The Unsupervised

The Unsupervised had some serious adventures in 2011: We were nominated for the Grand Prix du Jazz Award and Galaxie Award for Composition at the 2011 Montreal International Jazz Festival, and really tore up the festival’s main stage on Canada Day. During that tour we also had feature performances at the Ottawa and Halifax jazz festivals, and had great shows in Toronto, Moncton and Fredericton. It was an amazing tour, musically killing and just tons and tons of fun, and for it we also made ELEVATOR, a limited edition cd to bring along with us.

Some quotes from the tour:

The Montreal Jazz Festival: “This modern Canadian jazz predator is always ravenous for musical adventure – and fans will feast on it!”

The Ottawa Jazz Festival: “Their 2011 performance was outstanding… their skills and talent rise above.”

The Halifax Jazz Festival: “At the heart of The Unsupervised sits the incredible compositional voice of guitarist Jeff Younger. Melding the tropes of all kinds of bop, modal jazz and rock, this quintet offers incredibly complex, considered music in a highly excitable fashion.”

We’ve got a full length release planned for 2012, I’m headed back up to The Banff Centre for the Arts to work on some new music early that year, and I suspect we’ll continue to push the music into new and exciting places. The Unsupervised is deadly serious and deadly fun…

Strands – The Unsupervised
Inches – The Unsupervised
Kornatta Glanke – The Unsupervised

Personnel: Kristian Naso – trumpet, Colin Maskell – tenor sax, Jeff Younger – guitar/composition, Russell Sholberg – bass, Ben Brown – drums