Uploaded September 2014 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Buy your copy of Al McLean & Azar Lawrence's iconic CONDUIT now!
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Created by two members of Montreal's storied Jazz community, 'Conduit' captures two giants of the saxophone in a mesmerizing recording and film. American saxophone legend Azar Lawrence joins Al McLean on this session, which is set in strikingly beautiful Montreal museum.
The result is magic. 'Conduit' is iconic, and remains true to the most classic of Jazz recordings. Perhaps it is because this session revolves around the theme of spirituality, that the music has such a penetrating, powerful drive. This session stands alongside other great Canadian offerings of recent years, and hopefully is not the last by McLean & Lawrence. Truly worth a listen.
Al McLean & Azar Lawrence - Saxophones
Andre White - Drums
Adrian Vedady - Bass
Sean Fyfe - Piano
A film by Randy Cole
2nd camera operator - Joshua Hansen
3rd camera operator - David Cape
Produced by Randy Cole & Al McLean
Buy your copy of Al McLean & Azar Lawrence's iconic CONDUIT now!
itunes.apple.com/album/conduit/id951876223
Created by two members of Montreal's storied Jazz community, 'Conduit' captures two giants of the saxophone in a mesmerizing recording and film. American saxophone legend Azar Lawrence joins Al McLean on this session, which is set in strikingly beautiful Montreal museum.
The result is magic. 'Conduit' is iconic, and remains true to the most classic of Jazz recordings. Perhaps it is because this session revolves around the theme of spirituality, that the music has such a penetrating, powerful drive. This session stands alongside other great Canadian offerings of recent years, and hopefully is not the last by McLean & Lawrence. Truly worth a listen.
Al McLean & Azar Lawrence - Saxophones
Andre White - Drums
Adrian Vedady - Bass
Sean Fyfe - Piano
A film by Randy Cole
2nd camera operator - Joshua Hansen
3rd camera operator - David Cape
Produced by Randy Cole & Al McLean

![Joel Miller - Current
Juno Award winner Joel Miller’s latest recording invites the listener to journey back to the saxophonist’s roots - the ‘comfort food’ of his musical journey - pop. Miller reflects on the important role pop music has played in his development, and how Jazz, for him, has wandered away from its original state of a ‘current’ art form.
“Jazz really was a current thing in its heyday… now, it’s not”, Miller suggests. “[Pop music] is kind of like someone’s companion, it helps them deal with things that they’re going through”. Indeed, the driving rock piece “Streamlined” is an homage to Miller’s 14 year old nephew Isaac, an avid skateboarder who died unexpectedly.
Although pop music is sometimes snubbed for being simple, Miller praises its ability to express a powerful range of emotions and ideas. “I think it’s easier for pop music to deal with these subjects because the last thing that they’re thinking about is being ‘correct’”.
With an eclectic group of Montreal musicians, Miller has integrated sounds of bluegrass, rock & roll, folk, and of course Jazz. Featured prominently on the recording is fellow Juno winner vocalist Sienna Dahlen, who’s voice soars above the textures in instrument-like flourishes and lines. But as eclectic as the group is on paper, the music here is still pure and unmistakably Joel Miller. Within seconds, Miller’s choices make perfect sense, and genres are forgotten.
Joel Miller - saxophone & voice
Sienna Dahlen - voice
Kevin Warren - drums
Simon Pagé - bass
François Jalbert - electric guitar
Jordey Tucker - acoutsic and electric guitar
Dave Grott - trombone
David Carbonneau - trumpet
All compositions by Joel Miller
Lyrics for Streamlined by Sienna Dahlen
Recorded at Studio Pierre Marchand and Studio 451, 2014
Engineered by Pascal Shefteshy and Padraig Buttner Schnirer
Streamlined mixed by Joel Miller and Padraig Buttner Schnirer
Flying Dream & Ta Da! mixed by Randy Cole
Video & stills by Randy Cole
Photos of Isaac Miller by Andrew Miller
Isaac Miller 1999-2014
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