• Dee Dee Bridgewater
• Buffy Sainte-Marie
• Stacey Kent
• Omara Portuondo
• Dianne Reeves
• Abbey Lincoln
• Richard Thompson
• Cassandra Wilson
• Gino Vannelli
• Rémi Bolduc Jazz Ensemble
• Christine Jensen & Ingrid Jensen
• Guy Nadon
• François Richard
• JazzLab
• Matt Herskowitz
• Claude Lamothe
• Michel Donato
• Houdini, The Musical
• Al Green
• Woody Allen and his New Orleans Jazz Band
• 25th Anniversary Justin Time
• That 1 Guy
• Yoav
• Nikki Yanofsky
• Coral Egan
• Melody Gardot
• Ima
• Hank Jones
• McCoy Tyner
• Dave Brubeck
• Belly Of A Drunken Piano
• Guitarmania – 11 concerts by exceptional guitarists

An incredible edition!

The 29th edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal once again transforms the City of Festivals into the world’s musical heart and headquarters! The world’s largest musical event, presented by General Motors of Canada in collaboration with Rio Tinto Alcan, offers a program in the very image of Montreal, cultural and multi-cultural metropolis par excellence. From June 26 to July 6, 2008, the Festival welcomes a gallery of acclaimed icons of jazz and its related musics, while showcasing exciting new musical discoveries in every genre and from every continent. Over the course of 11 days of pure pleasure, more than 3,000 musicians from every corner of the globe will celebrate music and the life-force from the city’s most prestigious stages. The indoor concert program alone totals up over 150 concerts in fifteen series, breaking the prism of jazz down into its complete spectrum of sounds.

Tickets go on sale Saturday at 10 a.m.

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OVER 150 INDOOR CONCERTS INCLUDING:

En voix series • Théâtre Maisonneuve - PDA • 6 p.m.

DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER Red Earth : A Malian Journey June 26	BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE June 27
STACEY KENT June 28	OMARA PORTUONDO Opening act Mayra Andrade   June 29
DIANNE REEVES June 30	ABBEY LINCOLN July 2
RICHARD THOMPSON SOLO July 3	CASSANDRA WILSON July 4
GINO VANNELLI featuring Holland’s Premier Pianist Bert van den Brink The Songbook Concert July 5

Évasion musicale series • Théâtre Outremont • 7:30 p.m.

HOUDINI, THE MUSICAL

9 representations • from June 27 to July 5
(no representation on June 30)

Jazz d’ici La Presse series • Gesù – Centre de créativité • 6 p.m.

RÉMI BOLDUC JAZZ ENSEMBLE June 26	CHRISTINE JENSEN & INGRID JENSEN Nordic Connect June 27
GUY NADON June 28	FRANÇOIS RICHARD Nouvel Orchestra June 29
JAZZLAB June 30	MATT HERSKOWITZ & guests Mad Gershwin July 2
CLAUDE LAMOTHE July 3	TRIO MICHEL DONATO with Marin Nasturica & Jon Geary July 4
MICHEL DONATO 50 ans de contrebasse (duos with J. Guelfand, K. Young, Y. Rieu, F. Bourassa) July 5

Pleins feux General Motors series • Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier - PDA • 7:30 p.m

AL GREEN Opening act Lizz Wright June 28	WOODY ALLEN and his New Orleans Jazz Band June 29 and 30
Closing show : 25th ANNIVERSARY JUSTIN TIME A Night to Remember • with Billy Bang, Ranee Lee, the Montreal Jubilation Choir, Coral Egan, Yannick Rieu, Chet Doxas, Lorraine Klaasen, Dawn Tyler Watson et Paul Deslauriers, Bryan Lee & the Blues Power Band, Oliver Jones. July 5

Les Soirées du Pavillon series • Pavillon Heineken
De Maisonneuve/De Bleury • 8 p.m.

THAT 1 GUY 5 evenings • from June 26 to 30

YOAV 4 evenings • from July 2 to 5

Les Nouvelles divas Hyatt Regency Montréal series
Théâtre du Nouveau Monde• 8 p.m.

NIKKI YANOFSKY Anything Goes June 25 and 26	CORAL EGAN June 28 and 29
MELODY GARDOT June 30, July 2 and 3	IMA July 4 and 5

Invitation Rio Tinto Alcan series • Théâtre Jean-Duceppe - PDA • 9:30 p.m.

HANK JONES with : Oliver Jones • June 26   Joe Lovano • June 27   Brad Mehldau • June 28   Charlie Haden • June 29
	McCOY TYNER TRIO Remembers John Coltrane • with special guest Ravi Coltrane July 1, exceptionally at 7 p.m • Théâtre Maisonneuve – PDA McCOY TYNER’S PIANO MASTER SOLO July 2 McCOY TYNER’S BIG BAND with the Berklee Concert Jazz Orchestra & special guest Christian Scott July 3
	DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET & OCTET July 4 DAVE BRUBECK TRIO July 5

Les Nocturnes du Pavillon series • Pavillon Heineken
De Maisonneuve/De Bleury • 10:30 p.m.

BELLY OF A DRUNKEN PIANO, a show celebrating Tom Waits, with Stewart D’Arrietta

9 evenings • from June 26 to July 5
(no reprensentation on July 1)

Info-Jazz Bell: important information tools

Grouped together under the Info-Jazz Bell banner, the information tools for the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal are easily accessed by anyone who wants to know everything that’s happening at the world’s greatest jazz festival. You can also pick up the free official Festival pamphlet, the Info-Jazz Bell Schedule of indoor concerts, of for even more information, call the Bell Info-Jazz Line or visit our website.

• Montreal region: 514 871‑1881
• Long distance calls from across Canada and the U.S. (toll-free): 1 888 515‑0515

montrealjazzfest.com

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The complete program for free outdoor concerts and events at the 29th edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal will be announced on Monday, June 2.

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