Marianne Trudel and John Hollenbeck

A piano, a drum set, a thousand ideas. Dédé Java Espiritu joins the creativity of pianist and composer Marianne Trudel and world-renowned drummer John Hollenbeck.
Marianne Trudel is a multi-talented pianist, composer, improvisor and arranger. A generous and engaging artist, a veritable powerhouse in Quebec and Canada’s instrumental music scene, Marianne was a rare Canadian whose work was included in Terri-Lyne Carrington’s seminal work, “New Standards”. With seven recordings as a bandleader and numerous awards–including two JUNO nominations– Marianne is a star of the Canadian jazz scene. In addition to a busy performance calendar, she teaches at McGill University’s Schulich School of Music, along with her partner in the Dédé Java Espiritu project, John Hollenbeck.

John Hollenbeck is a drummer of extraordinary creativity with a celebrated career that includes six Grammy nominations and numerous awards. His expansive résumé includes eleven recordings as a leader and nine with the outstanding Claudia Quintet. He was a professor of Jazz Drums and Improvisation at the Jazz Institute Berlin from 2005-2016 and in 2015 joined the faculty of McGill University’s Schulich School of Music.