This past Saturday Marie and I had the pleasure to see and hear one of Canada's greatest living jazz pianists, Oliver Jones, at the summer Festival at Saint-Zénon de Piopolis. He was accompanied by his two excellent sidemen, bassist Éric Lagasé and drummer extraordinaire Jim Doxas. And. as a special added attraction guest violinist Josée Aidans helped out on a number of tunes, one I especially enjoyed called
Josée's Blues, as well as a great rendition of one of my favourite songs by Michel Legrand,
The Windmills of Your Mind. Mr Jones turns 80 this year but hasn't lost his synergy, sense of humour and wonderful skill on the piano.
It was the fourth visit to Piopolis for Oliver Jones and hopefully he will make another stop here in the near future.
gws
