''La Passe'' to be released October 30th!
''to rejoice in belonging to the
continuum of a musical becoming''
I am very happy to be able to share some very special music with you. Please come hear Yves and I in Guelph, Hamilton, Toronto, Ottawa or Montreal, or purchase the record at www.smallscalemusic.wordpress.com (available October 30)
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Ontario-Québec tour in support of ''La
Passe'', their debut recording on Small Scale Music.
Yves Charuest and Ellwood Epps
represent an ongoing story of improvised music in Montréal. Ellwood
arrived in Montréal in 2005 and promptly set to work becoming one of
the city's busiest creative musicians, concert presenters, and
teachers. Yves was heavily involved in the scene during the 80's and
90's, and was one of the few players to branch out onto the world
stage. During the period of Epps' arrival and leading up to about
2011, Charuest was on a long sabatical, and so when they met in
Nicolas Caloia's Ratchet Orchestra, they were both new to each other,
despite both having paid their dues for many years on the Montreal
and international scenes.
Finding a common ground in energy and
spirit, and with a great respect for the history of creative music in
America, Canada, and Montréal, Yves and Ellwood decided to explore
the possibilities of working together as a duet. They gave
performances at several of Montréal's fertile loft venues over a
couple years, while continuing their work together in the Ratchet
Orchestra, Epss' group Rosasharn’s Dream, and other formations.
As a duet, the chemistry is immediate
enough that prearranged material didn't seem to be necessary. Rather,
the two musicians find material in the immediate surroundings (place,
time, people, energy), and arrange, develop, and transform it as any
composer works with their own musical materials. In the summer of
2014 they felt ready to document their work together, and responded
eagerly to the offer of bassist Raphael Foisy-Couture's offer to
record and release their music on his new Small Scale Music label.
Yves' and Ellwood's differences (in
age, mother tongue, so-called 'generation'...) are easily overcome in
their willingness to participate immediately in the musical moment,
to rejoice in belonging to the continuum of a musical becoming. Their
first tour is sure to be full of exciting times, transformative
adventures, and soulful music.
Thursday
October 30, Guelph Ontario (Silence, 46 Essex St, 8pm, $10)
Friday
October 31, Hamilton Ontario with Gary Barwin & David Lee (Zula
Presents the Something Else! series at Artword Artbar, 8:30pm, 15
Colborne St, $10-15)
Saturday
November 1st,
Toronto Ontario with Preanderthals and Heather Segger & Doug Tielli (Burn Down the Capital presents at Ratio, 283 College St 2nd floor, 9pm, $10) www.ratiospace.ca
Sunday
November 2nd,
Ottawa Ontario (IMOO series at Raw Sugar, 692 Somerset St W, 7pm,
$5-10)
Tuesday
November 4th,
Montreal Québec (Mardi Spaghetti series at Cagibi Café, 5490
St-Laurent, 9pm, $5+)
