Member Since: 1/18/2007
Band Members: Some projects I'm involved in...
Engagement & Confrontation
P.Y. Martel : prepared double bass
Recording released in May 2006 on the Ambiances Magnétiques label.
Quartetski Does Prokofiev
Visions Fugitives Op.22
Philppe Lauzier : saxophones & bass clarinet
Gordon Allen : trumpet
Isaiah Ceccarelli : drums
P.Y. Martel : double bass
Recording released in December 2007 on the Ambiances Magnétiques label.
Rodéoscopique
Antoine Berthiaume : guitar
Philippe Lauzier : saxophones, bass clarinet
Guido del Fabbro : violin
Melanie Auclair : cello
P.Y. Martel : double bass
Stefan Schneider : drums
Constantinople (Early Music)
El Grito, El Silencio
Kiya Tabassian : setar
Saeed Kamjoo : kamancheh
Ziya Tabassian : percussion
La Tremendita : voice
José Luis Rodriguez : guitar
P.Y. Martel : viola da gamba
Mont-Royal Quintet (New Music)
Marie-Julie Chagnon : clarinets
Marie-Helene Breault : flutes
Catherine Meunier : marimba
P.Y. Martel : double bass
Shawn Mativetsky : percussion
Ottawa Symphony Orchestra
Assistant Principal Double Bass
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Sounds Like: About Pierre-Yves Martel
"Martel has to be one of the most interesting improvisers I’ve seen. Watching him improvise is remarkably exciting, like the unfolding of a spellbinding story." Adam Kinner, The Montreal Gazette
"With a performance marked by fearless exploration, strong simpatico and textural diversity, Geggie, Martel and Tanguay opened this year's (Ottawa International Jazz Festival) Improv Invitational series by raising the bar for the shows to follow."
John Kelman, All About Jazz
About Quartetski Does Prokofiev - Visions Fugitives Op.22
Top 10 Recordings of 2007, Ken Waxman, CODA Magazine
"Projet ambitieux, Quartetski does Prokofiev est cependant mené à bien par quatre des meilleurs jeunes musiciens de chez nous."
Félix-A. Hamel, La Scena Musicale
About Engagement & Confrontation
Top 10 Recordings of 2006, Ron Sweetman, CODA Magazine
“An innovative, personal, rich and diverse work of art.†Mark Dresser
"...Martel's approach is a mix of arco and pizzicato and comes across as surprisingly melodic, even beautiful at times." Andrey Henkin, All About Jazz New York
"...contains enough originality to be considered in a field pioneered by such masterful soloists as France's Joëlle Léandre and the United Kingdom's Barry Guy." Ken Waxman, Musicworks
"You do not get the sense that this is virtuoso masturbation." Mike Wood, Foxy Digitalis
"A truly captivating disc from start to finish!" Michael Anton Parker, Downtown Music Gallery
“Highly stimulating.†Andy Hamilton, Double Bassist Magazine
Record Label: Ambiances Magnétiques, Spool Records
Type of Label: Indie