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Lungta is now available for download in audiophile 24 bit / 96 kHz format on Bandcamp. It’s the best sonic quality for the record! It’s a passport to hear how the music sounded in the mastering studio.   Available hereRead more

Lungta was included in Craig Nixon’s Best of 2016 list on the website acousticlevitation.org I’m very honored to have Lungta included in this list with such great records. full list hereRead more

Lungta has been reviewed in the January edition of  The New York City Jazz Record. I’m very honored as this issue is dedicated to the best jazz of 2016! Here’s what Tom Greenland had to say: ” Tenor saxophonist Philippe Côté’s debut LUNGTA (referring to a [...]Read more

I’m very proud to have Lungta included in a list of great jazz records published in 2016. Here’s what Peter Hum from the Ottawa Citizen had to say: “Montreal composer and saxophonist Philippe Côté debut disc is a grand, sweeping accomplishment, featuring [...]Read more

Tonight! Conservatoire de musique de Montréal 8 PM Premiere of my new chamber piece “Mâlâ(s)” by the great musicians of Ensemble Paramirabo. Can’t wait to hear the music of all the other composers featured in the concert!Read more

Before starting a new composition, I like to have as a starting point a concept or a main idea that will give a direction to my creativity. I could even say that I like to give myself constraints. For this piece written for Ensemble Paramirabo, I was interested by the number 108, [...]Read more

I’ve been pretty quiet on the web in the last few months. Apart from some great family vacations, I spent the summer writing a new chamber music piece commissioned by Montreal’s Ensemble Paramirabo. It’s my first completely “classical” piece that doesn’t include a jazz [...]Read more

Philippe Côté CD reviewed PETER HUM, OTTAWA CITIZEN More than a solid debut disc that makes a good first impression, Montreal saxophonist and composer Phillippe Côté’s new album Lungta is a grand, sweeping accomplishment. Côté, 36, launched Lungta last weekend at L’Astral in [...]Read more

(French Only) BENJAMIN GORON, CAMUZ.CA LUNGTA : une exploration à la croisée des chemins Le nouvel album de Philippe Côté. Lungta, ce cheval de vent porteur de chance qui orne les drapeaux de prière tibétains, c’est le symbole qu’a choisi Philippe Côté pour représenter une [...]Read more

Free download from Lungta on all aboutjazz.com Here’s what Fiona Ord-Shrimpton has to say about “The Rest Is Noise”: ” The Orient Express of jazz journeys with contemporary charts and orchestral partnering that exceeds expectation. [...]Read more