The public is invited to swing with the Trio Deveault, Guilbeault and Lavergne at the Upstairs Jazz Bar & Grill (Montréal) on December 17, 2009 at 8:30pm.

On June 27, 2009 at L’OFF Festival de Jazz de Montréal: Normand Guilbeault Ensemble (Normand Guilbeault, Jean Derome, Matthieu Bélanger, Ivanhoe Jolicœur, Normand Deveault, Claude Lavergne), Jean Sabourin and Karen Young at Lion d’Or at 8 pm. With a deep concern with authenticity, it groans, it bites, it is a balm for the soul and yet it is subtly subversive. Welcome to Charles Mingus’ world.

The abstract bluegrass of the band Les Queues de Veaux (Pierre Lavoie, dobro and Lap Steel guitar; René Lussier, guitars; Fred Fortin, bass; Claude Lavergne, drums; Martin Tétreault, turntables) will enkindle Le Va-et-Vient (Montréal) on April 1, 2006.