{"id":165293,"date":"2026-09-23T09:37:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T13:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/records\/lorraine-desmarais-friends-alain-trudel-eric-lagace-paul-brochu-disques-bg-jazz-montreal\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T09:56:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T13:56:26","slug":"lorraine-desmarais-friends-alain-trudel-eric-lagace-paul-brochu-disques-bg-jazz-montreal","status":"publish","type":"records","link":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/records\/lorraine-desmarais-friends-alain-trudel-eric-lagace-paul-brochu-disques-bg-jazz-montreal\/","title":{"rendered":"Lorraine Desmarais &#8211; &amp; Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">In the Montreal Jazz Series published by Disques BG, here is volume 4, featuring Lorraine Desmarais and some solid acquaintances. Friends who are as much legends of Quebec jazz as she is: \u00c9ric Lagac\u00e9 on double bass and Paul Brochu on drums. Another legend in his own right joins them, though less associated with jazz, even though his resum\u00e9 in the field is also very respectable: Alain Trudel on trombone. Trudel, who is better known as a conductor, has also been a trombonist forever, in classical music of course, but also in jazz. He has a few albums to prove it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/records\/annie-dominique-quintet-entre-deux-rives-jean-nicolas-trottier-jonathan-cayer-sebastien-pellerin-alain-bourgeois-disques-bg-jazz-montreal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">READ THE REVIEW OF ANNIE DOMINIQUE QUINTET&#8217;S ALBUM <em>ENTRE DEUX RVES<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">It is therefore in this quartet format that the great Lorraine generously sends us some well-crafted compositions along with revisits of jazz repertoire standards. The program of nine tracks is therefore supported by six pieces written by Lorraine, Alain, and \u00c9ric Lagac\u00e9, plus three covers (<em>Nutville<\/em> by Horace Silver, <em>Well, You Needn\u2019t<\/em> by Monk, and <em>There Will Never Be Another You<\/em> by Harry Warren).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/montrealjazzseries.bandcamp.com\/album\/montreal-jazz-series-1-changes-synaptiques\"><strong>Other volumes of the Montreal Jazz Series to discover on Bandcamp<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/disquesbg.com\/montral-jazz-series\"><strong>Web page of the series (BG Records)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The title is not misleading: we are here with friends who are having fun together while making sure to share the good vibes with us. Trudel stands out particularly in several tracks, such as his own composition <em>How Do You Say?,<\/em> where he demonstrates part of his astonishing technical abilities. We also enjoy hearing him in <em>Well, You Needn\u2019t<\/em> where he elegantly juggles with the theme, occasionally relayed, or harmonically supported by Lorraine&#8217;s energetic piano, Lagac\u00e9&#8217;s playful double bass, and Brochu&#8217;s lively drums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">I could go on for a long time, describing each track, but it will suffice to summarise by saying that this is how it is from the beginning to the end of this delightful album, steeped in schooled and classic structure jazz (in the Hard Bop style, both for the covers and the compositions), and above all radiating good humour, discursive intelligence, technical refinement, and melodic pleasure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeffy.com\/en-CA\/ticketing\/mtl-jazz-series-4-lorraine-desmarais-et-friends\"><strong>THE LAUNCH WILL TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2026, AT CABARET JAZZ L\u2019ENTRACTE, IN MONTREAL &#8211; Info and tickets<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Montreal Jazz Series published by Disques BG, here is volume 4, featuring Lorraine Desmarais and some solid acquaintances. 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