Samara Joy is set to receive the Ella Fitzgerald Award at the 2025 Montreal Jazz Festival on June 28 at Maison symphonique, Place des Arts. Joy has won five Grammys in the last three years (from five ...

Jazz vocalist Samara Joy's career has been advancing rapidly. She drew a large, enthusiastic audience to the Maison symphonique, which was also a celebration of her receiving the festival's Ella ...

Modibo Keita points to a tear-soaked Stevie Wonder performance as one of his earliest and most distinct memories at the Montreal International Jazz Festival. Five days after Michael Jackson passed ...

On a breezy summer night in Montreal, the air crackled with something far cooler than jazz clichés. Under the ornate ceiling of the Maison symphonique, an unlikely king took the stage. Clad in a black ...

Earlier this month, and for the first time since 2023, Rock Music Menu headed north of the border to Canada for the Montreal Jazz Festival, which saw this year’s edition, the 45th, run from June 26 ...

The Montreal International Jazz Festival is one of the biggest and most diverse celebration of the genre in the world. But how did Montreal first become known for jazz? For our latest Sense of Place ...

Summer in Montreal means music in the streets, laughs on every corner and fireworks over the river, as the city transforms into a season-long celebration. The world’s largest jazz festival draws over ...

Grammy-nominated Nigerian superstar Ayra Starr will be headlining the annual Montreal International Jazz Festival in Canada on July 1. Her headline performance comes days after she thrilled fans at ...

‘We’re so happy to be with you, so happy to see all these smiling faces,” said Chicago gospel and soul great Mavis Staples, who proved she’s as vital as ever at the Montreal International Jazz ...

MONTREAL Hard to pick the perfect superlatives to describe the Montreal International Jazz Festival: electrifying, exhilarating, energizing, inspiring and perhaps even dizzying opening weekend was all ...