It's the time of the year where i'm on a steady diet of at least one gig per night, so there's no way i will mention them all
Among those worth mentionning, vibes player and leader Jean Vanasse played a tremendous set last night with very inspired and talented musicians. The rhythm section was composed of Normand Guilbeault and Pierre Tanguay that you may know for their Mingus hommage, plus on bass clarinet Mathieu Bélanger, sax player Richard Lavoie and a man who was on fire last night guitarist Sylvain Provost.
Saw sooner this week Monk's casino ,the Alexander von Schlippenbach project. Can't say i was really impressed, way too much clowning, the arrangements were interesting but the playing level was average and they looked like guys who were doing anything to stay out of boredom, the sax player kept giggling like a teenage kid who just smoked pot while constantly talking to his bandmates, the bass player seemed to have enjoyed a little too much the local alcohol, an average night to say the least.
Saw the cellist Vincent Courtois. not thrilled of the set with a vocalist, but man this guy has a great sound, would love to hear more of him in a different project