On June 20, 2009 at Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur, don’t miss the live performances of DAME artists Les Tourneurs with Philippe Lauzier, Jean René and Thom Gossage at 8 pm and Steppe at 9:30 pm. Then, at 10 pm, Pierre St-Jak’s Quartet Off/On with Claude Vendette, Jean Derome, Normand Guilbeault and Pierre Tanguay will be at Dièse onze.

On May 21, 2009 at Green Room, Follow Follow Sextet (Rainer Wiens, Joel Miller, Jean Derome, Cordell Henebury, Ryder Clinton and Thom Gossage) presents his farewell concert.

Saxophonist Philippe Lauzier, drummer Thom Gossage and violist Jean René will be in residence at L’Arsenal in Metz (France) with choreographer Isabelle van Grimde for her new work Les chemins de traverse. The premiere will take place on February 25, 2009, at the Schouwburg Theater in Arnhem (The Netherlands) followed by four concerts from March 3 to 6 at L’Arsenal.

Blube (Jean-François Blouin, Benoit Rolland) as well as Philippe Lauzier, Thom Gossage and Jean René will be at Le Cagibi on Tuesday November 8, 2008 as part of the Mardi spaghetti weekly series for creative music.

L’OFF Festival de Jazz de Montréal which will take place from June 22 to July 1, 2007 presents well-knowned artists and Amongst them:

• June 23: Jean René Trio à cordes ({nbio:rene_je}, {nbio:allard_st}, {nbio:martel_pi})
• June 24: Pierre-Yves Martel + Quartetski Does Prokofiev ({nbio:martel_pi}, {nbio:allen_go}, {nbio:lauzier_ph}, {nbio:ceccarelli_is})
• June 25: Alexandre Grogg + Philippe Lauzier + Toma Gouband
• June 27 (see details): Damian Nisenson Trio ({nbio:nisenson_da}, {nbio:mailloux_je}, {nbio:tanguay_pi}) followed by Jean Derome et les Dangereux Zhoms ({nbio:derome_je}, {nbio:walsh_to}, {nbio:dostaler_gu}, {nbio:cartier_pi}, {nbio:tanguay_pi})
• June 29: Pierre Labbé Quintette ({nbio:labbe_pi}, {nbio:allen_go}, {nbio:falaise_be}, {nbio:ryder_cl}, {nbio:ceccarelli_is})
• July 1: Rainer Wiens Follow Follow Sextet ({nbio:wiens_ra}, Joel Miller, {nbio:derome_je}, Cordell Henebury, {nbio:ryder_cl}, {nbio:gossage_th})

After the meeting with Antoine Berthiaume, Clinton Ryder, and Pierre Tanguay last Monday, Le cheval blanc (brewpub in Montréal) invites you to 2 new concerts: first, a concert on May 7, 2007 featuring Jean-Marc Hébert Quartet (Jean-Marc Hébert, Marie-Soleil Bélanger, Christophe Papadimitriou, Isaiah Ceccarelli); and on May 14 featuring Philippe Lauzier playing saxophones and bass clarinett, Miles Perkin, doublebass, and Thom Gossage, drums.