Calendar
Sat, 07/06/2013 - 21:30
National Jazz Orchestra at the Festival de Jazz de Montréal!
A brand new project seeing the light of day at the Montreal International Jazz festival! featuring some of the best musicians in town from all over the country. At Théatre Jean-Duceppe de la Place des Arts.
Direction: Christine Jensen
Saxophones:
Jean-Pierre Zanella
Samuel Blais
André Leroux
Frank Lozano
Alex Coté
Trombones:
Dave Grott
Jean-Nicolas Trottier
David Martin
Bob Ellis
Trumpets:
Jocelyn Couture
Aron Doyle
Bill Mahar
David Carbonneau
Rhythm Section
Kevin Warren
Marianne Trudel
Rémi-Jean Leblanc
Thu, 07/04/2013 - 19:00
Nota Bene Saxophone quartet at Parc Garneau
Free outdoor concert at Park Garneau in Montreal:
Mathieu Gaulin - soprano
Etienne Thivierge - alto
Isabelle Choquette - tenor
Samuel Blais - baritone
Wed, 07/03/2013 - 23:00
Composers series at the Bleury Vinyle Bar
Composers series organized by Rachel Therrien, featuring Montreal and New York musicians, original music written by all!
Fred Pauze - bass
Al McLean - tenor
Sam Blais - alto
Tuomo Uusitalo - piano(NYC)
Kyle Poole - drums(NYC)
Sat, 06/29/2013 - 18:00
Effendi JazzLab 10th anniversary at Festival de Jazz de Montréal
Special concert celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Effendi JAZZLAB!
On the TD Stage, place des Festivals during the Montreal International Jazz Festival.
John Roney - piano/compositions
Fraser Hollins/Alain Bédard - bass
Kevin Warren - drums
Aron Doyle - trumpet
Jean-Nicolas Trottier - trombone
Erik Hove - alto
David Bellemare - tenor
Samuel Blais - Bariton and soprano
Sat, 05/11/2013 - 21:30 to Sun, 05/26/2013 - 01:30
Record launch tour with Split Cycle!
After playing together all over Canada and the USA for the past 4 years, the group Split Cycle finally launches their first record! This collective project features musicians from New York and Montreal and draw its influences from Jazz, Rock and Classical music.
“ This disc is impressive throughout” - Bruce Lee Gallanter, Downton Music Gallery, New York.
“ ...a servi de théâtre à la maturation d’un artiste de haut niveau(Samuel Blais). L’évolution du musicien continue, littéralement, d’impressionner. Il y a sa maîtrise de l’instrument, certes, mais aussi la dynamique d’ensemble, rehaussée par les contributions inspirées de ses complices issus de la crème de la nouvelle garde montréalaise et new-yorkaise”
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Frédéric Cardin, Radio-Canada/Espace Musique
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Featuring:
Nicolas Letman-Burtinovic - Bass
Akira Ishiguro - Guitar
Martin Auguste - Drums
Samuel Blais - Saxophone
Saturday may 11th 2013 8:30pm
Rond Coin, 340 rue Saint-Louis
Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, Qc
G0X 2N0, (819) 221-3332
info@lerondcoin.com
Sunday May 12th 2013, 9:00pm
Resonance Cafe, 5175A Avenue du Parc, Montréal.
Masterclass/discussion on composition and mprovisation.
514-894-7543
info@resonancecafe.com
Tuesday and Wednesday May 14th-15th 2013, 9:30pm
The Rex, 194 Queen street. west
Toronto, ON, 416.598.2475
http://www.therex.ca/
Thursday May 16th 2013, 8:00pm
The Gig Space, 953 Gladstone Ave
Ottawa. K1Y 3E5
613-729-0693
Email: info@gigspaceottawa.com
Friday and Saturday May 17th-18th 2013, 8:30pm
Diese Onze, 4115A St-Denis, Montreal.
