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On this page we'll describe
SAXUET
's life and career :
the success and failures,
the joys and the sorrows...
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THE
BAND…
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Karolyn Verville
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Tenor Sax, Vocals &
Percussions
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Karo got her first saxophone back in 1984. Since then, she has played
in many formations in Canada, USA, Mexico and the Carribbeans. She has
touched many different styles beside Jazz, including Techno Industrial,
Funk, Blues and Latin music. She also is an excellent Latin
percussionist, dancing and singing behind her timbales. Her beauty and
talent are adding a feminine and elegant touch to the jazz
formation.
Founder of SAXUET,
she always promises a higher level of Jazz ensemble that will make
you fall in love… all over again !
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Catherine Lavoie
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Alto & Baritone Sax,
Flute
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Cathou plays the alto saxophone
since 1991. Also saxophonist for the Canadian Navy Reserve, she demonstrates
how femininity and discipline can be intertwined.
Furthermore, she is an
excellent music teacher in many elementary schools of the greater area
of Quebec City and vicinities, which brings a delicate softness to the
learning process.
Well known among the jazz
circle of musicians on the Quebec scene, she is the co-founder of
SAXUET, bringing beauty, originality, knowledge and sensitivity to this
incredible formation.
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Christine Boillat
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Piano & Conductor
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Christine
has worked with so many formations throughout the years, that it would
be impossible to enumerate them all in only one single page. Her
experience and brilliant “jeu" on the large Canadian jazz
scene has allowed her the mastering of great knowledge and jazz
skills. Renowned and considered as an icon by many in the jazz environment
of the Canadian East Coast, she also produces soundtracks for theater
plays, movies and so on, and has an extensive resume and experience.
You can visit her website here :
Christine Boillat
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The French-Canadian
formation
SAXUET came to life two years after Karolyn's father
passed away, in 2001. This terrible event made her go further in her
quest for Jazz, and she chose the songs for the repertoire, keeping in
mind her dad's memory (Song for my Father) and also one lost love
while she was living in Mexico City.
Karolyn and Catherine had
already played in duo many times together, in bars, restaurants and
corporate / private events, so the idea of a girly band was
in the air.
The
name SAXUET came
from the mix of the words SAXOPHONE
and
DUET.
With this promising formation, a new feminine jazz
perspective was born.
Few
months later, the duo became quickly popular in many formal events of
the Quebec City area, so the girls have had accumulated enough musical
credibility to invite the most incredible pianist of the province CHRISTINE BOILLAT
to join the group.
Along
with Christine joining the group, two male musicians grafted themselves
to the feminine formation : YVES JACQUES (Drums), and
also the "Canadian
Bassist of the Year 2000" PIERRE
COTE (upright double bass).
With
this incredible team of performers, Saxuet was born.
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THE
SORROW
Few months after the release
of their second album which sold out in Quebec, Karolyn's mom also
passed away.
On
the very evening of the burial's day, SAXUET was
professionally playing in the biggest concert hall of Quebec, because
they had a booking as the first part of the famous American blues
band : Roomful of Blues.
The
girls got this booking many weeks prior to Karolyn's mom passing away. The
passing was a shock for everyone.
That night, Saxuet played
wonderfully, inspired by a crowd of thousands of people,
amazed and touched. The entire show was dedicated to the memory of Karolyn's
mother. They also got a well deserved stand-up ovation at the end of
the show. When asked by the media how she could play few hours only
after her mother's burial, Karolyn simply smiled and said: "...because the show must
go on".
They then got to meet
the biggest producer and major label : Guy Cloutier Comm. now
NOVEM), in a photo shoot for the promotion of their second album "Sax & Porto".
This is when they signed a contract with this colossal recording
company, for a third album.
This last album (eponym this
time) entitled "Saxuet",
came to life in 2004. Few weeks after, the album was high rated on
the smooth jazz charts of many radios station in the province, and they
got to have their own commercial advertising on television, along with
many live interviews, including Radio-Canada, ABC (USA) and TQS.
In only few months, the band SAXUET
had sold over 25,000 albums, and the number kept on going higher since ever
after. You can also get the album via this website
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November
2001
Original Members
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Karolyn Verville (t.sax)
Catherine Lavoie (a. sax)
Christine Boillat (piano)
Line Up:
Pierre Cote
(bass)
Yves Jacques
(drums)
CD's :
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Karolyn
Verville
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Catherine
Lavoie &
Karolyn Verville
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C. Lavoie, K. Verville & Christine Boillat
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FAN'S,
UNOFFICIAL & OFFICIAL WEBSITES
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- My Space
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- Party Pop
- The
Jazz Server
- www.saxuet.com
- www.saxuet.qc.ca
- www.saxuet.8k.com
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