Montreal Jazz Festival, June & July 07
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Topic: Montreal Jazz Festival, June & July 07
Posted By: Prog.Sylvie
Subject: Montreal Jazz Festival, June & July 07
Date Posted: May 05 2007 at 09:32
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Once again, the Montreal Jazz Festival will present some great shows with many of the best jazz and fusion jazz musicians.
Keith Jarret, Wayne Shorter, Billy Cobham, Mike Stern, Olivier Jones, Dolores O'riordan from the Cranberries, Zachary Richard, Bob Dylan, Cesaria Evora, Sean Lennon , Ricky Lee Jones, Anne Ducros from France, Dave Holland Quintet, and so on...
It will be the party in town from the 28 th of june to the 8 th of july, inside and outside.
We choose a good one I guess. It's fusion Jazz at his best; Mike Stern ( guitar), Alain Caron from Uzeb ( bass) and the one and only Billy Cobham on drums. I already have my tickets at the front row.
This International Jazz Festival is about music from around the world; latin music, world beat, African beat, blues, jazz fusion, jazz, pop, soul, and so on. It's not only jazz, it's more than that.
For those who wants more information, you can go there;
http://www.montrealjazzfest.com/Fijm2007/splash.aspx - http://www.montrealjazzfest.com/Fijm2007/splash.aspx
Maybe it's worth to have a look.
------------- C'est la vie |
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Posted By: Chus
Date Posted: May 06 2007 at 01:40
Thanks PS. This reminds me I saw a video recently of Buddy Rich in the 80's playing his last concert at the MJF. I always had the wrong impression that at the festival only jazz big bands gathered (including latin big bands) or those around a more traditional jazz style (bebop, swing......... dixie ). Nice to know also fusion gets played------------- Jesus Gabriel |
Posted By: Atomic_Rooster
Date Posted: May 06 2007 at 01:48
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We all know that Bob Dylan is the greatest jazz/fusion musician ever
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Posted By: Chus
Date Posted: May 06 2007 at 01:51
 I prefer the Cranberries though all festivals are not the same as 20 or 30 years ago, I think, a decreasing in quality has developed, allowing practically every musician to take part on a jazz festival. As we know it, Ricky Martin could be there as a "latin jazz" artist------------- Jesus Gabriel |
Atomic_Rooster wrote:Posted By: Prog.Sylvie
Date Posted: May 06 2007 at 09:33
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I only wanted to show that as usual we have big names, in different music style. I agree, that this fest. like Montreux Jazz Festival, or any other called Jazz Festival, present many kind of music.
I don't like everything on this festival; so far, since 4 years, I saw Micheal Brecker, Al Dimiola, Pat Metheney, Chick Corea and others, all related to fusion Jazz.
About Bob Dylan, I like to listen to his old tunes on radio or CD.,that's all. ------------- C'est la vie |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: May 07 2007 at 16:36
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WARNING! WARNING! MONTRÉAL COMMUNIST JAZZ FESTIVAL Before going to the so-called free shows be prepared to be frisked and strip searched at all entrances and remember to bring $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ for the $6 beer and $1 that they expect for a tip. They won`t even let you bring bottled water onto the venues so bring $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ for water as well unless you want to drink it from the tap in the portable toilets. If you want tickets for any of the over-priced ticketed shows forget it they`re all sold out to the pigeons who have been suckered in in advance. Don`t get me wrong I`ve been going to the jazz festival since day 1 but have boycotted it for the past 3 years because it just ain`t fun anymore. When they have to bring in Bob Dylan to open up a jazz festival then you know something`s wrong with this picture. RIP Montréal International Jazz Festival ------------- |
Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: May 07 2007 at 16:53
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One of my friends is playing on the festival so I'll go for sure.
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RIP in bossa nova heaven. |
Posted By: Prog.Sylvie
Date Posted: May 07 2007 at 17:43
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Who is your friend Bern ? With whom, where and when is he going to play ?
I agree that to see the best shows at this festival, you have to pay for it. It's the same on the prog.scene, you have to pay from 25.00 $ to 150.00 $ ( gold tickets for the prog.festival). Nothing is free in the world today. By chance, my generation as now the money, while in the seventies, we still did not have a lot of money to be able to attend a lot of shows.
Now we have, so we can see at least one show a month.
