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‹In a city rich with jazz talent, bassist Alex Bellegarde is surely one of the best players around, constantly finding new types of projects and new musicians with which to extend the range of his jazz vocabulary…› Neil Brouillet ° montreal.com

Festi Jazz RimouskiFesti Jazz 25th ed › Pianist Martin Roussel performs his 50 mins original compo in celebration of 25 yrs of Festi Jazz with Alex Bellegarde on doublebass, Alex Côté on sax and Guillaume Perron on drums.
Pre Festi live broadcast Radio Canada - Espace Musique 100.7FM - aug 30, 12h00.
FESTI JAZZ INTERNATIONAL RIMOUSKI 2010
Série Grands Spectacles. Sunday, sept 5 - 19h00...  ›


Alex Bellegarde Quintet liveLatest CD/DVD › reviewed by Geoff Chapman, The Wholenote Magazine, may 2010
« A third recording led by a bassist is also a great buy. The CD/DVD package is the Alex Bellegarde Quintet’s Live (Chien Noir 09-999) with the boss in virtuoso form at a Montreal Maison de la culture Mer...  ›

Review by Stanley Péan, Voir, sept 2010 (v o) « ...une formidable virée, entre des moments enjoués, contemplatifs ou carrément exploratoires...  ›


More 2010 CD releases  ›

  • Ekotones - Foggy Sideways / 131 Productions 2010
  • Yoel Diaz - Encuentros / Yoel Diaz Productions 2010


Upcoming shows › infos on calendar

  • august › Yoel Diaz album launch - Encuentros
  • august › Matapédia Music Camp
  • september › Rimouski Festi Jazz International 2010
  • october › L'OFF Festival de jazz de Montréal, 2010
recent events..scrolldown

  • Festi Jazz Mont-Tremblant » Alex Bellegarde Quintet aug 15  ›
  • Festival d'été de Québec » Yoel Diaz cuban jazz session. july 16  ›
  • Festival International de Jazz de Montréal » Three shows
    Ekotones 29 juin, 22h00...  ›
    Tomisheep 30 juin, 19h00 et 21h00...  ›
  • Gracias a la vida » fundraiser for the Redpath Museum with Michèle Hekimi Redpath Museum, Mtl. june 20  ›
  • Ori Dagan » with one of Canada's top scat singers and his guests. Two shows in Toronto The Reservation Lounge. may 18 and Gate 403 may 21  ›
  • Lorraine Klaasen » with South African born singer Upstairs. may 1  ›
  • Vernissage » Encuentros exhibition of works by Cuban artists inspired by music from Yoel Diaz's new compos and upcoming album O Patro Vys. april 27  ›
  • Abel Maxwell » 2 shows with International musical director, pianist, composer and singer House of Jazz. april 9,10  ›
  • CD Launch » Rhodes Trip, debut album with Tamas Barany's electro-jazz project TomisheepL'Alize. april 6  ›
  • EJN Weekly Music Sampler » featuring 10 new artist MP3 downloads each week - hosted by Bill King. download Pawnshop by Alex Bellegarde mar. 1-7  ›
  • Planète Jazz 91.9 FM »  In duo with Toronto-based jazz vocalist Ori Dagan for the show «Lève tard»  with host Annie B. air date coming  ›
  • NYC »  Recording sessions with drummer Chris Carroll. feb 10-14  ›
  • Radio Canada Winnipeg »  Interview for the show «Samedi détente» host Jean Marc Ousset. air date coming  ›
  • Radio Montreal CIBL 101.5 FM »  Interview for the show  host Marie Eve Pinault. aired on jan 22  ›
Some 2009 events :  Viva confusion, theatre-doc show produced by award winning filmmaker Hunt Hoe, Alex Bellegarde Quintet tour, Musicians' Solidarity Show, Festival du Monde Arabe de Montréal, Daniel Pearl World Music Days, Rimouski Festi Jazz International, Spontaneous Creation Module, L'Off Festival de jazz de Montreal, First Peoples' Festival, Desjardins Jazz Festival - Gatineau, Sutton Multimedia Festival, F.O.A.T Festival Mexico, Alex hosts the Upstairs Jam Sessions during the Montreal Jazz Fest ...


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