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Andrew Downing (musician)
Great Uncles of the Revolution is a Canadian band that consists of Jesse Zubot, a violinist/mandolinist, and Steve Dawson, a guitarist/dobro player. Their musical style draws on contemporary bluegrass and jazz. History In 2001 the band released an album, ''Great Uncles of the Revolution Stand Up!''. Jazz trumpeter Kevin Turcotte plays on the album, along with bassist Andrew Downing, who composed much of the music. The album won a 2002 West Coast Music Award. The Great Uncles performed at the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal ( en, Montreal International Jazz Festival) is an annual jazz festival held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Montreal Jazz Fest holds the 2004 Guinness World Record as the world's largest jazz fest ... in 2002, winning the Grand Prix de Jazz. In 2003 the Great Uncles performed in western Canada, and worked on a follow-up album. The result, ''bLOW tHE hOUSE dOWN'' won a 2004 Juno Award as Contempo ...
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Jesse Zubot
Jesse Zubot (of Britannia Beach, British Columbia) is a Canadian musician primarily known for his unique violin playing. Zubot also works as a composer, producer and recording engineer. History Zubot's acoustic-instrumental group Zubot and Dawson won a Juno Award in 2003 for Roots & Traditional Group Album of the Year. Zubot was also a member of 2004 Juno Award-winning group Great Uncles of the Revolution. Both groups released their albums on the Canadian roots label Black Hen Music although 'Zubot & Dawson' albums were ultimately licensed to True North Records. Since 2003 Zubot has toured with throat-singer Tanya Tagaq, Dan Mangan, 7 piece art-rock ensemble Fond of Tigers, Stars, Hawksley Workman, Ndidi Onukwulu, Jim Byrnes, Kelly Joe Phelps and many others. Zubot is a member of the seven-piece post-everything ensemble Fond of Tigers. Fond of Tigers won a Juno Award in 2011 in the Instrumental category. Since the early 2000s Zubot has spent time working in t ...
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Steve Dawson (Canadian Musician)
Steve Dawson is a Canadian guitarist, singer, and music producer. Dawson has produced albums by Jim Byrnes, Kelly Joe Phelps, Old Man Luedecke, The Sojourners, and The Deep Dark Woods. He has won two Juno Awards. He frequently collaborates with keyboardist Chris Gestrin, bassist Keith Lowe and drummer Georr Hicks. He has been a member of the duo Zubot & Dawson, and of the group The Great Uncles of the Revolution. Career In 2001, Dawson came together with Jesse Zubot, Kevin Turcotte, and Andrew Downing to release an album, ''Great Uncles of the Revolution Stand Up!'', which won a Western Music Award. In 2002, The Great Uncles of the Revolution performed at the Montreal Jazz Festival, and were presented with the Grand Prix de Jazz de Montreal. Dawson also won the Independent Canadian Music Award for Roots Album Of The Year twice, in 2000 and 2002. Dawson continued to perform with the Great Uncles and with the duo Zubot & Dawson, who won a 2003 Juno Award for Roots/Traditional Gr ...
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Bluegrass Music
Bluegrass music is a genre of American roots music The term American folk music encompasses numerous music genres, variously known as ''traditional music'', ''traditional folk music'', ''contemporary folk music'', ''vernacular music,'' or ''roots music''. Many traditional songs have been sung ... that developed in the 1940s in the Appalachian region of the United States. The genre derives its name from the band Bill Monroe, Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys. Like Country music, mainstream country music, it largely developed out of Old-time music, old-time string music, though in contrast, bluegrass is traditionally played exclusively on Acoustic music, acoustic instruments and also has roots in traditional English, Scottish, and Irish Ballads, Irish ballads and dance tunes as well as in blues and jazz. Bluegrass was further developed by musicians who played with Monroe, including 5-string banjo player Earl Scruggs and guitarist Lester Flatt. Monroe characterized the genr ...
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Kevin Turcotte
Kevin Turcotte is a trumpet player based in Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Turcotte is also on faculty at York University. Early life and education Turcotte grew up in Sudbury, Ontario, He is a graduate of the University of Toronto and the Banff Centre, Banff School of Fine Arts. Career Turcotte has performed with Mike Murley and Rob McConnell and The Boss Brass, and has recorded with Barry Romberg (his playing was praised for its intuitiveness on ''All About Jazz''). In 2001 Turcotte joined the group Great Uncles of the Revolution. Their album ''Stand Up'' won a West Coast Music Award. In 2002, Turcotte was named trumpeter of the year in Canada's inaugural National Jazz Awards. In 2014 he provided the trumpet tracks for Chet Baker's (Ethan Hawke) performances in the biographic film ''Born to Be Blue (film), Born to Be Blue'' about the late American jazz musician. The Great Uncles of the Revolution released a second album, ''bLOW tHE hOUSE dOWN'', for which Turcotte compos ...
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Festival International De Jazz De Montréal
The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal ( en, Montreal International Jazz Festival) is an annual jazz festival held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Montreal Jazz Fest holds the 2004 Guinness World Record as the world's largest jazz festival. Every year it features roughly 3,000 artists from 30-odd countries, more than 650 concerts (including 450 free outdoor performances), and welcomes over 2 million visitors (12.5% of whom are tourists) as well as 300 accredited journalists. The festival takes place at 20 different stages, which include free outdoor stages and indoor concert halls. A major part of the city's downtown core is closed to traffic for ten days, as free outdoor shows are open to the public and held on many stages at the same time, from noon until midnight. The "festival's Big Event concerts typically draw between 100,000 and 150,000 people", and can occasionally exceed 200,000. Shows are held in a wide variety of venues, from relatively small jazz clubs to th ...
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Canadian Bluegrass Music Groups
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Juno Award For Contemporary Jazz Album Of The Year Winners
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