Malcolm Goldstein and Rainer Wiens, as well as Joshua Zubot, Jean René and Rémy Bélanger de Beauport will be at Le Cagibi on Tuesday April 14, 2009, as part of the Mardi spaghetti weekly series for creative music, now in its second year.

Running to Mendham, violinist Joshua Zubot’s trio with Jason Sharp (baritone saxophone) and Jonathan Gagné (drums), will be in concert on April 4, 2009, at L’envers in Montréal. Also that evening, a first meeting between double bassist Miles Perkin, now based in Berlin, and trumpeter Ellwood Epps.

Thierry Amar, Sam Shalabi and Joshua Zubot, as well as Esther Bourdages will be at Le Cagibi on Tuesday February 3, 2009 as part of the Mardi spaghetti weekly series for creative music.

Francisco Lozano, Miles Perkin and Josh Zubot as well as Stephen Davidson, Luke Fowlie and Ryan Frizzell will be at Le Cagibi on Tuesday December 9, 2008 as part of the Mardi spaghetti weekly series for creative music.

Founded in 1994, Nicolas Caloia’s Ratchet Orchestra releases its first title, recorded live at La Sala Rossa in November 2007. Featuring 30 of Montréal’s finest improvisors, including Gordon M Allen, Chris Burns, Alexandre Grogg, Pierre Labbé, Philippe Lauzier, Damian Nisenson, Jean René, Sam Shalabi, and Joshua Zubot, the Ratchet Orchestra lolls between the sublime and the ridiculous.

The next Mercredimusics will feature Jean Derome, Michel F Côté, Martin Tétreault and Josh Zubot on November 19, 2008 at Casa Obscura in Montréal.