One of the rocks on which Montreal's jazz scene rests, bassist Michel Donato has played the Festival since 1981 and in the most varied compagny including Charlie Haden and Henri Texier in a three-way bass summit. Tonight he meets up with other stalwarts of the Montreal scene, old friends trumpeter Ron Di Lauro, Jean-Pierre Zanelli on sax, pianist James Gelland and drummer Jim Hillman.