Album Notes

Scenarios is an otherworldly yet lovely and accessible 11-track collection of interpretations, compositions and improvisations. For Maret, a sought-after player whose open musicality has inspired artists as far reaching as George Benson, Cassandra Wilson, Me’Shell Ndegeocello, Little Jimmy Scott, Bebel Gilberto and the Pat Metheny Group to seek him out, it marks an opportunity to begin establishing the shape of his own music. For Milne, a proponent of Steve Coleman’s highly influential M-Base jazz ideology, it offers a chance to explore his compositions in a fresh context. Maret and Milne have been playing together since the late ‘90s in Milne’s band, Dapp Theory and have often performed duets on the bandstand. With this innovative recording of duets, the friends are thrust into a journey of mutual self-discovery and boundary stretching.

Before he even hit 30 years of age, Grégoire Maret became the most sought after harmonica player behind legends Toots Thielemans and Stevie Wonder. Influenced by both, Maret has managed to find his own voice on the instrument. His capability to play almost anything has created a steady flow of collaboration with musicians from the jazz, pop, rock, funk & R&B worlds, who call upon Maret's mastery to add his unique sound.

Toronto-native Andy Milne's musical concepts draw inspiration from various forms of music, politics, philosophy, comedy, and science fiction. Recently awarded the 2007 French America Jazz Exchange Commission to compose with noted French pianist Benoit Delecq, and Voted "Rising Star Keyboardist" by Down Beat Magazine in 2004, Milne is one of the most respected young voices in jazz today. His highly recognizable quintet Dapp Theory blends "contemporary funk, groove and hip-hop into jazz with such seamless, casual precision it's almost freaky" (LA Weekly). Milne has toured and recorded with Ravi Coltrane, Ralph Alessi, Carlos Ward, and Grammy-nominated vocalist Carla Cook.

“These two musicians are seminal representatives of today’s jazz” – Toots Thielemans