Launched in 1980 in Montreal, Canada, the annual jazz festival is marketed as the largest such festival in the world, and attracts thousands of artists each year.

All of these are just examples of how deeply rooted Black culture is within the city, and how it continues to shape the very fabric of Montreal today. Living in a city like Montreal comes with the ...

the Montreal International Jazz Festival, Nuits d'Afrique. . . the list goes on. Montreal has also become a destination for emerging artists from across Canada. People from around the world call ...

No one would have guessed that the 46-year-old DownBeat Jazz Hall of Famer was in the last few months of his life when he stepped on stage at Montreal’s In Concert Club on May 3, 1975. And nothing ...

Montreal attracted some of the jazz greats. While most North American clubs were segregated, black musicians found greater integration in Montreal clubs and other incentives to come to the city.

Baritone saxophonist Carl Maraghi moved to New York City from his native Montreal, Canada. He received his Artist Diploma from the prestigious Juilliard School where he studied and performed with many ...

The first edition of the Montreal International Jazz Festival in 1980 brought some 100 artists to the city to celebrate a shared love of jazz and a passion for music. Since then, the festival has ...