https://www.facebook.com/events/1671221719764140/ Rémi Cormier- Trompette, Mike Bjella- Sax, Alex Truelove- Trombone Lara Driscoll-Piano (Chicago), Antoine Pelegrin- Bass, Curtis Nowosad – Drums (NYC)
Mike Bjella – Sax
Mike Bjella plays the saxophone and clarinet. He lives in Montreal and performs around the world playing music with Chronicle Infinitas, Nomad, The Zodiac Ensemble, Peter Peter, Planet Beach, and Isis Giraldo Poetry Project. Mike enjoys painting and writing music and words. He is delighted to share his vantage point of creation with you.
Mike Bjella joue du saxophone et de la clarinette . Il vit à Montréal et parcourt le monde en jouant de la musique avec ses amis . On peux le retrouver au sein de: Chronicle Infinitas , Nomad , L’Ensemble Zodiac , Peter Peter , Planet Beach , et Isis Giraldo Poetry Project. Mike aime peinture et l’écriture de la musique et des paroles . Il est ravi de partager son point de vue de la création avec vous .
Antoine Pelegrin – Bass
Antoine Pelegrin est un bassiste et compositeur basé à Montréal. Il se distingue non seulement par une grande maîtrise de son instrument, mais également par des inspirations hautement éclectiques. Il écrit également sur son blogue des articles destinés aux musiciens.
Antoine Pelegrin is a Montreal-based bass player and composer. What sets him apart is his technical ability as well as his wide range of musical interests, bet it the jazz tradition, classical composition or the indian rythmic system.
Curtis Nowasad (NYC) – Drums
New York-based drummer, composer, and bandleader, Curtis Nowosad, has developed a reputation as a highly-skilled, versatile, and forward-thinking musician. His sophomore album, Dialectics, which features world-renowned saxophonist Jimmy Greene, was released in March 2015 on Vancouver-based Cellar Live Records and received a glowing 4 ½ star review from Downbeat. Curtis was a Fellow of the Jazz Institute at the Manhattan School of Music, and he participated twice in Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead Residency at the Kennedy Center. He also received the “Keep an Eye Jazz Award” at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam, and is currently touring Canada with his quintet.
“Nowosad is fiery and scalding one moment, breezy and swinging the next, and perpetually inventive throughout.” – Downbeat Magazine, April 2015
Rémi Cormier – Trompette
Alex Truelove- Trombone
Lara Driscoll (CHI) – Piano
Série Compositeurs Jazz / Jazz Composers series 