The Montreal Jazz Festival was conceived by Alain Simard, who had spent much of the 1970s working with Productions Kosmos bringing artists such as Chick Corea, Dave Brubeck, Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, John Lee Hooker and others to Montreal to perform. In 1977, Simard teamed up with André Ménard and Denys McCann to form an agency named Spectra Scène (now known as L'Équipe Spectra), with the idea of creating a summer festival in Montreal that would bring a number of artists together at the same time.

The 31st Montreal International Jazz festival is set to get underway on June 25th. The 2 week world-renowned event runs through to July 6th.

Among some of those scheduled to appear at this years event, Lionel Richie, Boz Scaggs, Manhattan Transfer, Sonny Rollins, George Benson and Laurie Anderson.

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