Note that a special event dedicated to DAME record label will take place on June 27, 2007 at Lion d’Or, Montréal, as part of L’OFF Festival de Jazz de Montréal. For the occasion, the Trio Derome Guilbeault Tanguay will launch its DVD-Video Étymologie; Damián Nisenson will share his jazz influenced in many ways by other music styles, and Jean Derome et les Dangereux Zhoms will present their new project To Continue. Had we ever invited you to turn on the actuelleradio? Well, we suggest you do so!

Sam Shalabi (guitar), John Heward (drums) will be at La Brique on Friday June 29, 2007. You can listen to them on disc Provocative Operations for which audio clips are online.

Michael Winograd (saxophone, clarinet), Gordon M Allen (trumpet), Dan Blacksberg (trombone), and Pierre-Yves Martel (doublebass) will be in concert at Le Cagibi café, on Friday July 6, 2007. You can listen to audio clips of Engagement & Confrontation.

The Suoni Per Il Popolo event will last until June 30, 2007 at Casa del Popolo and La Sala Rossa, Montréal. Concerts to come:

• Barking Dog Sextet (Halim El-Dabh, Thierry Amar, Jean Derome, Malcolm Goldstein, Sam Shalabi, Ziya Tabassian), on June 18
• Foodsoon (Bernard Falaise, Fabrizio Gilardino, Alexander MacSween), on June 20
• A_dontigny + [camp_], on June 24 (for the No Type label showcase)

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.

Robert Bastien (electric guitar), Isaiah Ceccarelli (percussion), Brigitte Lacasse (accordion), Éric Normand (bass, electronics), Danielle Palardy Roger (percussion), and Catherine S Massicotte (violin) will give a workshop-concert on June 22, 2007 at Casa Obscura, Montréal. You can listen to some online audio clips from the CD Lieux-dits.