Remy Le Boeuf’s Light As A Word at Kuumbwa Jazz Center

Saxophonist and composer Remy Le Boeuf has performed and had his works featured throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Known for his integration of jazz, classical, and indie-rock genres, Le Boeuf has received many of today’s most prestigious honors and awards for composition and performance. While envisioning his approach to composition and improvisation as never veering far from the roots of language, Le Boeuf often employs literary elements to fuel his compositions. Born and raised in the Santa Cruz area and former Kuumbwa Jazz Honor Band member, Le Boeuf has received commissions and awards from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, The Jerome Foundation, The American Composers Forum, The ASCAP Foundation and more...

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Saxophonist and composer Remy Le Boeuf has performed and had his works featured throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Known for his integration of jazz, classical, and indie-rock genres, Le Boeuf has received many of today’s most prestigious honors and awards for composition and performance. While envisioning his approach to composition and improvisation as never veering far from the roots of language, Le Boeuf often employs literary elements to fuel his compositions. Born and raised in the Santa Cruz area and former Kuumbwa Jazz Honor Band member, Le Boeuf has received commissions and awards from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, The Jerome Foundation, The American Composers Forum, The ASCAP Foundation and more. The New York Times described Le Boeuf as “musically precocious” and embodying “the cleaming cosmopolitanism of our present era.” Le Boeuf presents his new project, Light as a Word, on this concert date, featuring Martha Kato on piano, Giullo Xavier Cetto on bass and Mark Ferber on drums.

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