a r t i s t : UZEB
t i t l e : Entre ciel et terre
d a t e : 1996
l a b e l : Disques Avant-Garde
g e n r e : Fusion
r l s. d a t e : May/2007
t r a c k s : 11
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 83,7 MB
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The heads over at progarchives.com consider this an ok but
non-essential release from UZEB. I concur.
- Alain Caron / basses
- Michel Cusson / guitar
- Michel Cyr / keyboards
- Paul Brochu / drums
- Jean Saint Jacques / keyboards
Montreal jazz band in the fusion style. It was formed in 1976
in Drummondville, Que, by the guitarist Michel Cusson (b there
22 Jan 1957) and others. Following its debut 14 Aug 1976 at
St-EuzΦbe, Que, it took the name EusΦbe-Jazz, subsequently
shortened to UZEB, and soon moved to Montreal. The drummer
Jean St-Jacques and the bassist Alain Caron (b St-Eloi, Que, 5
May 1955) had joined Cusson by 1978; St-Jacques was replaced
by Sylvain Coutu, and Coutu in 1980 by Paul Brochu (b Quebec
City 5 Apr 1958). UZEB was completed by a keyboard/synthesizer
player until 1987 - in turn, Stephan Montanaro, Jeff Fisher,
Michel Cyr, and its former drummer St-Jacques. It continued
after 1987 as a trio: Cusson, Caron, and Brochu. UZEB's
members also have worked as studio musicians throughout its
history and the band itself accompanied Diane Tell and Claude
Dubois on tours in 1980 and 1982 respectively.
UZEB enjoyed pop-star status in Quebec during the 1980s,
winning Felix awards as group of the year in 1984 and 1989 (in
competition with pop and rock bands) as well as for jazz album
of the year in 1983, 1984, 1986, and 1987. In addition to many
province-wide (and several national) tours, it appeared
regularly at the FIJM, culminating in concerts at PDA in 1989
and 1991, an honor otherwise accorded by the festival only to
Oliver Jones and Oscar Peterson among Canadian musicians. In
1991 UZEB received the FIJM's Prix Oscar-Peterson. The band's
popularity and dazzling blend of instrumental technique and
technology, which has offset a rather lacklustre repertoire of
original compositions, has made UZEB a compelling model for
young Quebec musicians and has accounted in part for the
greater popularity of fusion in Quebec than elsewhere in
Canada during the decade.
UZEB made its European debut in 1981 at the Bracknell
(England) Jazz Festival, where the first of its several live
albums was recorded. Beginning in 1983 with an appearance at
the Festival de Jazz de Paris, UZEB enjoyed great popularity
in France; it recorded LPs at the Olympia in Paris on its own
and with the French violinist Didier Lockwood in 1986. UZEB
also has appeared throughout Europe and in 1990 toured in the
Far East. Its appearances in the USA, however, have been rare.
Sales internationally of its eight recordings 1981-8 for the
Montreal label Paroles et musique exceeded 200,000 by 1989, an
unprecedented figure for a Canadian jazz group. UZEB's most
popular compositions include Junk Funk, Smiles and Chuckles,
Mile 'O', 60 rue des Lombardes, Spider, and Uzeb Club, most
written by Cusson alone or in collaboration with other band
members. A folio of 16 UZEB pieces, Compilation 1982-1988, was
published in 1989 by Editions UZEB/Editions Luna-Mars
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01-apres les confidences [05:14]
02-4 p.m. gate 26 [08:01]
03-good bye pork pie hat [07:00]
04-spacy country [05:12]
05-perrier citron [06:48]
06-home [04:31]
07-blue in green [06:14]
08-luna mars [06:38]
09-son song [02:54]
10-bella's lullaby [03:27]
11-entre ciel et terre [06:23]
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