Lina Allemano Four

Lina Allemano Four is an acoustic chamber-jazz quartet that plays Allemano’s original music, written specifically for the group with a mandate of strong group interaction, improvisation, and sonic exploration. Each member of the group is a creative and highly expressive soloist and improviser in his/her own right, bringing equally important and distinctive musical character and contributions to the band’s collective sound since 2005.

Hailed as one of Canada’s leading cutting-edge ensembles, Lina Allemano Four is known internationally for their inventiveness, playfulness, and synergy as they deftly blur the line between composition and improvisation. The band has been touring extensively since 2005 all across Europe, USA and Canada. Their music has been described as abstract melodicism, combining lush colours with dense free-flowing rhythmic textures.

The band’s first 5 albums received many accolades internationally, and their 6th release on Lumo Records, Vegetables, received even more international praise and recognition than any of their previous releases, garnering a JUNO Award nomination in 2022 for Jazz Album of the Year. Their 7th and newest album Pipe Dream on Lumo Records has been called "One of the year’s most significant jazz recordings.”