medjuck Posted July 12, 2005 Report Posted July 12, 2005 I was just outside Montreal for a wedding this weekend and this morning as I left the hotel the headline on one of the local French language papers claimed that Pat Metheny had played for 100,000 people at a free concert ending the Montreal jazz Festival. Then I checked an English language paper and it said (also on the front page) that it was 150,000! I had passed through Montreal on the way to the wedding but to be honest the only part of the festival I paid for was a concert by Daniel Lanois. I don't know what it had to to with jazz but as always he was great. I did hear a bit of a couple of free concerts by local groups. it was a lot of fun. Now I 'm in Halifax and just found out that there's some kind of jazz festival going on here too. Quote
Michael Fitzgerald Posted July 12, 2005 Report Posted July 12, 2005 Yeah, you have to account for the exchange rate: 150,000 U.S. = 100,000 Canadian. Mike Quote
CJ Shearn Posted July 12, 2005 Report Posted July 12, 2005 wow, that number tops the infamous 20,000+ '89 gig in Montreal I believe. Quote
casanovas347 Posted July 12, 2005 Report Posted July 12, 2005 Yeah, you have to account for the exchange rate: 150,000 U.S. = 100,000 Canadian. Mike ← LOL....that was cool Quote
Ed S Posted July 22, 2005 Report Posted July 22, 2005 For anyone who has never been to one of the Grand Evenement at the Montreal Jazz Festival, they are a really something special. It's a sea of people and one of the most exciting things you can witness. This year they had two - one midstream as always and then the big Metheny show. Needless to say, Montreal loves Metheny. Yet another reason I love Montreal. Quote
GregK Posted July 22, 2005 Report Posted July 22, 2005 Now I 'm in Halifax and just found out that there's some kind of jazz festival going on here too. ← Halifax?? jazz?? Halifax is the land of celtic music; hard to imagine a jazz festival happening there! Quote
medjuck Posted July 22, 2005 Author Report Posted July 22, 2005 Well they did open with some groups that claimed to fuse Celtic and Afro-Cuban music! But Bill Frissell was appearing (though some may not consider him a jazzman anymore). And they also inlcuded some straight ahead Canadian players: Sonny Greenwich, PJ Perry and Oliver Jones with Jennie Lee. (I may have gotten some spelings and even names wrong here.) Quote
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