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Yannick Rieu

Yannick Rieu is a Montreal saxophonist, composer, producer, and bandleader whose quartet, trio, and cross-cultural projects span an extensive leader catalog.

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Career Overview

About Yannick Rieu

Rieu’s official biography identifies a Montreal-born saxophonist, composer, and producer with a leader career extending through quartet, trio, and larger collaborative settings. It distinguishes his own ensembles from commissioned and guest work.[1]

The artist’s project and recording archives separate Symbiosis, Jazz Brahms, Spirit of Weather, and 100 Years of Coltrane. His official channel and Laborie Jazz edition of MachiNations provide authorized listening across those compositional settings.[2][3]

Ensembles and Career Threads

Bands & Projects

Leader, saxophonist, composer, and producer

Yannick Rieu leader groups

Rieu’s official discography documents changing quartet, trio, and larger-group formats across his catalog.[1][2]

Saxophonist, composer, and arranger

Jazz Brahms / Symbiosis

The artist guide presents the Brahms-inspired ensemble as a defined project separate from his standard leader groups.[1]

Saxophonist and project leader

100 Years of Coltrane

Rieu’s calendar and project materials frame the Coltrane program as a dated repertory project rather than a permanent band identity.[1]

Selected, Not Exhaustive

Recordings to Know

1994

Sweet Geom

Leader, saxophonist, and composer

Rieu’s official chronology places this album in the early phase of his leader catalog.[2]

Release details

2000

Little Zab 2

Leader, saxophonist, and composer

The recording extends Rieu’s small-group writing and saxophone leadership into a second documented project phase.[2]

Release details

2019 · Laborie Jazz

MachiNations

Leader, saxophonist, composer, and producer

Laborie Jazz preserves the complete album and label-authorized release context for Rieu’s later leader work.[3][2]

Release details

Artist-Authorized Destinations

Start Listening

Official YouTube channel

Watch Rieu’s saxophone, quartet, and project performances on his artist channel.

MachiNations

Stream the complete Laborie Jazz edition of Rieu’s later leader album.

Live Calendar

Upcoming Jazz DateBook Shows

No current Jazz DateBook dates are listed for Yannick Rieu. The career guide remains available while the calendar changes.

Evidence-Based Connections

Related Musician Guides

Connections below come from shared current Jazz DateBook bills or normalized documented performance roles—not subjective similarity.

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Sources

Career copy is original synthesis from the artist, label, and project sources below. Current dates come from Jazz DateBook event inventory.

  1. [1] Official biography and project history

    Yannick Rieu

  2. [2] Official leader discography

    Yannick Rieu

  3. [3] MachiNations album and credits

    Laborie Jazz