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Queen Mab Biography

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  • Years Active: 1990s-2000s
  • Genre: World & Reggae

Formed in the mid-'90s, Canadian piano and clarinet duo Queen Mab has won rave reviews for their blending of composed and improvised music, and jazz and classical music. Queen Mab consists of Toronto pianist Marilyn Lerner -- who has led a couple albums of her own and has collaborated with well-known jazz musicians including Steve Lacy, Jane Bunnett, Paul Plimley, Paquito D'Rivera, and Lori Freedman, an award-winning clarinetist from Winnipeg who has made guest appearances with a number of Canadian orchestras, been involved in electro-acoustic music, and performed on over 15 recordings, including her own solo release, Huskless. Queen Mab's first recording, Barbie's Other Shoe came out in 1997 on multi-instrumentalist Vinny Golia's 9 Winds label. It was followed a few years later by Close, released on another independent West Coast avant-garde music label, Spool. Queen Mab has toured and performed at major festivals across Canada, from Newfoundland's Sound Symposium to the Vancouver Jazz Festival. ~ Joslyn Layne, Rovi

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