Yves Nadeau

YVES NADEAU - Guitarist/Composer www.yvesnadeau.com

Yves Nadeau got a bachelor’s degree in musical interpretation from theUniversité de Montréal in 1991, and has been dividing his time between hiscareer as a professional musician and teaching music at College Marie-Victorin.

Yves has been on the professional music scene since 1986 alternately as astudio musician, arranger, composer, producer, and bandleader. He hasworked on different projects with musicians like LARRY CORYELL, TERRYCLARKE, Alain Caron, Michel Donato, James Gelfand, Paul Brochu, Jean-PierreZanella, André Leroux, Frédéric Alarie, Muhammad Abdul Al-Khabyyr, andFrançois Cousineau. Yves has also been appearing at JAZZ FESTIVALS allacross Canada, in Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Saskatoon, Winnipeg,Montreal, Rimouski, Quebec City… either as leader of his own group or asaccompanist for artists such as Oliver Jones, Carol Welsman, Paolo Ramos,Rémi Bolduc… to name but a few. On the popular music scene, he has playedwith world renown French and Canadian stars Patricia Kaas, Natasha St-Pier,Michel Rivard, Nanette Workman, Isabelle Boulay, and Bruno Pelletier. Yveshas participated in a great number of recordings (radio, television, andalbums), and has traveled to many countries on international tours (France,the Netherlands, Egypt, Israel, Senegal, Kenya, Haiti, and the US).

Stabe Wilson

Stabe Wilson: A Saxophonist Extraordinaire

Passionate, soul-stirring, and eclectic—these adjectives perfectly capture the essence of saxophonist Stabe Wilson's musical journey. Hailing from Oakland, California, Stabe's love affair with the saxophone began at the tender age of ten. By eleven, after a captivating performance at his father's church, he knew his calling was to share his extraordinary talent with the world. 

Stabe honed his craft studying music at Chabot Community College, College of Alameda, and San Francisco State University. At the College of Alameda, he had the privilege of being part of the Big Band under the legendary jazz pianist Bill Bell, which further shaped his musical foundation.

Paul Cutlan

Born: July 17, 1964

Paul’s uniquely expressive voice as a multi-instrumentalist and composer is informed by many styles, including contemporary classical music, world music and jazz. He graduated from the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music in 1987 with Honours in Composition. Orchestral performance experience includes the Tasmanian and Sydney Symphony Orchestras and the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra. Paul has performed with many jazz/improvising groups committed to presenting original Australian music. International acts with whom he has performed include Lou Reed, Bobby Previte, Jim McNeely, Ólafur Arnalds, Jerry Lewis and Michael Bublé

Ava Lemert

Born: July 19

A native of Southern California, Ava Lemert was submerged in music from birth having a Mother and two elder sisters who were active musicians in the household to influence her. So, it was no surprise that by age 7, Ava was producing her own ��radio programs�� including her own DJ personna ��Kay Kay Dee Jay�� on her own cassette tape recorder. At age 11 Ava was writing music notation and submitting her compositions for voice, clarinet (her first school-taught instrument) and guitar to youth talent shows. In High School, Ava would record her keyboard parts, alto saxophone, drum machine, guitar and vocals into her make-shift ping-pong recording system, consisting of a boom box, 4 track cassette recorder and radio shack microphone. A unique lady of many talents, Ms

Simon Cato Spang-Hanssen

Born: April 13, 1955

1955

Born in Copenhagen, Denmark on April 13th

1970

Starts playing alto-saxophone, later also tenor and soprano

1976

Member of ”Strange Brothers” with Peter Danstrup , Ole Rømer and John Tchicai.

1978

Receives the annual Ben Webster Price and creates his own quartet “Spacetrain” with Ben Besiakov, Jesper Lundgaard and Alex Riel.

1979

Plays in many different groups with among others: Jan Kaspersen, Pierre Doerge, Marilyn Mazur, Atilla Engin, Okay Temiz, Mozar Terra, Chuim, Jesper Zeuthen,the Voodoo Gang….

Matt Chertkoff

Selva Band

Antonio Cosenza, guitarist, composer and founder of the Latin-Jazz Band SELVA started playing the guitar at the age of ten. He began his study of music in 1977 at the National Conservatory in Guatemala city. He lives in Hamburg since 1982 where he continued studying at the High School for Music, before successfuly graduating in 1987. His repertoire includes music from the renaissance period thorough to present, with the main emphasis concentrating on latinamerican music. Some of his own compositions and also numerous arrangements from the music of the mayan and garinagu have been published in germany and guatemala

Scott D Marshall

Toronto - based saxophonist, composer, producer, band leader, and educator Scott Marshall is highly sought after for his skills within the jazz community, and professional jobbing scenes of his city. A skilled composer and arranger, Scott’s compositions have been featured on five of his own releases: Dream Logic Project (2018) Nihahi Ridge (2014), Vignettes (2010), Nine Moments of Time (2007), and Face it (2002), as well as two releases by the group Out of Order: What Now (2000), and Out of Order (1997). Scott’s compositions have also been featured in the feature length movie The Anniversary by Canadian film maker Valarie Buhagiar, and the short film The Loss by Consistent C Films

Saxophones

By Pierre Favre

Label: Intakt Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Sito; Solar Wheel; Music 4 & 7; Stampede; Anecdote; Les jeux sont faits; Lea; Options; Passage; Hippopotamus; Saxophones.

Pierre Favre: Saxophones

by Rex Butters
September 9, 2004

Pierre Favre has an interesting resume. Starting out with names like Lil Hardin Armstrong in the '50s, Favre drummed for Bud Powell, Booker Ervin, and other boppers before going free with the likes of Peter Kowald, Evan Parker, Peter Br?tzmann, and John Surman. On his new release with the ARTE Quartet saxophones, with Michel Godard adding ...