I founded the Aloes Septet back in 84, when I was studying in Jazz studies at the Concordia University, Montreal. I always had the need to have my own group performing my original music.
After sobbing the former guitar player of a group named Quartz and played with them for a year, I decided to put up my own group.
Concordia University was, at that time, crowded of amazing musicians, teachers and students alike. It was easy to start a band or to play in dozen of them. There were a lot of original groups rehearsing in the university facilities. Actually, many of the songs featured on the Fast Food album were composed as homework for a composition class or based on techniques that I learned in those courses.
The Fast Food album is the second version of the Septet. We played at the Montreal Jazz Festival and in many jazz clubs in downtown Montreal like the Grand Cafe, the KMH and L’air du temps, for the Montreal Jazz Festival contest.
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