I've started rehearsals with Vinay Bhide for a show May 10th at noon at City Hall. Vinay has asked Mike Essoudry and me to join him to play what we feel fits in the performance of two pieces. One is…
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Steve Boudreau is an Ottawa-based pianist who specializes in jazz and popular music. He currently teaches piano privately and as part of Carleton University's Music Performance program. He also works frequently as a vocal accompanist in many genres. In 2010 he received a Master of Music degree in jazz performance from the New England Conservatory in Boston. He has toured North America with multiple musical productions and has performed as both leader and sideman at various Canadian jazz festivals. His recently released trio album "Preludes: The Music of George Gershwin" has been getting radio play on Canadian jazz stations and a new quartet record is almost ready for release. The new album will feature original music and is co-led by long-time collaborator, guitarist Garry Elliott.
News
Mar 13 2018
New sideman albums
I wanted to share a few albums out fairly recently that I played on.
Brian Asselin's project "The Commotions Volume II" is an album of original soul music featuring many of my favourite Ottawa area musicians.
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Read moreMar 10 2018
Solo Piano - listening and playing
Not a lot of shows coming up with all of my accompanist work looming, but I thought I'd share some things I've been checking out.
I've been listening to Keith Jarrett's Radiance, and album I couldn't get into…
Read moreFeb 28 2018
Radio Play
My hopes of a regularly maintained thoughtful content-filled blog haven't materialized in the face of my regular practice and teaching schedule. However, I thought this might be a great and easy way to keep track of fun news and things…
Read moreNov 14 2016
Jam Session Rep Lists
Virtually immediately after you start playing jazz music you start getting pressure to know "all the standards". I remember a giant daunting list at the back of a popular jazz theory book (that I don't recommend) that said "Learn all…Read more