Jesse Zubot
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Jesse Zubot is a Canadian musician primarily known for his unique violin
playing. Zubot also works as a producer, engineer, and composer.
won a Juno Award
in 2003 for Roots & Traditional Group Album of the Year. Zubot was also a member of 2004 Juno Award winning group Great Uncles of the Revolution. Both groups released their albums on the Canadian roots label Black Hen Music although 'Zubot & Dawson' albums were ultimately licensed to True North Records
. Since 2003 Zubot has toured with throat-singer Tanya Tagaq, 7 piece art-rock ensemble Fond of Tigers
, Hawksley Workman
, Ndidi Onukwulu
, Jim Byrnes, Kelly Joe Phelps
and many others. Zubot is a member of the 7 piece post-everything ensemble Fond of Tigers. Fond of Tigers won a Juno Award in 2011 in the 'Instrumental Category'.
Since the early 2000s Zubot has spent time working in the improvised and creative music scenes with artists such as Evan Parker
, Jean Martin, François Houle, Joe Fonda, Mats Gustafsson
, Orkestra Rova, Dylan van der Schyff, Tony Wilson, Fred Frith
, Peggy Lee, David Tronzo, Gerry Hemingway
, Henry Kaiser
, Matthew Bourne, Nels Cline
, Humcrush & many others.
Zubot created Drip Audio in 2005. Drip Audio is a record label dedicated to creative music stemming from the Vancouver underground scene and now includes creations by musicians from Toronto, Montreal, Los Angeles, New York & London. The musical diversity of Drip Audio is quite varied.
Zubot has produced recordings for artists Alpha Yaya Diallo
, Inhabitants, Ndidi Onukwulu
, Fond of Tigers
, Viviane Houle and others.
As a session musician Zubot has appeared on recordings by Tanya Tagaq, Stars, Justin Rutledge
, Mother Mother
, The Mississippi Sheiks Tribute Project, Amy Millan
, Dan Mangan
, Veda Hille
, Kelly Joe Phelps
, Ndidi Onukwulu
, Alpha Yaya Diallo
, Long John Baldry
, Joe Keithley
, Raffi
, Secret Mommy
and The Be Good Tanyas
.
Zubot's score for Benoît Lachambre & Su-Feh Lee's Body Scan was presented, with the piece, at the Centre Pompidou in Paris (March, 2009). Zubot has composed pieces for both the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
and Symphony Nova Scotia
.
Zubot received a 'Multimedia Award' at 2010's Western Canadian Music Awards
with Tanya Tagaq for their work on the short film, "Tungijuq".
Zubot is a three time recipient of the National Jazz Award for Violinist of the Year (Canada).
Great Uncles of the Revolution won the 2004 Juno for Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year for their album Blow the House Down.
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
playing. Zubot also works as a producer, engineer, and composer.
History
Zubot's acoustic-instrumental group Zubot and DawsonZubot and Dawson
Zubot and Dawson are a "Strang" music group from Vancouver, BC. Canada. The group is composed of Jesse Zubot on fiddle and Steve Dawson on guitar who play "Strang", which is in short a blend of folk and jazz music.- History :...
won a Juno Award
Juno Award
The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music...
in 2003 for Roots & Traditional Group Album of the Year. Zubot was also a member of 2004 Juno Award winning group Great Uncles of the Revolution. Both groups released their albums on the Canadian roots label Black Hen Music although 'Zubot & Dawson' albums were ultimately licensed to True North Records
True North Records
True North Records is a Canadian independent record label. It was founded in Mississauga, Ontario in 1969 by Bernie Finkelstein. On December 17, 2007, True North was acquired by an investment group led by Linus Entertainment...
. Since 2003 Zubot has toured with throat-singer Tanya Tagaq, 7 piece art-rock ensemble Fond of Tigers
Fond of Tigers
Fond of Tigers is a seven-piece instrumental band from Vancouver, British Columbia. The group began in 2000 as a solo project of guitarist Stephen Lyons, and became a full band in 2003. An article states that "the origins of Fond of Tigers' process lies in the group's beginnings. After the demise...
, Hawksley Workman
Hawksley Workman
Ryan Corrigan , better known by the stage name Hawksley Workman, is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter who has garnered critical acclaim for his blend of cabaret pop and glam rock. Workman has released eleven full length albums throughout his career...
, Ndidi Onukwulu
Ndidi Onukwulu
Ndidi Onukwulu is a Canadian singer originally from Burns Lake, British Columbia. Although her style is often classified as jazz and blues, Onukwulu combines several musical genres in her songs including surf music, electric blues, gospel, and country...
