Pascal Le Boeuf

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Pascal Le Boeuf
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Background information
Born (1986-08-03) August 3, 1986 (age 35)
Santa Cruz, California, U.S.
GenresJazz, contemporary classical, electronic
InstrumentsPiano, keyboards, vocals
Years active2000–present
LabelsNew Amsterdam Records
New Focus Records
Nineteen-Eight Records
Ropeadope Records
Associated actsLe Boeuf Brothers, Allan Harris, JACK Quartet, Jesus on the Mainline, D'Angelo, Meg Mac, Clean Bandit, Dayna Stephens, Ambrose Akinmusire, Linda May Han Oh, Justin Brown, Ben Wendel, Kissy Girls, Friction Quartet
Websitewww.pascalmusic.com

Pascal Le Boeuf (born August 3, 1986) is a pianist, composer and producer whose works both solo and with others ranges from modern improvised music to cross-breeding classical with production-based technology.[1]

Le Boeuf was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition for the work "Alkaline".

He also co-leads the jazz group Le Boeuf Brothers with his twin brother Remy Le Boeuf.

Career[]

Le Boeuf was born in Santa Cruz, California.[2] He studied jazz piano at the Manhattan School of Music with Kenny Barron (Bachelors in Music in 2007 and Masters in Music in 2010)[3] and music composition at Princeton University with Steve Mackey, Dmitri Tymoczko, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Donnacha Dennehy, and Louis Andriessen.[4]

In 2004, Pascal and his twin brother Remy formed Le Boeuf Brothers and together released four albums, mixing jazz, hip hop, electronic and classical styles.[5]

Le Boeuf's solo career includes Pascal's Triangle, the album recorded as a piano trio with bassist Linda May Han Oh and drummer Justin Brown),[6] and he composed music for the 2008 Emmy Award-winning movie King Lines. He played as support for D’Angelo’s Second Coming US tour and the British electronic group Clean Bandit with Australian pop vocalist Meg Mac.[1]

Since 2015, Le Boeuf's work has focused on collaborations with artists including Bec Plexus and Ian Chang,[7] Alarm Will Sound, Iarla Ŏ Lionáird,[8] Hub New Music and Four/Ten Media,[9] Shattered Glass,[10] Nick Photinos,[11] Sara Caswell, Jessica Meyer and Todd Reynolds.[12]

Accolades[]

Le Boeuf won first place in the 2008 International Songwriting Competition.[13] He has won multiple Independent Music Awards in Jazz, Eclectic, Electronica, and Music Video categories.[14]

Le Boeuf received a FROMM Commission from Harvard University in 2015,[15] the 2015 ASCAP Foundation Johnny Mandel Prize,[16] and 2011 and 2015 New Jazz Works Commissions from Chamber Music America in collaboration with JACK Quartet and Le Boeuf Brothers.[17]

In 2017, Le Boeuf was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition for his work "Alkaline" from the album Imaginist recorded by the Le Boeuf Brothers and the JACK Quartet.[18]

He is a Ph.D. candidate in Music Composition at Princeton University,[19] and was awarded the Harold W. Dodds Honorific Fellowship in 2020.[20]

Discography[]

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Leader, featured artist[]

Year Title Label Role Personnel
2016 Imaginist New Focus Recordings composer, pianist, producer Le Boeuf Brothers + JACK Quartet: featuring Remy Le Boeuf (alto sax, oboe, bass clarinet), Ben Wendel (tenor sax), Ben Street/Martin Nevin (bass), Justin Brown/Peter Kronreif (drums) with Ari Streisfeld (violin), Christopher Otto (violin), John Pickford Richards (viola), Kevin McFarland (cello)
2016 Kissy Girls Playground Mafia Records songwriter, keyboardist, electronic production and sound design, producer Kissy Girls: featuring Emily Greene (vocals/keyboard)
2014 Jesus On the Mainline EP Converse Rubber Tracks keyboardist Jesus On the Mainline
2014 King Pony Le Boeuf Brothers Music songwriter, vocalist, keyboardist, producer King Pony: featuring Leon Boykins (bass), Jake Goldbas (drums), Adam Levy, Billy Norris, Armand Hirsch (guitars)
2013 Pascal’s Triangle Nineteen-Eight Records composer, pianist, producer Pascal Le Boeuf: featuring Linda Oh (bass), Justin Brown (drums)
2013 Remixed Nineteen-Eight Records composer, pianist, electronic production and sound design, producer Le Boeuf Brothers: featuring remixes by Pascal and Remy Le Boeuf, Dave Binney, Tim Lefebvre, Wolff Parkinson White (Jochen Rueckert) Kissy Girls, Lucky Luke, Armand Hirsch
2011 In Praise of Shadows Nineteen-Eight Records composer, pianist, electronic production and sound design, producer Le Boeuf Brothers: featuring Remy Le Boeuf (alto sax, bass clarinet, tenor sax), Mike Ruby (tenor sax), Linda Oh (bass), Henry Cole (drums), Nir Felder (guitar), Adria Le Boeuf (vocals), and Myth String Quartet: Tallie Brunfelt (violin), Jeremy Blanden (violin), Kim Uwate (viola), Isaac Melamed (cello)
2009 House Without A Door Le Boeuf Brothers Music composer, pianist/keyboardist, producer Le Boeuf Brothers: featuring Remy Le Boeuf (alto sax, woodwinds), Ambrose Akinmusire (trumpet), Marcus Strickland (tenor sax, soprano sax), Matt Brewer (bass) Clarence Penn (drums), Janelle Reichman (tenor sax), Billy Norris (bass), Greg Ritchie (drums)

