Montreal-based saxophonist, clarinettist and composer Chet Doxas
has gathered much experience, including several impressive collaborations. This veritable
jack-of-all-trades has played with an impressive array of musicians on stage
and on recordings, including Dave Douglas, Oliver Jones, Joe Lovano, Bill
Stewart, Tim Hagans, Maria Schneider, Jason Moran, Michel Donato and Lorraine Desmarais.
Chet's work can be heard on over eighty recordings.
In addition to these collaborations, this
versatile young musician is also a member of the Montreal Jazz Saxophone
Quartet and co-leads the trio Byproduct.
The Chet Doxas Quartet today introduces its second recording, Big Sky.
The group's sophomore release, available across Canada on March 23rd,
introduces a new incarnation of the quartet. While the exceptional talents of
pianist John Roney are no longer featured, Chet, along with brother and drummer
Jim Doxas and bassist
Zack Lober, have gone another route by
including the uniquely talented guitar playing of
Ben Charest. Chet
Doxas and Ben Charest first collaborated in the studio on Ben's Oscar and
Grammy-nominated soundtrack
for the animated feature, Les Triplettes de Belleville.
On Big Sky, the Chet Doxas Quartet brilliantly follows up their
acclaimed first release, Sidewalk Etiquette. "For Jim", "L'Acadie",
"Sideshow", "Goodbye", "The Walk Will Do You Good", "Blue 23", "Blumen" and
"Big Sky" are eight songs that reveal an inspired and creative band at the top
of their game. Theirs is a contemporary jazz ensemble with a level of
complexity that combines their respect for classic jazz while maintaining their
adventurous edge. Sidewalk Etiquette received a four-star review in Downbeat
upon its release in 2007. With Big Sky, it's likely that praise for the
Chet Doxas Quartet will surpass that of its predecessor.
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