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Jesse was named 'Violinist of the Year' at Canada's National Jazz Awards! The awards took place May 14th in Toronto.

Don't miss ICE HOCKEY: Canada vs. Sweden! This concert of improvised music will take place June 28th at The Vancouver International Jazz Festival. The concert will feature some of the best improvisers (with a past in hockey) from Canada squaring off against Sweden's best.

Jesse Zubot's score for Body Scan was presented in a Parbleux / Battery Opera production at the prestigous Centre Pompidou in Paris, France on March 25-29! Check here for details! This piece was also presented at Festival Transamériques in Montreal, QC.

Congrats to Inhabitants on their Juno award nomination in the Instrumental album category. Their album, 'The Furniture Moves Underneath' was produced by Jesse Zubot.

JZ is currently touring with blues/soul singer Ndidi Onukwulu! Check out the shows page for tour dates. Ndidi released a new record entitled 'Move Together' through Naïve (France) in April 2009. This release includes tracks produced by JZubot.

Jesse Zubot was recently commissioned by the CBC to co-write and orchestrate a piece with banjo songster Old Man Luedecke for Symphony Nova Scotia! The performance took place on February 20th, 2009 in Halifax and will be broadcast on CBC Radio 2 sometime soon!

Look for JZubot on the current recording by Inuit throat singer, Tagaq. JZubot is featured prominently on this album (Auk/Blood) along with guest vocalists such as Mike Patton and Buck 65. The recording was nominated for 2 Juno Awards in the Aboriginal and Instrumental categories. Reviews have been popping up regularly at places such as the Montreal Mirror, The Gazette, Chicago Reader & NOW. Auk/Blood is out now on Jericho Beach in Canada and Mike Patton's Ipecac label (worldwide).

JZ recently spent time mixing and co-producing albums for Inhabitants, Tony Wilson 6tet & Fond Of Tigers. His playing is also featured on the Fond of Tigers & Tony Wilson 6Tet albums. Get more info on these new recordings at Drip Audio.

The album from ZMF Trio is now available at Drip Audio and in stores. This album is a collaboration between the great free-jazz bassist Joe Fonda of New York, Jean Martin of Toronto on drums and J Zubot. The album is entitled Circle The Path and it straddles the line somewhere between old-school free jazz, contemporary improvisation, the blues, and standard composition. There are some favourable reviews at Panpot.ca and Coke Machine Glow.

Jesse's current solo album, Dementia, has also been receiving great reviews. Check out this review from The Wire! The album pivots between solo improvised violin, micro-mandolin orchestras and minimal electronic-influenced sound design.

"Dementia is a stunning recording, both highly personal and yet technically fascinating, somehow simultaneously open and closed, rich in allusion, technique, music and mystery." - Musicworks Magazine (Stuart Broomer)

Take 'er easy.