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Jeremy Strachan

Jazz Nazis Must Die

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The Heart of The Matter

Four solo woodwind performances written as responses to a series of drawings by Toronto visual artist Katie Bond Pretti, recorded at the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery. Released July 2007

Feuermusik, Goodbye, LucilleVideos!
Jack Vorvis and I playing at the Press Club in Toronto last year

Playing [butchering?] Carole King's "Beautiful" in the style of Eric Dolphy. It is what it is. Thanks to Sandro and Jen for the vid!

JEREMY STRACHAN - covering Carole King at The Boat - June 2007 from parker on Vimeo .

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Member Since: 20/07/2005
Influences: Anything and everything
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Interview on CBC Radio 3 - Thurs April 23 9am-12pm

tune in to CBC radio3 and listen to The Wrath of Khanna - Vish Khanna's always informative internet show. This Thursday Vish interviewS me for a profile piece. Yahoo! 9am-12pm http://radio3.cbc.ca/
Posted by on Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:02:00 GMT

New Band, Japanese Tour, FM takes a wee break (sorta but not)

It's the fall now (sorta),and I guess its time to update myface.I have a new group called Canaille (which means riff raff). Colin Fisher - tenor, Nick Buligan - trumpet, Brandon Valdivia - drums, and ...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:45:00 GMT

New Feuermusik Record this Spring

Gus and I are finally done the new Feuermusik record, called "No Contest." Recorded and mixed by the great Jeff McMurrich at the late great Sweatshop (RIP); mastered by Dr. Ryan Mills. This one featur...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:57:00 GMT

Goodbye, Toronto, for a little while (again)

I'm off to St. John's to finish up coursework for my M.A. on January 5th. If anyone is actually reading these little blog posts, I just want to say thanks to everyone I made music with over the last 8...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 08:07:00 GMT

"Ascension" in Eye Magazines Best of 2007

Last July, I put together a performance of John Coltrane's "Ascension" at the Tranzac. Pasted below is Vish Khanna's blurb about the gig, from Eye Magazine's best-of 2007 concert rundownASCENSION BYJO...
Posted by on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 05:18:00 GMT

Heart of the Matter reviewed in Signal to Noise

From the upcoming edition of Signal to Noise magazine:Jeremy StrachanThe Heart of the MatterStandard Form CDToronto saxophonist Jeremy Strachan has built a sterling reputation as one half of Feuermus...
Posted by on Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:15:00 GMT

Interviews from the summer

Two interviews I did this past summer:One with John Crossingham for the Soundscapes website, here;One with writer and friend Michael Barclay, here.Enjoy...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:28:00 GMT

What I Play feature in Octobers Exclaim!

From October's Exclaim! magazine
Posted by on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:27:00 GMT

Heart of the Matter reviewed in Exclaim!

Check out David Dacks' review from a few months ago.
Posted by on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:25:00 GMT