The Great American Songbook - Mike Goudreau and Friends June 20, 2009

Back by popular demand Goudreau & Friends will be presenting " The Great American Songbook " , a collection of songs made famous by Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Harry Connick Jr. , Louis Prima and many more.

Joining Mike this year is trumpet ace Roger Walls who was born in Kansas City but now lives in Montreal and has played with the likes of Duke Ellington under the direction of Mercer Ellington for 7 years, James Brown, Rosemary Clooney, Tony Bennett and Cab Calloway just to name a few. Also on board is clarinet virtuoso Maurice '' MO '' St-Pierre, Sylvain Daigneault on piano, Yves Labonté on upright bass and Patrick Morin on drums all of which are veterans of the Montreal Jazz scene.

Another busy summer with Goudreau presenting 30 plus concerts including most notable, The Montreal Jazz Festival on July 1st, Mont Tremblant Blues Festival July 17th-18th, Edmundston Jazz & Blues Festival June 17th-18th, La Traversée du Lac Memphémagog July 28th, La Fête des Vendanges September 5th-6th among some of the concerts to be presented.

Tickets are available at Woodknot Bookshop, Newport, Haskell Free Library, Derby Line or by calling 802-873-3022 or 819-876-2020

For more info on Mike Goudreau please visit : www.mikegoudreau.com