4 BRASS Benoît Piche's dream in 1998: Put together a take-no-prisoners 8-piece rock-jazz-fusion unit featuring his weapon of choice: The trumpet. Benoît Piche's reality in 2000? As above, complete with the hottest -no, make that scalding - rhythm section in Montreal. But actually, make that four trumpets. Well, if you've witnessed the Four Brass live, whether doing their own thing or tributing arranger great Bill Chase, or heard their VV Records CD To Chase, you know Benoît Piche means business. Having brought that marvel into being and got the group off the ground, Piche is aiming high, hoping to eclipse this remarkable accomplishment with a new challenge and a new album due out the summer of 2001. "The passion is in the energy of the band, and we're starting new compositions, original music, sociaux music. The message is that it's for the people. I've started the new album [with the ambition] of touring not only Quebec, but the whole world. "		Piche's journey began at College St. Laurent when he had the lead trumpet chair of Le Jazz Rock Big Band which toured across Canada, winning raves and competitive supremacy. Incidentally, his musicianship is also a contributing factor in another group's wild success: Atrostomic, the last album by Quebec roots sensation Les Colocs reached 200,000 units in sales. Not bad for a jazz guy. And as the saying goes, for the Four Brass, the future's so bright they need shades. Benoît sums it up best: "With this band? I'm going far."
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