Montreal International Jazz Festival: Irwin Block’s jazziest picks
Here are my picks for the most promising shows at this summer’s Montreal International Jazz Festival. Choices are limited to what qualifies as jazz.
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Music review: You Make me Feel so Young, Karen Young
With both insouciance and passion, singer Karen Young engages and entertains in the many facets of music she has explored.
Organ virtuosi to perform at Saint Joseph’s Oratory
For those whose souls are nourished by music, Saint Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal offers free organ concerts Sundays at 3:30 p.m.
Red-hot jazz club Upstairs plans blowout 20th birthday party
It’s 10am on a Friday and the owner-manager of Upstairs Jazz Bar & Grill has been at work for almost an hour. He won’t leave until midnight.
Puccini’s evocative Madama Butterfly emerges at Place des Arts
Both opera buffs and neophytes will be delighted by Opéra de Montréal’s much-anticipated production of Madama Butterfly, starting September 19 at Place des Arts.