Acrpost: A Project of the Pacific Association of Artist Run Centres

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Self-taught bassist Alain Bédard has been a professional jazz musician for two decades, and is a well-known figure in Quebec and France (and also the founder and president of the Effendi jazz label). In 1994 he began studying classical double bass, and developed a parallel career in the realm of chamber music. But jazz remains his main love, and Bédard’s Auguste Quintette has, for more than a decade, played at jazz festivals in North America and Europe. The Quintette, some of Quebec’s most sought-after musicians, includes Jean- Christophe Béney tenor/soprano saxophone, Frank Lozano tenor/soprano saxophone, Alexandre Grogg piano and Pierre Tanguay drums.... more...