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Session strutter's ball 7 Aug 2013 | 07:46 pm
Over my time spent in New York, and I guess my life in general, the allure of jam sessions has worn off. For all the great musicians I've met and played with, there seems to be a growing amount of vib...
FIJM 2013: Wrapup and wishlist 10 Jul 2013 | 04:20 am
Like many others, I wrapped up my Jazz Fest drenched in the rain watching Amadou and Mariam outside. This was the only headline show on the mainstage that I saw this year, and after lukewarm reviews (...
FIJM Day 9: Migrations 8 Jul 2013 | 01:45 am
As hard as I tried to be on time, I walked into Laurent de Wilde's set about fifteen minutes late, just as he beginning "New Nuclear Killer" from his recent album, Over the Clouds. He wasted no time ...
FIJM Day 8: Heritage 7 Jul 2013 | 01:16 am
The festival press room, after a while, starts to feel like a family reunion. It doesn't feel like Jazz Fest until I've seen Mitch Myers and David Beckett. Beckett, Myers and a couple of new acquainta...
FIJM 2013 Day 7: Belleville rendezvous 6 Jul 2013 | 12:08 am
Last evening was marked by reunions. Just before their 6 pm mainstage show, I ran into pianist Robi Botos and his trio in the press room. As I wrote regarding his appearance last year which won him th...
FIJM 2013 Day 6: Such A Night 4 Jul 2013 | 10:16 pm
(What happened to days 4 & 5? I was playing. More on that later.) As I approach nearly a decade of covering the Jazz Fest, I've learned that the programmers are good for some behind-the-scenes insigh...
FIJM 2013 Day 3: These are the Good Days 1 Jul 2013 | 10:11 pm
After a rehearsal for tonight's show with Sarah Linhares (her Montreal farewell), I headed down to the FIJM site for saxophonist Chet Doxas and his band Muse Hill. The group was formed a while ago wit...
FIJM 2013, Day 2: Stargazing 30 Jun 2013 | 07:14 pm
I had to skip the first day of this year's Jazz Festival (not counting the pre-opening events with Patrick Watson and Pink Martini) due to a prior gig commitment, my first full-day absence from the fe...
2013 Montreal Jazz Festival - indoor programming picks 1 May 2013 | 08:57 pm
Yesterday was International Jazz Day, commemorated with a star-studded gala in Istanbul and notable releases from Aaron Parks and Darcy James Argue. The Montreal Jazz Festival took Tuesday morning to ...
From the French Quarter to le Quartier Latin 22 Apr 2013 | 04:43 am
My trip to New Orleans was inspiring and revelatory. Some of the mystique of that city was stripped away - contrary to popular belief, Bourbon St. is not where it's really at. There were also some ver...
