Jazz Articles about Yves Leveille

Yves Léveillé: L’Échelle du Temps

by Troy Dostert
April 12, 2022

Although he has yet to achieve substantial acclaim beyond his native Canada, Montreal-based pianist Yves Léveillé has made an accomplished series of albums going back to 1999 with Signal Commun, the first of several releases on Effendi Records. Léveillé's music possesses a strong jazz vocabulary, but the pianist also has an abiding classical temperament. A disc like Phare (Effendi, 2019) offers excellent post-bop jazz, utilizing a conventional quintet. But on L'Échelle du Temps, it's the classical spirit that prevails, with ...

Yves Leveille: Soho

by Donald Elfman
April 25, 2007

"Often I feel its heartbeat calling me--I am home there even from afar. -- Yves Léveillé

Montreal pianist and composer Yves Léveillé has emerged as a passionate and intelligent creator of new music. He has made three acclaimed recordings for the Effendi label and his fourth further expands his notions of space and intimacy as it defines a sort of hymn to artistic New York City.

His talented ensemble consists of trumpet, two saxophonists, ...