2014 Montreal International Jazz Festival Awards

Posted by - May 26, 2014

Montreal International Jazz Festival honours Diana Ross, Elvis Costello, Terence Blanchard, Paco de Lucía, Ron Di Lauro, Jean-Philippe Allard and also creates the new B.B. King Award. This year, the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal (June 26 – July 6, 2014) highlights the exceptional contributions to music made by Diana Ross, Elvis Costello, Terence

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Nikki Yanofsky: El Jazz es mi novio.

Posted by - June 28, 2010

Son pocas las veces que tenemos oportunidad de ver a un prodigio musical en escena, pero esto fue posible gracias al Festival de Jazz de Montreal quien invitó una vez más a la joven canadiense de 16 años, Nikki Yanofsky al teatro Maisonneuve para que nos maravillara con esa voz de mujer adulta que congenia

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Una leyenda llamada Lionel Richie

Posted by - June 26, 2010

La inauguración de la edición número 31 festival Internacional de Jazz de Montreal comenzó pisando fuerte en el firmamento con una súper estrella, el compositor, productor, pianista, saxofonista y cantante estadounidense Lionel Richie, quien puso a bailar y a gozar a todo el auditorio de la sala Wilfrid–Pelletier de la Plaza de Artes, que desde

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What’s up Montreal (V)

Posted by - July 13, 2009

THE BEST VOICE One of my great discoveries at Montreal Jazz Festival was Somi. I went to see her at the Astral Theatre and I was very impressed by her performance. She has a strong, rich, well- educated voice, with great depth of expression! Somi is an American singer & songwriter of Rwandan and Ugandan

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What’s up Montreal (VI)

Posted by - July 13, 2009

ALL FOR KIDS! Once again the Montreal’s Jazz Festival brought great activities for kids at Place Desjardins. There were lots of kid-friendly activities for their parents too, all free. What a wonderful way to introduce jazz as something to do together with your family. Besides that, magazines were full of discounts and nice jazz souvenirs

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Well done Spectra!

Posted by - July 13, 2009

30th anniversary edition: A musical dream… come true. Alain Simard founder of the Montreal Jazz Festival has always the time to read all the reports about this wonderful event. In fact he is everywhere during the festival, reading the journalist’s articles, presenting the artists, and encouraging his team. Undeniably this 30th anniversary was an incredible

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