Remi Bolduc

Biography

Rémi Bolduc is a highly accomplished and respected jazz saxophonist and educator, with over 40 years’ experience in the music industry. He serves as an associate professor in the jazz department at McGill University in Montreal, where he has remained a highly active figure on the music scene since his arrival in 1982. Bolduc has produced 11 jazz albums, featuring collaborations with esteemed musicians such as Kenny Werner, Marc Johnson, Ben Monder, and Jerry Bergonzi. He has also designed three saxophone models for the Expression company, each of which bears his name. Rémi Bolduc captivates audiences with the dazzling virtuosity and astonishing maturity that have made him a most accomplished musician.

Apart from his extensive portfolio as a musician, Bolduc has received a multitude of awards and nominations for his contributions to jazz. These accolades include the Opus Prize for Jazz Concert of the Year in 2021 and 2016, and the Felix Award for Jazz Album of the Year in 2011. His discography features albums such as “Les Esprits Oubliés” (2022) with Jerry Bergonzi, “Sax Zenith” and “Tribute to Dave Brubeck” (Art and Soul Productions).

Remi Bolduc: 4 + 1 with Jerry Bergonzi

Read "4 + 1 with Jerry Bergonzi" reviewed by Ken Dryden

by Ken Dryden
June 10, 2008

Alto saxophonist Remi Bolduc, a professional musician since the age of fifteen, is rather well known in his native Canada, where he has worked with bandleader Vic Vogel, pianists Oliver Jones and Lorraine Desmarais, the late drummer Bernard Primeau and guitarist René Lussier. He has also played gigs with Americans such as bassist Marc Johnson, guitarist Ben Monder and pianist Andy Milne. Bolduc spent time in America studying with fellow alto player Steve Coleman and later with pianist Kenny Werner, ...

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Album Review

Remi Bolduc: Cote d

by Michael McCaw
November 10, 2005

Inspired by an off-hand comment comes Cote d'écoute, a recording of Radio Canada TV theme songs that is full-bodied and mature, dispensing with the shtick that can hamper such material. It turns out that Remi Bolduc was looking for his own folk music when the recommendation came, and it provided a link to his childhood and the sounds he was looking for: those which helped form a foundation and function as a sort of musical bedrock for him.Make ...

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Remi Bolduc: Cote D'Ecoute

Read "Cote D'Ecoute" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
April 29, 2005

Source material can, on the surface, come from the strangest of places. In addition to seemingly endless reworkings of the Great American Songbook, contemporary jazzers are now looking farther afield, with artists like the Bad Plus bringing an improvisational approach to material by groups like Blondie and Black Sabbath. Brad Mehldau has been mining the repertoire of Radiohead and Nick Drake, and Rachel Z has re-imagined songs by groups including Smashing Pumpkins and Soundgarden.

So when Rémi Bolduc, a French ...