Check out the March 2025 issue of Downbeat Magazine (on newsstands now!) to read James Hale‘s excellent column detailing a few recent Québécois jazz releases. We’re thrilled that two albums we worked on are included in the piece: congrats to Alain Bédard (Particules Sonores) and Simon Angell and Tommy Crane (Angell & Crane) on each receiving a four star review! A huge thanks to James and everyone at Downbeat.

We’re particularly happy to see saxophonist Mario Allard’s beautiful playing singled out in the review of Particules Sonores. Tragically, Mario passed away in an accident in January. A beloved member of Montreal’s vibrant jazz community, he’ll be sorely missed. A Go Fund Me has been set up to help support his family in their time of need.

The nominations for the 2025 Canadian Folk Music Awards have been announced, and we’re thrilled that Solidaridad Tango is up for two awards!

New/Emerging Artist of the Year

Instrumental Group of the Year

A big congrats to the band!

The 2024 Juno Award nominations have been announced, and we’re thrilled that five of our clients are in the mix for awards!

Vocal Jazz Album of the Year

Your Requests, Laila Biali

Jazz Album of the Year (solo)

Walls Made of Glass, Gentiane MG
Sonic Bouquet, Jocelyn Gould
Twelve, Noam Lemish

Jazz Album of the Year (group)

Migrations, Allison Au with the Migrations Ensemble

A big congrats to all the nominees!

A huge thanks to the Ottawa Citizen‘s Peter Hum for including eleven Orange Grove clients in his list of 2023’s best Canadian jazz!

Allison Au with the Migrations Ensemble – Migrations (self-released)
Bellbird – Root in Tandem (self-released)
Will Bonness – Is This A Dream? (self-released)
William Carn – Choices (self-released)
Laila Biali – Your Requests (Empress Music Group)
GEORGE – Letters to George (Out Of Your Head Records)
Duncan Hopkins – Who Are You? The Music of Kenny Wheeler  (TPR Records)
Hutchinson Andrew Trio – The Senator: A Tribute to Tommy Banks (Chronograph Records)
The Nimmons Tribute – Volume 2: Generational (self-released)
Peripheral Vision – We’ve Got Nothing (Step3)
Nicky Schrire – Nowhere Girl (Anzic Records)

It’s been a tremendous year for new music, and Orange Grove Publicity is thrilled to announce that several of our clients have been included in year-end roundups from Downbeat Magazine, Textura, and JazzFM91!

Downbeat’s Best of 2023 is a celebration of records awarded 4+ star reviews during the year. We’re very happy to see albums by Matt Greenwood, Mira Choquette, and GEORGE (John Hollenbeck) included.

The excellent music site Textura has posted their list of 2023’s top 30 jazz releases, and we’re thrilled to albums by Allison Au (#3), the Composers Collective Big Band (#8), and The Nimmons Tribute (#11) on the list.

JazzFM91 – Canada’s preeminent jazz station – has published their year end review, which includes accolades for albums by William Carn, Artie Roth, and The Nimmons Tribute.

A big thanks to everyone at Downbeat, Textura, and JazzFM91, and a huge congrats to all the artists!

We’re so pleased to hear that our clients Queen Kong and So Long Seven have been nominated for Canadian Folk Music Awards this year!

Queen Kong – the Toronto Klezmer fusion band led by drummer Lorie Wolf – is nominated for Instrumental Group of the Year. Additionally, Wolf is up for Instrumental Composer of the Year.

Jazz/folk fusion group So Long Seven is up for Instrumental Group of the Year and the Oliver Schroer Pushing the Boundaries Award.

Congrats to both bands!

The 2023 Juno Award nominees have been announced, and Orange Grove Publicity is thrilled to have four clients in the mix!

Jazz Album of the Year: Solo

• Ernesto Cervini: Joy
• Lauren Falls: A Little Louder Now
• Rafael Zaldivar: Rumba

Jazz Album of the Year: Group

• Carn Davidson 9: The History of Us

The 2023 Juno Awards will take place in Edmonton, Alberta from from March 10th-12th. Good luck to all the nominees!

OH YEAH!

We’re thrilled that two of our clients went home with Juno Awards last night!

A big congrats to Avataar (Jazz Album of the Year – Group) and Will Bonness (Jazz Album of the Year – Solo.)

We’re very pleased to have represented 7 Juno nominated artists this year. It was a truly great year for jazz in Canada.

Congrats to all the nominees!

Orange Grove Publicity would like to congratulate the Montreal Jazz Trio on winning the 2022 East Coast Music Award for Jazz Recording of the Year! It was a real pleasure working with them on their excellent new release.

Way to go Steve, Adrian, and Jim!

A huge congratulations to all of the Juno nominees this year! We at Orange Grove Publicity are very proud to have worked on seven releases that are up for awards this year:

Vocal Jazz Album of the Year

Amanda Tosoff: Earth Voices

Alex Bird: You Are The Light and The Way

Jazz Album of the Year: Solo

Will Bonness: Change of Plans

Jesse Ryan: Bridges

Jon Gordon: Stranger Than Fiction

Jazz Album of the Year: Group

Dave Restivo Trio: Arancina

Avataar: Worldview

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