Posted in Montreal Jazz Festival on Jul 7th, 2008
Hey all. The 29th edition of the Montreal International Jazz Festival is now over and it was a blast…:) I’ll do a wrap up post later but for now I wanna draw your attention to the Montreal Musical Instrument Show or the French acronym SIMM. This was a four day event (July 3-6, 2008) that […]
Posted in Montreal Jazz Festival, Jazz Guitarists on Jul 3rd, 2008
When I read that John Stowell was coming to The Montreal International Jazz Festival as part of the Festival’s Guitarissimo series I was instantly stoked. Although, I had never heard John on record, I […]
Posted in Montreal Jazz Festival on Jul 1st, 2008
Hey all. I hope everyone is enjoying the summer. I just wanted to quickly say that I’m having a great time at the Montreal Jazz Festival and have seen some awesome performances. In the Acoustic Guitar department, Don Ross, Larry Pattis and Pierre Bensusan are revered Guitarists in the fingerstyle world, and while not Jazz […]
Posted in Montreal Jazz Festival on Jun 28th, 2008
As mentioned yesterday, I spent a good part of my day at the 2nd Edition Montreal Guitar Show as part of the Montreal International Jazz Festival…and what a glorious event it was! As my subject line indicates, there were indeed a ton of Guitars in all their beauty along with the talented artisans who build […]
Posted in Montreal Jazz Festival on Jun 27th, 2008
Today is a very exciting day. I am going to be checking out the 2nd Montreal Guitar Show featuring the cream of the crop of Luthiers. Guitar builders like Mario Beauregard, Bill Comins, Rick Davis, Sergei de Jonge, Oskar Graf, Michael Greenfield, Peter Hopkins, Michael Lewis, Linda Manzer, Tom Ribbecke, Ervin Somogyi and Jeff Traugott […]
Posted in Montreal Jazz Festival on Jun 26th, 2008
For the past 29 years, the end of June and first week of July has proved to be an exciting time as the Montreal International Jazz Festival sets up shop for Jazz, Blues, Pop and World music-lovers everywhere. Great music, awesome players, workshops, jam sessions, a Blues Camp and the euphoric Montreal Guitar Show featuring […]