Remy Le Boeuf
Performing in Brooklyn, NY, 2016
Background information
Born (1986-08-03) August 3, 1986 (age 37)
Santa Cruz, California
Genresjazz
Occupation(s)Saxophonist, composer, voice actor
Instrument(s)Saxophone
Years active2000–present
LabelsLe Boeuf Brothers Music
Nineteen-Eight Records
New Focus Recordings/Panoramic Recordings
SoundSpore Records
Websitewww.remyleboeuf.com

Remy Le Boeuf (born August 3, 1986) is a jazz saxophonist, composer and multi-instrumentalist born in Santa Cruz, California. He co-leads the jazz group Le Boeuf Brothers, and has a successful solo career as a composer and sideman integrating jazz, classical, and indie-rock genres.[1] The New York Times describes his music as “evocative”.[2]

Biography

Born and raised in Santa Cruz, California, Le Boeuf started playing oboe at age 10 and picked up the saxophone a year later. In high school, he began performing regularly with his twin brother, Pascal Le Boeuf, and the brothers started their modern jazz group, Le Boeuf Brothers. In 2004, Remy moved to New York City to attend the Manhattan School of Music where he received his bachelor's and master's degrees and began working professionally.[3]

As a composer, Le Boeuf has received commissions from SFJAZZ,[4] The Jerome Foundation,[5] New York Youth Symphony,[6] and Keio University.[7] As a performer, Le Boeuf has worked as a sideman with various artists including Grammy Award-winning Bob Mintzer's Big Band, Haim, Dayna Stephens, Alan Ferber, Dave Leibman, Linda Oh, indie-pop band Wildcat! Wildcat![8] and Donny McCaslin.[9]

Le Boeuf has performed throughout the world including North America, Europe and Asia. He has received many honors and awards for compositions and performances including recognition from ASCAP and Downbeat magazine, both individually and as part of Le Boeuf Brothers.[10] Additional awards include the 2015 Commission Award from SFJAZZ[4] and the 2016 ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award.[11]

As of 2022, Le Boeuf is Director of Jazz and Commercial Music Studies at the University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music.[12]

Awards

Remy Le Boeuf was nominated in 2021 for a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition and a Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella for composing and arranging work on his album Assembly of Shadows.[13] He was nominated again in 2023 for a Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella and a Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album for his album "Architecture of Storms."[14]

Discography

As Leader

Year Artist Title Label
2023 Le Boeuf Brothers HUSH SoundSpore Records
2023 Remy Le Boeuf Vignettes II SoundSpore Records[15]
2021 Remy Le Boeuf's Assembly of Shadows Architecture of Storms SoundSpore Records
2019 Remy Le Boeuf's Assembly of Shadows Assembly of Shadows SoundSpore Records[16]
2019 Remy Le Boeuf Light as a Word Outside in Music[17]
2016 Le Boeuf Brothers + JACK Quartet imaginist New Focus Recordings
2013 Le Boeuf Brothers Remixed Nineteen-Eight Records
2011 Le Boeuf Brothers In Praise of Shadows Nineteen-Eight Records
2009 Le Boeuf Brothers House Without a Door Le Boeuf Brothers Music

As Sideman

Year Artist Title Label
2023 Anthony Branker & Imagine What Place Can Be For Us? Origin Records
2022 Manuel Valera New Cuban Express Big Band Distancia Greenleaf Music
2022 Martha Kato Solúna Somethin' Cool Label
2022 Lee Pardini Hombodies+ (Deluxe Edition) GroundUp
2020 Laila Biali Out of Dust Chronograph/ACT[18]
2020 The Awakening Orchestra volume ii: to call her to a higher plain Biophilia[19]
2017 Jonathan Saraga Journey to a New World Fresh Sound[20]
2016 Benji Kaplan Uai Sô Independent
2016 PLNKTN Enjoy the Quiet Life Independent
2011 Jeff Fairbanks’ Project Hansori Mulberry Street BJU Records
2007 Michael Feinburg and The Glass Eye Trio Harajuku Independent
2006 Colin Stranahan Transformation Capri Records
2004 Pascal Le Boeuf Migration Le Boeuf Brothers Music
2000 Leonard Bernstein Mass (Boy Soprano Soloist) cond. Boris Brott Kultur (DVD)

Composer/Arranger

Year Artist Title Label
2023 Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra Compared to What Indie
2021 Jennifer Wharton's Bonegasm Not A Novelty Sunnyside[21]
2021 Carr-Petrova Duo A Whole New World Self-Released[22]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1999 Dr. Seuss Toddler Goslings [23]
2000 Arthur's Camping Adventure The Brain
2001 Arthur's Preschool The Brain [23]
2001 Arthur's Kindergarten The Brain
2001 Zone of the Enders Leo Stenbuck [23]
2001 Arthur's 1st Grade The Brain [23]
2001 Nicktoons Nick Tunes Donnie [23]
2003 Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner Leo Stenbuck [23]

References

  1. ^ Palmer, Brian (December 14, 2013). "Remy Le Boeuf". Good Times Santa Cruz. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  2. ^ Chinen, Nate (October 14, 2016). "The Playlist: Pusha T Spurns the Doubters and Kendrick Lamar Tempts the Critics". New York Times. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Take Five With Remy Le Boeuf". All About Jazz. November 8, 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  4. ^ a b Putname, Eric. "Get to Know Composer-Saxophonist Remy Le Boeuf". SF Jazz. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Composers Selected for 2015 Jerome Fund for New Music and Minnesota Emerging Composer Award". American Composers Forum. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  6. ^ "New York Youth Symphony Announces 2016/2017 First Music Commissions" (PDF). New York Youth Symphony. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Keio Light Music Society + Remy Le Boeuf". Tokyo Gigs. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Remy Le Boeuf". American Composers Forum 2. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  9. ^ "Jazz Listings for July 31-Aug.6". New York Times 2. July 30, 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  10. ^ "Remy Le Boeuf (Saxophone, Oboe, Clarinet, Composition)". Great Neck Music Conservatory. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  11. ^ "The ASCAP Foundation Announces 2016 Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award Recipients". ASCAP. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  12. ^ "Remy Le Boeuf to lead Nordkraft Big Band". Lamont School of Music. 9 November 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  13. ^ William, Chris (24 November 2020). "Grammy Awards Nominations 2021: The Complete List". Variety. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  14. ^ Moreau, Jordan (5 February 2023). "Grammy Winners 2023: Full List". Variety.com. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
  15. ^ "Remy Le Boeuf releases solo book, Vignettes II". 29 September 2023.
  16. ^ "Remy le Boeuf: The Shadows Know". 15 June 2020.
  17. ^ "Buddy Rich, Flying Lotus, Tubby Hayes: The Week in Jazz". 24 May 2019.
  18. ^ "DownBeat Reviews".
  19. ^ "Sharp Visions of America by Wynton Marsalis, Kahil El'Zabar, Fay Victor and Dave Douglas". November 2020.
  20. ^ "Jonathan Saraga: Journey to a New World album review @ All About Jazz". 21 January 2018.
  21. ^ "Jennifer Wharton's Bonegasm: Not A Novelty". 25 May 2021.
  22. ^ "Music eX Series".
  23. ^ a b c d e f "Remy Le Boeuf (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved February 5, 2018. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.((cite web)): CS1 maint: postscript (link)
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