Chet Doxas

At age twenty-five, Chet Doxas is accomplished both as a saxophonist and a composer/arranger. Born and raised in Montreal, Chet was surrounded by jazz as a child, and studied music from the age of four. Beginning with piano and drums, he then moved to clarinet, tenor, and then alto saxophone by the time he reached high school. In 1996, he performed at Carnegie Hall as a member of an All-Canadian jazz quartet in the context of a gala concert showcasing young North American talent. That same year he received the Rico Golden Reed Award at Music Fest Canada, in Toronto. While still in CEGEP (the Quebec public school equivalent of pre-College), Chet was honoured as Jazz Report magazine's "Best Secondary School Jazz Musician."

During the first and second year of his Bachelor of Music in Jazz Performance at Montreal’s McGill University, Chet won spots in the prestigious McGill Jazz Orchestra with whom he toured internationally. In 2000, he was selected as a finalist in the BMI International John Lennon Songwriters Award. The following year Chet received a scholarship to attend the Banff International Jazz Workshop, where he was afforded the opportunity to work alongside such illustrious musicians Dave Douglas, Hugh Fraser, Joe Lovano, Kenny Werner and Maria Schneider.

Since the age of sixteen, Chet has played on over eighty recordings with various North American ensembles. In 2000, he was a featured soloist on the Valentino Orchestra’s Daybreak Express (Justin Time, 2000), which was subsequently nominated for an ADISQ award. Doxas has recorded as a leader for CBC’s Jazzbeat and will be releasing his debut recording this year. Chet has recorded and composed for numerous film soundtracks in Canada, the USA, and France. Most recently, Chet’s playing was featured on the Academy and Grammy Award nominated soundtrack “Les Triplettes de Belleville,” composed by Benoit Charest.

Chet Doxas appears in many of Montreal's hot spots such as The House of Jazz (formerly Biddle’s), Upstairs, Bistro Duluth and Casa del Popolo, leading his own groups or as a sideman. He’s performed alongside such great jazz artists as Dave Douglas, Jason Moran, Donny McCaslin, Ben Monder, David Binney, both Ingrid and Christine Jensen, Kevin Dean, Remi Bolduc, Jan Jarczyk, and Steve Amirault.

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