Kevin Turcotte is a
trumpet player based in
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 School of Fine Arts
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, formerly known as The Banff Centre (and previously The Banff Centre for Continuing Education), located in Banff, Alberta, was established in 1933 as the Banff School of Drama. It was granted full autonomy as ...
.
Career
Turcotte has performed with
Mike Murley
Mike Murley (born December 12, 1961) is a Canadian jazz saxophonist and composer from Windsor, Nova Scotia who was a member of the Shuffle Demons from 1984 to 1989 and Time Warp.
Education
He graduated from the music program at York University ...
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
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 a ...
. 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
Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. (December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. He is known for major innovations in cool jazz that led him to be nicknamed the "Prince of Cool".
Baker earned much attention and ...
's (
Ethan Hawke) performances in the biographic 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 composed two of the tracks. The album won a 2004 Juno Award as Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year.
"Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year 2004"
Juno Awards website
References
External links
* Allmusic biography
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Canadian jazz trumpeters
Male trumpeters
Living people
Musicians from Greater Sudbury
Musicians from Toronto
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century trumpeters
21st-century Canadian male musicians
Canadian male jazz musicians