Montreal International Jazz Festival

Misstress Barbara's Human After All

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By Erik Leijon (CHARTattack) July 17, 2009 5:01 pm
As far as singers go, Misstress Barbara is a great DJ. Earlier this year, the famed Montreal house DJ broke the fifth wall of electronic music by emerging from behind the kits, her pantsuited silhouette now a flesh and blood person. Not surprising, then, that her debut album as a singer (along with hypnotic beat doctor) plays to this conflict...
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Bell Orchestre Surprisingly Jazzy

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By Erik Leijon (CHARTattack) July 14, 2009 3:28 pm
Year after year, popular taste moves further away from traditional jazz music, and the Montreal International Jazz Festival has followed suit. The even more generic umbrella term of "world music" is the predominant style being represented here, and at least in terms of creation and backstory bears some resemblance to jazz music....
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Montreal Jazz Fest Roundup: Sean Lennon, Besnard Lakes, Patrick Watson

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By Erik Leijon (CHARTattack) July 12, 2007 3:30 pm
A festival built on second- and third-generation jazzmen paying respect to what's generally a musical genre living only in historical tribute wasn't the best venue for Sean Lennon to spread his wings and fly beyond the legacy left by everyone's favourite Liverpudlian musical hero. In the Montreal International Jazz Festival, where music fans...
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Patrick Watson

Montreal's Awesome Free Jazz Schedule

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By Erik Leijon (CHARTattack) July 2, 2009 3:38 pm
Montreal's own Patrick Watson is the biggest name on the impossibly long list of free shows at this year's Montreal International Jazz Festival after Motown icon Stevie Wonder, who opened the festival's 30th anniversary on Tuesday. The 2007 Polaris Music Prize winners and current Polaris Music Prize long-listers will perform with guests Lhasa De...
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