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Never, in my view, has his sound been more lyrical.” Gilles Archambault, Québec Audio. “‘I’ is Memory” is the fruit of a profound spiritual journey, a desire to avoid artifice and focus instead on the basics, pure and unadorned, and a quest for deep meaning.” Voir, Montréal. “The greatest poet in Canadian jazz.” Jazzman, Paris. “I” is Memory won the 2006 ADISQ Félix award for jazz album of the year-jazz creation.
October 2006, Yannick Rieu was invited by Shanghai Fuxing International Jazz Festival. The concert features Yannick Rieu’s Quartet, with drummer Simon Goubert (France), bassist Adrian Vedady (Canada), and pianist Jianyi Huang (China), left a very strong impression to the chinese public and media.
From September 14 to October 8, 2007, Yannick Rieu Trio explores a great chinese tour during 25 days (14 concerts and 3 masterclass). They have performanced at Beijing Jazz Festival and Shanghai Fuxing Jazz Festival. “Definitely one of the highlights of the festival, his group played a unique type of jazz replete with sensitivity and communication among the players,” Shanghailist. |
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