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This series features four Friday evenings of pure, great jazz performed by exquisite musicians:

• May 7th: A double bill night opens with Canadian Juno Award nominee jazz pianist Chris Donnelly in his Montreal debut. The Oliver Jones Trio with great jazz pianist Oliver Jones, Eric Lagacé, bass, and Jim Doxas, drums, give a 75 minute command performance. An evening not to be missed
• May 14th: Another double bill opens with the brilliant young Taurey Butler Trio, warming up St. James Church with traditional jazz. A family reunion with Karen Young, Coral Egan, Doug Young, Isabel Young and Norman Lachapelle, will pay vibrant tribute to Lambert, Hendricks and Ross in a special event created just for the Festival! Do not miss this!
• May 21st: A night with jazz legend Kurt Elling, 2010 Grammy Award winner for Best Vocal Jazz Album, in his only Montreal appearance in 2010. This promises to be an unforgettable evening replete with great charm and finesse. A rendezvous not to be missed by any serious lover of jazz.
• May 28th: SAX IN THE CITY! An eclectic tribute to jazz giants Charlie Parker and John Coltrane featuring Montreal's finest saxophonists: Jean-Pierre Zanella, Rémi Bolduc, John Roney, André Leroux and Chet Doxas. WOW!

* Programming and artists subject to change

May 7^th
Oliver Jones Trio with Chris Donnelly
Oliver Jones, Eric Lagacé, Jim Doxas
and Chris Donnelly

May 14^th
Taurey Butler Trio
Swingin' Those Blues
Taurey Bulter, Eric Lagacé,
and Wali Muhammad
A Tribute to Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
Karen Young, Coral Egan,
and friends

May 21^st  
Kurt Elling:
2010 Grammy Award
"Best Vocal Jazz Album"
Kurt Elling and Laurence Hobgood

May 28^th
Sax in the City:
Tribute to Charlie Parker
and John Coltrane
André Leroux, Chet Doxas,
Jean-Pierre Zanella, Rémi Bolduc,
Eric Lagacé, Dave Lang,
and Jean Fréchette