Lucas Dubovik

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Lucas Dubovik is an award-winning Canadian saxophonist, composer, and educator known for his distinctive musical expression, captivating melodic approach, and dynamic compositional style. His work spans performance, teaching, and live music production, with appearances at major festivals and collaborations with artists such as Caity Gyorgy, Jacob Wutzke, Ira Coleman, The Shuffle Demons, and Dhaivat Jani. He has released two albums as a leader, Quarterlife (2024) and Bridges to Nowhere (2021), with a third forthcoming in 2025.

Dhaivat Jani PLUS: Sum//Parts

Read "Sum//Parts" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
June 18, 2023

Drummer Dhaivat Jani's Sum//Parts can be described as a world stew of sounds, a colorful gumbo stirred up from Indian classical influences, jazz and rock. An immigrant to Canada from his native Ahmedabad, India, Jani draws his “beyond-music" influences from things which have happened in his everyday life--his migration from East to West, growing up in Canada, and the common and inevitable trials and tribulations which he has faced on his journey. This Canadian / Indian exotica sound ...