Results for "Gentiane MG"

Article: Radio & Podcasts

New Releases Plus Women Driven Jazz From Terri Lyne Carrington's Book New Standards Vol. 1

by Mary Foster Conklin
October 10, 2022

This broadcast presents new vocal releases from Samara Joy, Melissa Stylianou, Sonica (Nicole Zuraitis, Thana Alexa, Julia Adamy), and Kate Baker & Vic Juris, with birthday shoutouts to blues legend Koko Taylor, pianists Emily Takahashi, Hyuna Park, Carolina Calvache and vocalists Melissa Stylianou, Laila Biali, among others. Also Part I of music selections from Terri Lyne ...

Song of the Day

The Moon, the Sun, the Truth

October 5, 2022

Album: Walls Made of Glass
By Gentiane MG
Label: Three Pines Records
Released: 2022
Duration: 05:22

Article: Radio & Podcasts

New Releases From Anat Cohen, Gentiane MG, Birthday Shoutouts To Lovie Austin, Vi Redd & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
October 3, 2022

This broadcast presents new releases from vocalist Tracye Eileen, clarinetist Anat Cohen, Canadian pianist Gentiane MG plus a single from vibraphonist/marimbist Patricia Brennan, with birthday shoutouts to saxophonist Vi Redd, pianists Lovie Austin (Downhearted Blues), Kait Dunton, vocalists Catherine Russell, Norma Winstone, Sally Terrell and Rebecca Kilgore, among others. In the second hour, a set of ...

Article: Album Review

Gentiane MG: Walls Made of Glass

by Dan McClenaghan
October 1, 2022

Montreal-based pianist Gentiane Michaud-Gagnon, aka Gentiane MG, got her start in music with the classical side. It was Bill Evans' Portrait In Jazz (Riverside Records, 1960) that nudged her in the direction of the possibilities that improvisation offered. With this in mind, it seems fitting that the cover art for her third album release--Walls Of Glass--features ...

Article: Interview

Quiet Knowing: The Music Of Gentiane MG

by Kerilie McDowall
September 27, 2022

My first impression upon hearing Gentiane MG's work for the first time was that her writing is phenomenally brilliant. She is a standout talent. Michaud-Gagnon's music flows masterfully with poise and grace. She commands the piano with elegance, subtlety, and a refined quiet knowing. Her music and artistry are mysteriously intriguing, with the enchanting ...

Song of the Day

Thinker and a Fool

September 1, 2022

Album: Recollecting
By Mathieu Soucy
Label: Inner-Bop Records
Released: 2022
Duration: 06:01

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Lennie's Changes

August 15, 2022

Album: Recollecting
By Mathieu Soucy
Label: Inner-Bop Records
Released: 2022
Duration: 03:54

Album

Eternal Cycle

By Gentiane MG

Label: Arté Boréal
Released: 2017
Track listing: Dissociation Eternal Cycle Peace Illusion In Another Life Green Ashes Impossible Beauty War 99 K.O.

Video

Jazz en Rafale presents: Gentiane MG (Teaser)

Featuring the music of Gentiane MG
Duration: 1:00
December 18, 2021

Gentiane MG was always attracted by music as a very powerful and vital means of expression. While studying classical piano as a child, she was already drawn to composition, often exploring ways of playing music by ear and inventing variations on the pieces she had to learn. Later on, studying jazz and improvised music gave her the means to find her own voice through composition, finding inspiration through introspection. Her music comes from the tradition of improvised jazz with colours from impressionistic and romantic classical music that come together in a deeply personal universe.

Musician

Gentiane MG

Born: February 26, 1992

Pianist and composer Gentiane MG has established herself as an important voice as a Canadian jazz composer. She made a powerful impression on Montreal’s jazz scene with her two albums for piano trio, Eternal Cycle (2017) and Wonderland (2019). MG is releasing her third album with this ensemble, Walls Made of Glass, on September 23, 2022. MG’s trio has received several awards, including the OPUS Award for Discovery of the Year (2020), the CBC/Radio-Canada Jazz Award (2018) and the François-Marcaurelle de la GMMQ Award (2017). Eternal Cycle was highlighted by CBC Music as one of 10 outstanding Canadian jazz albums of 2017. MG has played in Canada, Mexico, China, Ivory Coast, and Germany  alongside musicians such as Christine Jensen, Andre White, Yannick Rieu, Jim Doxas, , Jean-Michel Pilc and Ira Coleman, and released a duo album entitled Convergence with saxophonist Frank Lozano.