My evening started at the Club Jazz stage, near the Gésù, where Toronto trio Myriad3 were finishing a few of their own compositions and were attacking a jazz arrangement of Stravinsky’s Ragtime Piano Song, followed by a Disasterpiece cover. Their way of playing jazz is somehow closer to modern classical music than your average outdoors jazz band. Their own songs, like DNA and The Word Lock highlighted this as well, especially for the pianist Chris Donnelly. There are a lot of breaks and slower moments where you can feel that the precision of the execution is key. Myriad3 are not the type of jazz band that will impress a crowd looking for speed and spectacular moves. They are in control, hit the right notes at the right time and take care of the details, like the volume of the drums in a song where the piano plays softly and the double-bass rumbles through. The band got the crowd’s attention even when the rain started! Good job! MYRIAD3 were playing on the stage of the Jazz Club du Casino de Montréal, on Tuesday, July 4, 2017, as part of the Montreal International Jazz Fest. Back to the Jazz Fest section Réagissez à cet article / Comment this article commentaires / comments
