Emie R Roussel Trio – Quantum (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44.1kHz | Time – 01:03:56 minutes | 638 MB | Genre: Jazz
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She founded the Emie R Roussel Trio in 2010 with whom she recorded the same year, the first album of original material entitled “Temps Inégal”. Warmly received by critics, the first album from the trio moved up in third place in the top five jazz albums of the year by sortiesJAZZnights.com in 2011. After a very impressive concert at the International Jazz Festival in Montreal in 2012, the trio was again nominated for the Grand Prix de Jazz TD Jazz Fest and Galaxie Rising Star Award in June 2013 with her second project “Transit”. it got there a special mention from the jury which will enable it to the first part of the singer American Stacey Kent at Théâtre Maisonneuve of Place des arts at the 35th edition of the Montreal Jazz Fest. The trio won the Price “Coup de coeur du public 2013” at the Rimouski jazz fest. The same year Emie R Roussel Trio also had the honor of making the first part of the Lorraine Desmarais trio at Anglican, Lévis. The ERR Trio is part of the programming 2014 Jazz en Rafale to Astral and was chosen to present a showcase at ROSEQ 2013 and the Bourse Rideau 2014. In May 2014, Emie R. Roussel was nominated CBC Jazz Revelation 2014-15. Recently, her second CD “Transit” was nominated in the category best jazz CD of the year 2014 at OPUS price.
In physics, a Quantum is the smallest indivisible unit. It also provides a perfect illustration of the trio: an ensemble composed of three individuals, with similarities as well as differences, joining together to create a unique and indivisible core. Nine pieces and four interludes act like atoms, simple individual elements uniting and combining with each other to form a whole, a complete experience. Drawing more than ever upon the creativity and cohesion of all three members, this very personal opus is marked both by the group’s singular acoustic sound and a more pronounced “groove” colour. In fact, while recording our previous album TRANSIT, we discovered that each of us had always been deeply interested in R&B music. It was therefore perfectly natural and logical for us to incorporate R&B colour into our artistic process. In this environment of sharing and exchange, Quantum was born, an album where the search for sounds and textures links our beginnings to our present, while paving a path towards the future.
Tracklist:
1. Snooze 5:04
2. Quantum 8:16
3. Club 9:00
4. Ipomée 6:19
5. Les Deux Saisons 6:40
6. Funambule 7:34
7. Marée Haute 8:42
8. U-Turn 7:51
9. De Loin Et De Près 4:30
Personnel:
Emie Rioux-Roussel – piano, Rhodes, compositions
Nicolas Bédard – double bass, electric bass
Dominic Cloutier – drums
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