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BYE-BYE BISTRO: THE END OF AN ERA IN TORONTO
by Daryl Angier

After a 25-year run, Toronto's premier jazz club, the Montreal Bistro, closed in July when proprietor Lothar Lang was forced to declare bankruptcy. Now, for the first time since the 1950s, Canada's largest city is without a top-tier jazz club that can host major touring acts.

MONTREALITIES
by Marc Chénard

After spending the '90s in the doldrums, the jazz scene in Montreal is thriving once more. Two respected jazz studies programs are attracting an increasing number of musicians from around the country and the world, who are choosing to stay put after graduation. Our Montreal correspondent Marc Chénard provides an overview of the new generation of talent, and the new sounds they are making.

TARDO HAMMER: BOPPING AMONG GIANTS
by Peter Vacher

In this age of institutionalized jazz education, bop pianist Tardo Hammer is unique for having honed his craft the "old-fashioned" way: gigging with elder statesmen of the bop style like Charles Davis, Johnny Griffin and the late Junior Cook.

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OPENING NOTES

Walking Distance: AIMToronto presents Music in Galleries
New York exodus to the Hudson River Valley
Emerging Talent: Victoria bassist Sean Drabitt
New York is Now: Festival wrap-up
Winnipeg jazz revival

HEARD AND SEEN

Another successful year for the Vancouver festival.
Guitarist Dom Minasi makes his Canadian debut in Montreal.

COLUMN by Mike Borshuk

Mysterioso Marketing: Jazz musician as signifier

Jazz musicians are useful, multi-purpose signifiers in a variety of ad campaigns. Jazz = Elegance + Originality + Cute?

OUT THERE by Marc Chénard

Ken Vandermark's theory of progress.

TAKE TWO: REISSUES by Duck Baker

Dizzy in the 50s on Mosaic, Fats Waller troika, Sarah and Billie, plus Derek Bailey with Evan Parker.

JAZZ IN PRINT

The Life and Music of Lenny Breau, Poems inspired by Charles Gayle, and Oliver Jones' bio misfires.

DVD's

Joe Pass at Montreaux .

FEATURE REVIEWS

Vocal acrobatics from Lauren Newton
The Ultimate Jazz Archive
Miles Davis' Prestige quintet sessions get boxed
Ambient gestures on Hatology