# Remy Le Boeuf

Remy Le Boeuf (born August 3, 1986) is a jazz saxophonist, composer and multi-instrumentalist born in Santa Cruz, California. He leads the jazz orchestra Assembly of Shadows, co-leads the jazz group Le Boeuf Brothers, and has a successful solo career as a composer and sideman integrating jazz, classical, and indie-rock genres. The New York Times describes his music as “evocative”.

## Biography

Born and raised in Santa Cruz, California, Le Boeuf started playing oboe at age 10 and picked up the saxophone a year later. In high school, he began performing regularly with his twin brother, Pascal Le Boeuf, and the brothers started their modern jazz group, Le Boeuf Brothers. In 2004, Remy moved to New York City to attend the Manhattan School of Music where he received his bachelor's and master's degrees and began working professionally.
As a composer, Le Boeuf has received commissions from SFJAZZ, The Jerome Foundation, New York Youth Symphony, and Keio University. As a performer, Le Boeuf has worked as a sideman with various artists including Grammy Award-winning Bob Mintzer's Big Band, Haim, Dayna Stephens, Alan Ferber, Dave Leibman, Linda Oh, Prefuse 73, Jack Quartet, Caleb Hudson, and Donny McCaslin.
Le Boeuf has performed throughout the world including North America, Europe and Asia. He has received many honors and awards for compositions and performances including recognition from ASCAP and Downbeat magazine, both individually and as part of Le Boeuf Brothers. Additional awards include the 2015 Commission Award from SFJAZZ and the 2016 ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award.
As of 2022, Le Boeuf is Director of Jazz and Commercial Music Studies at the University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music.

## Awards

Remy Le Boeuf was nominated in 2021 for a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition and a Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella for composing and arranging work on his album Assembly of Shadows. He was nominated again in 2023 for a Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella and a Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album for his album "Architecture of Storms."

## Discography
### As Leader

| Year | Artist | Title | Label |
| 2024 | Remy Le Boeuf's Assembly of Shadows | Heartland Radio | SoundSpore Records |
| 2023 | Le Boeuf Brothers | HUSH | SoundSpore Records |
| 2023 | Remy Le Boeuf | Vignettes II | SoundSpore Records |
| 2021 | Remy Le Boeuf's Assembly of Shadows | Architecture of Storms | SoundSpore Records |
| 2019 | Remy Le Boeuf's Assembly of Shadows | Assembly of Shadows | SoundSpore Records |
| 2019 | Remy Le Boeuf | Light as a Word | Outside in Music |
| 2016 | Le Boeuf Brothers + JACK Quartet | imaginist | New Focus Recordings |
| 2013 | Le Boeuf Brothers | Remixed | Nineteen-Eight Records |
| 2011 | Le Boeuf Brothers | In Praise of Shadows | Nineteen-Eight Records |
| 2009 | Le Boeuf Brothers | House Without a Door | Le Boeuf Brothers Music |

### As Sideman

| Year | Artist | Title | Label |
| 2024 | Prefuse 73 | New Strategies For Modern Crime Volume 1 | Lex Records |
| 2023 | Pascal Le Boeuf | Ritual Being | SoundSpore Records |
| 2023 | Anthony Branker & Imagine | What Place Can Be For Us? | Origin Records |
| 2022 | Manuel Valera New Cuban Express Big Band | Distancia | Greenleaf Music |
| 2022 | Martha Kato | Solúna | Somethin' Cool Label |
| 2022 | Lee Pardini | Hombodies+ (Deluxe Edition) | GroundUp |
| 2020 | Laila Biali | Out of Dust | Chronograph/ACT |
| 2020 | The Awakening Orchestra | volume ii: to call her to a higher plain | Biophilia |
| 2017 | Jonathan Saraga | Journey to a New World | Fresh Sound |
| 2016 | Benji Kaplan | Uai Sô | Independent |
| 2016 | PLNKTN | Enjoy the Quiet Life | Independent |
| 2011 | Jeff Fairbanks’ Project Hansori | Mulberry Street | BJU Records |
| 2007 | Michael Feinburg and The Glass Eye Trio | Harajuku | Independent |
| 2006 | Colin Stranahan | Transformation | Capri Records |
| 2004 | Pascal Le Boeuf | Migration | Le Boeuf Brothers Music |
| 2000 | Leonard Bernstein | Mass (Boy Soprano Soloist) cond. Boris Brott | Kultur (DVD) |

### Composer/Arranger

| Year | Artist | Title | Label |
| 2024 | Caleb Hudson | Lex Records | Megaforce Records |
| 2023 | Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra | Compared to What | Indie |
| 2021 | Jennifer Wharton's Bonegasm | Not A Novelty | Sunnyside |
| 2021 | Carr-Petrova Duo | A Whole New World | Self-Released |

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1999 | Dr. Seuss Toddler | Goslings |
| 2000 | Arthur's Camping Adventure | The Brain |
| 2001 | Arthur's Preschool | The Brain |
| 2001 | Arthur's Kindergarten | The Brain |
| 2001 | Zone of the Enders | Leo Stenbuck |
| 2001 | Arthur's 1st Grade | The Brain |
| 2001 | Nicktoons Nick Tunes | Donnie |
| 2003 | Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner | Leo Stenbuck |