Don't be so harsh on this Festival; it's not worst than what we can see at Montreux Jazz Festival or everywhere else. Don't you remember that two years ago, Mr. Pat Metheney gave a free concert outside and he played " The Way Up" from the first note to the last. This concert was decided the week before the Jazz Festival. This performance was filmed live and we could see it on television live.
So, this Festival can still have his great and memorable moments.
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Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: May 22 2007 at 16:40
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Maybe not of interest to prog fans but Oscar Peterson has cancelled his MIJF concert. Tried to find out why but I could only get answering machines. But don`t worry, the master of jazz Bob Dylan and the former vocalist from the jazz fusion band The Cranberries haven`t cancelled yet.
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Posted By: Prog.Sylvie
Date Posted: May 22 2007 at 17:32
As long as Mike Stern, Billy Cohbam, and Alain Caron still play their act, I will be happy.
About Oscar Peterson, maybe it's his health, who knows... ------------- C'est la vie |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: May 28 2007 at 11:00
*Drools*
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Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: May 28 2007 at 15:02
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Well...............................................If it`s bloody music from all around the bloody world why don`t they call it the Momtréal Bloody World Bloody Music Bloody Festival. I`m not the only one who thinks that this Festival which is a few hundred thousand dollars short this year has gone off the deep end. From Letters To the Editor Montréal Gazette May 26 2007 Whatever it is, it sure ain`t jazz Re: " Jazz fest anounces three big shows- not to mention Van Morrison " ( Gazette, May 23 ) Wow- The Montreal International Yuppy Fest bags first Bob Dylan and now Van Morrison, who will be the next great jazz artist to play at our internationally renowned festival. How about Neil Young or even better ABBA? Please stop calling this a jazz festival. It`s becomming a tad insulting and, for the Montréal jazz community, downright embarassing. David Gossage, Montréal Thank You Mr. Gossage.  Also my friend`s 76 year- old uncle lives on St. Urbain close to where they turn each street corner into a Check Point Charlie to to strip search you for contraband. The riff raff that show up for this thing smoke dope and drink in his back alley and throw all their refuse on his property. The sooner this thing dies the better off Montréal`s reputation as a real music city will be as it was once upon a time. ------------- |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: May 28 2007 at 15:05
you're turning really grouchy in your old age....
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Posted By: Prog.Sylvie
Date Posted: May 28 2007 at 15:43
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All the Jazz Festivals in the World has the same problem. They are not really just Jazz Festival but Music Festival. As long as there are music and good musicians to come, that's what counts. There is nothing like a Quebecors or Montrealers to put down their own festivals or their own music, and their peers. Whenever some people are doing something in this city, there are always people to say something negative about it .
All the great musicians in the world ( almost) came to play at this Festival in 27 years, so it's certainly a good thing for the city. It is well know internationnaly, like Montreux Festival and others...
I agree with the Gazette journalist about the name of this Festival, but it does not matter how we call it, as long as the greats , the bests and the new ones from around the worlk keep on coming...
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Posted By: Prog.Sylvie
Date Posted: May 28 2007 at 15:45
Grumpy old man, that's what you are Vibration ... ------------- C'est la vie |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: May 28 2007 at 16:42
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I`m realistic. Too many freaks show up for this circus. The Jazz Festival is gliding on past glories , you said it yourself. Check out the latest issue of Jazz Times for a listing of real jazz festivals. Even though there are a lot of smaller ones at least they stick to the program. Montréal is only interested in cashing in. Nothing else.
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Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: May 28 2007 at 17:13
My friend is Antoine Loubier. He's a bass player who's a university student. He was chosen as one of the canadian university musicians who get to play a show at L'esplanade de la Place des Arts. I don't know when it will be yet. I'll confirm this later. -------------
RIP in bossa nova heaven. |
Posted By: Prog.Sylvie
Date Posted: May 28 2007 at 17:22
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I checked the other Jazz Festivals; The bigger ones can not stick only to the traditionnal jazz music otherwise, they could not have so many shows in 11 days.
So, most of them has the blues part, the cuban part, the world beat parts, the rock and jazz fusion, the traditionnal jazz, the soul parts, the pop, and so on. The same players and musicians go from Festivals to another... Mtl attracks the same musicians as other festivals...We don't have to be ashamed and to be negative about it.
You have the right not to go and maybe instead you can try the Mont Tremblant Blues Festival, or maybe you will find the way to criticize this one too... or maybe stay at home and keep on criticize everything from your leaving room without seeing any show at all, it's that what you want.
