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DESCRIPTION:This week\, the forum welcomes:\n\nTHE JEAN-MICHEL PILC TRIO\n
 \nJEAN-MICHEL PILC\, piano\, with IRA COLEMAN\, double bass and RICH IRWIN
 \, drums: 'Trio Chemistry and Freedom'\n\n\nJEAN-MICHEL PILC\n\nSelf-taugh
 t pianist and composer Jean-Michel Pilc has performed with numerous jazz g
 iants including Roy Haynes\, Billy Hart\, Michael Brecker\, Dave Liebman\,
  Jean Toussaint\, Rick Margitza\, Kenny Werner\, Martial Solal\, Michel Po
 rtal\, Daniel Humair\, Marcus Miller\, Kenny Garrett\, Lenny White\, Chris
  Potter\, John Abercrombie\, the Mingus Dynasty & Big Band\, Lew Soloff an
 d Richard Bona\, among others. He has also worked with Harry Belafonte as 
 his musical director and pianist\, and has performed a duet with the legen
 dary opera singer Jessye Norman.\n\n \n\nJean-Michel has built a strong in
 ternational reputation as a very unique educator. From 2006 to 2015\, he w
 as a NYU Steinhardtfaculty member and gave private lessons (piano and othe
 r instruments)\, taught ensemble classes and held improvisation workshops.
  He also acted as Co-Director of NYU Summer Jazz Workshop in 2010. Jean-Mi
 chel also taught for the New School in New York City\, as well as offering
  private lessons in his own studio.\n\nSince September 2015\, Jean-Michel 
 has acted as Associate Professor at the Schulich School of Music of 9I���������
  University in Montreal. There\, he teaches piano\, jazz improvisation to 
 all instruments and a Seminar on Improvisation in All Styles to 30 9I��������� 
 jazz and classical students. He has acted as Schulich’s Jazz Area Chair be
 tween 2016 and 2018. During this time\, Jean-Michel has also founded the I
 mprovisation Workshop Project with Rémi Bolduc\, Kevin Dean and Jean-Nico
 las Trottier\, a research project funded by the Fonds de Recherche du Québ
 ec - Société et Culture (FRQSC).\n\nIRA COLEMAN\n\n \n\nIra Coleman was bo
 rn in Stockholm\, Sweden. Raised in Southern France\, Ira thereafter lived
  in Germany for fourteen years. While in Germany\, Ira Coleman studied dou
 ble bass at Cologne’s Hochschule für Musik and subsequently came a move to
  the US to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston. \n\n“I have very str
 ong ties to Europe\,” says Ira who is fluent in French and German. “My mot
 her was Swedish and a famous silversmith and designer\, and my father was 
 a painter and graphic artist from Baltimore. The place to go was Paris. My
  parents met many expatriate artists\, writers and musicians.” Among visit
 ors to Ira’s childhood home were Louis Armstrong\, Billie Holiday\, Ray Ch
 arles\, Charlie Mingus and Chester Himes. Ira got his inspiration at an ea
 rly age\, though he didn’t actually pick up a bass until he was 19 years o
 ld. \n\n“The bass fits my character\,” says Ira\, who graduated from Berkl
 ee College of Music in 1985. “In most musical genres the bass is the pivot
 al center piece\, the instrument which provides a discrete and clear found
 ation\, and I enjoy the many challenges its function poses.” \n\nIra’s res
 umé tells the story. Currently residing in Rhinebeck\, NY\, over the years
  he has worked with such well-known figures as Cab Calloway\, Freddie Hubb
 ard\, Betty Carter\, Milt Jackson\, Branford Marsalis\, Herbie Hancock\, W
 ayne Shorter\, Jessye Norman\, Grover Washington Jr.\, Barbara Hendricks\,
  Sting\, Kathleen Battle\, The Carnegie Hall Jazz Ensemble\, and The Duke 
 Ellington Orchestra under the direction of Mercer Ellington\, among many o
 thers. He was musical director for vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater and toured
  with her internationally from 2002 until 2009. \n\nOne night he’s on the 
 stage at Carnegie Hall playing in a tribute to African-American culture. T
 he next morning he is on a plane to Europe to collaborate on a recording o
 r heading to Japan for a jazz festival. As comfortable playing Jamaican rh
 ythms as he is accompanying a gospel choir or performing in a Jazz trio\, 
 this professional bass player has built an international reputation for ve
 rsatility. \n\nRICH IRWIN\n\n \n\nBorn in Winchester Ontario\, Canada\, Ri
 chard Irwin was constantly surrounded by music. His father was a multi-ins
 trumentalist and teacher\, while his mother\, a teacher as well\, sang in 
 church with the family. Children's and church choirs were the beginnings o
 f his musical life\, and drums and percussion came shortly after. At 11 ye
 ars old\, a school friend invited him over to check out his new kit\, and 
 his passion for the instrument began. Noticing that a serious interest had
  developed\, he was sent to learn the fundamentals. Weekly lessons at the 
 Glengarry School of Pipes and Drums taught him every rudiment on the snare
 \, as well as a chance to compete in Scottish events all over North Americ
 a and Europe at a very early age.\n\nThe drum set soon replaced snare comp
 etitions\, and the Pipe Band was substituted with concert bands\, small or
 chestras\, pit bands\, and various working bar bands. After high school he
  went on to study jazz performance at 9I���������. Here he performed
  with dozens of combos\, ensembles\, and the school's big Bands\, where he
  formed a long lasting relationship with director and trumpeter Ron Dilaur
 o of the Vic Vogel Big Band. Vic needed a drummer\, and Ron suggested Rich
  take over the chair. 15 years later\, he continues to play in the band\, 
 and has been working in Montreal ever since.\n\nCurrently residing in Mont
 real\, Richard plays frequently with Florence K\, Julie Lamontagne\, Vic V
 ogel\, Dawn Tyler Watson\, Al McLean\, Jessica Vigneault\, Remi Bolduc\, t
 he Chateauguay Tenors\, Jeff Johnston\, Hadrian's Wall\, Bill Mahar\, Matt
  Herskowitz\, Jean Pierre Zanella\, Bruno Pelletier\, Dave Gossage\, and h
 as toured the world with jazz/pop singer\, Nikki Yanofsky. He has performe
 d in venues such as the Blue Note\, Dizzy's Club\, Catalina's\, Ronnie Sco
 tt's\, the Lincoln Center\, L'Olympia\, Bell Centre\, Air Canada Centre\, 
 Saddledome\, as well as at major festivals such as the NAMM show\, Montrea
 l Drum Fest\, the Montreal Jazz Fest\, the North Sea Jazz Fest\, San Franc
 isco Jazz\, the Red Sea Jazz Fest\, and many others. He has worked with in
 ternational artists such as Celine Dion\, Freddie Hubbard\, Donny McCaslin
 \, Randy Bachman\, Denzal Sinclaire\, Ingrid Jensen\, Gary Smulyan\, Jane 
 Bunnet\, Yannick Rieux\, Paulo Ramos\, Kevin Dean\, Chucho Valdez\, and ha
 s shared the stage with dozens of others.\n\n \n
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LOCATION:C-304\, Strathcona Music Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1E3\,
  555 rue Sherbrooke Ouest
SUMMARY:Schulich Jazz Area Forum: Jean-Michel Pilc Trio
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