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VIC VOGEL NONET
Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, Grand Concert Series.
Vic Vogel's nonet includes a great selection of talented Montreal musicians.
Performing a range of Vic Vogel's compositions and arrangements, the nonet also accompanies
special guest, legendary saxophonist Jimmy Heath.
IvanhoeJolicoeur..trumpet. Roberto Murray..sax. Yves Turgeon..alto sax. Ghislain
Potvin..trumpet. Marc Tremblay..trombone. Serge Arsenault..
trombone. Alex Bellegarde..double bass. Hugo DiVito..drums
Theatre Maisonneuve, Place des Arts, Montreal -J une 30
'Gusto and Verve…' Irwin Block The
Gazette, July 2 2003
'A lean and mean nonet…' Dean Cotrill Hour, July 2 2003
' Vogel nous sert des orchestres qui swinguent avec l' aplomb.' Alain Brunet
La Presse, July 2 2003
ALEX BELLEGARDE QUARTET
L'OFF Festival de Jazz de Montréal
For this year's OFF Festival, Alex Bellegarde presents his new compositions;
exploring unusual rhythmic ideas, abstract sounds and grooves, rooted in Latin and swing
through alternative styles.
Alain Mercure..drums; Michael Wanner..piano; Jon Lindhorst..sax; Alex Bellegarde... double
bass. An intense and exciting music experience
delivered with audacity!
Focaccia, Montreal - June 28
ABEL HASSING QUINTET
L'OFF Festival de Jazz de Montréal
Guitarist Abel Hassing showcases his own hybrid, musical language with compositions
influenced by contemporary, Mauritian, reggae and classical styles.
Abel Hassing, guitar, Michael Wanner on piano, Wali Muhammad on drums and Alex Bellegarde
on double bass with saxophonist Jean Derome. Lyrical and expressive!
Le Va et Vient, Montreal - June 27
IVANHOE JOLICOEUR QUINTET
L'OFF Festival de Jazz de Montréal
Well known on the Montreal scene, outstanding soloist trumpeter Ivanhoe Jolicoeur leads his
quartet with a selection of his original compositions and unique arrangements of selected
standards.
Ivanhoe Jolicoeur, trumpet and flugelhorn, Gaetan Daigneault on piano, Hugo Di Vito on
drums and Alex Bellegarde on double bass. Generous!
Quai des brumes, Montreal - July 2
OHMZ QUINTET
L'OFF Festival de Jazz de Montréal
Performing their original compositions ranging from meditative to alternative in style, the
group's distinctive sound emerges from intense exchanges, complex harmonies and unusual
solos based on collective improvisation and interplay of swing, funk, blues and Latin as
well as Dixie rhythms.
Marc Villiard, tenor, alto and c melody sax, Ivanhoe Jolicoeur, trumpet and flugelhorn, Yves
Turgeon, alto and soprano sax and bass clarinet, Yvon Plouffe, drums and percussion
and Alex Bellegarde double bass. Energy and
transcendence!
Le va et Vient - July 5
ÉVIDEMMENT JAZZ
Concert recorded live by Radio Canada for Silence on jazz
Évidemment jazz presents a series of shows that unites on the same stage several
generations of artists all are highly representative of the local jazz scene.
Skip Bey, Paul Boogie Gaudet, Jean Vanasse, François Marcaurelle, Normand Guilbeault,
Simon Langlois, Alex Bellegarde, Philippe Lozier and Jean-François
Ouellet.
Zest Montreal - 29 march.
TRIOFF JAZZ
The Va-et-Vient in collaboration with the Off Jazz
Festival:
A unique series of jazz evenings during which three generations of jazz musicians unite to
share their musical vision.
Ivanhoe Jolicoeur trumpet, Guy Thouin percussion, Alex Bellegarde bass
Le Va et Vient - winter session
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Vic Vogel is known primarily for his Le Jazz Big
Band: 'A Montreal
Institution, considered by many musicians as a rite of passage for its companions, an
exacting strait though which one must pass to gain greater promise and opportunity.
At the centre stands maestro Vogel, debugging a new chart or dusting off a classic like
Tadd’s Delight or Mood Indigo, pointing his cues and occasionally reducing one of his
charges to ashes for some unspeakable faux pas. By works’ end however there is
camaraderie and good humour left, and surprisingly, oxygen.' vvrecords
ALEX BELLEGARDE
QUARTET
ABEL HASSING
QUINTET
CONCERT IN HONOUR OF SKIP BEY-Lion D'Or, Montreal - oct. 2003
with guests ...Oliver Jones, Nancy Martinez, Monique Fauteux,
Vic Vogel, Bernard Primeau, Tim Jackson and bassists Normand Guilbeault and Alex Bellegarde
to name a few….
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