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Jeff LaRochelle

Jeff LaRochelle is an saxophonist/clarinetist and composer who has been a fixture of the Toronto creative music scene for nearly 10 years. A graduate of Humber College in 2010, LaRochelle started working with many Toronto and Canadian artists in the jazz/improvised music scene such as Roberto Occhipinti, Andrew Downing, Phil Dwyer, Justin Haynes, the Soren Nissen Quintet, Les Petits Nouveaux, Andrew McAnsh, Rich Brown, and many others. He co-leads the collaborative jazz trio Autobahn, which was nominated for the Montreal Grand Prix du Jazz in 2016 following their released of their album "Of The Tree". LaRochelle is now forging his own sound with his new album “Lenses Extend”

Back On Track

April 4, 2020

Album: LIFE FORCE
By Diane Roblin
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2019
Duration: 5:19

LIFE FORCE

By Diane Roblin

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2019
Track listing: Back On Track. Snowy Day Suspend Yourself Modal Moods Ballad in 3-4 Feeling Good Bela Snowy Day (reprise)

Lenses Extend

By Jeff LaRochelle

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2018
Track listing: Does The Internet Dream of Itself?; The Oasis; Mirage; The Universe Next Door; Pity This Busy Monster; Electrons Deify One Razorblade; Enigma; Fold

Sean Moran, James Banner’s Usine and More

by Maurice Hogue
December 5, 2018

Exactly one day after the funeral of his beloved wife, and urged by friends and family, Polish saxophonist Leszek Żądło along with bassist Andrzej Cudzich and drummer Janusz Stefański entered Studio Stebo in Krakow, Poland in 1995 and recorded some very emotional and powerful music. Finally released, that recording is the feature on this week's episode ...

Lenses Extend

October 17, 2018

Album: Lenses Extend
By Jeff LaRochelle
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2018
Duration: 4:02

Søren Nissen: Departures

by Troy Dostert
December 19, 2017

Although Canadian bassist Søren Nissen is a youthful presence, just a few years out of college and currently showcasing his debut release as a leader, don't let his age fool you: there's a lot of wisdom, musical and otherwise, on display here. Bookending Departures, Nissen's auspicious seven-track album are brief recorded excerpts from speeches by Jiddu ...

Andrew McAnsh: Illustrations

by Dave Wayne
September 7, 2016

Its liner notes, song titles, and cover art liberally peppered with references to Japanese culture and Zen Buddhism, Andrew McAnsh's debut recording, Illustrations was inspired by the young trumpeter / composer's journeys through the Land of the Rising Sun. However, McAnsh's original compositions--far from displaying any direct influences of Japanese ethnic music--are relentlessly hard-hitting modern jazz ...

Autobahn: Of the Tree

by Dan McClenaghan
June 23, 2016

A jazz trio named Autobahn, from Toronto, Canada, with an unusual make-up--piano, sax and drums--is just asking to called “experimental" on their modernistic recording, Of The Tree. And why not? Eliminating the bass (the obvious missing link) makes for new atmospheres, and creates new spaces. Looking for comparisons, Momentum Space (Verve Records, 1999), a masterpiece of ...

Moonstone

By Jeff LaRochelle

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2015
Track listing: Moonstone; Origins Suite I (For Bela Bartok); Origins Suite II (For Alfred Schnittke); Origins Suite III (For Maurice Ravel); Northern Lights; Stand Still; Misconjecture; As It Is; Letter to an Unknown Hero; Duality.