Remy Le Boeuf is a Grammy-nominated composer and saxophonist whose music is rooted in the jazz tradition and overlaps into contemporary classical and indie-rock realms. Le Boeuf is also the founder and director of the jazz orchestra, Assembly of Shadows. He has worked with a range of collaborators including the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Linda Oh, HAIM, JACK Quartet, Dayna Stephens, and his identical twin brother Pascal, with whom he co-leads the experimental jazz quintet, Le Boeuf Brothers.

With his debut jazz orchestra release, Assembly of Shadows (2019), Le Boeuf established himself as a unique voice with a penchant for cinematic majesty and melody-driven themes. Hailed by the New York Times for his music’s “overwhelming beauty,” he quickly earned two Grammy nominations for Best Instrumental Composition & Best Arrangement the following year. In 2021, he released a complementary sequel, Architecture of Storms (2021), showcasing his acrobatic saxophone playing while exploring the diversity of his emotions and influences.

Le Boeuf’s list of honors include commissions from Chamber Music America, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, and the Symphonic Jazz Orchestra, as well as 7 ASCAP Young Composer Awards, the BMI Foundation’s Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize, and the Copland House Residency Award. He has received additional awards from the American Composers Forum, Jerome Foundation, Copland Fund, YoungArts, Cafe Royal Cultural Foundation, New York Youth Symphony, International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers, and Society of Composers.

Le Boeuf currently lives in New York City, where he teaches at the Manhattan School of Music.

Remy Le Boeuf’s Assembly of Shadows – Personnel for Birdland, July 31st:

Conductor / Erica

Julia Easterlin / Vocals

Woodwinds

Remy Le Boeuf / Alto Sax, Soprano Sax, Flute, Alto Flute

Ben Kono / Flute, Alto Sax

Jeremy Powell / Tenor Sax, Soprano Sax, Clarinet

John Lowery / Tenor Sax, Clarinet

Carl Maraghi / Bari Sax, Bass Clarinet

Trumpets

Tony Kadleck

John Lake

David Smith

Stuart Mack

Trombones

Sara Jacovino

Sam Blakeslee

Javier Nero

Jennifer Wharton

Guitar / Alex Goodman

Piano / Glenn Zaleski

Acoustic & Electric Bass / Martin Nevin

Drums / Peter Kronreif