Jazz Ahead: The Future Looks Bright
- By Mike Joyce - Washington Post

For eight consecutive years, the Kennedy Center has been home to Betty Carter's "Jazz Ahead" educational program and performance showcase for promising jazz artists. More than two dozen gifted musicians participated this year … there was no shortage of budding talent on display. Saxophonists Ariel Alexander, Idit Shner, Seth Trachy and Remy Le Boeuf made an impressive showing …....... pianist Pascal Le Boeuf's harmonically sophisticated mosaic, "A Piece of Mind."

Twin jazz prodigies passing their first tests at N.Y. clubs
- By Andrew Gilbert - Special to the Mercury News

Like countless seekers, strivers and ambitious young artists before them, Pascal and Remy LeBoeuf arrived in New York City this past August with big dreams and few connections.

At 18, the Santa Cruz-raised identical twins are two of the most promising jazz musicians to come out of the region in the past decade, assured improvisers who have already filled a mantel with awards and honors.

TWIN JAZZ MASTERS TAKE ON THE BIG APPLE
- Jerry Karp, Sunday, August 8, 2004

Few jazz musicians attain the requisite fame to prompt a high- profile "farewell concert" at a prestigious San Francisco nightclub just a few days past their 18th birthday. Identical twin brothers Remy and Pascal Le Boeuf, Santa Cruz natives and conquerors of much of the known jazz world (or at least that part of it made accessible to players their age), have hit that mark and flown past it.

Pianist Pascal and saxophonist Remy will lead their progressive jazz quintet Deuces Wild into Jazz at Pearl's in North Beach on Wednesday night, just eight days after achieving legal adulthood. The show is billed as the twins' farewell to the Bay Area, as the recent graduates of Santa Cruz's Pacific Collegiate School get ready to embark for New York and studies at the Manhattan School of Music.

The Le Boeuf (pronounced "le buff") brothers have rolled up an impressive tally of awards and accomplishments. ... They've performed with several national all-star ensembles, including the Gibson-Baldwin Grammy High School Band and the Monterey Jazz Festival High School All-Star Big Band.

They scored DownBeat Student Awards for composing and performing, and they are both 2004 National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts scholarship winners. And this list only scratches the surface. In addition, they both play classical music and sing.

Perhaps most impressively, in 2003 Pascal was awarded the Quincy Jones Commission for Emerging Composers from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers and the International Association of Jazz Educators. The commission is designed for composers younger than 35, and Pascal, then 16, was the youngest artist ever to receive it. The brothers performed the resulting suite, "Where There's Smoke," at the association's January 2004 convention in New York with a band featuring saxophone star Chris Potter. The performance earned a rousing ovation from the audience of jazz educators, musicians, writers and publicists.

The brothers play a rich brand of modern jazz, with performances and compositions that display an impressive level of sophistication. Textured harmonies and shifting time signatures are handled with aplomb, and both play with a dexterity and warmth that allow their music to stand strongly on its own, youth notwithstanding...

Young jazz talent music to fans' ears
- By Allan Wigney, Ottawa Sun (review of 2004 Ottawa jazz festival)

IT'S THE LAST of 11 days for jazz in Capital City. .... with each generation, the "greats" get fewer and fewer. Jazz, like blues, is in dire need of a greater turnover among its leading figures if it is to survive and flourish well into this century. There are only so many Herbie Hancocks and Wayne Shorters left. .....Yet, this year's festival was rich in signs of hope for jazz. Take, for instance, the Kuumbwa Honor Jazz Band, a quintet from Santa Cruz, Calif., comprising five gifted musicians ... Their free sets ... were accomplished, adventurous and wise beyond their years. Pianist Pascal Leboeuf (from Santa Cruz, go figure) ranked among the festival's best players.

Rants and raves from the Monterey Jazz Festival September 23, 2003
- By Charles Levin Santa Cruz Sentinel Correspondent

...UP AND COMING: Remember this name ... Remy Le Boeuf, a curly, brown-haired 17-year-old from Santa Cruz with a fiery alto sound. Le Boeuf channeled Charlie Parker and even got a little edgy with the festival’s High School All-Star Big Band on Sunday afternoon at the Jimmy Lyons Main Stage. ...Expect big things from Le Boeuf, who will likely carve out a career in the biz, like other illustrious all-star band alumni (read: Donny McCaslin)

3 CONVENTION REPORT: IAJE 2004 (2 Mar/Apr 2004 ALL ABOUT JAZZ - SEATTLE)
- The International Association for Jazz Education by Steve Robinson www.allaboutjazz.com/seattle

The (IAJE) annual meeting in New York......The main event was the IAJE meeting itself, though. As usual, it was possible to hear music from 9am until well into the wee hours, without ever having to leave the two convention hotels. In my case, I tried to balance star power attractions with checking out student groups and players with whom I was not already familiar. Among the high school crowd, two twin brothers from California, Pascal and Remy LeBoeuf, appeared in several configurations, showing both playing and compositional chops well beyond their years.

Twin jazz players Remy and Pascal Le Boeuf Await a Brilliant Future
- By Wallace Baine Santa Cruz Sentinel staff writer February 12, 2004

re the CD...Now, six months before they’ll be able to vote, the Le Boeufs have released a sparkling new CD of jazz originals called "Deuces Wild." In celebration of the new disc, they’ll play tonight at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center, the Santa Cruz club that has nurtured their enthusiasm for jazz since grade school.

The "Deuces Wild" disc displays a dazzling sense of maturity and brio. In fact, it’s hard to talk about Remy and Pascal without reciting what has become an awe-inspiring resume...

San Jose Jazz Festival to serve up legends, up-and-comers, Latin flair: LeBoeufs Graduate
- By Richard Scheinin San Jose Mercury News Posted on Thu, Apr. 22, 2004

In an impressive show of progress, two of the best musicians who appeared on the youth stage last summer are graduating this year to the festival's main stage in Cesar Chavez Plaza. They are teenage brothers Pascal and Remy LeBoeuf, a pianist and saxophonist from Santa Cruz who have won a gazillion national awards and will lead a band Aug. 7.