Chet Doxas
Chet Doxas (* 1980 in Montreal ) is a Canadian jazz musician ( saxophone , bass clarinet , flutes ), composer and arranger .
Live and act
Chet Doxas grew up in a musical family in Montreal and began playing the piano and drums at the age of four before switching to the clarinet and saxophone as a teenager . He earned a Bachelor of Music as a jazz musician from Montreal's McGill University and received a grant from the Banff International Jazz Workshop. Since then he has worked a. a. with Dave Douglas , Oliver Jones , Guido Basso , in the United States also with Maria Schneider , Joe Lovano , Jason Moran and Bill Stewart . He has also appeared on numerous film soundtracks, including Les Triplettes de Belleville (2003) by Sylvain Chomet , and toured with Sam Roberts and Rufus Wainwright .
As a co-leader he plays in the Trio Byproduct with Zack Lober and his brother, the drummer Jim Doxas , as well as in the Montreal Jazz Saxophone Quartet . His debut album Sidewalk Etiquette was released on Justin Time Records in 2006 , followed by Big Sky (2010) and Dive (2013, with Matthew Stevens among others ). With Dave Douglas he led the formation Riverside (album of the same name 2014); he also belongs to the band Rich in Symbols . In the field of jazz, he was involved in 21 recording sessions between 2000 and 2016, including a. with Oliver Jones, Rémi Bolduc and Christine Jensen . Currently (2018) Doxas plays in the formation Landline with Jacob Sacks , Zack Lober and Vinnie Sperrazza .
Discographic notes
- Douglas / Doxas / Swallow / Doxas: Riverside (2014), with Dave Douglas and Steve Swallow
- Rich in Symbols (eOne Music, 2017), with Matthew Stevens , Zack Lober , Eric Doob , Dave Douglas , John Escreet , Dave Nugent , Liam O'Neil
Web links
- Web presence
- Chet Doxas. Smalls, November 10, 2018, accessed November 11, 2018 .
- Chet Doxas at Allmusic (English)
- Chet Doxas at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Review of the Sidewalk Etiquette album at All About Jazz
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from April 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed November 23, 2018)
- ↑ Review of the album Riverside (2014) at JazzTimes
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Doxas, Chet |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montreal |