LINA ALLEMANO FOUR

Photo by Claire Harvie

LINA ALLEMANO FOUR
LINA ALLEMANO trumpet, compositions
BRODIE WEST alto saxophone
ANDREW DOWNING double bass
NICK FRASER drums
 

>> LINA ALLEMANO FOUR named in DownBeat Magazine's Annual International Critics Poll in both 2022 & 2023 for 'Rising Star Jazz Group' !

>> LINA ALLEMANO FOUR's album VEGETABLES nominated for 2022 JUNO Awards 'Jazz Album of the Year (Group)' !

LINA ALLEMANO FOUR is an acoustic chamber-jazz quartet that plays Allemano’s original music, written specifically for the group with a mandate of strong group interaction, improvisation, and sonic exploration. Each member of the group is a creative and highly expressive soloist and improviser in his/her own right, bringing equally important and distinctive musical character and contributions to the band’s collective sound since 2005.

Hailed as one of Canada’s leading cutting-edge ensembles, LINA ALLEMANO FOUR is known internationally for their inventiveness, playfulness, and synergy as they deftly blur the line between composition and improvisation. The band has been touring extensively since 2005 all across Europe, USA and Canada. Their music has been described as abstract melodicism, combining lush colours with dense free-flowing rhythmic textures. The band’s first 5 albums received many accolades internationally, and their 6th release on LUMO RECORDS, VEGETABLES, received even more international praise and recognition than any of their previous releases, garnering a JUNO Award nomination in 2022 for Jazz Album of the Year (Group). Their 7th and newest album PIPE DREAM on LUMO RECORDS has been called "One of the year’s most significant jazz recordings"... [Stuart Broomer, The WholeNote].
 

"Rooted in a dynamic, creative tradition with an openness to the imminent possibilities of the musical moment" - Stuart Broomer, Musicworks Magazine

"Listening and reacting to each other almost telepathically" - S. Victor Aaron, Something Else! Reviews

"Elements of tradition and experimentation collide fascinatingly" - Stef Gijssels, The Free Jazz Collective

 

BAND DISCOGRAPHY on LUMO RECORDS:
Lina Allemano Four, Pipe Dream (2023)
Lina Allemano Four, Vegetables (2021)
Lina Allemano Four, Sometimes Y (2017)
Lina Allemano Four, Live at the Tranzac (2012)
Lina Allemano Four, Jargon (2010)
Lina Allemano Four, Gridjam (2008)
Lina Allemano Four, Pinkeye (2006)

>> New album PIPE DREAM called "One of the year’s most significant jazz recordings" [Stuart Broomer, The WholeNote, June 2023]

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Photo by Mark Reid (Brilliant Corners Jazz Festival)

"Lina Allemano and her band have created an eclectic sound that makes its own synthesis of tradition and avant-garde, of structure and freedom, of clever composition and emotional depth, of abstraction and warmth... beautiful and moving and fun." - Stef Gijssels, The Free Jazz Collective