Bobby McFerrin at the Montreal Jazz Fest: sold out!

I confess I hadnt' heard about him in years....

the Jazz Festival's press release says, "to some people, Bobby McFerrin will always be the guy who sang Don’t Worry Be Happy", and and I must admit I am one of them...

But I guess he's much more than that, since his show, taking place tomorrow, June 30, is completely sold out.

As his offical bio says, "he wrote and sang that global number one hit more than twenty years ago. But if that song is all you know about Bobby McFerrin, we suggest the following: Go to YouTube, type in Bobby’s name, sit back and prepare for a serious boggling of the mind. There you’ll find many delights and some astonishing statistics. You’ll join the millions who have marveled at Bobby’s stunning rendition of the Bach prelude “Ave Maria.” You’ll find Bobby’s shockingly inventive appearance on the NBC music program The Sing Off, his unparalleled interpretations of Beatles songs, his collaborations with everyone from cellist Yo-Yo Ma to pianist Chick Corea to comedian Robin Williams, and his condensed version of The Wizard of Oz. You’ll see him conducting the Vienna Philharmonic and consorting with the muppets on Sesame Street. You’ll be awed by the way McFerrin brilliantly uses audience participation, most recently to demonstrate the power of the pentatonic scale at the World Science Festival in a performance that became a viral internet phenomenon, seen by over four million people. And that just scratches the surface."




 


For those wanting to plan ahead for the upcoming days and buy tickets before they sell out, here's music expert Jona Rapoport's recommendations of the not-to-be-missed shows:







And even if Bobby McFerrin's show is sold out, tomorrow's program has a lot of other great stuff on offer:






 

JAZZ FEST PROGRAM - WEDNESDAY, June 30, 2010

12:00 PM		Streetnix Scène CBC/Radio-Canada
5:00 PM		Israël Proulx Trio Pub Heineken
	Au pub
5:00 PM		La parade du festival Starts - At the corner of Sainte-Catherine and Saint-Urbain
	La Parade du festival
6:00 PM		MAnu Katché, Sylvain Luc and Richard Bona Gesù, Centre de créativité $36.50
	Invitation The Gazette montrealgazette.com
6:00 PM		Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra: Treelines with guest Ingrid Jensen L'Astral (Maison du Festival Rio Tinto Alcan) $19.50
	TD Jazz d’ici
6:00 PM		Owen Howard’s Drum Lore Scène TD
	Les gammes
6:15 PM		Croisière Jazz avec Paulo Ramos Bateau-mouche $140.00
	Croisière Jazz
6:30 PM		Abel Maxwell Pianist House of Jazz $5
	Les Nuits de Montréal
7:00 PM		John Forté Club Soda $24.50
	Les Couleurs SAQ Virgin Radio 96, CJAD 800 AM, RockDétente 107,3
7:00 PM		José James and Jef Neve Duo Savoy du Métropolis $14.50
	Concerts intimes
7:00 PM		François Bourassa Solo Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur $24.50
	Piano solo
7:00 PM		Geoffrey Keezer feat. Joel Miller Trio Upstairs $20.00
	Les soirées jazz au Upstairs
7:00 PM		Israël Proulx Trio Pub Heineken
	Au pub
7:00 PM		Rhodes trip avec Tomisheep Scène du Festival
	Les rendez-vous
7:00 PM		Clio & the Blueshighway Scène Loto-Québec
8:00 PM		Ron Di Lauro Porgy and Bess as performed by Miles Davis Théâtre Jean-Duceppe - PdA $34.50
	Jazz Beat
8:00 PM		Diego « El cigala » Théâtre du Nouveau Monde $34.50 - $38.50
	El Duende Flamenco
8:00 PM		Darren Sigesmund Scène CBC/Radio-Canada
	Les brunantes
8:00 PM		Wop Pow Wow Scène Rio Tinto Alcan
	Les soirées jazzy
8:00 PM		La-33 Scène Bell
	Les tropiques
8:30 PM		The Roots Métropolis $46.50
	Rythmes CKOI.com 96,9 FM, MP musiqueplus.com, Virgin Radio 96
8:30 PM		Martyne H Jazz Trio House of Jazz $5
	Les Nuits de Montréal
9:00 PM		Neil Cowley Trio L'Astral (Maison du Festival Rio Tinto Alcan) $22.50
	Le Club Galaxie, Newstalk Radio CJAD 800 am, 101,5 Radio-Montréal
9:00 PM		Isaac Neto Le Balmoral (Maison du Festival Rio Tinto Alcan)
	Musique au Balmoral
9:00 PM		Rhodes trip avec Tomisheep Scène du Festival
	Les rendez-vous
9:00 PM		Slavic Soul Party Scène TD
	Les performances
9:00 PM		John Németh Scène Loto-Québec
	Les soirées blues Loto-Québec
9:00 PM		Swing ConneXion Band Les Bobards $6
	Les Nuits de Montréal
9:15 PM		Geoffrey Keezer feat. Joel Miller Trio Upstairs $20.00
	Les soirées jazz au Upstairs
9:30 PM		Gypsie Planet with Christian Escoudé, Marcel Azzola, Florin Niculescu, David Reinhardt, Darryl Hall and Jean-Baptiste Laya Théâtre Maisonneuve - PdA $30.50 - $36.50 - $42.50
	Les Grands concerts CBC Radio-Canada, CHOM 97.7 The Spirit of Rock, 98,5 fm La puissance des mots
10:00 PM		Darren Sigesmund Scène CBC/Radio-Canada
	Les brunantes
10:00 PM		Wop Pow Wow Scène Rio Tinto Alcan
	Les soirées jazzy
10:00 PM		Le Golden Scène Bell
	Groove
10:00 PM		The Ramblers Bistro à Jojo $5
	Les Nuits de Montréal
10:30 PM		Dave Douglas and Keystone, Spark of Being Gesù, Centre de créativité $32.50
	Jazz dans la nuit
11:00 PM		Isaac Neto Le Balmoral (Maison du Festival Rio Tinto Alcan)