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Montreal saxophone quartet Quasar (Jean-Marc Bouchard, Marie-Chantal Leclair, Mathieu Leclair, & Andre Leroux) in their 3rd incredible album of contemporary saxophone compositions, presenting 14 rich and varied compositions, including commissioned and premier works. |
In Stock Shipping Weight: 2.00 units Quantity in Basket: None Log In to use our Wish List ![]() UPC: 771028371723 Label: Collection QB Catalog ID: CQB 1617 Squidco Product Code: 22996 Format: CD Condition: VG+ Released: 2015 Country: Canada Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold w/ Booklet Recorded in Studio 270, in Montreal, Canada, on November 5th, 6th and 7th, and December 4th, 2014 and January 28th, 29th, 30th and 31st, 2015 by Robert Lanlois. This is a USED (previously owned) item Personnel: Jean-Marc Bouchard-soprano saxophone, composer Marie-Chantal Leclair-alto saxophone, director Mathieu Leclair-alto saxophone Andre Leroux-baritone saxophone Louis Andriessen-composer Walter Boudreau-composer Jimmie LeBlanc-composer Philippe Leroux-composer Gilles Tremblay-composer Claude Vivier-composer Click an artist name above to see in-stock items for that artist. Highlight an instrument above and click here to Search for albums with that instrument. ![]() ![]() Artist Biographies: • Show Bio for Jean-Marc Bouchard "With his passion for new music, saxophonist Jean-Marc Bouchard explores the repertoire from various angles as both performer and improviser. As part of the Quasar saxophone quartet (of which he is both a founding member and general manager), Bouchard has taken part in over 40 premieres ranging from music theatre to digitally treated works, by way of symphonic orchestra. Since it was founded in 1994, the quartet has appeared all over Canada, the United States and Europe. As a teacher, Bouchard founded and currently directs the Université de Montréal's improvisation workshop. This workshop brings together a variety of instrumentalists and provides fertile ground for musical exploration and discovery by university students who are interested in new music. As a soloist, Bouchard has worked regularly and in close collaboration with composer Jean-François Laporte. His work with Laporte includes premiering 4 works, some of which were written for invented instruments. One example among others includes his solo performance of November 2008, with the Orchestre National de France with Laporte's invented waves instrument." -SMCQ (http://smcq.qc.ca/smcq/en/artiste/bouchard_jeanmarc/Jean-Marc_Bouchard/biographie)12/15/2020 Have a better biography or biography source? Please Contact Us so that we can update this biography. ^ Hide Bio for Jean-Marc Bouchard • Show Bio for Mathieu Leclair Mathieu Leclair is a Montreal saxophonist, known for the Quasar quartet. -Squidco 12/15/2020Have a better biography or biography source? Please Contact Us so that we can update this biography. ^ Hide Bio for Mathieu Leclair • Show Bio for Andre Leroux "André Leroux holds a bachelors degree in music (classical saxophone) from Université de Montréal. Well known in the jazz field, André Leroux works regularly with major jazz musicians in Canada such as Michel Cusson, Vic Vogel and James Gelfand.He has recorded many CD's with various jazz ensembles and has played at all major jazz festivals across Canada and abroad. He is currently working intensively with jazz pianist François Bourassa, in both duet and quartet formation, and performs regularly with various new music ensembles such as BradyWorks. Leroux is a founding member of the Quasar saxophone quartet, with whom he has premiered numerous works, exploring different aspects of artistic creation from instrumental music to live electronics, from improvisation to instrumental theatre." -Effendi Records (http://www.effendirecords.com/en/artist/andre-leroux)12/15/2020 Have a better biography or biography source? Please Contact Us so that we can update this biography. ^ Hide Bio for Andre Leroux ![]() 1. Du Souffle 19:12 2. Comme Un Bouillonnement Floral _ Floral Effervescence 2:49 3. Interlude-Lent-Chant - Transition And Song 3:29 4. Eclats - Flashes 4:10 5. Rouge [Carre-Rouge] 1:43 6. Rouge [Panique] 1:33 7. Rouge [Sang] 2:04 8. Rouge [Noir] 0:08 9. Rouge [Braise] 0:44 10. Rouge [Oubli] 3:25 11. Rouge [Innocence] 1:25 12. Rouge [Liminal] 1:28 13. Pulau Dewata 12:14 14. Facing Death 18:49 |
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Previously played Squidco store copy, used for cataloging and samples, in excellent condition.
Review Copy, not new but in mint condition. May have a strike, the word "Promo" or a drill hole. Inquire on condition if you are concerned. "Featuring exclusively acoustic compositions, Du souffle reveals Quasar at the height of its art, carried by the enthusiasm and energy that has always characterized Montréal's saxophone quartet. The album's title, Du souffle (taken from the eponymous composition by Philippe Leroux), imposed itself as the most appropriate for the third "solo" album by this hard-working group who has been at the forefront of creative music for more than 20 years now. Throughout the entire album, Quasar deploys a sound palette of extraordinary richness, placing the saxophone quartet at the heart of today's contemporary music. Philippe Leroux's "Du souffle", the masterpiece opening the album, is here recorded for the first time, after a long and fruitful collaboration between the French-born, Montréal-based composer and Quasar. The following tracks are both being commissioned and premiered by Quasar: "Levées" by Gilles Tremblay and Jimmie LeBlanc's "Fil Rouge". The first seems to come from a poetic, hot and exhilarating sound univers; the second, from a sharp, incisive and dazzling one. Pulau Dewata, a composition that has become a "classic" over the years, - and here arranged for saxophone quartet - reveals, without any artifice, the extreme melodic and rhythmic richness of an ever-fascinating composer. Quite on the contrary, "Facing Death" (inspired by Charlie Parker) is a long and hectic journey that holds both the performers and the listener spellbound. Quasar has had the pleasure of working with composer Louis Andriessen to this new arrangement of his highly virtuosic composition. Quasar thanks all composers, the entire team at DAME as well as visual artist Yechel Gagnon, whose work Arpenter le temps adorns the CD cover"-Dame, Ambiances Magnetiques ![]() Compositional Forms Recordings by or featuring Reed & Wind Players Quartet Recordings Musique Actuelle Canadian Composition & Improvisation |
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