Parc de L'Imaginaire presents :
Desjardins Jazz Festival
From July 21 to 24, every evening at 7:30 p.m.
Outdoors shows, canceled in case of rain
View our entire program at : http://www.limagier.qc.ca/english/parc/program2010.htm
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July 21
Karen Young and Éric Auclair
Where jazz meets with electronic music, the musical collaboration of Karen Young and Éric Auclair represents the coming together of two generations who bring Beatnik poetry to the 21st century.
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July 22
Philippe Bélanger and the Vanessa Jazz Trio
We are delighted that our honorary patron for the 2010 edition of Parc de L'imaginaire ,Philippe Bélanger will be performing alongside the members of the Vanessa Rodrigues Jazz Trio. The show promises to be a lively and upbeat one, with offerings ranging from Miles Davis to a jazzed-up version of Bach. The Hammond B3 organ duo of Bélanger and Rodrigues, accompanied by guitar, drums and trumpet, delivers a crowd-pleasing, high-calibre performance.
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July 23
Le Delphinus Jazz
Delphinus Jazz is an ensemble comprised of four experienced National Capital Region musicians. Taking their inspiration from the great Miles, they perform original pieces that reveal a rich and contemporary musical universe.
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July 24
Les Boppers
Les Boppers are a very active group of six musicians on the Quebec music scene. They have prepared a Be-bop influenced performance for all audiences.
We thank our sponsors:
The ministère de la Culture, de la Communication et de la Condition féminine
L’Imagier - Centre d’exposition, 9, rue Front, Gatineau (secteur Aylmer), QC

Summer is almost officially here, and the Ottawa International Jazz Festival is less than two weeks away (June 25 - July 5). There aren't many better ways to spend a warm summer evening than sitting outside and listening to some live jazz.

This week's Youtube picks feature a couple of the greats: Miles Davis's soundtrack to the 1958 Louis Malle film "Ascenseur pour l'echaffaud" (Elevator to the Gallows); and the legendary drummer Art Blakey and his group, The Jazz Messengers, featuring Lee Morgan on trumpet, Wayne Shorter on tenor sax, Bobby Timmons on piano, and Jymie Merritt on bass, playing Timmons's "Dat Dere".

Shorter will be performing at the Ottawa Festival on Thursday, July 2nd; and Jimmy Cobb -- Davis's drummer from the Kind of Blue album, made a year after Ascenseur -- is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the album's release by touring with his So What Band, in town on June 26th.