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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The music festival landscape is incredibly saturated. Period. As summer festival lineups drop, it’s increasingly become this monotonous drivel of the same acts recycled into a slightly different ...

31 years... and the celebration continues with a record number of free performances! Montreal -- Yes, the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal, presented by TD ...

The 40th edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal, which comes to a close this weekend, marks the last time festival founders André Ménard and Alain Simard curate the 11-day showcase ...

You could say I went to Montréal Jazz Festival on a whim. I had never been to Canada before and the opportunity to be there for the largest Jazz festival in the world seemed like the right time. And ...

MONTREAL -- Decidedly more hip than hip-hop, the International Festival de Jazz de Montreal -- the Montreal Jazz Festival to anyone this side of Sidney Bechet -- is gearing up for its 25th anniversary ...

The Montreal International Jazz Festival has canceled a controversial stage show, 'SLAV,' that features African-American slave songs performed by a largely white cast dressed as cotton pickers and ...

The Montreal International Jazz Festival decided to cancel the controversial stage show “SLAV,” which featured white performers dressed as cotton pickers and poor field workers singing ...

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 ...

I should’ve known that something was in the air when the first songs I heard at the biggest jazz music festival in the world were by Outkast, Arrested Development, Common, and A Tribe Called Quest. As ...

All hail the return of live music! After a three-year break imposed by Covid-19, the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal (FIJM) was back this year with a scaled-down but user-friendly slate of ...