Acrpost: A Project of the Pacific Association of Artist Run Centres

Event Description

YUSEF LATEEF with BELMONDO BROTHERS American jazz legend meets French boppers +Jon Bentley Quintet This is a fantastic transatlantic collaboration and another example of the Festival’s commitment to the ever-growing globalization movement in jazz. The Paris-based Belmondo Brothers—trumpeter Stephane Belmondo and saxophonist Lionel Belmondo—lead one of the most respected mainstream (hard bop) bands in Europe. Between the two, they’ve worked with a who’s who of European and North American artists like Michel Legrand, Tom Harrell, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Horace Silver, DJ Frédéric Galliano, Francois Théberge, Jean-Michel Pilc, Johnny Griffin, and Lew Tabackin. Shortly after they formed their quintet in 1993, the brothers were co-awarded the Django Reinhardt Prize for French Mu... more...