Energetic player, composer, and Grand Jazz Award winner at the Montreal Jazz Festival, 26th ed, Alex Bellegarde creates music drawn from a wealth of sources. He heads a number of formations and participates in a range of projects: jazz, Latin music, and multidisciplinary. With several albums to his credit: Floating, Caminando, Quintet et Quartet “Live”, and One Fine Saturday he is also a guest contributor to a wide array of other artists’ recordings.
With original compositions, free improvisations, and savvy grooves, bassist Alex Bellegarde fuses contemporary jazz with Afro‐Cuban music. His repertoire also includes innovative arrangements of traditional themes drawn from the very heart of Cuba. His exciting repertoire also includes innovative arrangements of traditional themes drawn from the very heart of Cuba. His Latin Jazz Quartet comprises top Cuban musicians Domier Gonzalez Gonzalez, Nestor Rodriguez Vilardell, Willy Javier Soto Barreto, and guests.