Winner of the 2011 Opus Prize - Concert of the Year Jazz & World Music and winner of the 2008 CBC MMM-Galaxie Rising Star award, the surprising Small World Project is back with Less is more, the second offering from the Montreal-based trio comprised of Sébastien Dufour (MG3: Montreal Guitar Trio), Patrick Graham (La Nef) and Frédéric Samson (ex-Vent du Nord). With their arsenal of small string instruments (ukulele, charango, banjolele, etc.), downsized percussions and double bass, Small World Project delivers a highly eclectic proposition, as afrobeat, techno-lounge, reggae, minimalist and Middle-Eastern idioms share the stage with Cuban montunos, Brazilian samba, Italian tarantella - and even Jimi Hendrix-style rock. Live, the trio dazzle audiences with their thrilling, high-energy performances – critics have even compared them to the likes of Paganini and Hendrix! Over the past three years, they have been busy performing at home and abroad, most notably playing at the New York Ukulele Festival, the Tahiti Guitar Festival in French Polynesia, the Montreal Jazz Festival, the Palais Montcalm in Quebec City and the Bayeux Guitar Festival in France.
“… this virtuoso Quebec trio goes off in all directions at once and with quite astonishing coherence… a recording to be proud of !” 4 stars ****
Ralph Boncy – Voir Montréal
“ The Small World Project is my pet band right now. I find them inventive, fresh and their technique is astonishingly impeccable, but they also play with a lot of heart. There is everything it takes to please in their music, it really is very, very beautiful. I adore them! ”
Chantal Jolis – Espace Musique, Radio-Canada
“ Where in the world do the cats in Small World Project ‘not’ find sounds to draw on? With a preference for pocket-sized instruments, the Quebec trio cook up a mirthful, melodious, mélange….”
Rupert Bottenberg - Mirror
"Lots of inventiveness, lots of new sounds - an acoustic project of great interest."
André Rhéaume – Espace Musique – Radio-Canada