QC H2W 2M7, (514) 223-3543
www.dieseonze.com
Sunday May 19th, 8pm Concert in a private house (email info@samuelblais.com for more information) 27 Des Saules, St-Basile-Le-Grand QC. J3N 1G8
Thursday, Friday and Saturday May 23-24-25th 2013, 10:00pm
Bar le Ste-Angèle, 26, rue Sainte-Angèle,
Québec, QC
Renseignement : 418.692.2171
Thu, 03/07/2013 - 20:30 to Thu, 03/21/2013 - 20:30
Artist of the month at Dièse Onze, March 7th, 14th and 21st!
I have the honor to be the artist of the month of March at Diese Onze Jazz club! I will be presenting 3 different groups over the next 3 Thursdays featuring 8 different musicians. We will be performing different music every week, highlighting compositions from my guests throughout the month!
Hope to see you there!
March 7th
Le jeune Trio
Fred Pauze - bass/compositions
Alain Bourgeois - drums
Sam Blais - Bari/alto/compositions
March 14th
New Collective
John Roney - piano/compositions
Fraser Hollins - bass/compositions
Martin Auguste - batterie
Samuel Blais - bari/alto/compos
March 21st
The first quartet
Paul Shrofel - piano/compositions
Morgan Moore - bass
Robbie Kuster - batterie
Samuel Blais - bari/Alto/compositions
all shows start at 8:30pm at Dièse Onze Jazz Club, 4115A St-Denis.
Fri, 02/08/2013 - 21:00
Samuel Blais Quartet at Resonance Café
I'm very happy to be playing with my quartet in this new café which has been producing jazz concerts 5 nights a week for the past few months.
Come by and support this great new jazz venue in Montreal!
with:
Robbie Kuster - drums
Morgan Moore - bass
Paul Shrofel - piano
Sam Blais - sax
Café Résonance:
5175a Ave. Du Parc
Fri, 01/18/2013 - 20:30
Samuel Blais Quartet at Diese Onze
After a few months, the Samuel Blais quartet is back at Diese Onze! A lot of new music weill be performed during during this 3 sets evening!
We start at 8:30pm, join us!
With:
Paul Shrofel - piano
Fred Pauze - bass
Robbie Kuster - drums
Sam Blais - sax
Fri, 10/12/2012 - 19:30 to Sat, 10/13/2012 - 23:30
Binney, Blais, Liebman, McCaslin saxophone quartet at Upstairs!
This new special project involves some of my favorite sax players around and it will be a blast
to perform at Upstairs on October 12th and 13th, 2 sets per night 7:30pm and 10:15pm. Come by if you can!
Featuring:
David Liebman - soprano
David Binney - alto
Donny McCaslin - tenor
Samuel Blais - baritone
for reservations call Upstairs Jazz Bar and Grill at 514-931-6808.
Sat, 10/06/2012 - 08:30
With Fred Pauze quintet at Ste-Élie-de-Caxton (Le Rond Coin)
Inspired by the great jazzmen of this world, such as Kurt Rosenwinkel, Dave Douglas, Gilad Hekselman or Enrico Pieranunzi, to name a few, the Fred Pauze Quintet presents a repertoire of modern compositions coming from the tradition and the musical currents en vogue today. Influenced by jazz as well as world music and classical music, the group is an exciting addition to the scene and is already making some noise.
The Fred Pauze Quintet is : Samuel Blais on saxes (Révélations Jazz Radio-Canada 2011-2012, Prix Opus du Conseil Québécois de la Musique), drummer Alain Bourgeois (Mario Allard Quintet, Marie-Claire Durand Quintet etc), Nick DiGiovanni on guitar (David Martel, MG and the Skinny Bones), piano player Marie-Fatima Rudolf eand of course Frédéric Pauze on bass, composition and leading of the band.
10$, call Le Rond coin (340, rue Saint-Louis, Saint-Élie-de-Caxton) at 819-221-3332