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JZubot will be spending the next while (2010) touring with Tanya Tagaq! Appearances will include Victoriaville, Womad and at Expo (Shanghai)!

Just released is the new Hawksley Workman produced album by Justin Rutledge. JZ plays violin, viola, mandolin and creates soundscaptes on this recording.

JZ just finished a Canadian tour with the inimitable Hawksley Workman. There is a review from the Montreal show here!

The new album from Alpha Yaya Diallo which includes production/mixing and performance work by JZubot is now out as well as the 51 piece improvising choir recording from The Element Choir, which JZ played on!

Viviane Houle's recently released ultra Avant-Garde album Treize, produced by JZubot, has been named one of the year's best albums by respected and hip music web magazine CokeMachineGlow!

Check out the film short film Tungijuq. The score was created by JZubot and Tanya Tagaq and features Tanya as the actor. The film has made appearances at Sundance, The Toronto Film Festival and many others!

Check out this great review of a concert Jesse performed with Tanya Tagaq (summer 2009) from the LA Times!

JZ recently finished work on the soundtrack for Machotaildrop. The gorgeous score was composed by Stefan Udell and the film premiered at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival and is playing at random theatres worldwide. Check here!

Jesse was named 'Violinist of the Year' at Canada's National Jazz Awards! The awards took place May 14th, 2009 in Toronto.

Jesse Zubot's score for Body Scan was presented in a Parbleux / Battery Opera production at the prestigous Centre Pompidou in Paris, France on March 25-29 (2009)! Check here for details! This piece was also presented at Festival Transamériques in Montreal, QC.

Congrats to Inhabitants on their '09 Juno nomination in the Instrumental album category. Their album, 'The Furniture Moves Underneath' was produced by Jesse Zubot.

Jesse Zubot was recently commissioned by the CBC to co-write and orchestrate a piece with banjo songster Old Man Luedecke for Symphony Nova Scotia! The performance took place on February 20th, 2009 in Halifax and will be broadcast on CBC Radio 2 sometime soon!

Look for JZubot on the current recording by Inuit throat singer, Tagaq. JZubot is featured prominently on this album (Auk/Blood) along with guest vocalists such as Mike Patton and Buck 65. The recording was nominated for 2 Juno Awards in the Aboriginal and Instrumental categories. Reviews have been popping up regularly at places such as the Montreal Mirror, The Gazette, Chicago Reader & NOW. Auk/Blood is out now on Jericho Beach in Canada and Mike Patton's Ipecac label (worldwide).

The album from ZMF Trio is now available at Drip Audio and in stores. This album is a collaboration between the great free-jazz bassist Joe Fonda of New York, Jean Martin of Toronto on drums and J Zubot. The album is entitled Circle The Path and it straddles the line somewhere between old-school free jazz, contemporary improvisation, the blues, and standard composition. There are some favourable reviews at Left Hip Magazine and Coke Machine Glow.

Jesse's current solo album, Dementia, has also been receiving great reviews. Check out this review from The Wire! The album pivots between solo improvised violin, micro-mandolin orchestras and minimal electronic-influenced sound design.

"Dementia is a stunning recording, both highly personal and yet technically fascinating, somehow simultaneously open and closed, rich in allusion, technique, music and mystery." - Musicworks Magazine (Stuart Broomer)

Take 'er easy.