OLIVIER HÉBERT

Trombonist and co-founder of the GRÜV’N BRASS band, Olivier Hébert is also a talented upright bass player. He writes mainly for his LoFi Octet, mixing a jazz combo to a string quartet. Apart from his own projects, he works as a freelancer in different montréal based band. He will participate in the Bleury Bar à Vinyle Jazz composer séries as a trombone player. Taking advantage of his versatility, Olivier Hébert progressively gained experience as an orchestral bass player, and as a jazz bass player as well. By then he was composing for a hybrid ensemble mixing a jazz quartet to a string quartet. His composing and arranging talents have been since revealed by his music originality, his sound-shaping singularity and by the virtuosity of his fellowship musician. Trombone player, composer and cofounder of Grüv’n Brass, he has been rewarded by Quebec’s council for art and literature (CALQ, winter 2011), official recognition read more...