Jesse Zubot

Jesse Zubot, of Vancouver, B.C., is a founding member of the acoustic-roots ensemble 'Zubot & Dawson'. Their recent recording was produced by Lee Townsend (Bill Frisell, John Scofield) and released on True North Records in Canada. Zubot is also a member of the Great Uncles of the Revolution which includes well-known Toronto bassist Andrew Downing and trumpeter Kevin Turcotte. Both of these recording acts are Juno Award winners. Recently, Jesse has delved heavily into the world of creative & improvised music. In the past few years he has performed and recorded with the likes of François Houle, Eugene Chadbourne, Evan Parker, Secret Mommy, Torsten Muller, Dave Douglas, Peggy Lee, Matthew Bourne, Orkestra Rova, Dylan van der Schyff, Tony Wilson, Fred Frith, Ron Samworth, Dylan van der Schyff, Nels Cline, Humcrush, David Tronzo, Gerry Hemingway, Henry Kaiser and many others. Jesse has also worked with many contemporary artists such as Kelly Joe Phelps, Hawksley Workman, Veda Hille, The Buttless Chaps, Oh Susannna, The Be Good Tanyas and Stars. In 2005, Jesse released two albums entitled LaConnor and Zubotta on his new DRIP AUDIO label.

LaConnor, a disordered electro-acoustic album, ended up on many year end best-of lists including Exclaim! Magazine's Top Ten Experimental/Avant-Garde albums and received airplay on CBC Radio 2's Brave New Waves. Jesse's recent solo album, Dementia (2006), has been hailed by the Vancouver Sun as "...an extraordinary multi-instrumental abstraction" and by The Wire as "Idiosyncratic and well worth seeking out." ZMF Trio (2007), with the renowned free jazz bassist Joe Fonda (New York) and Jean Martin (Toronto) on drums is his newest release. At the 2003 National Jazz Awards, Jesse was named 'violinist of the year'.

Some of Jesse's performance highlights in the past few years include The Mulhouse Jazz Festival (France), The Monterey Jazz Festival, Festival International de Musique Actuelle (Victoriavillle, Quebec), Era Jazzu (Poland), The Montreal International Jazz Festival, the New York Guitar Festival, The Guelph Jazz Festival, Traz & Folk Fest (Rudolstadt, Germany), The Vancouver International Jazz Festival, The Calgary Folk Festival, Spilimbergo Folkfest (Italy) and The Atlantic Jazz Festival (Halifax, NS).

Visit Jesse online at www.jessezubot.com