Name: Up your downs by Pierre Veniot
Duration: 2 min 56 s
Description: Depression can be a blessing, get up and live it!

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Depression can be a blessing, get up and live it!

Up your downs

#eighty-eight is an 88 bars solo piano piece written, performed and recorded by edmond redd to celebrate Piano Day, on March 28, the 88th day of 2020.

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“ Piano Day, an annual worldwide event founded by a group of likeminded people, takes place on the 88th day of the year, because of the number of keys on the instrument being celebrated.

The aim of the day is to create a platform for piano related projects in order to promote the development of musical dimensions and to continue sharing the centuries-old joy of playing piano. “
(Extract from the pianoday.org website)

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#eighty-eight

Musician, Composer, Arranger.
Flutes, saxophones, clarinet, piano, keyboards, percussions.
Pierre’s musical endeavour is fast-approaching five complete decades, having started in 1965 when he played first clarinet for his Montreal school band.  Early steps on the journey included private tuition with various teachers (Sayyd Abdul al Khabyyr, Janis Steprans) and a jazz performance major at McGill University.  
His television appearances began in 1975, supporting local Canadian artists on the most popular music shows of the era.  Around this time, he also became a key member of the ''Bouquet de sons'' classical baroque trio, playing in more than 100 concerts in two years.  In the early 1980s, his band Agharta recorded their first album and headlined the first Montreal International Jazz festival. The success of Agharta brought Pierre to the attention of master percussionist Michel Séguin (Van Morisson, Don Alias), and the two formed a new group, Jouga.
In the early 1990s, Pierre co-founded the world-beats group Anoosh, featuring the acclaimed Armenian singer / percussionist Raffi Niziblian.  Anoosh not only won the prized ‘Rythmes Du Monde’ contest in Montreal, but also toured extensively through Europe, appearing at the Peter Gabriel / Thomas Brooman-founded ‘Womad’ festival.  In 1992, Anoosh received a Juno nomination - the Canadian equivalent of the Grammy Awards.
During this period, Pierre also free-lanced with many jazz, blues, and R&B cover bands, before teaming up with percussionist-drummer Jean-François Fabiano (Gato Barbieri, Jean-Luc Ponty) to form the World Unit. Comprised of the finest world-beats and jazz musicians in Montréal, the World Unit made their debut television appearance on ARTV’s 'New World Symphony'’.
As the 21st century dawned, Pierre branched out into new areas, culminating with his 2007 production ‘Storias’, a modern acid-jazz oriented album.  Pierre’s band of the same name became a regular feature on the many jazz venues in Montreal, and lead to invitations for him to arrange / compose for various artists.  Pierre has worked with choirs, singers, theatres, dance companies and instrumentalists, exploring fresh approaches to arranging and expanding his mastery of music software. 
Pierre is now established in Hong Kong and has already founded the HK Jazz Network, seeking to actively develop the city’s music and arts reputation.  He is also helping to build the next generation of performance artists, regularly taking time out to teach young, local musicians.

Up your downs

Pierre Veniot

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