names, names, names...

Well, those of you in Quebec might have heard of Sylvie Paquette, Luc de La Rochelière, Mari-Jo Theriault or the late Bernard Primeau, (which lead to Slide Hampton) - segue into the jazz world - for you New-York types, Dave Binney and Jojo Mayer should ring bells, or Anthony Cox and Dave Douglas, who I had a chance to record with, thanks to drummer extraordinaire Franklin Kiermayer.
In New-York I also studied with Wayne Krantz and Adam Rogers, thanks to grants from the Quebec and Canadian Council for the Arts.
After winning the SOCAN prize for Best Song at the Montreal Jazz Festival and the Best Band Award at the Vienne (France) Jazz Festival, (that rocked) I was sent to represent Canada at an International Guitar Summit in Cannes featuring Terje Ripdal and Wolfgang Muthspiel.
Rebkka Bakken and Till Brönner are well known in Europe and Asia, I worked with them. And also with Jocelyn B. Smith and Helge Schneider, who are well known in Germany, where I lived for ten years.
Back in Canada, for you Torontonians, I was a working Shuffle Demon for a few very cool years, thanks to Juno Award Winner Richard Underhill, and I am currently a member of Carlos Del Junco's fantastic band.