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![Malcolm Goldstein / Liu Fang / Rainer Wiens FIMAV, Victoriaville QC, May 18]()
ReviewsMalcolm Goldstein / Liu Fang / Rainer Wiens FIMAV, Victoriaville QC, May 18 Published May 19, 2018This trio of veterans demonstrated how well-developed improv can function, as three travelers with different native tongues arrived at commu...
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![Schnellertollermeier FIMAV, Victoriaville QC, May 18]()
ReviewsSchnellertollermeier FIMAV, Victoriaville QC, May 18 Published May 19, 2018Hard to say but excessively fun to watch, Schnellertollermeier are a Swiss trio that bring the high technical proficiency of jazz play into...
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![Lan Tung FIMAV, Victoriaville QC, May 17]()
ReviewsLan Tung FIMAV, Victoriaville QC, May 17 Published May 18, 2018Vancouver-based artist Lan Tung is the lynchpin between the two groups that make up "The Giant Project." Proliferasian are a seven-piece ava...
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![Walter Boudreau FIMAV, Victoriaville QC, May 17]()
ReviewsWalter Boudreau FIMAV, Victoriaville QC, May 17 Published May 18, 2018What could be more fitting to kick off FIMAV's 34th edition than celebrating a composer/conductor with a performance of two of his pieces th...
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![David and the Mountain Ensemble FIMAV, Victoriaville QC, May 17]()
ReviewsDavid and the Mountain Ensemble FIMAV, Victoriaville QC, May 17 Published May 18, 2018Montreal's David Dugas Dion started his climb to the Mountain back in the early '00s, with his noisy indie-psych project David and the Woods...
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![The Nels Cline Four Carré 150, Victoriaville QC, May 21]()
ReviewsThe Nels Cline Four Carré 150, Victoriaville QC, May 21 Published May 22, 2017The program said this new band led by guitarist Nels Cline (most famous for his work with Wilco, but a jazzbo of long-standing) would have s...
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![Jean-Luc Guionnet Église Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska, Victoriaville QC, May 21]()
ReviewsJean-Luc Guionnet Église Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska, Victoriaville QC, May 21 Published May 22, 2017I am mostly familiar with Guionnet for his hard-edged saxophone work, but this busy polymath from Lyon does all kinds of stuff. Checking his...
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![Anthony Braxton Colisée Desjardins, Victoriaville QC, May 21]()
ReviewsAnthony Braxton Colisée Desjardins, Victoriaville QC, May 21 Published May 22, 2017Anthony Braxton is one of the key figures of the international avant-garde jazz scene. He's now 71 years old, and last night (May 21), he pl...
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![Nate Wooley performing 'Seven Storey Mountain V' Colisée Desjardins, Victoriaville QC, May 20]()
ReviewsNate Wooley performing 'Seven Storey Mountain V' Colisée Desjardins, Victoriaville QC, May 20 Published May 21, 2017The first two versions of "Seven Storey Mountain" by Brooklyn-based trumpeter, Nate Wooley, (which retains the same basic structure, but get...
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![Terry Riley / Gyan Riley Colisée Desjardins, Victoriaville QC, May 20]()
ReviewsTerry Riley / Gyan Riley Colisée Desjardins, Victoriaville QC, May 20 Published May 21, 2017Terry Riley is one of the greatest composers of the last 100 years. His style is often called Minimalism, but earlier today (May 20), while...
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![Gunda Gottschalk / Ute Völker performing 'Sky and Grassland' Carre 150, Victoriaville QC, May 20]()
ReviewsGunda Gottschalk / Ute Völker performing 'Sky and Grassland' Carre 150, Victoriaville QC, May 20 Published May 21, 2017Gunda Gottschalk is a violinist and Ute Völker is an accordionist, both of whom are based in Wuppertal, Germany. A few years ago they were i...
