreal Chamber Music Festival began on February 23, but the festival proper will continue…
Browsing: Scena Jazz
National Jazz Festival Picks
Canada certainly has its act together when it comes to jazz festivals. With some 20 member organizations, the Jazz Festivals Canada network enables events to…
Jazz: Festive Collaborations
François Bourassa’s Pianorama In the years following his breakthrough as winner of the Montreal Jazz Festival Competition in 1985, pianist François Bourassa has constantly evolved.…
Orchestras of our time: three views
In the Swing Era, big bands reigned supreme, but in the post-World War II years, many would disband, succumbing to changing popular tastes. Some lamented…
Springtime Jazz Offerings
Whatever the season, there is always live music to catch somewhere, but the sap really starts flowing come spring. The New Trumpet Festival and the…
Book Review: La nuée – L’AACM: Un jeu de société musicale
La nuée – L’AACM: Un jeu de société musicale Alexandre Pierrepont Editions Parenthèses, Collection Eupalinos – Jazz et musiques improvisées Paris, 2015, 431 p. ISBN…
Piano Caméléons: Keys for Two
Left to right: Matt Herskowitz, Oliver Esmonde-White, and John Roney. Photo Lorraine Desjardins The Piano Caméléons project first came together in 2013. Its instigator,…
Jazz: Off The Record – Winter Perspectives
A year ago last March, the Effendi Jazz en Rafale series concluded with the onstage premiere of guitarist Michel Cusson’s appropriately-titled Solo project. The recording…
Video of the Day – Maria Schneider Wins Grammy
She is known mainly as a jazz composer and bandleader but she walked away with the Grammy in the category “Best Contemporary Classical Composition.” Her…
This Week in Montreal: June 24 to 30
Discovery and Exploration at the Montréal Baroque Festival In addition to their Grand concerts series, the Montréal Baroque Festival will offer festival-goers more intimate programming,…
