Two Tenors: Joel Miller Group ft Kenji Omae
A meeting of two tenor giants on the Canadian jazz scene!
Joel is a Juno award-winning Jazz saxophonist and arranger who has played at
the Montreal Jazz festival and toured with Jazz greats like Brian Blade and Jon
Cowherd.
His most recent album, UNSTOPPABLE (2019), is the result of Miller’s studies
with contemporary composer and professor John Rea and conductor Guillaume
Bourgogne, and features an 18-piece orchestra made up of Montreal’s most indemand
freelancers in the jazz, classical and Latin music.
Joel's compositions, improvisations, albums, and shows continue to be
recognized with awards (Juno win 2012, ECMA 2012, 2016, 2021). Most
importantly, his music communicates joy, celebration, humour, and curiosity
about our amazing planet.
Kenji Omae is a Canadian Jazz saxophonist based in Nova Scotia, Canada. He has
been described as “a super-articulate virtuoso” (The Ottawa Citizen) and “may be the
most exciting tenor saxophonist to emerge in Canada in recent years” (The WholeNote).
He has released three albums of original music and has featured as a sideman on over
thirty jazz CDs.
From 2003-2017, Kenji was based in Seoul as a full time instructor of saxophone and
became an active contributor to the music scene of Seoul through his frequent
performances and extensive teaching. In 2007, he won the first prize in the Jarasum
International Jazz Festival competition. He currently teaches Jazz Improvisation, Jazz
Harmony, and Jazz History at Saint Francis Xavier University.
With Andrew Miller- Drums, Patrick Reid- Bass, Richard White - Guitar
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