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The
group toured twenty countries, appearing in the major capitals
(Paris, London, Brussels, Rome, New York, Djakarta, Berlin, Jerusalem,
Singapore...). Downbeat magazine considered UZEB one of the best
electric jazz groups in the world.
When
the group disbanded, it had earned 9 Felix awards (Jazz Album
of the Year in 1983-84-86-87-90-91, Group of the Year 1984-1989,
Most Famous Performer Outside Quebec 1990), a Gémeaux prize in
1989 (best original music), a SOCAN prize in 1990 (jazz category),
a Musique Plus prize for the UZEB CLUB video, and the Oscar Peterson
prize in 1991, awarded by the Montreal International Jazz Festival.
In July 1992, UZEB made its farewell at an outdoor stage at the
festival before 96,000 people. |
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