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Record launch tour for Split Cycle "2"!!
Monday, December 5, 2016

Great News!!

Celebrating 8 years of playing and composing music together, Split Cycle is going on a record launch tour in December!
Here are the dates for our concerts and thanks for your usual support!

Split Cycle "2" record launch tour:
December 7th: The Rex Hotel Jazz & Blues Bar, Toronto, 9pm
December 8th: The Rex Hotel Jazz & Blues Bar, Toronto, 9pm
December 9th : St-Basile-le-Grand, 8pm
December 10th: Dièse Onze, Montreal, 6:30pm
December 14th: Brasserie artisanale Albion, Joliette, 9:30pm
December 16th: Bar Ste-Angèle, Québec, 8pm
December 17th: Bar Ste-Angèle, Québec, 8pm

Can't wait to share this music with you and happy holidays to all! :-)

Back-to-School time!
Thursday, August 25, 2016

Hello Everyone! I hope you had a fantastic summer!
The month of September is at our door which means school is back and the cultural season is back!
Here's a list of my concerts for the next weeks, I hope to see you around and have a great fall!

29 august- Jean-Nicolas Trottier Tentet, Resonance Cafe, Montréal, 9pm
1 September - MAS Trio, Diese Onze, Montréal, 9pm
5 September - Host for the Upstairs Jam Session, Montréal, 8pm
8 September - Samuel Blais Quartet, Diese Onze, Montréal, 9pm
12 September - Host for the Upstairs Jam Session, Montréal, 8pm
14 September - Jazz Session at Albion, Joliette, 8:30pm
15 September - LRP Project, Diese Onze, Montréal, 9pm
22 September - Hydra Collective, Diese Onze, Montréal, 9pm
24 September - Orchestre National de Jazz, l'Astral, Montréal, 8pm
26 September - Jazz and poetry avec Stanley Péan et Gilles Archambault, Montreal.
27 September - Jam Alex Bellegarde, Diese Onze, Montréal, 9pm
28 September - Jazz Session at Albion, Joliette, 8:30pm
29 September - Jazz and poetry avec Stanley Péan et Gilles Archambault, Québec

I will also be on tour with Alain Bedard's group in Korea, Japan and China for the month of October.

Happy summer! :-)
Thursday, June 30, 2016

Summer is finally here!

I'll be using my free time to write some new music and finish a few album projects, stay tuned for more details this Fall!

Meanwhile, here's a list of my next concerts for this season,
hope to see you out there!

July 2 - Dièse Onze Jazz Club, Montreal - 7pm - Le MOS Trio with Martin Auguste and Olivier Babaz
July 5 - L'Astral, Montréal - 6pm - Frédéric Alarie Ensemble
July 7 - Maison Symphonique, Montreal - 7pm - L'orchestre National de Jazz de Montréal invites the great Oliver Jones
July 9 - Toronto - Arden Arapyan Quartet featuring Chris Carroll
July 17 - Joliette - 2pm - Orchestre National de Jazz de Montréal au Festival de Lanaudière, Jessica Vigneault sings Ella Fitzgerald.
July 18 - Théâtre Fairmount, Montreal - 8pm - Proyecto Iré with Manu Dibango
July 22 - Festival Nuits d'Afrique, Montreal - 6:30pm - Proyecto Iré
July 24 - Précieux-Sang Church, Repentigny - 10am - Messes Estivales, classical music presented by ARAMusique
August 3 - New York, Bar Chord - 9pm - Split Cycle
August 6 - New York, 1+2+3 Series - 8pm - Split Cycle
August 16 - Resonance Cafe, Montreal - 8pm - Dave Gossage Septet

Have a great summer!

Split Cycle, on tour in March!
Monday, February 15, 2016

Musicians Aki Ishiguro, Nicolas Letman Burtinovic, Alain Bourgeois and Samuel Blais are the members of this collective group called Split Cycle. We will be on tour in the province of Quebec for 7 events not to be missed! We will also be recording our second album during this trip! The March madness will be on from March 4th until the 12th, don't miss it and feel free to check out the Calendar section for all the details, venues and times!