Greenhouse Ensemble: ‘Mezzanine’ Release Tour!
Date
Friday, May 8, 2026
Time
8 PM – 11 PM
About This Event
May 8: Mezzanine release show @ Le Ministère, Montréal, QC
May 17: Maison de la culture de Pointe-Clair, Montreal, QC
July 31: Bar à Piton, Chicoutimi, QC
August 1: Jazz sous la lune, Les Escoumins, QC
August 2: Café-bar Zénob, Trois-Rivières, QC
Roxane Reddy – Vocals
Camille Brousseau – Violin
William Lussier – Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Christophe Magnan-Bossé – Piano, Rhodes, Melodica
Louis-Martin Ruest – Guitars, Effects
Benjamin Lavoie-Doyon – Upright Bass, Electric Bass
Simon Desrosiers – Drums, Percussion
With Mezzanine, Québec’s Greenhouse Ensemble present the culmination of several years of sonic exploration and collaborative composition. This captivating new album builds on the foundation they laid with their debut album Rez-de-chaussée (Ground Floor.)
The seven members of the ensemble reunited in July 2025 to craft a deeply expressive and unique body of work that weaves their diverse influences into a fresh, cinematic jazz aesthetic. Rooted in contemporary jazz and infused with elements of traditional Québécois folk music, the album also ventures into more experimental territory through sonic manipulation and the use of new textures. The result is a mature, cohesive collective voice, both intimate and expansive. It’s presented with pride, and as always, with the group’s distinctive fiddle/trumpet/wordless voice trio at its core. Blending local traditions with a distinctly global perspective, the ensemble crafts a singular sound that reaches across cultures and is poised to connect with international audiences.
For this new creative era, the band placed greater emphasis on collaborative composition, with exercises and workshops designed to explore the many timbral combinations made possible by the group’s distinctive instrumentation. Long connected in improvised settings on stage, they sought to bring that same spirit of sharing to their songwriting process.
The result is a truly remarkable album. If their first record is the foundation, this new record represents the floor above, where new ideas are cultivated and where the future of music is contemplated. From the height of the Mezzanine, the Rez-de-chaussée can be observed with new clarity and new perspectives. In doing so, the band moves forward in a new direction, without ever losing sight of where they began.