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Renée Yoxon & René Gely
"Elegant, gentle, emotional vocals interwoven with fluid, tasteful guitar."
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This duo takes jazz down to its bare bones. Elegent, gentle, emotional vocals interwoven with fluid, tasteful guitar with just the right touch of flash.
Young vocalist Renée Yoxon is a central figure in Ottawa’s jazz scene thanks to her grace, captivating presence and beautiful voice. In only a few short years, Renée has firmly established herself as a musician dedicated to the art of jazz singing. In 2005, while pursuing her bachelor’s degree in physics, Renée began her jazz studies with acclaimed Toronto jazz vocalist Tena Palmer. In 2009, Renée was awarded her BSc in physics, with minors in math and music. In 2010 she participated in the National Arts Centre’s Manhattan on the Rideau masterclasses led by Theo Bleckmann and Peter Eldridge. This year, Renée received an Astral Emerging Artist Award from the National Arts Centre and Astral Radio which helped to fund a summer in New York studying with John McNeil, Janet Lawson, Peter Eldridge, and Karen Nimereala.
René Gely has pursued his musical passions in San Francisco, Toronto, Los Angeles, and Paris. A Parisian for 12 years, he studied with the French world music guitarist Pierre Bensusan and the acclaimed American expatriate, soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy. Rene has recorded with Toronto jazz musicians such as Perry White and George Koller, as well as with the Irish singer Mary Reidy. While in San Francisco in 2003, René started his world beat trio Pulse Mondiale. He later relocated to the Ottawa area where he is originally from. Here he has formed a new edition of Pulse Mondiale, as well as new collaborations with the city’s best musicians.
Recently, Yoxon & Gely have released their first collaborative work, Let’s Call it a Day, a minimal and intimate, jazz-inspired guitar/voice duo featuring the sweet yet strong vocal stylings and compositions of emerging artist Renée Yoxon with the stark and beautiful arrangements of veteran guitarist René Gely.
As Yoxon’s debut album, this work showcases her clear and unembellished lyrical delivery, poignant song choice, and emotionally charged performance. Using a wide variety of guitars, Yoxon & Gely create atmospheric, folk-influenced interpretations of jazz standards.
Recently, Yoxon & Gely have been garnering notice at the national level with several of their tracks receiving airplay on such radio shows as CBC Radio 2’s TONIC with Katie Malloch, Planète Jazz’s Les Lêve-Tards with Annie B, and Dinner Jazz on Jazz.FM91.
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DownloadMy Pal Frishberg: A Night of the Songs of Dave Frishberg Featuring Renée Yoxon and the J.P. Allain Trio Renée Yoxon - vocals J.P. Allain - piano Normand Glaude - bass Denis Ouellet - drums Thursday, April 26, 2012, 7:30 pm NAC Fourth Stage 53 Elgin Street, Ottawa, ON Tickets $20 Buy online: http://nac-cna.ca/en/community/event/2370 Or call: 1-800-991-2787 - 11 tracks (00:00)
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