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AVERTING AUTO-PILOT: Thom Gossage

Thom Gossage ages gracefully

Protean practices

MAN OF MANY SCENES: Brahja Waldman

Saxophonist, pianist and songwriter Brahja Waldman is a man of all scenes

Original and intimate

ON OFF AGAIN: Jean Derome, Normand Guilbeault and Pierre Tanguay Photo by PIERRE CREPO

L’Off Festival de Jazz boasts its strongest bill yet

Forward motion

STICKING IT OUT: The Necks

Australian avant-garde act the Necks go into overdrive

Playing it by ear

THE STICK MAN CAN: John Heward Photo by RICHARD-MAX TREMBLAY

The Murray Street Band’s John Heward

COVER: High notes

LOOKING BACK: Don Byron Photo by DAVE WEILAND

It features prominently in the festival’s tag, but with over 1,000 events, finding the jazz in the pop-heavy Festival International de Jazz de Montréal requires some serious wood-shedding.

Body and shul

ECLECTIC CROP: Soulfarm

Ghetto Shul at a glance

Actual size

ECHOES AND VISIONS: Anthony Braxton Photo by MANFRED RINDERSPACHER

While this year Victoriaville commemorates the 150th anniversary of its founding in 1861, music fans are more likely to celebrate 1983, the inaugural year of the Festival Internation­al de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville.

Improv state of mind

EVERY PART OF THE INSTRUMENT: Charity Chan Photo by CHRISSY CHEUNG

Charity Chan’s extended piano

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