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Working It: Jazz Guitarist, Songwriter and Arranger Mike Rud
Although veteran jazz musician Mike Rud has lived in New York City and all over Canada, Montreal is his chosen home and he regularly plays the Upstairs Jazz Bar & Grill. For his new album, Notes on...
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What’s Happening in Montreal: Outdoor Movies, Urban Forest and Jazz Fest
From activities at the McCord Museum’s Urban Forest installation to free outdoor movies and farmers’ markets, there is no reason to stay indoors this season. Check out Marché Fermier in the Plateau to...
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Montreal jazz clubs swing but no one is making millions, yet
It’s Friday night at the Dièse Onze jazz club on St. Denis St. and a steady stream of customers has started to fill the place. Manager Gary Tremblay is busy with a multitude of tasks: collecting the...
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Album review: Dedication shows Justin Kauflin finding his own voice
Justin Kauflin Dedication Jazz Village On his second disc, 28-year-old pianist Justin Kauflin pays tribute to the important figures in his life, with most tracks inspired by his teachers, mentors and...
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Jazz pianist Justin Kauflin's Dedication is heartfelt
Jazz giant Clark Terry was almost 90 when he faced blindness, brought on by diabetes. Justin Kauflin, only 23 at the time, had been living without sight for 12 years. They met when the young piano...
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Rodriguez: At 70, Keith Jarrett is ready for anything
Keith Jarrett, perennial enfant terrible of music — and inarguably the piano’s most accomplished and creative all-around practitioner (jazz, classical, experimental music) over the last half century —...
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Pop Tart: House of Jazz swings with Jim Doxas jam sessions and diva Michelle...
Montreal’s House of Jazz nightclub was a popular destination for many headliners at the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal back when it was called Biddle’s, and the club was anchored by...
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Picture book Oscar Lives Next Door pays tribute to Oscar Peterson and Little...
An author’s note in Bonnie Farmer’s new picture book explains that she had long wanted to write about Little Burgundy, the neighbourhood in which she and her mother settled after moving from Nova...
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Erik's Lunch Mix: Gregory Porter picks up steam
It’s Jazz Fest time in Montreal, so I thought I’d spend the remainder of the month recommending shows I’d want to see (if I were not out of town on vacation). A few years back at Jazz Fest, I found...
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In or Out? Sharon Jones opens Jazz Fest or PBS spies on babies
Wondering what to do tonight? In or Out is the daily answer to that question from Gazette music contributor Erik Leijon and writer/editor Denise Duguay. Stay in: 9 Months That Made You (PBS, 10-11...
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