Made-in-Montreal jazz I (Samuel Blais, No Codes CDs reviewed)

Equilibrium (Odd Sound)Samuel Blais
No Codes (Multiple Chord Music)Benjamin Deschamps / Frank Lozano / Sébastien Pellerin / Louis-Vincent Hamel
For further proof that Montreal’s jazz scene is bustling with a new generation of potent, ear-catching players charting their own artistic courses, look no further than the just-released albums by saxophonist Samuel Blais and the sax-forward quartet No Codes, which features hornmen Benjamin Deschamps and Frank Lozano.
On Equilibrium, Blais,