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Sonny Rollins Passes Away at 95
Sonny Rollins, the iconic saxophonist, composer and improviser whose career stretched from the origins of bebop to 21st…
The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal has announced the lineup for its indoor program, which runs June 28–July 8.
The festival’s indoor concert program will offer nearly 150 shows spread over 15 series, presented in the city’s finest venues. Artists include Keith Jarrett, Bob Dylan, Harry Connick Jr., Wynton Marsalis, Anouar Brahem, Manu Chao, Mike Stern, Angelique Kidjo, Tord Gustavsen, Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin, and Stefano Bollani, Skye, Erik Truffaz, Anne Ducros, Coco Zhao and many more.
Tickets for the festival’s indoor program go on sale May 5 at 9 a.m.
For more information, visit: www.montrealjazzfest.com
Onstage, Rollins would move about restlessly, thrusting his tenor sax in the air as he blew.
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