Simon Legault Quintet - Hypnagogia Polis (2017) [Hi-Res]

Simon Legault first picked up the guitar at age 16. In high school, he won 1st prize in the provincial contest Secondaire sur Scène, playing his original jazz compositions. He then enrolled at Collège Lionel-Groulx in Sainte-Thérèse in the pop/jazz guitar program. During this time he won 1st prize in the Bourses Desjardins d’excellence en musique, still playing his own music.

In 2005 he decided to put a quartet together to play his music. In 2006, this group made it to the finals in the Jazz en Rafale contest and won 1st prize the following year. The band played at the Montreal International Jazz Festival in 2007 and again in 2008. The Festival guide described the guitarist’s compositions “...whose cool, grooving sound reveals a maturity beyond his years. Keep your eyes and ears on this young talent.”

Simon Legault, guitar
Jules Payette, alto saxophone
Andrew Boudreau, piano
Adrian Vedady, double bass
Louis-Vincent Hamel, drums

Tracklist:
01. Simon Legault Quintet - Aethereal Spheres (7:09)
02. Simon Legault Quintet - The Space Between Two Hearts (8:27)
03. Simon Legault Quintet - ISMS (8:16)
04. Simon Legault Quintet - The Universal Would Remain Much the Same (8:51)
05. Simon Legault Quintet - Euphemized Blues (7:51)
06. Simon Legault Quintet - Wistful (9:00)
07. Simon Legault Quintet - Nimzowitsch Defense (6:38)
08. Simon Legault Quintet - Quantum Mechanicians (10:26)