Recordings
Marianne Trudel, Karen Young Portraits: Songs of Joni Mitchell [Independent] ( Marianne Trudel et Karen Young, deux artistes exceptionnelles, entières et attachantes, se joignent ici dans une relecture tout à fait originale et extrêmement touchante des chansons de Joni Mitchell. Un piano, une voix: atmosphérique, intime, et émouvant. Un disque fabuleux qui respire la liberté, la tendresse, et la spontanéité. • Details 
Romance of Improvisation The Romance of Improvisation in Canada — The Genius of Eldon Rathburn Justin Time Records ( • Details 
Orchestre national de jazz de Montréal Atma Classique ( ADISQ 2015 — Nomination Dans la forêt de ma mémoire est une composition de Marianne Trudel, commande d’œuvre de l’Orchestre national de jazz de Montréal (ONJM). Une suite en 7 mouvements présentée en première mondiale le 1er mai 2014 à l’Astral et inspirée par les personnalités des musiciens de l’orchestre et trois invités spéciaux: Anne Schaefer (voix), Ingrid Jensen (trompette) et Robbie Kuster (batterie). • Details 
Marianne Trudel Justin Time Records ( ADISQ 2015 — Nomination • Juno 2015 — Nomination • Prix Opus 2014-15: Disque de l’année — Jazz — Finaliste Energetic, impassioned pianist and composer Marianne Trudel offers us her latest album and project La vie commence ici [Life Begins Here!]. One again, this artist has successfully combined the best ingredients in order to deliver music that will touch connoisseurs and neophytes alike; an exceptional group that joins forces with the extraordinary New York trumpeter Ingrid Jensen. Take the plunge into adventure… Life begins here! • Details 
Trifolia [Independent] ( Juno 2014 — Nomination • Prix Opus 2012-13: Disque de l’année — Jazz “Abounding, articulate, generous, up-lifting. Prodigious.” • Details 
Marianne Trudel Septet Effendi Records ( Prix Opus 2010-11: Disque de l’année jazz — Finaliste • ADISQ 2011: Album de l’année — Jazz — Nomination Marianne Trudel, piano; Anne Schaefer, voice; Lina Allemano, trumpet; Jean-Olivier Bégin, trombone; Jocelyn Veilleux, french horn; Normand Guilbeault, double bass; Philippe Melanson, drum set. Jim Doxas, drum set on M (trio-live) . • Details 
Duo Trudel-Bourbonnais [Independent] ( The musical world proposed by the piano-harmonica duet of the Duo Trudel-Bourbonnais is an enticing one to discover. Throughtout their program of ten impressionistic pieces of ethereal moods and occasional bitter-sweet melancholy, the musicians draw the listener into tonal landscapes of endless beauty. • Details 
Marianne Trudel Quintet [Independent] ( Marianne Trudel, pianist and composer, delivers a work of exceptional quality! Sands of Time by the Marianne Trudel Quintet brings together those first-rate elements that make jazz a unique and powerful experience: energy, originality, chemistry, passion, vigour, and integrity. Catchy melodies, solid grooves, and truly inspired improvisations make this second opus an album that will charm sophisticated and casual listeners alike! An amazing band, bursting with ideas and talent, recorded live in concert at the Lion d'Or on June 25, 2006. • Details 
Marianne Trudel [Independent] ( Marianne Trudel offers a rich quilt of sonic colours seemlessly stitched together with a keen sense of compositional design and deft improvisational gestures. Drawing equally on the classical, jazz and free improv idioms, she cleverly balances these influences out on a razor's edge. • Details |