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What a thrill it was to finally play this music live in one of my favourite Montreal venues: Le Gesù. Thanks to the team of L’OFF Festival de jazz for organizing this event and to Evan Shay for the amazing pictures. Marc and the quartet played beautifully! The two albums [...]Read more

The ODD SOUND Sessions are finally available on video and also for listening on streaming platforms! I was very involved in this project because in addition to playing in duet with François Bourassa, I produced the recording session and mixed all the pieces. I work more and more [...]Read more

I’m SO happy to finally present in concert my project with Marc Copland and Quatuor Saguenay. We will play on October 2nd in one of my favourite venues,  le Gésu, for the 22nd edition of L’OFF Festival. We also have a record coming soon….. TICKETS HERERead more

I was honoured to be included with great composers, Christine Jensen and John McLeod, in a jazz composer workshop organized by Richard Gillis of the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra. I got to share my passion for orchestration.Read more

It’s been quite a challenging year, to say the least. A bright moment for me is finally here: the release of my project with the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra. Twisting Ways: The Music of Philippe Côté and David Braid will be available on May 5th on all major streaming platforms and [...]Read more

I’m happy to share that the production of Twisting Ways  is moving along very well. I’m taking care of managing recording sessions, audio editing and overseeing the completion of the final record. My precious collaborators from past projects, Paul Johnston and Guy Hébert, [...]Read more

The Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra project with David Braid now has an official title: Twisting Ways. The piece showcases the poetry of Lee Tsang sung by no other than Sarah Slean. Sarah’s interpretation of this work is nothing less than stunning!Read more

In order to complete the Winnipeg Orchestra’s CD, the orchestra asked David Braid and me for one additional piece each. I chose to adapt my piece Fleur Variation 3, originally written for my string quartet project with Marc Copland. David decided to orchestrate one of his [...]Read more

I’m producing a new series with ODD SOUND. We captured a recording session at Studio PM that featured 3 groups of the main artists of the label: a Jacques Kuba Séguin trio, an Olivier Hébert trio and a duo with me and François Bourassa. François is one of my favourite musicians [...]Read more

The commissioned piece by David Braid and me (working title Alliance) was premiered by the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra (WJO) in Winnipeg. I’m pleased with the piece that brings the jazz orchestra in a non-traditional big band direction with classical music elements. It was a [...]Read more