Nous perçons les oreilles (Jean Derome, Joane Hétu) together with Jean René and Pierre-Yves Martel will be, on Tuesday March 11, 2008, at Le Cagibi as part of the Mardi spaghetti weekly series for creative music.

Next Tuesday January 8, 2008, Diane Labrosse will launch — with {nbio:belanger_ma}, {nbio:derome_je}, {nbio:falaise_be}, {nbio:freedman_lo}, {nbio:rene_je}, and {nbio:tanguay_pi} — her latest album, 170th release of Ambiances Magnétiques! This event will take place from “5 to 7” at Oboro gallery in Montréal. Musique pour objets en voie de disparition, eight pieces like eight flashbacks to a bygone daily sonic life. A nostalgia-prone stroll down obsolescence lane.

This is the schedule for the 3 next Mercredimusics:

• November 21, 2007: with Jean Derome (saxophone, flute, objects), Michel F Côté (amplified percussion), Rainer Wiens (électric guitar, kalimba)
• November 28, 2007: with Magali Babin (objects, electronics), Joane Hétu (alto sax, vocals), Pierre Tanguay (percussion)
• December 5, 2007: with Jean Derome (saxophone, flute, objects), Diane Labrosse (sampler), Jean René (viola)

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 next Mercredimusics will host Lori Freedman (clarinets), Jean René (viola), Rémy Bélanger (cello), Jane Lazarovic (doublebass) and their guests on April 4, 2007 at the Casa Obscura in Montréal. Listen to some audio clips of the new releases 3 and Cordes à danser… suite saguenayenne.

Many musicians and ensembles from the Ambiances Magnétiques label will take part in the 12th Guelph Jazz Festival (Ontario), to be held from September 7 — 11, 2005. Acts featured in this forthcoming edition include L’Ensemble Pierre Labbé on September 7; the trio of André Duchesne, Jean René and Pierre Tanguay as well as the Pierre Cartier Ensemble on September 8; Lori Freedman solo and the trio Évidence on September 9; and finally, the Fanfare Pourpour will parade through the city on September 10.