Jacques Kuba Séguin – Litania Projekt – Centre D'échange Culturel Chine-Canada

Winner of the 2012 Révélation Jazz Radio-Canada prize, this Canadian trumpeter and composer of Polish origins is turning heads. Versatile and adventurous, he’s a player who likes to shape up his sound with different outfits: with the ODD LOT ensemble, the Montreal musician blends Eastern European music, jazz and electronica, while in the Litania Projekt, he marries neoclassical with Northern European jazz. Known for his lyrical as well as his strong modern approach to trumpet playing, Jacques was born and raised in Montreal and it’s multi-ethnicity. Always reaching for his polish roots Jacques thrives for new ways of approaching the traditional jazz idiom. Inspired by his various collaborations with companies like Cirque du soleil and various pop and classical artists Jacques breaks out from jazz tradition to create the urge for improvisation inside his ensemble. In symbiosis with the expressive bass player Frédéric Alarie, Jacques finds new ways to use the sound of the trumpet as rarely heard before. Litania projekt presents a program that swings between modernity and tradition.

For Litania Projekt , Jacques Kuba Seguin is influenced by neoclassical music and Northern European jazz. This ensemble unifies few of Montreal’s most expressive musicians: Jacques Kuba Séguin (Trumpet and compositions) Frédéric Alarie (double bass), Jonathan Cayer (Piano) and Martin Auguste (Drums).

This ensemble thrives for subtle but strong lyrical moments, very hard to not be touched by the musical bond of this group. The experience of Litania Projekt seams like a moment where time stops for the moment of a lullaby reminding inspirational melancholia and tenders memories.

In symbiosis with the expressive bass player Frédéric Alarie, Jacques finds new ways to use the sound of the trumpet as rarely heard before by presenting a program that swings between modernity and tradition.

Litania Projekt was on tour in spring 2014, 2015 in Poland and Germany. For the 2014 edition of the Montreal international Jazz festival, at the astral concert hall, the ensemble was accompanied by a string quartet.

www.jacqueskubaseguin.com