In almost any other French-language city in the world, this inquiry would translate as: “Do you speak cutting-edge jazz?” But at Canada’s 44-year-old Festival International de Jazz de Montreal — ...

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Since 1980, for ten days every July, the Montreal International Jazz Festival has showcased the finest living jazz legends alongside up-and-coming talent. Recognized by Guinness World Records as the ...

One of the charges that has historically been leveled against the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal (the FIJM, or popularly, the Montreal Jazz Festival) is that the programming had gone from ...

As the biggest and one of the oldest jazz festivals in the world, it’s no surprise that Festival International de Jazz de Montreal is supremely well organised, has excellent indoor and outdoor venues ...

The 44th edition of the Montreal Jazz Festival takes over the Canadian city’s downtown arts neighborhood from Thursday, June 26 to Saturday, July 6 this year. There will be 350 performances at 19 ...

Montreal has never been called the birthplace of jazz. But for the past three decades, the city has been pivotal in stoking the genre's flames via the ever-growing Montreal Jazz Festival. Kicking off ...

Throughout the year, Rock Music Menu will be traveling to various music festivals around the globe. Keep an eye on this spot to follow along. There’s a bit of a misconception when one hears the words ...

MONTREAL – With its enormous legacy of influence on the tradition, it’s safe to say you will find a musician from St. Louis working any place in the world where jazz is played. That certainly is the ...

The post Montreal Jazz Fest 2024 Offered a Blueprint for Fixing the Broken Music Festival System appeared first on Consequence. In the dimly lit back bar of a venue on Saint-Catherine Street, a woman ...

The Montreal International Jazz Festival is one of the biggest and most diverse celebration of the genre in the world. But how did Montreal first become known for jazz? For our latest Sense of Place ...