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During the spring of 2007 the trio began developing a set of new music with trumpet player Brad Turner in mind. Continuing to pursue the depths of emotional expression and improvisational freedom, The October Trio plus Brad Turner performed memorable and engaging sets at the 2007 Seattle Earshot Jazz Festival and the 2008 and 2009 editions of the Vancouver International Jazz Festival. These gigs culminated in the release of the critically acclaimed Looks like it’s going to Snow (Songlines, 2009) featuring Turner. June 2010 saw the trio head to the east coast to perform in New York (Cornelia St Café, w/ Ingrid Jensen on trumpet) and Boston for the first time, as well as performing at the Montreal and Vancouver International Jazz Festivals. During that tour the trio refined a set of new music on the road and headed back into the studio to record their 4th album.
And 2012 sees the trio return to the international stage with the release of New Dream (Songlines), an album that explores new musical territory while remaining rooted in the trio’s ideals of emotional expression and musical freedom. The band will be touring the album in eastern Canada in the spring, and western Canada and the US in the summer and fall.
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The October Trio: New Dream
by Glenn Astarita
In recent times, Vancouver, Canada has produced a hotbed of jazz-centric talent, outlined by an improvisational superstructure of sorts. On New Dream, The October Trio conveys a resourceful melding of various musical inflections amid a great degree of flexibility and moxie, featuring a wily sequence of events where each member plays a significant role. The trio teeters on the outside, but not far enough to be classified within the free jazz schema. Here, multi-woodwind artist Evan Arntzen pursues ...
read moreThe October Trio + Brad Turner: Look's Like It's Going To Snow
by Jerry D'Souza
Collaborations can be effective if all the participants are on the same wavelength. In this instance, Evan Arntzen (tenor saxophone), Josh Cole (acoustic bass), and Dan Gaucher (drums) were the first, when they formed The October Trio in 2004 after they met at a jazz program. Two years later they met Brad Turner (trumpet and flugelhorn) and a new relationship was forged. The Trio and Turner make for a strong and comfortable fellowship. Proof lies in Looks Like it's Going ...
read moreThe October Trio: Looks Like It's Going To Snow
by Matt Marshall
Josh Cole, the bassist and primary composer for The October Trio, cites Wayne Shorter as one of his major inspirations and that influence is apparent throughout the Canadian trio's Looks Like It's Going To Snow, with guest trumpeter Brad Turner. There are strong references to Miles Davis' Shorter-heavy Miles Smiles (Columbia, 1966) and the saxophone legend's own Speak No Evil (Blue Note, 1964).
But the group's modernist sound doesn't altogether get stuck in the grip of mid-'60s post-bop--though, to be ...
read moreThe October Trio to Tour Throughout Eastern Canada and the US
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Award Winning Canadian Jazz Trio Will Perform for the First Time Ever in New York and Boston
This June, internationally acclaimed jazz group The October Trio will set out to promote their latest CD, Looks Like it's Going to Snow (Songlines), with the (no more snow) Tour 2010.
The band's third release, Looks Like it's Going to Snow once again features the classic sounds of the bass-drums-saxophone combo, this time expanded to include one of Canada's most honored jazz musicians, ...
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”..artful and melodic songs… they have an accessible but evocative sound, with a propulsive rhythmic element and a grounded sense of musicality.” -The Montreal Gazette
“This is a CD with a tangible sense of place. 3 and ½ stars” �" Down Beat Magazine
“Looks Like Its Going To Snow has no shortage of strengths, from intriguing compositions to extraordinarily inventive players, but at its core it really is all about the ensemble.” �" Jazz Times
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