Collaborator[]

  • Real Loud, “Forbidden Subjects”, Real Loud (New Focus Recordings, 2021) – composer, producer
  • Bec Plexus + JACK Quartet and Ian Chang, “mirror image”, StickLip (New Amsterdam Records, 2020) – composer, producer, keyboardist
  • Barbora Kolářová, “Imp in Impulse”, Imp in Impulse (Furious Artisans, 2020) – composer, producer
  • Hub New Music, “Media Control”, July 3, 2020: A Benefit Compilation (New Amsterdam Records, 2020) – composer, producer
  • Wolff Parkinson White, Favours (Nonplace, 2020) – vocalist, composer
  • Joy On Fire, Hymn (Procrastination Records, 2020) – pianist
  • Dmitri Tymoczko, Fools for Angels (New Focus Recordings, 2019) – pianist
  • Remy Le Boeuf, Light as a Word (Outside in Music, 2019) – co-producer
  • A New Age for New Age, “Our Kingdom”, New Age for a New Age Vol. 1 (NA4NA, 2019) – composer, producer, keyboardist
  • Owen Lake and The Tragic Loves, The Best of Your Lies (Carrier Records, 2018) – keyboardist
  • Nick Photinos (featuring JACK Quartet, Charles Yang, and Jeffrey Zeigler), “Alpha”, Petits Artѐfacts (New Amsterdam Records, 2017) – composer, producer
  • Shattered Glass, “Transition Behavior”, Shattered Glass (Shattered Glass, 2017) – composer
  • Jesus on the Mainline, The Morning Bell (Ropeadope Records, 2017) – keyboardist
  • Empty Promise, Empty Promise – Single (Empty Promise, 2017) – co-composer, co-producer
  • Ian Rosenbaum, Memory Palace (National Sawdust Tracks, 2017) – co-producer
  • Allan Harris, Nobody’s Gonna Love You Better (Love Productions Records/Membran Entertainment, 2016) – pianist, keyboardist, arranger, songwriter
  • RighteousGIRLS, Gathering Blue (New Focus Recordings, 2015) - composer, producer
  • Allan Harris, Black Bar Jukebox (Love Productions/Must Have Jazz, 2015) - pianist, keyboardist, arranger
  • ROMY, Unbound (Romy Balvers, 2014) - co-producer, keyboardist, backup vocalist
  • Natalie Cressman & Secret Garden, Unfolding (Cressman Music, 2012) – pianist
  • Michael Thomas, The Long Way (Michael Thomas, 2010) – pianist
  • Murray-James Morrison, Happy Every Day (Murray-James Morrison, 2010) – pianist
  • Bastien Weinhold, River Styx (FrameMusic, 2010) – pianist
  • Mike Ruby, Play Time (Alma/Universal Music, 2007) – pianist, keyboardist
  • Glass Eye Trio, Harajuku (Glass Eye Trio, 2007) – pianist, keyboardist
  • Colin Stranahan, Transfomation (Capri Records, 2006) – pianist, composer

Film and TV[]

Year Artist Title Studio/Publisher Genre Role
2018 Pascal Le Boeuf with Dave Eggar (cello), Jessica Meyer (viola), Gina Izzo (flute), and Four/Ten Media Into the Anthropocene Pascal Le Boeuf Music Video EP composer, producer
2018 Josephine Decker (director), Molly Herron (composer) Madeline's Madeline (film), "The Kamaur" (composition) Parris Pictures Film music producer
2011 David Schwartz The Playboy Club NBC TV pianist
2008 Ken Koenig Santa Cruz Swings: A history of Jazz in Santa Cruz Roseking Productions Documentary DVD pianist, composer
2008 Josh Lowell, Peter Mortimer King Lines Big Up Productions Film soundtrack keyboardist, electronic production and sound design, composer
2000 Jubilee 2000, Vatican Rome Bernstein’s Mass Kultur Films Film score soprano soloist

References[]

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