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MTL promoter Sheldon Kagan is living proof there is more to life than...
Sheldon Kagan and Duke Ellington, circa 1972: “Duke Ellington was one of the most amazing persons that I have ever met. Aside from being a musical genius, I found him to be very down to earth and...
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Montreal International Jazz Festival: Vijay Iyer Trio (Vijay Iyer, Stephan...
At a jazz festival, it’s important to see at least one show where you can get close to the musicians. From a seat near the stage for a solo performance or duo or trio, you notice a lot of things: the...
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Montreal International Jazz Festival 2013: Oliver Jones at Cinquième Salle of...
After opening with a brisk It Could Happen To You and another upbeat song Friday night at Place des Arts’ Cinquième Salle, Oliver Jones swivelled his hefty frame around on his piano bench. Softly, in...
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Susan Schwartz: In praise of deadlines, the cure for procrastination
The walls of my study, a small room off the kitchen, had been painted an egg-yolk yellow. Although for many years, I had liked its sunny brightness, it eventually came to feel too bold, too...
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Ben Sidran: ‘Find your voice and embrace that’
MONTREAL — Ben Sidran has always felt he was moving toward something in his career, rather than retreating. The casual observer might draw the opposite conclusion. The singer and keyboard player...
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Steely Dan: Reelin’ in years of love
MONTREAL — Pure genius? Yacht rock? Both, maybe? Depending on who you ask and when you do the asking, you’ll hear a wide range of views on Steely Dan. There are few more polarizing major bands in pop...
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Juan Rodriguez: Prince always progressed, never compromised
As an inveterate baby boomer, inevitably dragging former glory days through the fog of memory, I came to consider Prince the first non-boomer artist I adored as much as my contemporary heroes. I...
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