Jazzlab Orchestra - LOGUSLABUSMUZIKUS (Friday, October 29th on Effendi Records)

Montreal’s JAZZLAB ORCHESTRA has been a Canadian jazz institution since 2004. For over 15 years, the multi-generational ensemble of Montreal’s finest improvisors has explored a wide variety of musical styles and approaches to writing and playing. Always original, every project they’ve undertaken has been inspired and audacious.

Practically the only group of its kind in Canada, the group has released seven albums and performed more then 300 concerts at many of the most prestigious festivals and venues across North America and Europe, including New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center, the New Morning and Café de la Danse in Paris, Casa del Jazz in Rome, the Grande Teatro in Sicily, the Jazz Station in Brussels, and at the Budapest Music Center. Over the years, their concerts have featured guest appearances by many of jazz music’s leading lights, including Donny McCaslin, Mark Feldman, Ted Nash, Michael Blake, Zhao Ke, Francois Théberge, Stephane Belmondo, and Don Thompson.

LOGUSLABUSMUZIKUS - Jazzlab’s newest opus - features nine new pieces by bassist and composer Auguste Le Prez, all of which reflect the spirit of modern jazz today. It’s an exciting and dynamic record executed masterfully by the band. Each member manages to simultaneously lift the band up while also staking out their place as a distinct individual voice in the group. As Jazzlab Orchestra continues to evolve, the temperature continues to rise…

1. La Grande Sauve Majeur 10:41

2. Humor de la Seconda Noche… 6:35

3. Pum la suite 10:15

4. Bluesy del Lunedi 6:57

5. Criucm 8:07

6. Le Grain blanc dans les Voiles 6:28

7. Casse-pattes/casse-gueule/casse-tête 11:15

8. Lunes & Marées 7:55

9. Compte-rendu II 7:29

Mario Allard - Soprano & Alto Sax, Clarinet

Benjamin Deschamps - Soprano & Tenor Sax, Flute

Samuel Blais - Soprano Sax & Bass Clarinet

Jacques Kuba Séguin - Trumpet

Thomas Morelli-Bernard - Trombone

Félix Stüssi - Piano

Alain Bédard - Double Bass

Michel Lambert - Drums

LOGUSLABUSMUZIKUS will be released worldwide on Friday, October 29th on Effendi Records.

www.effendirecords.com

jazzlaborchestra.com

Peter A. Schmid & Félix Stüssi - Transatlantic Conversations (UNIT RECORDS 2017)

Stussi and Schmid have known each other for decades, playing together both as a duo and in a quartet throughout the 1990s. When Felix Stussi and his family emigrated to Canad, contact continued even across the Atlantic, with CDs exchanged and musical development followed closely. Stussi became a fixture of the Montreal jazz scene, playing with many renowned musicians (including Ray Anderson) and composing for his own combo, with which he released multiple CDs on Unit Records.

The low woodwind player Peter A. Schmid has been active for decades, moving between the musical poles of jazz, improvised music and contemporary sound. Alongside many years of collaborative work in duos, woodwind ensembles and musical projects set in extraordinary spaces have played an important in his career (for example „September Winds“ with Evan Parker). Stussi and Schmid resumed their musical collaboration this summer, reworking new and older original pieces, developing concepts for spontaneous compositions, playing concerts and now releasing their first studio CD, recorded at Hardstudio in Winterthur: „Transatlantic Conversations.“

The cover design features underwater photography derived from the picture series „Underwater Surfaces“ (with close up images of underwater lifeforms captured by Peter A. Schmid in tropical waters across the globe).

01. Kangoo 4:26

02. Blue Horizon #1 2:53

03. Ursina 4:38

04. Silvio 3:20

05. New Waves 2:07

06. Blue Horizon #2 2:54

07. Buster 4:18

08. Vampir 2:08

09. Green Horizon #1-3 4:16

10. Garissa 4:36

11. Miniatour D'Horizon #1 3:37

12. Miniatour D'Horizon #2 1:34

13. Smoke On The Horizon #1-3 3:57

14. One And Only Bass Clarinet Blues 4:19

All compositions by Peter A.Schmid und Felix Stüssi except where indicated.

Peter A.Schmid - bass clarinet, tenor & baritone saxophone

Félix Stüssi - piano

Recorded june 25, 2016 at Hardstudio Winterthur by Moritz Wetter

Mix & Mastering: Klaus Grimmer, Winterthur

Underwater photographs: Peter A.Schmid

Graphic design: Margaret Thorne, Zürich