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Philippe Lafrenière – drums, percussion, vocals.

Zakari Frantz – alto sax, flute, percussion, vocals.

Ray Murray – baritone sax, percussion, vocals.

Steve Patterson – tenor sax, percussion, vocals.

Pierre Chrétien – electric piano, clavinet, organ, guitar, bass, percussion, vocals.

The band has had three Juno nominations: Instrumental Album of the Year ( Rising Sun, 2011), and World Music Album of the Year ( Solidarity, 2013, and Resistance, 2016.) Their Resistance album release tour of Europe, all October/November 2015, sees them among others in London, Liverpool, Zurich, Paris, Lyon, Milan, Barcelona, Madrid, Berlin, Cologne, Vienna, Prague, Athens, Marseille. In 2012, the band completed two US tours that included stops in cities such as Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Washington DC, and Chicago. Other musicians signed to Strut include 'Ethio-Jazz pioneer Mulatu Astatke, Motown guitarist Dennis Coffey and Ghanaian highlife singer Ebo Taylor, to name a few.' Īccording to AllMusic, the band's 'overtly political 2006 single 'Mista President,' off second album Freedom No Go Die (Do Right!), really increased their audience, voted to the number nine spot in the 2006 Top 30 of BBC DJ Gilles Peterson's Worldwide programme. The band signed to London-based Strut Records, a UK record label that focuses on dance music and afrobeat.

Their music is a fusion of soul, jazz, funk, Afrobeat and Latin-American styles. The Souljazz Orchestra is a Canadian musical group based in Ottawa that has toured Canada, the United States and Europe.

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