Montreal International Jazz Festival

In this episode of The Third Story podcast, Leo Sidran talks with musicians at the 2023 Montreal International Jazz Festival.

In his Art of the Story segment for WBGO, Leo Sidran talked with jazz musicians at the Montreal International Jazz Festival about the potential disruptive effects of AI.

SlamBall is making a comeback on ESPN and another successful Montreal Jazz International Festival

Leo Sidran had attended the Montreal International Jazz Festival before as an artist. This time, he went to cover the fest for WBGO and The Third Story, diving into the deep end (and coming up with some treasure).

"What It Is" was recorded in Montreal on July 7, 1983.

On this July 2 edition of the WBGO Journal, Leo Sidran takes us to the Montreal Jazz Festival, Nate Chinen chats with Ashley Kahn about the "new" jazz emigres and Jon Kalish reports on the JetLAG Festival in the Catskills

After a two-year slowdown due to COVID, the Montreal International Jazz Festival is back in full this year, but not without some caveats. For The Art of the Story, Leo Sidran files some first impressions.

Along with his legacy on the air at WBGO, Michael Bourne has been a distinguished fixture at DownBeat. Frank Alkyer, the magazine's publisher, pays a lovely tribute here.

Michael Bourne interviews Diana Krall and tells stories of Charlie Haden, Dave Brubeck, and Tony Bennett at the Montreal International Jazz Festival.