Montreal Jazz Festival

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  Dr. Lonnie Smith Octet

  Gesu, Montreal QC, June 30

  PUBLISHED Jul 2, 2014

  Hammond organ soul jazz guru Dr. Lonnie Smith has frequented the Montreal Jazz fest, but he pulled out all the (organ) stops with his new o...

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  Ginger Baker Jazz Confusion

  Theatre Maisonneuve, Montreal QC, June 30

  PUBLISHED Jul 2, 2014

  I have to admit I had a bit of morbid curiosity about this show. The legendarily irascible Ginger Baker has often expressed admiration for...

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  Bombino

  Club Soda, Montreal QC, July 1

  PUBLISHED Jul 2, 2014

  Omara "Bombino" Moctar has travelled far from his home in northern Niger over the past five years; this isn't even his first swing through...

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  Sly and Robbie / Burning Spear

  Metropolis, Montreal QC, July 1

  PUBLISHED Jul 2, 2014

  It's hard to overstate the influence of Sly and Robbie not only on reggae music in the studio but onstage. Pretty much every single reggae...

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  Concha Buika

  Theatre Maisonneuve, Montreal QC, June 29

  PUBLISHED Jun 30, 2014

  "I don't use filters when I'm in front of you" declared Spanish singer Concha Buika to the audience, before joking that her mother comes to...

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  Jack De Johnette, Ravi Coltrane & Matt Garrison

  Theatre Jean Duceppe, Montreal QC, June 29

  PUBLISHED Jun 30, 2014

  This is a jazz festival dream gig — the children of two of the John Coltrane Quartet meet with one of the bright young stars of the '...

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  Quantic

  Club Soda, Montreal QC, June 29

  PUBLISHED Jun 30, 2014

  Will Holland (a.k.a. Quantic) has pursued an interesting career path in developing his personal brand of tropical funk electronics. Having...

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  High Tone / Face T

  Metropolis, Montreal QC, June 28

  PUBLISHED Jun 29, 2014

  So why is reggae and dub at a jazz festival anyways? Funk, soul and blues all make sense, but Jamaican sounds have crept into a few Artisti...