Eric St-Laurent | Music

Cumbia + Afro-Cuban + The Great American Songbook + Science-Fiction

eric [at] ericst-laurent [dot] com

Toronto, Canada

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SHOWS - 2024

THE REX HOTEL:

PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY JAZZ FESTIVAL: 2024-08-16

2024-09-11 @JAZZ BISTRO, TORONTO

2024-10-11 @DROM TABERNA, TORONTO

New music coming every 2 weeks on Spotify and the other streaming sites - come back and check out what's new

"DARN, THAT BAND!", a 6 track studio album to be released October 1, 2024.

EL CUMBANCHERO | 2024-01-25

8 minute video of "El Cumbanchero" featuring:
Chendy Leon: cajon
Magdelys Savigne: congas
Calvin Beale: bass
...and your correspondent on guitar
The link above leads to facebook, but you can watch this on youtube

GONTRAN | 2022-04-01

Claude Debussy and Erik Satie take the Concord to Havana. While on board, a Mexican Djembéfola teaches them some polyrhythms. Everyone laughs and they crank up “A Love Supreme” on the new iPhone.

LIVE AT SUPERMARKET | 2022-03-01

A one hour live set – with Jordan O’Connor (bass) and Michel DeQuevedo (djembé) with video projection by Sarah Kim Turnbull.

DIR | 2021-06-04

Vangelis and George Benson engage in a beach volleyball game against Jean-Michel Jarre and John Coltrane. Aphex Twin calls his wife from the hotel lobby.

SEQ | 2020-12-20

A suite of then instrumental electronic tracks meant to be enjoyed side by side. Each piece is connected to the whole and offers a new variation on the central melodic theme. The segments are compact and contain almost no repetition, averaging two minutes in length. The mood varies throughout the recording, ranging from somber to uplifting and humorous. First drafted on paper, then fleshed out using pawn shop synthesizers, antique drum machines and one very expensive guitar.

HYPERBOREA, VOLUME 1 | 2020-02-15

Schoenberg and George Benson walk into a bar where Aphex Twin is DJ’ing. In the back, Herbie Hancock is telling Joe Zawinul a buddhist joke. Pierre Boulez comes out of the kitchen holding a long C++ printout and looking furious and everybody goes quiet.

BLISS STATION | 2019-12-15

A set of pieces loosely based on the writings of Joseph Campbell and recorded in Berlin with very special guest Sebastian Studnitzky on trumpet and piano and long time collaborators Jordan O’Connor on bass and Michel DeQuevedo on percussion. Engineered by the one and only Marco Birkner.