The Montreal Jazz Festival has become a monster. “More than 500 concerts featuring 2,000 musicians on 20 stages attracting 1.7 million visitors for 10 days and nights of the biggest and best jazz festival on the planet. As it approaches its 25th anniversary (next year), the Montreal International Jazz Festival – which ends Sunday – has become the model toward which all other world-class jazz soirees aspire, or ought to.”