27 January 2012
2012 is going to be a busy year for Vincent Gagnon!
The web site will soon be updated with new projects, concerts and upcoming records.
Teasers:
New Vincent Gagnon album and tour on spring 2012.
New collaborations: Michel Côté, Paule-Andrée Cassidy, les Folkoristes…
New projects with Keith Kouna…
Watch vincentgagnon.ca for updates!
16 October 2011
Vincent Gagnon will be much active during this year’s edition of the Festival de jazz de Québec!
He will take part in many concerts, playing for singers Virginie Hamel, Annie Poulain, Lily Thibodeau and Danya Ortmann, sax players André Larue and Michel Côté, and American jazz legends Dave Liebman and Frank Lacy!
For further details on these concerts, visit Vincent Gagnon’s calendar.
Also visit the Festival de jazz de Québec website! It offers an unprecedented jazz concert schedule.
1 August 2011
Vincent Gagnon will perform in 2 concerts at 2011 Lévis’ Jazz Festival!
He will play on August 12th with the jazz collective Jazz Réunion, then on August 13 with jazz singerLily Thibodeau.
For further details, visit the calendar on vincentgagnon.ca!
11 February 2011
The oustanding French alto sax player Géraldine Laurent, visits Quebec and Montreal for two concerts only!
At Quebec City’s Largo, she will join Vincent Gagnon on piano, Guillaume Bouchard on upright bass and Michel Lambert on drums.
Tickets for sale at Largo, 643 rue Saint-Joseph Est, Québec, G1K 3C1, 418-529-3111.
See the calendar for further details.
19 January 2011
Vincent Gagnon is happy to learn that he is a finalist for the OPUS Award in the category Best jazz album – 2009-2010. Indeed, his CD, Bleu cendre, launched last year, continues to garner a lot of attention. The awards will be presented at a gala on January 30th, 2011 in Montreal.
3 November 2010
Vincent Gagnon quintet’s concert at Café-Spectacle du Palais Montcalm, presented on october 22nd, was sold out!
Thanks to all, long-time supporters and new listeners, to support jazz creation made in Québec!
Below is a great article by Régis Tremblay for Le Soleil.
15 September 2010
Annie Poulain’s new album, Saoulée à l’autre, is nominated as a finalist for a Felix prize (Best jazz album – interpretation)!
The gala will be shown at MusiquePlus and MusiMax on november 1st, 2010.
Be sure to check Annie’s web site for upcoming concerts!
9 September 2010
For the last time in 2010 in Quebec City, Vincent Gagnon’s Bleu cendre quintet will perform at concert at the Palais Montcalm, October 22nd! It is a great occasion to hear the quintet in an intimate, acoustic setting… the optimal conditions to hear and feel this music!
For details, please visit Vincent Gagnon’s calendar and Palais Montcalm’s web site.
9 September 2010
Vincent Gagnon will take part in four outstanding concerts during the 4th edition of the Quebec Jazz Festival!
September 27th – Jazz réunion – a reunion of twelve great Quebec City jazzmen, directed by outstanding saxophonist Michel Côté!
October 2nd – À propos de Charlie… – Stephanie Biddle and Charles Biddle Jr. pay tribute to their father, a great Montreal jazzman who left us in 2003.
October 3rd – two concerts!
La voix Ferré Jazz – Nathalie Lessard, along with special guest Jessica Vigneault, tell and sing the music and poetry of Léo Ferré.
Cocktail Jazz à saveur d’OSQ – Seven great jazz pianists from Quebec and Montreal meet four musicians from the Orchestre symphonique de Québec! The concert also features an outstanding bass duet (Guillaume Bouchard and Michel Donato) and signer Stephanie Biddle!
For details on these concerts, visit Vincent Gagnon’s calendar.
Also visit the Quebec Jazz Festival website! It offers an exceptional jazz concert schedule.
7 September 2010
Vincent Gagnon will be part of Première Ovation’s new event : Relève en Capitale, along with over 200 artists.
From December 7th to december 12 2010, Quebec City
