Alex Bellegarde Trio/ Guest Maude Fortier @ Dièse Onze

Éric St-Jean: piano
Martin Auguste: drums
Alex Bellegarde: double bass

The jam sessions with Alex Bellegarde and his trio have become a weekly fixture on the Montreal jazz scene. You'll meet the big names in jazz from here and abroad, as well as up-and-coming talents. In the first part, Bellegarde, his trio and guests present the pieces that inspire them, and in which improvisation has pride of place. The jam takes off in the second half and continues well into the night. The intrepid rub shoulders with the demons of the stage, where creativity, spontaneity and generosity are the order of the day!

The first set fires up with Bellegarde and his trio, playing host to a range of well known talents from the Montreal scene as well as musicians from out of town. The jam opens in the second set, to any jazz musician with the confidence to step up and play... there's an unspoken rule though: « If you can't keep up, you shouldn't be on stage ». A great place to play and chill... the jam continues on into the early hours !