CARL MAYOTTE
Winner of the 2022 ADISQ Félix Award for Jazz Album of the Year for his third record Escale, and recipient of the Radio-Canada Jazz Revelation title for 2020–2021, Carl Mayotte is one of the most prominent young bassists and jazz musicians in Québec and Canada. Having begun his professional career at just 16 and earned a master’s degree in jazz performance from McGill University, his virtuosity and versatility have been praised by many musicians and critics, including legendary bassist Alain Caron and the renowned Bass Magazine.
In the summer of 2022, he launched a new jazz music camp in Kamouraska, bringing together musicians of all ages and levels. One of the young musician’s main goals is to make jazz more accessible and bring the genre back into the spotlight. In this spirit, he recently published his first book with Hudson Music: The Ultimate Jazz Fusion Play-Along for Bass.