Mannouche Swing Quintet

It turns out that the band we saw playing in the park was actually a Montreal staple who have a couple of albums out. We wound up seeing them in a club called Upstairs Jazz. They are called Mannouche Swing Quinte.

I shot this video of one of the tunes they played. This place serves food and wine and the people don't talk while the band is playing. What a concept!

Gypsy Jazz

Today we came back from being on Mont Royal and we walked back through Park La Fontaine. We stumbled upon a group of guys playing gypsy music at the main portico. These guys were real good and we listened for a solid hour. It was better than anything I've payed money to see in the last few years. It was really a good time and lots of people stopped as they were pedalling by to listen for a few minutes. And they weren't really out passing the hat around for tips or anything, they were just playing for the fun of it.