, Jim Byrnes, Kelly Joe Phelps
Kelly Joe Phelps
Kelly Joe Phelps is an American musician and songwriter. His music has been characterized as a mixture of delta blues and jazz.-Career:...
and many others. Zubot is a member of the 7 piece post-everything ensemble Fond of Tigers. Fond of Tigers won a Juno Award in 2011 in the 'Instrumental Category'.
Since the early 2000s Zubot has spent time working in the improvised and creative music scenes with artists such as Evan Parker
Evan Parker
Evan Shaw Parker is a British free-improvising saxophone player from the European free jazz scene.Recording and performing prolifically with many collaborators, Parker was a pivotal figure in the development of European free jazz and free improvisation, and has pioneered or substantially expanded...
, Jean Martin, François Houle, Joe Fonda, Mats Gustafsson
Mats Gustafsson
Mats Olof Gustafsson is a Swedish saxophone player and a stalwart on the Scandinavian free jazz scene. He is known for his tonal belligerence and intensity when improvising....
, Orkestra Rova, Dylan van der Schyff, Tony Wilson, Fred Frith
Fred Frith
Fred Frith is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer and improvisor.Probably best known for his guitar work, Frith first came to attention as one of the founding members of the English avant-rock group Henry Cow. Frith was also a member of Art Bears, Massacre and Skeleton Crew...
, Peggy Lee, David Tronzo, Gerry Hemingway
Gerry Hemingway
Gerry Hemingway is an American jazz composer and percussionist.He has performed with Ernst Reijseger, Anthony Davis, Earl Howard, Leo Smith, George Lewis, Anthony Braxton, Ray Anderson, Mark Helias, Reggie Workman, Michael Moore, Oliver Lake, Marilyn Crispell, Christy Doran, John Wolf Brennan, Don...
, Henry Kaiser
Henry Kaiser
Henry Kaiser may refer to:People*Henry Felix Kaiser , American academic known for the varimax rotation*Henry J. Kaiser , American industrialist and shipbuilder who founded Kaiser Permanente...
, Matthew Bourne, Nels Cline
Nels Cline
Nels Cline is an American guitarist and composer, currently the lead guitarist of alternative rock band Wilco. David Carr of the New York Times describes Cline as "one of the best guitarists in any genre."-Career:...
, Humcrush & many others.
Zubot created Drip Audio in 2005. Drip Audio is a record label dedicated to creative music stemming from the Vancouver underground scene and now includes creations by musicians from Toronto, Montreal, Los Angeles, New York & London. The musical diversity of Drip Audio is quite varied.
Zubot has produced recordings for artists Alpha Yaya Diallo
Alpha Yaya Diallo
Alpha Yaya Diallo is a guitarist and composer who is based in Vancouver, Canada. Alpha hails from Guinea and incorporates its rich musical tradition into his original compositions.-Discography:* 1993 Néné - nominated for a Juno Award...
, Inhabitants, Ndidi Onukwulu
Ndidi Onukwulu
Ndidi Onukwulu is a Canadian singer originally from Burns Lake, British Columbia. Although her style is often classified as jazz and blues, Onukwulu combines several musical genres in her songs including surf music, electric blues, gospel, and country...
, Fond of Tigers
Fond of Tigers
Fond of Tigers is a seven-piece instrumental band from Vancouver, British Columbia. The group began in 2000 as a solo project of guitarist Stephen Lyons, and became a full band in 2003. An article states that "the origins of Fond of Tigers' process lies in the group's beginnings. After the demise...
, Viviane Houle and others.
As a session musician Zubot has appeared on recordings by Tanya Tagaq, Stars, Justin Rutledge
Justin Rutledge
Justin Rutledge is a Toronto-based alt-country singer-songwriter signed to Six Shooter Records.Rutledge's musical style is often compared to that of American alt-country singer Ryan Adams. His influences, both of the literary and music world, include Leonard Cohen, Hank Williams, Richard Brautigan...
, Mother Mother
Mother Mother
Mother Mother is a five-piece Canadian indie rock band originally from Quadra Island, now based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Mother Mother consists of Ryan Guldemond on guitar and vocals, Molly Guldemond on vocals and keyboard, Jasmin Parkin on keyboard and vocals, Ali Siadat on drums, and...
, The Mississippi Sheiks Tribute Project, Amy Millan
Amy Millan
Amy Millan is a Canadian indie rock singer and guitarist. She records and performs with the bands Stars and Broken Social Scene as well as having a successful solo career. Her second solo album, Masters of the Burial, was released by Arts & Crafts Records in September 2009.- Early life :Amy Millan...
