Many DAME musician will be performing this summer. First, the Fanfare Pourpour will take part in Saint-Fortunat’s incredible music festival, June 21 and 22. Then, at the Festival international de jazz de Montréal, L’Orkestre des pas perdus will play outside from July 3 to 7. Also playing during the festival at the museum of contemporary arts, Les Projectionnistes July 3 and world renowned guitar player René Lussier July 6. This edition of L’OFF Festival de Jazz de Montréal also proposes plenty of DAME-related shows. Jean Derome will play at Lion d’Or June 27, July 3 and 5. Pierre St-Jak June 27. Rouge ciel June 29. Normand Guilbeault with an hommage to Mingus July 1. Martin Tétreault and Pierre Cartier July 3. Lee Pui Ming in duo with Joane Hétu aith also the {nbio:derome_je}-{nbio:guilbeault_no}-{nbio:tanguay_pi} trio July 5. Go see them all!

Joane Hétu (voice, saxophone) and Jean Derome (voice, saxophone, small instruments) will launch the last installement of their intimate duo Nous perçons les oreilles, the moving La vie, c’est simple (Life is Simple), with a concert June 13, 2002 at Casa del Popolo (Montréal). This event is part of the “Suoni Per Il Popolo” festival of new music.

Ipso Facto is a band composed of David Bussières (guitars), Chantal Bergeron (violin), Simon Dolan (double bass) and Francis Roberge (percussions). They present their first CD on the Monsieur Fauteux, m’entendez-vous? label, the dynamic and entertaining La spirale de l’escargot.

Maxime de la Rochefoucauld and his Ki automatons will be in concert with dancers Andrew Brouse, Karsten Kroll, Maya Ostrofsky and Michèle Rioux, May 23 to 25, 2002 at 5643 Clark street (Montréal). Special guest, puppeteer Marcelle Hudon.

L’Orkestre des pas perdus takes its brilliant exhuberance to Paris (France) for a series of three concerts, May 16 to 18, 2002. Just before its parisian excursion, the Orkestre stops at Reus’ Festival Trapezi (Spain) from May 9 to 12, and plays also May 15 at Barcelona’s jazz club “La Boîte.” The Québec public will be able to catch the Orkestre live very soon, for they will attend St-Fortunat’s Festival International de Musique Incroyable, June 15 and 16, 2002.

Created around pianist Lee Pui Ming from Toronto, clarinettist Lori Freedman from Winnipeg, and percussionist Danielle Palardy Roger from Montréal, this concert series will highlight the participation of women in improvised music. Canevas 2002 presents four nights of free concerts, from May 2 to 4, 2002 at Calixa-Lavallée cultural center (Montréal).