The folk-western music ensemble Rodéoscopique (formed by Antoine Berthiaume, Philippe Lauzier, Guido Del Fabbro, Mélanie Auclair, Pierre-Yves Martel, and Stefan Schneider) will be at Maison de la culture Frontenac in Montréal on Wednesday November 14, 2007.

Isaiah Ceccarelli, Philippe Lauzier, Frank Lozano, and Clinton Ryder will be at Pop!, wine bar in Montréal, on Thursday August 30, 2007.

[…] A fascinating concert of improvised and mostly improvised music took place at Cabaret Juste pour rire with French pianist Bénoît Delbecq making an exceptional debut with Philippe Lauzier’s Trio. Delbecq’s approach to improvisation — something in between John Cage’s prepared piano pieces, a gamelan orchestra, and Cecil Taylor — was refreshing in this already piano-saturated festival. By preparing the piano with various objects on the strings, Delbecq can access a wide variety of textures and colours not usually found in the piano. And Montréal-based saxophonist/clarinetist Lauzier provided a sympathetic stage for the gifted French pianist. With bassist Miles Perkin and drummer Thom Gossage, the trio’s sensitive and unified improvising was a remarkable setting in which Delbecq could shine.

This summer, the Festival international de jazz de Montréal will notably host:

• June 29 at 7 pm: The Trio Jean Félix Mailloux, at Club Jazz TD Canada Trust;
• June 29 at 9 pm: Antoine Berthiaume avec Robbie Kuster, and Rémi Jean Leblanc, on Scène CBC/Radio-Canada Best Buy;
• July 1 at 9 pm: Guido Del Fabbro, at Cabaret JPR;
• July 2 at 10 pm: The Trio Derome Guilbeault Tanguay, at Upstairs Jazz Bar & Grill;
• July 6 at 9 pm: YUL, at Cabaret JPR;
• July 7 at 9 pm: Philippe Lauzier with special guest Benoît Delbecq, at Cabaret JPR.

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})

The Projet SPOT (Philippe Lauzier, Jean-François Lauda, Christophe Papadimitriou, Francis Rossignol) will be at Casa Obscura on May 17, 2007. You can listen to Philippe Lauzier’s repertoire on the actuelleradio.