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The Squid's Ear Magazine
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Hetu, Joane

Seule dans les chants

Hetu, Joane: Seule dans les chants (Ambiances Magnetiques)

Joane Hetu in her first solo album for alto saxophone and voice that is poetic and intimate.
 

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Joane Hetu-alto saxophone, vocals

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UPC: 771028107728

Label: Ambiances Magnetiques
Catalog ID: AM 077
Squidco Product Code: 571

Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2000
Country: Canada
Packaging: Jewel Tray
Recorded between January 1997 and June 1999 at Studio 270 (Montr�al, CA) by Robert Langlois.
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"Joane Hétu. Born Montréal, Québec, 1958. Residence: Montréal, Québec. Composer, Performer (alto saxophone, voice), Author/

It has been more than 30 years now since self-taught composer, vocalist and saxophonist Joane Hétu has been following her own highly distinctive path through the vast territory of creative, contemporary music. From her beginnings with song-based new-rock bands such as Wondeur Brass, Justine and Les Poules, Hétu turned to composition (the evocative triptych comprising Musique d'hiver, Filature and La femme territoire ou 21 fragments d'humus) and improvisation, more often than not combining both within her general approach to music. She has co-directed the Ensemble SuperMusique since its founding in 1998, as well as the weekly series Mercredimusics since 2002. More recently she gave birth to La chorale bruitiste Joker (2012). Joane Hétu was awarded the prestigious Freddie Stone Award in 2006."

-ActuelleCD (http://www.actuellecd.com/en/bio/hetu_jo/)
9/15/2026

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Ambiances Magnetiques
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