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Original mix of jazz & french Canadian (Quebec) traditional folk music. Featuring violin (fiddle) & feet stomping.

Tableaux

Rigodon

Yves Nadeau-guitar
Jean-Pierre Zanella-saxophones
Alain Caron/Mahieu Cormier-bass
Paul Brochu-drums
Luc Beaugrand/Guy Dubuc-keys
André Brunet-violin, feet stomping
Alain Labrosse-percussions
Lazaro René-vocal

Yves Nadeau played with CIRQUE DU SOLEIL’s “La Nouba” in Orlando, Florida from December 2004 to january 2008.

In May 2009, he played with Larry Coryell the America's premiere of 'Sentenza DelCuore' a concerto for two guitars and orchestra composed by the jazz guitar legend. Later, he had again the opportunity to share the stage with Coryell at The Montreal Jazz Festival with the Band Bombay Jazz and the great Indian Bansouri player Ronu Majumdar.

Yves got a bachelor’s degree in musical interpretation from the Université de Montréal in 1991, and has been dividing his time between his projects as a professional musician.

He has been on the professional music scene since 1986 alternately as a studio musician, arranger, composer, producer and bandleader. He has worked on different projects with musicians like LARRY CORYELL, TERRY CLARKE, Alain Caron, Michel Donato, James Gelfand, Paul Brochu, Jean-Pierre Zanella, Tim Brady,  André Leroux, Frédéric Alarie, Muhammad Abdul Al-Khabyyr, and François Cousineau. Yves has also been appearing at JAZZ FESTIVALS all across Canada, in Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Montreal, Rimouski, Quebec City… either as leader of his own group or as accompanist for artists such as OliverJones, Carol Welsman, Paolo Ramos, Rémi Bolduc… to name but a few. On the popular music scene, he has played with world renown French and Canadian stars Patricia Kaas, Natasha St-Pier, Michel Rivard, Nanette Workman, Isabelle Boulay, and Bruno Pelletier. Yves has participated in a great number of recordings (radio, television, and albums), and has traveled to many countries on international tours (France, the Netherlands, Egypt, Israel, Senegal, Kenya, Haiti, and the US).

In 2001, He founded his group Yves Nadeau Expression, a band of 8 musicians. A grant from the CANADA COUNCIL OFTHE ARTS made it possible for Yves to record the group’s first album, Tableaux, which has been available since June 2003.

Yves Nadeau

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