On October 7, 8, 14, and 15, 2009, Tour de Bras is in Montréal for four nights of improvisations with Ze Bigue Band, the cream of musicians of Rimouski and Montréal. A family reunion through the Maisons de la culture: Côte-des-Neiges, Ahuntsic, Plateau-Mont-Royal and Frontenac. You will hear amongst others, the musicians Michel F Côté,Martin Tétreault, Éric Normand, Jean Derome, Bernard Falaise, Philippe Lauzier, Isaiah Ceccarelli, Pierre-Yves Martel, Lori Freedman, Gordon M Allen, Brigitte Lacasse, Diane Labrosse and Danielle Palardy Roger.

On October 7, 2009 Mercredimusics will feature Susanna Hood, Joane Hétu, Philippe Lauzier and Diane Labrosse, at Casa Obscura in Montréal. Always extraordinary evenings! Always music, silence, listening, music, noise, improvisation, listening and more music.

Pas de deux, Frith’s duo disc with percussionist Danielle Palardy Rogers, a stunning series of improvisations that, according to the notes, are somehow edited and even superimposed. The results are intriguing and diverse. Contrast the frenetic power and fractious pointillisms of Dernier cri with the ageless beauty and meditative grace of L’Auberge des Quatre vents 1, with its flute-like guitar work and eventual shamanistic vocalizations. The recordings are first-rate, details coming to the fore while the overall picture is never marred or blurred.

Animated by a pair of inspired ideas: a steady focus on extended piano technique as a timbral playground of percussive expanse and recording this material from the perspective of the performer. It’s amazing how much the nuances of extended piano sounds shift relative to the ears perceiving the struck, plucked, strummed and manipulated strings within the instrument. Somewhere the Sea and Salt is offered as a creative encyclopedia of sonorities discovered and coaxed by Chan from the piano. The use of resonance is particularly striking — and a clear path of innovation. The short tracks unfolding as poetry written in sonority.

To celebrate its 30th season, Productions SuperMusique presents BELGOrientation by Scott Thomson, on Saturday October 10, 2009. A unique concept bringing together 30 music and dance artists. The audience is invited to take a tour of the four top stories of the magnificent BELGO building located at 372 Sainte-Catherine Ouest, Montréal.

A true cult band of the Montréal jazz scene, this trio featuring Jean Derome (saxophones and flutes), Normand Guilbeault (double bass) and Pierre Tanguay (drums), will be in concert at Le Dièse onze in Montréal on every Thursday of October 2009. It’s gonna swing!