
VIDEOS

Simon Denizart
SHOWS
PIECE OF MIND
2024

AWARDS & PRIZES
2014 : Audience Award, Rimouski International Festival
2016 : Révélation Jazz Radio-Canada
2017 : ADISQ award-nominated for “Jazz Album of the Year”
2018 : ADISQ award-nominated for “Jazz Album of the Year”
2021 : ADISQ award-nominated for “Jazz Album of the Year”
Piece of Mind is pianist Simon Denizart's fifth album, in collaboration with Justin Time, one of the most prestigious jazz labels in North America. Simon's eight-piece orchestral work is a powerful, introspective journey through his musical universe, accompanied by some of the world's finest musicians.
Always on the lookout for new sounds, Simon's solid melodic and rhythmic playing is supported by Elli Miller Maboungou on percussion and Michel Medrano Brindis on drums. Jonathan Arseneau's electric bass brings an incomparable groove to the compositions, sometimes transformed into an electric guitar thanks to the bassist's effects. A string trio, featured on half the tracks, takes the listener into the pianist's cinematic universe.
“In addition to its virtuoso execution and complex writing, Piece of Mind also shines for its sensitivity and evocative power. We're carried away as much by the softness and gravity of the melodies on 35 Years of Mistakes and Love on the Trail as by the energy and groove of 9-4 and Blackout" (Sorties Jazz Nights).
“Piece of Mind represents the culmination of an artistic journey. With this album, Simon Denizart achieves a remarkable maturity both musically and
stylistically” (La Presse du soir).
