Preview of today’s shows at the Montreal International Jazz Festival.
The event: DJ Premier & The Badder Band
“Pioneer” and “pillar” are the two words that best define DJ Premier. Since the end of the 1980s, within the group Gang Starr with the late Guru, Preemo has amazed us with its beats which thunder and its inventive scratches. Proud representative of hip-hop culture, he tells it with passion and rigor. Unifying and respected, he has worked with everyone: Jay-Z, Nas, Snoop Dogg, but also Christina Aguilera and Janet Jackson. With The Badder Band, DJ Premier will offer a show that will celebrate 50 years of hip-hop.
TD Stage, 9:30 p.m.
Discovery: ADG7
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ADG7
Just imagine: music with shamanic roots and tinged with K Pop, delivered by an ensemble wearing extravagant costumes who also do choreography… You can’t miss that, right? The group is called ADG7, it comes from South Korea (as in K Popyes) and its strange folk could well be one of the most unusual proposals of the festival!
Loto-Québec stage at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m.
Really jazz: Mino Cinelu, Paul Brochu and Dan Thouin
The return of the 66-year-old French multi-instrumentalist, singer, percussionist and composer is one of those little joys that comes from the atmosphere of a real jazz club located not far from the festival site and that should not be missed! Of Martinican descent, Cinelu is Miles Davis, Weather Report, The Headhunters, Buckshot Lefonque (Branford Marsalis) as a licensed member, studio or tour musician with music greats, from Stevie Wonder to Elton John, from Peter Gabriel to Alain Bashung. It is easy to imagine him taking on heavy responsibilities in the company of scholars like Brochu and Thouin.
7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., Upstairs, 1254 Mackay St.