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Thanks Frank for the info.

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For those who were waiting to receive a confirmation to join in. It took time but i received mine a few days ago, maybe it's the same case for those who had not yet received an answer.

Jazz season is now over The big jazz fest ended well with Garcia-Fons quartet which was not as spectacular he was last year but gained in tightness and control. His residence was one of the finest that i had the pleasure to witness here. Greg Osby and his sextet offered their brand of modern jazz, none of his sidemen tore the roof down , of course we had the almost obligatory MJ song, this time it was Ben who was covered. My top three moments of the jazz fest will be 1 Ornette Coleman quartet 2 Brian Blade Fellowship 3 Renaud Garcia-Fons series Well, now my summer holidays are over and the jazz prestations will be scarce . I do know we have the Vandermark 5 coming in august but that's about it.

I agree completely, but you always knew you were going to see a hell of a fight when Gatti got in the ring. He was involved in more FOTY than any other fighter.

They were plenty at the Montreal Jazz fest, pianist Juli Lamontagne offered a re-arrangement of Billie Jean, during Ornette Coleman's gig, his electric bassist played the main riff of beat it and last night Greg Osby and his sextet played their version of Ben.

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Gatti's name is mispelled in the title, Gatti had a bit of a dark side but for fans and media, he was gold, RIP. http://www.thestar.com/News/article/664796

Finally found it http://books.google.ca/books?id=eE48-YnJfw...lt&resnum=1

To the best of my memory, yes, but i gotta say i have a hard time referencing it on the web. Also searching for dick, wiener on google and i end up with pages i have no intention of looking at.

The guy had a loaded deck against him but kept on raising the stakes and he basically lost at the game of life.

Saw two gigs last night, the invitation series resumed with host Rennaud Garcia-Fons who this time had accordeonist with Jean-Louis Matinier, a little less intense and emotive than the flamenco session but the combo did some great music. More classical and straight in a way. Matinier ain't no Galliano. Saw local musicians playing on an outside venue, someone wants to explain, why they are able to get a better sound that allows us to hear all instruments when indoors where we pay top dollars we are often stuck hearing a part of the band. Finally ended the night with Bill Charlap and Houston Person. No musical revolution there, but a classy performance, they played standards, Charlap has a delicate touch that fits well this kind of music. Person still has a sweet tone. They were especially convincing on slow ballads. Today, last night for gigs inside, Gonna see Renaud Garcia-Fons with a whole band and will finish the festival with Greg Osby.

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He sounded amazing, period.

Amazing evening last night, it started with the first part of the invitation series starring Renaud Garcia-Fons, i've already told you about him, check him out he'll blow your mind away. He did a few solo pieces, helped with an electronic device that allowed him to playloops which he uses with intelligence , it was still a great demostration of virtuosity. Then his guest for the evening dancer/singer talented and very very very lovely Sabrina Romero Usually not a big fan of the dancing while playing but in this case the marriage between both parties was almost perfect, Garcia-Fons never dumbed down his level of playing to play with her and she showed grace and amazing coordination to fit very well the music.Once again , i urge you , check him out. Saw a bit of Vieux Farka Touré, not bad but still sounds a bit dilluted, they play a bit too much to please their occidental audience, which may be a smart move but for me it makes for a less interesting experience. Finally saw Ornette, received an award, he accepted the award mumbling something about love it was neither clear nor coherent but hey let's give him a break. Guess he didn't need a brak as for the next 70 minutes with his quartet he would give you more musical greatness than all the artists i saw combined this year. African , classical, soul influences we even had a bit of Beat it during the performance, all done in a very cohesive and very artistical fashion. Only weird thing we had a singer called Mari Okubo who sang that sounded a bit operatic, it fitted quite well with the ensemble however don't know who decided that we had a light show going on at the same time like in Vegas. Maybe ssomeone dropped some LSD in the coffee of the guy in charge of the lights. His pieces are not long anymore, to quote a jazz critic, it was more of a series of musical spasms. Anyway, a show for the ages.

Reyer for me will be forever the guy who celebrated a goal by having a teammate taking a bite on his wiener....

Never done it, doubt I ever will and even less ever try. But i suppose it's a thrill like bungee jumping, people who created the Jackass did not invent much.

Just saw Ornette, all i can say is A proper review will come later

Saw Lee in a gig earlier this week , was in great form, played great music made a few jokes with the audience, let's hope it's nothing serious.

It depends of your expectations, a YMMV kinda thing going. For me it was a good hors d'oeuvre but i still needed some more meat after that. It was good music but nothing out of the ordinary, if you demand musicianship you'll be dissapointed, but if you enjoy watching guys covering the past with a certain level of pleasure while playing within their level of confort you might enjoy it.

Here's some of his work http://www.vehiculepress.com/montreal/dobbin/photo.html

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