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Jacques Kuba Séguin: La Trilogie des Odeurs

Read "La Trilogie des Odeurs" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
June 2, 2026

Are perfumes composed? Do they evolve? Polish-Canadian trumpeter and composer Jacques Kuba Séguin says they do, emphatically, with his La Trilogie des Odeurs: Three Works, Three Universes, One Story. In presenting an olfactory world via an auditory work of art, there is a sense that Séguin is taking things well beyond just perfume to an entire world of odors. It also suggests an entanglement of the senses, and Séguin pushes this suggestion to the max with this trilogy ...

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JazzLab Orchestra: Loguslabusmuzikus

Read "Loguslabusmuzikus" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
August 5, 2022

Jazzlab Orchestra è un medio organico costituito da tre ance e due ottoni in varie combinazioni, più una sezione ritmica con pianoforte. Opera da quasi due decenni nel Quebec (Canada), ha pubblicato sette album, collaborato con jazzmen statunitensi di primo piano (Ted Nash, Seamus Blake, Donny McCaslin, Rufus Reid) e dato svariati concerti in Nord America e in Europa, compresa l'Italia (la Casa del Jazz). La caratteristica principale dell'ottetto è la versatilità: grazie alle ottime doti individuali e ...

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JazzLab Orchestra: Loguslabusmuzikus

Read "Loguslabusmuzikus" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki
April 5, 2022

Jazzlab Orchestra has been a fixture on the jazz scene in Canada for nearly two decades. Their unique heavy sound features six brass and reed players with a relatively standard piano, bass and drum rhythm section, and they've captured that sound on several standalone recordings and presented it on more than 300 concert stages across North America and Europe. The music on Loguslabusmuzikus, nine new pieces written by bassist Auguste Le Prez under the subtitle “The New Experience: ...

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Jazzlab Orchestra: Loguslabusmuzikus

Read "Loguslabusmuzikus" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
November 21, 2021

The Jazzlab Orchestra, formed in 2004 and based in Montreal, Canada, lies somewhere short of orchestra-size. It's actually an octet—but don't let that deter you; the unison passages are generally robust and pleasing. Jazzlab does play jazz of a sort, music that may best be described as contemporary cerebral. In other words, this is not akin to the Dave Pell or Marty Paich octets; it's more along the lines of Gunther Schuller, Jan Garbarek or William Russo. But even though ...

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Jacques Kuba Seguin: Migrations

Read "Migrations" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
June 25, 2019

Montreal-based trumpeter/composer Jacques Kuba Sequin's Migrations celebrates people from a wide array of cultural communities in Quebec, Canada. The exploration of those multicultural groups results in Sequin's dynamically sculpted sound that is cohesive, celebratory and anthemic. His investigative interviews of the people he is celebrating here reveal a conglomeration of unabashed optimists, glowing with the joy of life. The music doesn't lie. The instrumentation--a sort of Modern Jazz Quartet rhythm section--vibes, piano, bass, drums--paints an understated backdrop for ...