Allison Au Explained

Allison Au
Genre:Jazz
Occupation:Musician
Instrument:Saxophone
Years Active:1990s–present

Allison Au is a Canadian jazz saxophonist. She has been nominated three times for the Juno Award for Best Jazz Album, her second album Forest Grove won the Juno for best group jazz album in 2016.[1]

Career

Au was born to a Chinese father and a Jewish mother;[2] her maternal grandmother is a Holocaust survivor.[3]

Au grew up in Toronto listening to her father's diverse record collection. She started classical piano lessons at age six and started playing the alto saxophone in elementary school at Grade 7 at Claude Watson School for the Arts.[4] She graduated from Humber College's music program.[5] She formed the Allison Au quartet in 2009.[6]

In 2022 she joined the Ostara Project, an all-female jazz supergroup led by Jodi Proznick and Amanda Tosoff. The album was nominated for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year at the 2023 Juno Awards. The Ostara Project has toured Canada throughout 2022 and 2023, featuring other musicians such as Laila Biali, Jocelyn Gould, Shruti Ramani, Rachel Therrien, Virginia MacDonald, Valerie Lacombe, and Marianne Trudel.[7] [8] [9]

In 2023 Au released Migrations with the Migrations Ensemble.[10]

Discography

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Feibel . Adam . Allison Au explores the act of leaving home with fourth album Migrations . Jazz FM . 12 January 2024.
  2. Web site: Canada shines for its diverse styles, sounds at jazz festival . Levesque . Robert . 2018-06-21 . 2018-07-14.
  3. Web site: Saxophonist Allison Au balances the playful with the beautifully bittersweet . Varty . Alexander . 2018-06-20 . 2018-07-14.
  4. Web site: Six questions for Allison Au . Hum . Peter . 2016-08-22 . 2018-07-14.
  5. Web site: Allison Au . 2018-07-14.
  6. Web site: About Allison Au . 2018-07-14.
  7. Web site: The Ostara Project . 2024-01-13 . Jazz Winnipeg . en-US.
  8. Web site: The Ostara Project – The Ostara Project is a jazz supergroup featuring a rotating cast of award-winning Canadian women in jazz . 2024-01-13 . en-US.
  9. Web site: 2022-10-07 . Jodi Proznick, Amanda Tosoff lead new jazz supergroup The Ostara Project . 2024-01-13 . JAZZ.FM91 . en-CA.
  10. Web site: Migrations, by Allison Au . 2024-01-13 . Allison Au . en.
  11. Web site: 5 jazz underdogs to watch at this year's Juno Awards . Jazz FM . 12 January 2024.

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