, Dan Mangan
Dan Mangan
Daniel Mangan is a Canadian indie folk-rock singer-songwriter.-Early life:Mangan was born in Smithers, British Columbia. His family moved a fair amount, residing in both the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia - and primarily in his current home town of Vancouver...
, Veda Hille
Veda Hille
Veda Hille is a Canadian singer-songwriter.- Biography :Veda Hille was born in 1968 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She started playing piano when she was 6 at her own insistence. Her family moved around a lot, from the city to the country and back again...
, Kelly Joe Phelps
Kelly Joe Phelps
Kelly Joe Phelps is an American musician and songwriter. His music has been characterized as a mixture of delta blues and jazz.-Career:...
, Ndidi Onukwulu
Ndidi Onukwulu
Ndidi Onukwulu is a Canadian singer originally from Burns Lake, British Columbia. Although her style is often classified as jazz and blues, Onukwulu combines several musical genres in her songs including surf music, electric blues, gospel, and country...
, Alpha Yaya Diallo
Alpha Yaya Diallo
Alpha Yaya Diallo is a guitarist and composer who is based in Vancouver, Canada. Alpha hails from Guinea and incorporates its rich musical tradition into his original compositions.-Discography:* 1993 Néné - nominated for a Juno Award...
, Long John Baldry
Long John Baldry
John William "Long John" Baldry was an English and Canadian blues singer and a voice actor. He sang with many British musicians, with Rod Stewart and Elton John appearing in bands led by Baldry in the 1960s. He enjoyed pop success in the UK where Let the Heartaches Begin reached No...
, Joe Keithley
Joe Keithley
Joey "Shithead" Keithley is a punk musician with the band D.O.A.. He was raised in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, and attended Burnaby North Secondary. At age 11, he began playing drums. He would later take up the guitar and vocals. He owns and operates his own record company, Sudden Death...
, Raffi
Raffi (musician)
Raffi Cavoukian, CM, OBC , better known by his stage name Raffi, is a Canadian-Armenian singer-songwriter, author, essayist and lecturer...
, Secret Mommy
Secret Mommy
Andy Dixon is a Canadian musician and graphic designer, who gained notoriety as a member of the North Vancouver punk rock band d.b.s. He founded the record label Ache Records, and later played in The Red Light Sting...
and The Be Good Tanyas
The Be Good Tanyas
The Be Good Tanyas are a Canadian traditional music group, whose influences included folk, country, and bluegrass. The style of music they performed can be referred to as alt-country or Americana.-Career:...
.
Zubot's score for Benoît Lachambre & Su-Feh Lee's Body Scan was presented, with the piece, at the Centre Pompidou in Paris (March, 2009). Zubot has composed pieces for both the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra is a Canadian orchestra based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Its primary concert venue is the Centennial Concert Hall, and the orchestra also performs throughout the province of Manitoba.-History:...
and Symphony Nova Scotia
Symphony Nova Scotia
Symphony Nova Scotia is a professional orchestra based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.Symphony Nova Scotia traces its origins back to several different orchestras, including the Halifax Symphony , the Halifax Sinfoniette , and the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra . Its current structure began in 1983...
.
Zubot received a 'Multimedia Award' at 2010's Western Canadian Music Awards
Western Canadian Music Awards
The Western Canadian Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony for music in the western portion of Canada, that originated in its current form in 2003...
with Tanya Tagaq for their work on the short film, "Tungijuq".
Zubot is a three time recipient of the National Jazz Award for Violinist of the Year (Canada).
Great Uncles of the Revolution won the 2004 Juno for Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year for their album Blow the House Down.
Discography
- 2001: Great Uncles of the Revolution - Stand Up (Black Hen Music)
- 2003: Great Uncles of the Revolution - Blow The House Down (Black Hen Music)
- 2005: Zubotta (Drip Audio)
- 2005: LaConnor (Drip Audio)
- 2006: Fond of Tigers - A Thing to Live With (Drip Audio)
- 2006: Jesse Zubot - Dementia (Drip Audio)
- 2007: ZMF Trio - Circle The Path (Drip Audio)
- 2007: The Tony Wilson 6tet - Pearls Before Swine (Drip Audio)
- 2007: Fond of Tigers - Release the Saviours (Drip Audio)
- 2009: Gord Grdina's East Van Strings - The Breathing of Statues (Songlines)
- 2010: Fond of Tigers - Continent & Western (Drip Audio)