Grumpy old man , you know like the British TV series. When I was in England in june 2005, I saw Rick Wakeman on this show talking about many things and criticize most of the things. This show was about man around 50 and 60 criticize many things on life and the society in general. ------------- C'est la vie |
Posted By: Prog.Sylvie
Date Posted: May 28 2007 at 17:25
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Bern,
About your friend, Antoine Loubier, I will take a look if I can.
Thanks.
Bern, were you at the Porcupine Tree show last saturday ? ------------- C'est la vie |
Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: May 28 2007 at 18:20
Nice. I'll give you more information when I get it. Sadly, no. I was supposed to buy tickets but I didn't cause I have limited money and I bought a LOT of concert tickets already. I'll be at the Zappa plays Zappa and Jethro Tull concert though. Oh and I'm going to see Don Giovanni at Montreal's opera tonight.  -------------
RIP in bossa nova heaven. |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: May 29 2007 at 16:33
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At least the Jethro Tull concert isn`t part of the " Jazz Festival". I wonder what Ian Anderson would have thought of that? Probably the same way he felt when JT recieved a heavy metal grammy for Crest of a Knave.
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Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: June 18 2007 at 16:34
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More reasons not to give your money to th Montréal International Jazz Festival Mafia. As I`ve said I used to enjoy this event but now avoid it like the plague. Well, they`re about 3 million bucks in the red, and now they`re trying to recoup the money by ripping off women and children. From The Montréal Gazette June 18, 2007, Letters to the editor, I bought three tickets to the jazz festival with my kids, our tradition, as we have done for 25 years. I asked for the tickets to be mailed, and they said it would cost $6. I thought this was excessive but said okay. They charged me $18- for three tickets in one mailing. This kind of abuse makes a fun exercise not fun anymore. Lorraine Semienchuck Montréal What did I say earlier, NOT FUN ANYMORE!!!!! Avoid this event. It embarasses the hell out of me and others as music loving Montréalers. Mr. Simard and his henchmen should be ashamed of themselves. ------------- |
Posted By: Prog.Sylvie
Date Posted: July 01 2007 at 22:32
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Great show tonight at the Jazz Festival. I saw Billy Cobham, Mike Stern and Alain Caron in a show called The Power of the Trio. Those three played together for the first time in many years.
They showed a great musicianship tonight. They were very happy to play for us some jazz fusion, jazz rock, funky jazz, and also some more quiet pieces of music who gave us some chills and tenderness too.
Billy Cobham is one of the greatest drummer and he showed us his skill tonight; this guy is amazing. He is quite tall and his arms are so long that everything seems easy and fun for him to play. You should see him with his big smiles while playing. This guy had a lot of fun tonight .
Alain Caron is one of the best bassist of his generation. I liked when he played his funky bass ( something with 8 strings if I rememer correctly).
Mike Stern: a great jazz fusion guitarist. He showed a lot of musicianship with his two buddies.
What was fun, is that we were sitting in the first row. So, we could see all those talented fingers moving and notice all the subtle exchange between the three musicians.
It was a great night for us at the Jazz Festival.  ------------- C'est la vie |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: July 03 2007 at 10:09
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I had a friend that went to see Mike Stern and he said the guy was uninspired just like the rest of the Montréal "not really jazz " Fe$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$tival.
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Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: July 03 2007 at 12:28
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Can someone complain much more than Vibrationbaby? I reckon it's impossible.  -------------
RIP in bossa nova heaven. |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: July 05 2007 at 17:00
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Can you believe they had a band called "God Made Me Funky" on the main stage last night! Believe me I wasn`t there but I saw a clip of it on CFCF 12 a local news station. The master of jazz , Bob Dylan also played at our famous classical music concert hall, Place Des Arts which is another dinosaur of Montréals past.. And the monkeys who organize this spiritual lobotomy are still losing money. They won`t even let people on the site with bottles of water and from what I`m told a beer is going for $4.85 Can and since our dollar is almost on par with the US dollar ,with the giant tip they expect it`s more than $5 US for a skunky warm Heiniken in a plastic cup.
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Posted By: Proletariat
Date Posted: July 05 2007 at 17:11
Sounds more like a capitalist jazz festival to me, they just want money its all supply and demand buddy.
But that sucks anyway, I would only want to go to a jazz festival with the emfasis on jazz and not on the bottom line, oh well this sort of thing is unavoidable. ------------- who hiccuped endlessly trying to giggle but wound up with a sob |
Posted By: Prog.Sylvie
Date Posted: July 05 2007 at 17:45
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Don't listen to what vibration can write; this festival is not only there for the money. It's a good festival. There is nothing like a Quebecor to say bad things about others Quebecors, or about Quebecors success. Vibration is a good exemple of this negative embiance among several quebecors.
