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The 44th Montreal International Jazz Festival takes over the downtown core until July 6. The Gazette’s T’Cha Dunlevy waded through more than 350 concerts to find the best shows for you to catch. Tap here for 10 days and 20 ways to make the most of Montreal jazz fest.

Sunday, June 30

John Roseboro (8 p.m., 10 p.m., Rio Tinto Stage, free). Who would argue against the concept of a little cool bossa nova-style jazzy fare on a hot summer night? Exactly. Precisely no one. Then when you hear that this young Brooklyn-based musician ditched a successful career in California as a mortician to move east and make music and you know you have to see this show. (BK)

Keyon Harrold (9 p.m., Théâtre Jean-Duceppe). A onetime protégé of Wynton Marsalis, Missouri native Keyon Harrold has collaborated with Beyoncé, Rihanna, and Cirque du Soleil. He hosts a “trumpet summit” featuring fellow African-American horn players Theo Croker and Maurice Brown as well as Montreal’s Rémi Cormier, and plays 10:30 p.m. sets at Gesù, June 29 and July 1. (TD)

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