Alex Francoeur CD reviewed

Live at Upstairs (Effendi Records)Alex Francoeur Group
No points for guessing correctly where Montreal saxophonist Alex Francoeur will be tonight when he launches his debut album.
The recent McGill University grad’s first recording is called Live at Upstairs, and naturally, he’ll be celebrating its release at Upstairs, the veteran Montreal jazz venue where its music was recorded last fall.
The disc is a quintet album, featuring Francoeur and his burly, advanced tenor joined by four e