Alain Bédard - Auguste quartet
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Alain Bédard - Auguste quartet

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Effendi Records
Edit-artist-releases-release-placeholder Circum Continum Album 2016
Edit-artist-releases-release-placeholder Bluesy Lunedi Album 2008
Edit-artist-releases-release-placeholder Sphere Reflexion Album 2006
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Edit-artist-releases-release-placeholder Auguste Album 1997
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Edit-artist-releases-release-placeholder Homo Pugnax Album 2011
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Alain Bédard began his professional career in the 1980s, when he integrates naturaly some various Quebec formations of the time.

His participation in various major events around the world, today it provides a fascinating experience. With a passage in the Word Beat with DADJE (Senegal-Quebec group), dancing alongside Martinique dancer Josianne Antourel, the classic with Marc Denis at the University of Quebec in Montreal and violinist Martin Foster (member of the UQAM Chamber Music Orchestra) and jazz with a variety of groups in Quebec and international artists including; Donny McCaslin, Stéphane Belmondo, Julien Loureau, Ted Nash, etc., Alain Bédard continues an interesting career with his own jazz quartet AUGUSTE training, he walks for almost 20 years on all continents. After giving hundreds of concerts and edited 4 albums whose CD “Auguste” (1997), “Sphere Reflection” (2006), “Bluesy Lunedi” (2008) nominated for an ADISQ and JUNO Award for Best Album of 2010 and “Homos Pugnax” (2011), we will see and hear soon music of 5th disc is “Circum Continuum” (2015). Alain with l’Auguste (trio, quartet and quintet) also played many times on CBC radio recordings and CBC, Radio France, Radio Belgium.
Alain Bédard is also artistic director and musician Jazzlab Orchestra, which was founded in 2003 and is recognized as one of the leading bands of Canadian jazz. He is also founder of the Effendi label active since 1999 and has published 144 albums.
Recently, Rimouski Festijazz handed him his “Heron d’Or” for its participation in the development of Quebec jazz in the world.

Auguste the group, led Alain Bédard and for whom he is a composer, celebrating its 20th anniversary of creation this season 2015-2016. In order to celebrate the launch of the new album “Circum Continuum” and this particular event in his career, he would like to showcase new music give concerts across Quebec.
The unique combination of creative ideas of the musicians of the group and their performance due to their musical experiences and influences, ensures that the newest product stands out for its originality and quality. The appearance melodic hard parts, as well as the rhythmic foundation and advanced harmonics, more complex forms provide a sound and a voice as unique and modern, with a coherent ensemble. The various criticisms received by all, over the years, as evidenced now describe the group has particular potential.