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Upstairs Jazz Bar & Grill, Montréal's authentic jazz club, presents all that jazz in a March line-up like no other ! Fridays & Saturdays kicks off with pianist Marianne Trudel Quartet and sax Tony Malaby (NY) on the 5th and 6th, sax Joel Miller Quartet and guest drummer Matt Wilson (NY) the 12th and 13th, sax Samuel Blais Quartet and guest bassist Larry Grenadier (NY) on the 19th and 20th, bassist Brian Hurley Trio with guest guitarist Peter Bernstein (NY) the 26th and 27th

Wednesdays/Thursdays in March : pianist Jeff Johnston Trio the 3rd and 4th, crooner Colin Hunter Timeless...too CD launch the 10th and 11th, trombonist Jean-Nicolas Trottier Quartet CD launch the 17th and 24th and singer Julie Hamelin Smooth Road CD launch the 31st.

Don't miss the Jazz en Rafale weekend concert series :
Dave Watts Quintet + Kelly Jefferson (TO) - 18th
Samuel Blais Quartet + Larry Grenadier (NY) - 19th/20th
Jeannette Lambert Quartet + Reg Schwager (TO) - 25th
Brian Hurley Trio + Peter Bernstein (NY) - 26th/27th

On Sundays : guitarist André Roy Trio featuring George Koller and Vito Rezza the 7th, singer Holly Gauthier Quartet the 14th, singer Nathalie Albert Trio the 21st, sax Greg Abate Trio featuring guitarist Mike Gauthier the 28th.  Every Monday it's the Planète Jazz Jam Session led by drummer Jim Doxas and his trio. Every Tuesday discover the new sounds of  McGill's Schulich School of Music Student Jazz Ensembles.

Upstairs Jazz Bar & Grill, Montréal's authentic jazz club, where great jazz, tasty food and a cool atmosphere all come together  to provide you with a truly  jazzy experience.
Info : 514-931-6808 / 1254 MacKay

enMusique.ca connects to the jazz scene year-round with Sortiesjazznights.com - The Sympatico.ca Portal Team
announces a new collaboration and jazz contents on enMusique.ca, the largest francophone website in Canada devoted to music.

By joining forces with SortiesJAZZnights.com, Quebec's jazz online magazine, enMusique.ca launches a new section devoted to the jazz scene, at enMusique.ca/jazz.

This section will feature exclusive content that will please all Quebec jazz fans : concert videos and interviews with the best international and local artists from TVJazz, CD reviews from the CDJazz feature, and a complete calendar of all jazz events in the greater Montreal area and outside Montreal. This section will reach a climax in June and July with a  unprecedented media coverage of the world's largest jazz festival. Something that will please the 300,000 enMusique.ca monthly visitors !

A winning collaboration
Since 2003, Claude Thibault has made of Sortiesjazznights.com a reference in what's going on in the Quebec jazz scene. It's media-rich content includes a complete calendar of all Quebec jazz events (clubs, festivals, concerts venues and others) as well a weekly features in the JazzBulletin. CDJazz presents the latest albums and TVJazz, hundreds of
concerts clips and interviews with the best international and Quebec-based artists. Hours of pleasure and discoveries for the jazz fan !

« Jazz music is unique, and offers a lot to discover. Jazz fans are of all ages and the newer younger fans show that the style has been evolving in the last few years. enMusique.ca is proud to associate itself with experts in the field such as SortiesJAZZnights.com that will help our readers discover the best of jazz from Quebec-based and international  artists  »,  explains Nicolas Pelletier, responsible for enMusique.ca, within the Sympatico.ca portal.

« Our partnership with enMusique.ca allows us to offer quality editorial content, devoted to jazz et to help generate interest for some very talented creators. We're delighted to count on the involvment and the seriousness of a portal  such as Sympatico.ca that will allow artists from the jazz world to broaden their horizons, 365 days a year »,  states Claude Thibault, Editor and Founder of Sortiesjazznights.com.

Jazz Interviews at Studio 270 - interview with Luc Bouchard, founder/banjoist and Jean Sabourin, sousaphonist of Le Dixieband soon online...

Interview with Luc Bouchard, founder/banjoist and Jean Sabourin, sousaphonist of Le Dixieband soon online...

We're proud to announce a new collaboration that will present 12 interviews with some of the best Quebec and international jazz artists (Jazz Interviews at Studio 270) in recording and mastering sessions at Studio 270. Meet and discover these outstanding jazz artists every month on Sortiesjazznights.com.

Here's a few jazz artists that have recently recorded at Studio 270...

Lorraine Desmarais Big Band / Jean-Nicolas Trottier Big Band / Carole Therrien / Marianne Trudel - Levy Bourbonnais / Pierre Labbé / Carl Naud / Sylvain Provost / Ivanoe Jolicoeur / Christine Jensen / Karen Young / Taurey Butler / Christian Pamerleau - Vue d'Ensemble / Le Dixieband

Paul McCandless at the oboe, english horn, bass clarinet and soprano saxophone (San Francisco), Eri Yamamoto (NY) at the piano and Yves Léveillé (Mtl) at the piano - Thursday March 4th at l'Astral

Following previous individual collaborations with multi-instrumentist Paul McCandless and pianist Eri Yamamoto, Montréal pianist Yves Léveillé, in collaboration with the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal presents this exceptional meeting of three contemporary jazz artists. A prestigious musical evening in Montréal featuring musical compositions written by both pianists!

L’Astral (Maison du Festival Rio Tinto Alcan) 305 Sainte-Catherine W / Thursday March 4th - 8pm
Presented by Jazz à l’année (Festival international de Jazz de Montréal) and Les Productions Yves Léveillé
Tickets : $22.50 / Reservations Ticketpro  514-908-9090 / 1-866-908-9090