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A fantastic video of 2014 Juno Award (“Vocal Jazz Album of the Year”) winning songwriter and guitarist Mike Rud. Recorded at CBC Studio 12 in Montreal, this track features a number of Montreal’s top musicians, as well as (now Toronto based) singer Sienna Dahlen.

Mike’s CD ‘Notes On Montreal’ was inspired by Montreal authors (full story from Mike here) such as Mordecai Richler, Gabrielle Roy, Michel Tremblay, Leonard Cohen and Heather O’Niell to name a few. Mike’s full list of reading material is on his indigogo project page which helped produce this fabulous CD.

Thelonious Monk’s classic tune: ‘Round Midnight recorded in 2000 by the Esbjörn Svensson trio. The rendition is smooth and intimate – a fantastic performance by the late Svensson.