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Oli Astral

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The musical universe of Montreal Canadian guitarist Oli Astral (Olivier Grenier-Bédard) is a fusion between the sound of modern jazz guitar, digital music technology, and visual projection. At age 32, Oli Astral embarked on the adventure of From the Astral (2022), his first album as a leader. Some elements like computers on stage, virtual instruments, MIDI controllers, digital audio processing techniques, and Frederic’s Modular Synthesizers serve the imagination of the group. The musical values thought, are still deeply rooted in the tradition of Jazz. Things like improvisation, group interaction, and risk-taking are very important in the creative process of the trio. 
During his academic career, the guitarist has surrounded himself on a number of occasions with internationally renowned mentors such as John Abercrombie, Jonathan Kreisberg, and Mike Moreno

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Article: Year in Review

Popular Jazz Songs: 2022

Read "Popular Jazz Songs: 2022" reviewed by Michael Ricci


All About Jazz tracks how often a featured Song of the Day is heard, and the following represent the most popular in 2022. If you missed them the first time around, give them a listen now. We appended our Song of the Week 2022 playlist below. They may not represent the most popular ...

Album

From the Astral

Label: Multiple Chord Music (MCM)
Released: 2022
Track listing: From the Astral; L'envol; From the Deep; Avec Plaisir; From the Heart; Spectre Sonore

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five with Oli Astral

Read "Take Five with Oli Astral" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Meet Oli Astral The musical universe of Montreal-Canadian guitarist Oli Astral (Olivier Grenier-Bédard) is a fusion between the sound of modern jazz guitar, digital music technology, and visual projection. At 32, Oli Astral embarked on the adventure of From the Astral (2022), his first album as a leader. The latter is an active member of the ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Guitars A Plenty

Read "Guitars A Plenty" reviewed by Bob Osborne


On this show recent guitar focused album releases from Dave Stryker, Gastón de la Cruz, Greg Amirault, Ken Serio, Oli Astral, and Guillaume Vierset. There's also great improvisation from the band of Alvin Fielder, David Dove, Jason Jackson, and Damon Smith, plus, a track from the debut double album of solo piano from Nick Maclean.

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Elvin Jones & Anthony Wonsey

Read "Elvin Jones & Anthony Wonsey" reviewed by Joe Dimino


We begin the first episode of 2022 with Anthony Wonsey celebrating the idea of an entire village raising a musician. The year of 2021 will continue to be a focus on this first episode as we profile the likes of Mafalda Minnozzi, Yoron Israel, Oli Astral and Benjamin Schnake. In between, we hear from legends like ...

Album

LEAF

Label: Independant
Released: 2017
Track listing: Fields; Petit Rocher; Lunes; Recyclages; Des Racines et des Ailes; 4 5 6; Nuit Étoilée; He dreams of Peace


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