An Evening of Music and a Buffet Reception
6:30 PM Cocktail · 8:00 PM Jazz Concert
Electric, introspective, uncompromising jazz. Benjamin Deschamps and his band take the stage to present their fourth album,
Augmented Reality, winner of the 2023 Opus Award for Jazz Album of the Year. It’s a bold, original work that’s already won acclaim across Canada, the United States, and Europe.
A Montreal-based saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, and arranger, Benjamin Deschamps won the top prize at the Festi Jazz de Rimouski in 2013, was named Radio-Canada’s Jazz Discovery of the Year in 2017-18, and took home the TD Grand Prize at the Montreal International Jazz Festival in 2019.
On stage: Benjamin Deschamps (alto saxophone, compositions), Nicolas Ferron (electric guitar), Jonathan Cayer (piano, keyboards), Sébastien Pellerin (electric bass, double bass), Al Bourgeois (drums)
Photo: Ori Dagan
