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Flamenco once again appears at the 2007 Montreal Jazz Festival
Ojos de Brujo / Son de la Frontera (Photos Montrealjazzfest.com)

Flamenco once again appears at the 2007 Montreal Jazz Festival. In its twenty-eighth edition, the emblematic Canadian festival has opened its doors to the jondo, but through collective young shows halfway between tradition and the avant-garde. Performing at the Metropolis on June 29th before over ten thousand people were the groups Ojos de Brujo – who repeated following their concert in the 2005 edition - and Son de la Frontera. The night finished with a session by DJ Panko, member of the flamenco hip hop band. They shared the bill that night with Wayne Shorter Quartet and Mr. Scruff, among other artists. Also appearing at the festival on July 6th was guitarist Juan Carmona at the Carrefour General Motors outdoor stage, where Son de la Frontera repeated their performance on June 30th. But it’s not the first time flamenco has appeared at the Montreal Jazz Festival, where it made it big in 1988 with the mythical concert by Paco de Lucía, Al di Meola and John McLaughlin.