Today, the 29^th edition of the Montreal Jazz Festival begins. Here’s a list of all the concerts recommended by Nextbop.com. Enjoy and have a great festival!

June 26^th:

6PM: Michel Portal and Jacky Terrasson

June 27^th:

6PM: Christine Jensen and Ingrid Jensen – Nordict Connect

6PM: Saxophone Summit with Joe Lovano, Dave Liebman and Ravi Coltrane

7PM: Jacques Kuba Séguin – The Odd Lot

8PM: Kaly Live Dub

9PM: Jacques Kuba Séguin – The Odd Lot

9PM: Indigone Trio

10PM: Kaly Live Dub

10:30PM: Brad Mehldau Solo

11PM: Indigone Trio

June 28^th:

6PM: Jerrold Dubyk Quartet

6PM: Brad Mehldau Trio

7PM: Joel Haynes Trio Featuring Seamus Blake

9PM: Joel Haynes Trio Featuring Seamus Blake

9PM: WAZA

9:30PM: Gonzalo Rubalcaba Quintet

10PM: Kaly Live Dub

10:30PM: Yaron Herman Trio

11PM:  WAZA

June 29^th:

6PM: Roberto Fonseca

7PM: Avi Granite

9PM: Avi Granite

July 1^st:

7PM: Jean-Christophe Béney – Pop Up Quartet

10PM: NOJAZZ

11PM: Jean-Christophe Béney – Pop Up Quartet

July 2^nd:

7PM: Arden Arapyan

July 3^rd:

6PM: Féliz Stüssi & Give Me Five

8PM: Ekotones

9PM: Simon Legault Quartet

10PM: Ekotones

10:30PM: Miguel Zenon Quartet

11PM: Simon Legault Quartet

July 4^th:

10:30PM: Christian Scott Sextet

11PM: Anthoine Berthiaume – Ellen’s Bar

July 6^th:

8:30PM: Erik Hove Trio

For the complete line-up or to purchase tickets for the indoor concerts, please visit the festival’s official website.

Montreal International Jazz Festival 

It’s a sad day for jazz as the world-renowned pianist Esbjörn Svensson, leader of the group E.S.T., has passed away. Truly considered a modern jazz pioneer, he can be credited with some of the most innovative and exciting jazz to date. As one of the few jazzmen able to breach through to more mainstream audiences, he will surely be missed. We truly admire all that he has accomplished for our art and we offer our most sincere condolences to his family and friends.  

We are happy to announce that the new website is now on its way! Here’s a first look at what it’s going to look like. Hope you like it!

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The Montreal International Jazz Festival has finally announced its 2008 indoor concert line-up. We should note that this festival holds a very special place in our hearts since it has greatly contributed, over the years, to our discovery of jazz and its many talented artists. This year’s edition is particularly exciting for us in that it marks the launch of Nextbop.com. We were therefore extremely pleased upon learning that some of our favorite Nextbop artists will be featured in Montreal this summer. Among some of the notables are Jacky Terrasson, Brad Mehldau, Yaron Herman, E.S.T. and Christian Scott. For the complete line-up we invite you to visit the Montreal Jazz Festival’s official website.

Montreal International Jazz Festival 

We are proud to announce that Lichen Communications was selected to design the upcoming Nextbop.com website. We will be keeping you posted with updates as the project progresses. In the mean time, we invite you to visit Lichen’s website to learn more about the agency.

Lichen Communications

Welcome to Nextbop.com, the future location of the only website entirely dedicated to new and exciting styles of jazz. It is our goal, at Nextbop.com, to keep you updated with the latest in innovative jazz, as well as to showcase the new artists emerging on the scene. We believe that their art deserves wider recognition and this is why Nextbop.com wishes to bridge the gap between them and a new and youthful audience.