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The Le Boeuf Brothers are "talented musicians and award-winning composers who channel their influences, environments, and resources into works that reflect their own identities." (All About Jazz). Pianist Pascal Le Boeuf and saxophonist Remy Le Boeuf "pursue a hyper-fluent streamlined modern ideal" (New York Times) with "an impressive level of sophistication." (San Francisco Chronicle). Collectively, they have received one GRAMMY Award and seven GRAMMY-Award nominations for their innovative compositional projects, which span as broadly stylistically as they do collaboratively.

Their latest project, HUSH (2023), crafts an atmosphere of intimacy and solace with its innovative compositions and experimental recording techniques. Past projects include House Without A Door (2009) "an impressively self-assured new album, which reaches for the gleaming cosmopolitanism of our present era" (New York Times); In Praise of Shadows (2011), which "deftly blends elements of electronica with touches of indie rock and sophisticated jazz writing on this genre-defying project" (JazzTimes); Remixed (2013) an "open-minded and masterfully crafted precursor of things to come" (All About Jazz) featuring collaborations with David Binney, Knower, and others; and imaginist (2016) in collaboration with JACK Quartet.

In addition to their work as performers/composers with Le Boeuf Brothers, Remy and Pascal take part in a number of diverse projects. Remy leads a jazz orchestra called Assembly of Shadows, serves as the chief conductor of the Nordkraft Big Band in Denmark, and has written for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. Pascal tours with his hybrid chamber ensembles Strands Septet (with Akropolis Reed Quintet and drummer Christian Euman), Ritual Being (with strings), and his jazz piano trio Pascal’s Triangle (with Linda May Han Oh and Justin Brown).

Both brothers are dedicated educators. Remy is an Assistant Professor and Director of Jazz and Commercial Music Studies at the University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music. Pascal is a Guggenheim Fellow, a Harold W. Dodds Honorific Fellow and Ph.D. candidate in Music Composition at Princeton University, and is currently an Assistant Professor of Music Composition at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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"Brothers in musical crime and creative invention with chops and a flexible pocketful of ideas about how jazz could go in the 2010s. Their latest album, ['In Praise of Shadows,'] freely incorporates electronics, digitized production modes and sounds from the pop realm, while slipping in tasty improvisational elements. […] Impressive young players with integrity… coolly appealing."

"Talented musicians and award-winning composers who are part of a new breed of young artists, like trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, pianist John Escreet and bassist Esperanza Spalding, who channel their influences, environments, and resources into works that reflect their own identities."

"Twin brothers Remy and Pascal Le Boeuf deftly blend elements of electronica with touches of indie rock and sophisticated jazz writing on this genre-defying project. The brothers create their own provocative niche."

"The brothers play a rich brand of modern jazz, with performances and compositions that display an impressive level of sophistication. Textured harmonies and shifting time signatures are handled with aplomb."