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Barnyard Drama (Suoni / L’Off Fest.)

par David Ryshpan in Panpot (Québec), 3 juillet 2008 |3607|

… The final set was courtesy of Toronto’s Barnyard Drama with guest Montrealer Bernard Falaise on guitar. Their set commenced very quietly, with minimal electronica courtesy of drummer Jean Martin. Christine Duncan’s distant vocalizations were nearly inaudible at the beginning, but over the course of the set she displayed her wide range and her control of various techniques — guttural groans, mouth noises, Janis Joplin-esque yelps and screams, hints of Inuit throat-singing, pseudo-beatboxing and pure bel canto soprano. She exhibited a stunning sense of control, never seeming to strain herself and switching between techniques very quickly. Guitarist Justin Haynes was a perfect foil to Falaise, both of them getting fuzzy at times but retaining a bit of atmosphere around their sound. Haynes would sometimes bow his guitar, as did Kim Myhr in the first set but with an altogether different sound — where Myhr was bowing the body of his acoustic guitar, Haynes bowed the strings of his electric. At other moments, Haynes conjured a rubbery tone somewhere in between a guitar and Frank Martel’s theremin. Falaise was seemingly everywhere at once, manipulating his arsenal of pedals with expertise and complementing Haynes’ guitar. Martin was processing both his kit and Duncan’s voice, and anchoring his open playing with hints of breakbeats and a deconstructed take on John Bonham’s rock bombast. The set ended on a gradual descrescendo, melting away into a quiet rendition of Little Girl Blue.


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They don’t take requests

par Mike Chamberlain in Hour (Québec), 12 juin 2008 |3586|

Montreal’s OFF Festival de Jazz offers welcome respite for players like Lina Allemano

“I’m booking this tour, and one presenter wanted to know what percentage of originals we play. We play all originals! ‘And is there a singer?’ And I’m like, ‘Oh man…’” Lina Allemano’s voice trails off. “It’s nice to find people at the OFF Festival who actually want to hear original music, something that’s different than the usual thing. Thank God.”

The Toronto-based trumpeter’s sentiment expresses exactly why the OFF Festival de Jazz, now (amazingly) in its ninth edition, is important to jazz musicians and fans in this city, with its stated mandate to present original music by local musicians in settings most conducive to getting the music across.

The 34-year-old Allemano, born in Edmonton, is the type of musician who all too often falls under the radar because of our national inferiority complex. But her quartet, who play the beautiful and venerable Lion d’Or on June 16, make music that is every bit as interesting and unpredictable in its risk-taking as most of what comes out of the States. Besides that, she has received the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval from Downbeat as a talent to watch.

But she’s just one of the talents to watch at this year’s OFF, running from June 13 to 21 at the Saint-Ciboire, Lion d’Or, Dièse Onze and Sala Rossa. Among these are Swedish accordionist Lars Hollmer with Fanfare Pourpour, who kick off the festival tomorrow evening, bassist Miles Perkin’s shining project Common Thread (June 17, Lion d’Or), a rare presentation of Normand Guilbeault’s Riel (June 21, Lion d’Or), the debut of pianist Marianne Trudel’s Septet (June 21, Lion d’Or), and performances by Erik Hove’s Soundclash, the Alexander Bellegarde Quartet, the Isaiah Ceccarelli Sextet, Jean Martin’s Barnyard Drama and more in a 32-concert lineup that is long on variety and originality.


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Un jazz jeune, éclaté, rafraîchissant et sans limites [extrait]

par Vanessa Guimond in canoe (Québec), 21 mai 2008 |3588|

[…] Quatre lieux, quatre expériences

L’OFF Festival de Jazz [de Montréal] aura lieu dans quatre salles montréalaises qui se partageront cette année les trois sections principales de l’événement. Tout d’abord, le Pub St-Ciboire tiendra les fameux 5 à 7 du festival où on entendra des artistes comme le Anna Webber Quartet, le trio CLH et le quintette de Mario Allard. La beauté de cette série de spectacles est qu’elle est offerte gratuitement et permet une certaine proximité avec les groupes en prestation.

Le Lion d’Or accueillera cette année la majorité des concerts présentés à 20 heures et à 21 heures 30. Deux soirées spéciales seront organisées en collaboration avec le festival Suoni Per Il Popolo, qui aura lieu du 1er au 30 juin prochain. Pour l’occasion, La Sala Rossa recevra le groupe de Philadelphie Sun Ra Arkestra le 14 juin et présentera un concert le 15 juin mettant en vedettes plusieurs artistes comme Barnyard Drama, Philippe Lauzier et Gordon Allen.

Au Dièze Onze, club qui se spécialise maintenant dans la diffusion de la musique jazz, les mélomanes pourront assister à des concerts de fin de soirées donnés par des musiciens tel que Erik Hove Soundclash, le Quartette Alexandre Bellegarde et le Dave Watts Quintet.

«Je crois que le spectacle du groupe mythique Sun Ra Arkestra fait assurément partie des plus de notre festival, affirme le président Papadimitriou. C’est un concert à ne pas manquer, mais c’est certain que nous encourageons les gens à aller découvrir des artistes qu’ils ne connaissent pas. Je crois que nos 5 à 7 au St-Ciboire sont l’occasion idéale de faire de nouvelles découvertes.»


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