Hi. Welcome to my website. If you are looking for a list of Jam Sessions in Montreal, you can click here to go directly to that page. For archived news updates, click here.
- [2009/07/02]The Certified Organic Jazz Quartet makes its debut at the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal!
- [2008/12/29]Hey folks, last minute show with the "Random 4tet", composed of myself, Ivan Bamford, Caulder Nash, and Sage Reynolds. As the name implies, it's a sort of random assortment of musicians who happened to be available for a Tuesday night- promising! Come check it out at l'Escalier starting at around 10pm. I will have CDs available at the show.
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- [2008/12/22]NEW RELEASE!
After many years in the making, my debut CD is finally available! It's composed entirely of original material, written and arranged by me and my co-conspirator on this project, Tom Eliosoff. There's a fair amount of experimentation with colour and time, but all within a certain "modern jazz" framework. I'd say that the clearest sources of musical inspiration would be Greg Osby, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Muhal Richard Abrams, and Henry Threadgill.
The album is immediately available on my newly-founded record label and universal music/musician resource, Bagarap Records, as both a CD and Digital Download (DRM-free MP3s). Not much to see on that website at the moment aside from links to buy the CD and/or MP3s, but I'll be expanding it slowly over time. The physical CD and MP3s are also available on CDBaby and the Digital Download version will be available on a number of other popular sites (iTunes, Amazon, Napster, etc) shortly.
Of course, if you know me personally you can always buy one from me in person, or at a show or whatnot. That is the cheapest option for you, and the most profitable option for me, so it's the way I prefer to go, in general.
Check it out, I hope you like it.
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- [2008/10/31]
- [2008/08/17]
I'm playing this Tuesday at Alex Bellegarde's jam session as the featured guest. Come check it out at 10pm to hear us play the first set- jam opens up after that.
Stay tuned for info regarding my debut release!
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- [2008/06/27]
The organ jam is back! Now at the Brutopia Bistro, we'll be groovin' away every night for the last 5 days of the festival, from July 2nd to July 5th. I'm hosting with Martin's band on the 3rd and 5th and Vanessa Rodrigues' fine group hosts on the other nights. Come check it out and bring your instruments!
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- [2008/06/18]
Added an upcoming show with Eric Couture-Tellmosse.
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[2008/05/17]
Made the move over to my own domain! In the process, the pages have been updated to account for various broken links and other improvements.
- [2008/02/01]
Added an upcoming gig hosting at the Grumpy's weekly jam.
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- [2008/01/24]
Updated the jam sessions page.
- [2007/08/21]
Added an upcoming guest-host stint at Grumpy's and Elie's new group's debut, scheduled for November.
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- [2007/07/25]
It's been a busy summer... and still more shows coming up!
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- [2007/06/27]
Many shows added- jazzfest is right around the corner!
I've got a fun show coming up with a group we're calling "Multigen", featuring Kenny Bibace, Alex Mallett, and Stef Schneider at POP! Bar à Vin on July 4th, starting at 11pm. Cover is a paltry $10 and there will be a great variety of music represented. See the Shows page for more details.Also, be sure to check out the organ jam, which runs every night of the festival, starting the 29th.
I'll be playing in the house band with Martin's group on the 29th, 1st, 2nd, 5th, and 6th.
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- [2007/05/15]More upcoming shows added.
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- [2007/03/06]More shows added. Still busy working on the album.
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- [2007/01/16]Happy New Year! It's been a long time since an update. As some of you know I've been working on a debut album with Tom Eliosoff and it has been keeping me busy- you can hear an in-progress track over at Tom's MySpace page. We are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel so hopefully we will be able to release it soon. It will be available for sale in both CD and digital format.
Meanwhile, I've updated the resources::jam sessions page. I'm also playing again with Martin's Certified Organic Jazz Quartet at the end of the month up in Val-David. See the Shows page for details.
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- [2006/09/11]Updated the resources::jam sessions page.
- [2006/09/05]Performing again with Elie Flynn's group at Kémia in October.
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- [2006/06/21]I'll be performing with trumpet Aaron Shragge from New York on Tuesday, June 27th in what should be another fine collaborative concert. Whenever Aaron is in town, we always get to explore some interesting musical spaces.
Also, I'll be hosting the Jazz Organ Jam session with Martin Petersen's Certified Organic Jazz Quartet, sharing alternate nights with Vanessa Rodrigues' group.
In mid/late-July, we'll be at Kémia with Elie Flynn's group, which should be a lot of fun. I've posted up the mp3s from our demo session last January, done at Clara Lichtenstein hall. Go check them out in the mp3s section!
I've also updated the resources::jam sessions page, as well as posted up photos from our recording sessions with the Stephen-Ong/Eliosoff Quartet. Finally, I moved old (2005) news to the archives and am trying out Google Analytics for website stats tracking.
On a separate note, you can now find me on myspace at http://myspace.com/vincentstephenong in addition to here.
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- [2006/03/11]I'll be performing with my quartet at Upstairs as semi-finalists in the Jazz en Rafale competition. It's a short 3-tune set, but we'd appreciate any and all support of our gracious admirers.
I've also added a link to the mp3s on Martin's site for his group the Certified Organic Jazz Quartet (that I play with) from my mp3 page.
- [2006/02/11]I'll be playing with my quartet on March 26th at Café l'Utopik. The material will be entirely original with some new tunes that have never been performed before.
I've also updated the Jam Sessions page to reflect the current scene. Finally, I made some updates to the bands page, including adding the Elie Flynn Quartet to the list.
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| Date | Group | Location | Address |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009/07/02, 7pm | Certified Organic Jazz Quartet | Scène CBC/Radio-Canada |
corner of Jeanne-Mance & Ste-Catherine Montréal, Québec, Canada |