Vibration like to "Bitch" just for bitching. ------------- C'est la vie |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: July 06 2007 at 13:43
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Posted By: Prog.Sylvie
Date Posted: July 06 2007 at 16:22
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That's bullsh*t Vibration or maybe because you are too poor to attend some payable concerts. Anyway, there are many free concerts on this festival, and also some free guitar clinics etc...
So people, before judging this festival on Vibration comments, why don't you come at this festival, and judge by yourself, instead of believing some negative jerk.
 About Mike Stern, Alain Caron, and Billy Cobham show; those three were very inspired, and they were very happy to be there. They received standings ovation and the audience was happy and statisfy. I think that Vibration's friend did not attend to same concert as we did. ------------- C'est la vie |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: July 06 2007 at 16:44
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I wonder when Easy Livin is going to deep six this thread.
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Posted By: Prog.Sylvie
Date Posted: July 09 2007 at 11:42
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Just for your information, the Montreal Jazz Festival is a non lucrative organisation; ------------- C'est la vie |
Posted By: Prog.Sylvie
Date Posted: July 09 2007 at 11:45
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This festival is still very popular, and every year, there is more and more sold out shows, and more people attend the outside and free shows and events. It's very positive. This year edidion was fantastic according to the press and specialised journalists; it was more Jazz oriented, compares to the previous edition. ------------- C'est la vie |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: July 10 2007 at 16:29
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Just a bunch of pigeons flocking to another rip-off. I`d really like to see their books. I have a friend who helps out with the financial end for the African Festival and he says that they ( the MIJF ) must cook their books. At least the African Festival takes their losses each year without whimpering to the federal government like the jazz festival does because of their ineptitude. Besides there were a lot of dismal shows this year including both the Marsalis brothers, John Abercrombie and that stupid airhead from the Cranberries who was playing so loud that even some of the organizers were telling people not to go! Unfortunately the Gazette couldn`t publish my letter because it was too long and I refused to edit it. Here`s another thing. These moneymongers are not only out to destroy the spirit of jazz but they`re also out to help wipe out the planet while they`re at it! The plastic cups they were selling the overpriced warm beer ( the biggest seller ) in were made of polostyrene #6 which is niether bio-degradable or compostable! Same with the dixie cups they were selling the coffee in. And just to make themselves look good and keep the environmentalists off their back they had recycling bins for cans they weren`t even selling or allowing into the barricaded festival site! Just for a joke I went down to Place Des Arts with a friend from out of town where this abomination was taking place because I had other business downtown. I couldn`t believe they wanted to check my friend`s wife`s purse. Not the kind of impression to give to the Americans who are starting to stay away from Montréal because of the rising Canadian dollar. At least I had the foresight to warn her in advance that someone with a grade two education would be searching her.. Anyway, the third Montréal International Nazi Jazz Festival that didn`t get a red cent out of me. ------------- |
Posted By: Prog.Sylvie
Date Posted: July 10 2007 at 16:52
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This is crap vibration and you know it; you are " de mauvaise foi".
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Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: July 10 2007 at 17:01
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For those of you who don`t speak French " de mauvaise foi " translates to " You are a very nice man" in English and doesn`t have anything to do with rotten liver. ------------- |
Posted By: Melomaniac
Date Posted: July 10 2007 at 17:05
Well, "foi" in that context actually means faith, not liver ! ------------- "One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio |
Posted By: Melomaniac
Date Posted: July 10 2007 at 17:07
Not that I am aware of the full festival program, but more jazz oriented ? Dolores O'Riordan ???
If there is one thing, I think the festival is less jazz-oriented every year. ------------- "One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio |
Posted By: Prog.Sylvie
Date Posted: July 10 2007 at 18:10
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Bad Faith.
About Jazz oriented; in fact, this year, this fest was more jazz oriented. You have to know that Dolores gave one show on something like 500 shows .
Actually, this festival would have been boring if we can only hear classical jazz.
Like I said before, this festival is not worst than Montreux or anyother jazz festival around the world. Actually, it's the biggest, and every year, many of he great jazz musicians come. So, for them, it must be a good thing to play at this festival.
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Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: July 11 2007 at 13:37
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Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: July 11 2007 at 13:53
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