Land of Marigold in Rimouski

Wednesday September 19: Rimouski, QC (Tour de Bras, Centre d'artistes Caravansérail) 9pm $12

Land of Marigold (Josh Zubot-violin, Ellwood Epps-trumpet)

Save L'envers!!! Sauvons L'envers!!!

Please help save this wonderful home for improvised music!
Since 2008, this entirely volunteer-run loft venue has presented over 500 nights of the best improvised music that Montreal and the world have to offer. I`m the artistic director and the janitor (no joke) and I`m asking anyone reading this to be generous and make a donation to keep us floating. $1600 will get us back on our feet, but we could use a lot more than that to make this venue a sustainable home for the creative spirit for a long time to come.

We are offering 6 exciting levels of membership in exchange for your donation. Depending on the level at which you contribute, you`ll get great stuff like L'envers T-Shirts, Buttons, Book Bags, Stickers, Free Shows, and much more!!! Follow the above link to find out more and to GIVE!!!

If you`re in Montreal, please come to our S.O.S. Rent Party on Friday August 24th.
(http://www.facebook.com/events/412208875504192/)

And if you`re a Montreal musician, book your rehearsals now in this amazing sunny, private studio with a good piano, p.a., and drum kit. Only $10/hour and you`ll be helping pay our enourmous rent of $1110/month.

Much gratitude for you support and giving spirit!

Ottawa Solo(s) :: August 5th

I`ll be very glad to be back in Ottawa at the excellent IMOO series on August 5th. I`ll be doing a solo performance, and so will the uplifting and always creative Toronto trumpeter Nicole Rampersaud. Music starts early at 730pm. Hope to see you there, Ottawa friends!

New Interview

Here is an interview that I did at the tail end of my New York winter.
It`s published in print in Tout va bien, a great, poetic, wacky music magazine in Montreal.
You can read the French text here: http://douzepouces.com/wordpress/?p=6190

English version coming soon...

New Trio at L'envers tonight! (Friday May 25)

I`m happy to be working with a new trio that`s really turning me on. Come hear us tonight at L'envers!

(Here`s a little bit of what we did a few weeks ago at Le Cagibi)

Ellwood Epps...trumpet
Aaron Lumley...doublebass
Ivan Bamford...drums

We`re sharing the night with

Patrick Battstone...piano Richard Poole...vibraphone Brahja Waldman...saxophone alto Martin Heslop...contrebasse

Starts at 930pm and we`d love to see you there!

Henry Grimes May 16th at L'envers

I`m happy to announce that I`ll be making music with Henry Grimes, Jean Derome, and Pierre Tanguay at L'envers on May 16. Henry will play a solo, followed by the quartet.

Henry Grimes (bass, violin, poetry) performing solo and with:

Jean Derome (alto saxophone)

Ellwood Epps (trumpet)

Pierre Tanguay (drums)

Mssr. Grimes will also give an afternoon masterclass.

More information on these events can be found at www.lenvers185.blogspot.com.

Mardi Spaghetti Celebrates 4 Years!!

March 27: Montreal (Mardi Spaghetti series at Le Cagibi, 5490 St-Laurent) Mardi Spaghetti 4th anniversary marathon!!! 11am-midnight. $5

I will give two performances, one of which will be broadcast live on ckut fm...

11am: Josh Zubot (violin), Philippe Battikha, Ellwood Epps (trumpets), Thierry Amar (doublebass), live to air on ckut 90.3fm, www.ckut.fm

And at 5pm with Aaron Lumley (double bass) and Chris Dadge (drums)

Music happens all day and night, and there`s nothing like getting 4 5 or 6 hours of it in your ears.

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