Jesse Zubot (of

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) is a

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musician primarily known for his unique

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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

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. Since 2003 Zubot has toured with throat-singer

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, 7 piece art-rock ensemble Fond of Tigers,

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, Ndidi Onukwulu, Jim Byrnes,

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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 the improvised and creative music scenes with artists such as

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, Jean Martin, François Houle, Joe Fonda,

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, Orkestra Rova, Dylan van der Schyff, Tony Wilson, Fred Frith, Peggy Lee, David Tronzo,

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, Henry Kaiser, Matthew Bourne,

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, Humcrush and many others. Zubot created Drip Audio in 2005. Drip Audio is a record label dedicated to creative music stemming from the Vancouver underground scene and now includes creations by musicians from Toronto, Montreal, Los Angeles, New York & London. The musical diversity of Drip Audio is quite varied. Zubot has produced recordings for artists

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, Inhabitants, Ndidi Onukwulu, Fond of Tigers, Viviane Houle, Tony Wilson, Copilots, The Sands and many others. As a session musician Zubot has appeared on recordings by Destroyer,

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, Amy Millan,

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, Veda Hille,

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is a Canadi ...

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, Secret Mommy and

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. Zubot's score for Benoît Lachambre & Su-Feh Lee's ''Body Scan'' was presented, with the piece, at the

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in Paris (March, 2009). Zubot has composed pieces for both the

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and

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. Zubot received a 'Multimedia Award' at 2010's

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with Tanya Tagaq for their work on the short film ''Tungijuq'', and a Boh Cameronian Arts Award 'Best Music & Sound Design' (Malaysia / 2012) for Su-Feh Lee's dance piece ''The Whole Beast'' Zubot is a three time recipient of the National Jazz Award for Violinist of the Year (Canada). A live album by Tagaq called ''Anuraaqtuq'', featuring Zubot on violin and viola, was released fall of 2011 on Victo Records. This concert was recorded at The Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville in 2010. On 27 May 2014 Tagaq released the album ''

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'', produced by Zubot and released by

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. On Monday, 21 Sept. 2014 it won the

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. On 14 March 2015 it won a

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. Zubot was nominated for a Juno Award in the 'Producer of the Year' category in 2015 for his work on Tanya Tagaq's 'Animism'. On 12 Jan 2015 Zubot was nominated for a

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with

for their Original Score to the feature film Hector and the Search for Happiness. Zubot was named 'Producer of the Year' at the 2015

Discography (Solo or Group Member)

*1998: Zubot & Dawson - Strang (Black Hen Music) *2000: Zubot & Dawson - Further Adventures in Strang: Tractor Parts (Black Hen Music) *2001: Great Uncles of the Revolution - Stand Up (Black Hen Music) *2002: Zubot & Dawson - Chicken Scratch (True North Records) *2003: Great Uncles of the Revolution - Blow The House Down (Black Hen Music) *2005: Zubotta (Drip Audio) *2005: LaConnor (Drip Audio) *2006: Fond of Tigers - A Thing to Live With (Drip Audio) *2006: Jesse Zubot - Dementia (Drip Audio) *2007: ZMF Trio - Circle The Path (Drip Audio) *2007: Tony Wilson 6tet - Pearls Before Swine (Drip Audio) *2007: Fond of Tigers - Release the Saviours (Drip Audio) *2009: Gord Grdina's East Van Strings - The Breathing of Statues (Songlines) *2010: Fond of Tigers - Continent & Western (Drip Audio) *2010: The Element Choir - At Rosedale United (Barnyard Records) *2011: Tanya Tagaq - Anuraaqtuq (Victo Records) *2012: Gordon Grdina's Haram - Her Eyes Illuminate (Songlines) *2014: Tanya Tagaq - Animism (Six Shooter Records) *2014: Hector and the Search For Happiness (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Various Artists (Varèse Sarabande Records) *2015: Dan Mangan + Blacksmith - Club Meds (Arts & Crafts) *2015: Tony Wilson 6Tet - A Day's Life (Drip Audio)

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Jesse Zubot
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zubot, Jesse Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Musicians from British Columbia Canadian folk violinists Canadian jazz violinists Canadian male violinists and fiddlers Canadian session musicians Canadian record producers 21st-century Canadian violinists and fiddlers 21st-century Canadian male musicians Canadian male jazz musicians

History

Discography (Solo or Group Member)

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