At Montreal Jazz, A Global Sound

Milo Miles highlights the 30th Montreal International Jazz Festival, the largest event of its kind in the world. ? E-Mail This ???? ? Add to Del.icio.us

Fight The Big Bull: Rumpus In Richmond

Fight the Big Bull, whose concert will be streamed live on NPR.org Tuesday night, sounds like the brainchild of a young composer who grew up with rock on the radio, jazz canons in the conservatory and everything else at his disposal on the Internet. The orchestration of “Dying Will Be Easy” has the fullness and audacity of a Mingus or Ellington. ? E-Mail This ???? ? Add to Del.icio.us

Ornette Coleman wins award at Montreal jazz fesitval (CBC.ca)

Ornette Coleman, an American musician known as one of the greatest innovaters in free jazz, has won the Miles Davis Award at the Montreal International Jazz Festival.

Montreal Jazz Fest gets TD as title sponsor (CBC Montreal)

TD Bank Financial Group will take over from General Motors as title sponsor of the Montreal International Jazz Festival starting in 2010.

Jazz: Ornette Coleman (Hour.ca)

Ornette Coleman is playing the Montreal International Jazz Fest for the first time in 20 years, and he is being honoured by the fest with the Miles Davis Award for lifetime achievement, to both of which I can only say: It’s about time.

Wonder headlines Montreal jazz fest (The Globe and Mail)

A free outdoor concert by Stevie Wonder on Tuesday evening will kick off the Montreal International Jazz Festival’s 30th anniversary edition, which is billed by many as the biggest event of its kind in the world.

Montreal jazz festival turns 30 with Stevie Wonder and tribute to Miles Davis (Jam! Showbiz)

MONTREAL - When the Montreal International Jazz Festival staged its first event some 30 years ago, co-founders Andre Menard and Alain Simard hoped it would be a “nice place of convergence” for musicians and music lovers.

PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Marlon Jordan: Cooking-N-Jazz at Old Point Bar (All About Jazz)

New Orleans - Old Point Bar is very excited to have Marlon Jordan entertain our patrons on Saturday, July 4th from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Join Marlon as he serves Hot Jazz as well as a sizzling dish of Shrimp Creole made in the tradition of his family through several generations

Fete for a king: MONTREAL JAZZ FESTIVAL CELEBRATES 30TH ‘MUSIC PARTY’ (The Barre Montpelier Times Argus)

tarted in 1980 as a series of concerts designed to liven up a sleepy summer music scene, the Montreal International Jazz Festival is perhaps stronger than ever as it gears up to celebrate its 30th anniversary with a 13-day soiree that starts on Tuesday and runs until Sunday, July 12. … - By TOM HUNTINGTON Arts Correspondent

Seattle’s Garfield, Roosevelt take 1-2 at Essentially Ellington festival (Seattle Times)

For the second consecutive year, Seattle high schools claimed the top two spots at this weekend’s Essentially Ellington Festival in New York, the nation’s premier high-school jazz-band contest.