Montreal International Jazz Festival 2009

Misstress Barbara's Human After All

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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Misstress Barbara

Bell Orchestre Surprisingly Jazzy

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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Bell Orchestre

Montreal's Awesome Free Jazz Schedule

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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Patrick Watson file photo (by Jay Shuster)
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