At the 45th edition of the biggest jazz event in the world, Nas will perform Illmatic with a symphony orchestra at Place des ...

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 ...

The city’s prestige festival, which presents 350 shows — two-thirds of them free — from June 26 to July 5, is feeling ...

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 ...

Samara Joy is set to receive the Ella Fitzgerald Award at the 2025 Montreal Jazz Festival on June 28 at Maison symphonique, ...

Grammy-winning Samara Joy is set to receive the Ella Fitzgerald Award at the 2025 Montreal Jazz Festival, honoring her ...

The Montreal International Jazz Festival has broad appeal with some of the most appreciative crowds you’ll find anywhere. The 2024 edition this month included proper jazz gigs for purists from ...

In the 60-plus years that George Benson has been a professional musician, the Montreal International Jazz Festival has always held a special place in his heart dating back to the event’s humble ...

For ten days, the annual Montreal International Jazz Festival (MIJF) delighted music fans this summer with a treat of almost 30 performances a day. The genres spanned jazz, blues, soul ...

a 22-year-old jazz singer from the Bronx, to a few thousand spectators at Montreal’s Place des Festivals. Like many artists performing at this year’s Festival International de Jazz de Montréa ...

The Festival International de Jazz de Montreal (FIJM) returned in its 43rd edition in full swing (and shuffle, backbeat, Afrobeat, and even ¾ time). It's been three years since we've attended as ...

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