FREE. Limited capacity – we recommend you get there “early”.
_ HOUSE BAND
Jean-Pierre Zanella (alto saxophone)
Pierre François (piano)
Rémi-Jean Leblanc (bass)
Mark Nelson (drums)
A longstanding jazz tradition, the late show features the house band, right after the main show, in a less formal context.
The house band starts the party, and all musicians in the room are then invited to participate in the jam session until the sun rises (almost!).
Accessibility _ The venue at 3716 Notre-Dame is located in the basement. The stairs might make the room difficult to access for people with mobility issues.
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Saxophonist, composer and arranger, Jean-Pierre Zanella is highly sought after on the Quebec music scene. After obtaining his Master’s degree in Jazz from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester N.Y. Jean-Pierre performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival and the International Saxophone Congress in Nuremberg in 1982. In the same year, he recorded two albums with the Eastman Jazz Ensemble and Saxology which won the Downbeat Recording Award for best jazz group of the year.
Jean-Pierre Zanella has worked with prestigious musicians such as Red Michell, Bob Brookmeyer, Chuck Israels, Al Cohn, Michel Legrand, Kenny Wheeler, Gino Vannelli and Frank Sinatra Jr. to name a few. In France, he has performed at the Europa Jazz Festival in Le Mans, Mulhouse Jazz Festival and St. Malo; in Canada at the Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver Jazz Festivals; in Brazil in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.
He has recorded with many instrumentalists from Canada and the USA such as Pat Labarbara, Brian Dickinson, Mike Murley, Don Alias and John Abercrombie.
He has seven solo records to his credit, the first one Caminho, which received a Felix nomination (1994), Mystic Infancy, winner of the Opus award for the best jazz record of 98. Puzzle City, also winner of the 1999 Opus Award for Best Jazz Album, received a Juno nomination. Mother Tree (2002) received a Juno and a Felix nomination and won an Opus. Winner of the SOCAN award for best jazz composition in 1998.