Montreal International Jazz Festival

Inspired by her dad’s old 78-rpm records, Krall puts a contemporary spin on ragtime

It was going to be a bit of work to get out to the Montreal International Jazz Festival this year but I vaguely wanted to go, since I’d missed it for a few years running. In 2005 I decided after covering it 17 years in a row, I needed a break. In 2006 I was writing a book. In 2007 I was living out of the country. But an hour with the festival’s schedule pretty nearly cured me of any desire to get back to see it this year.