Rémy Labbé is a Belgian Jazz Trumpet Player, Composer, Arranger, Producer and Educator.
In 2012 he received the European-Tour-Award scholarship to move to Boston (MA) and study at Berklee College of Music. In fall 2013 he was awarded the Ray Kotwica Brass Award for outstanding musicianship. Later that year he graduated with both a Diploma in Professional in Music from Berklee, and a Superior Prize ("Prix supérieur en trompette Jazz", class of G. Waltzing) from the Luxembourg Music Conservatory, Luxembourg.
In 2014 he created Rémy Labbé Trio. A Trumpet/Upright Bass/Drums format with Raphael Pannier on Drums and Eitan Gofman on Bass. The trio was honored to be part of the Gaume Jazz Festival (Belgium) in August 2014.
A year later in August 2015 he graduated Summa Cum Laude from Berklee again. This time with a Degree in Jazz Composition.
He moved to NYC in September 2016 to pursue a Master Program in Jazz Composition at Manhattan School of Music (NY) - studying with writer extraordinaire Jim McNeely. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from MSM in Mai 2018.
Since 2018 he's a regular Arranger for Grammy-Award-winning Artist Arturo O'Farrill. On regular occasions Rémy arranges for his Octet (i.e December 2018 w/ Lionel Loueke at the Symphony Space), for the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra (ie. Feb 2019 the Abu Dhabi tour, and May 2019 An Evening of Fandango), or for his Chamber Music project (i.e March 2019 @the Greene Space in March 2019). On occasions Rémy also writes for the Greg Ruvolo Collective (i.e. Sunday May 26th at Birdland "A tribute to Clark Terry"). In Geneva (CH) he's been the main Arranger for the "Big Up Band" since its creation in 2015.
A versatile and prolific writer, he's a producer and co-leader for "Cluttered Clarity" since 2019. A pop/electro project based in Luxembourg. In April 2019 Rémy appeared on Grammy-Award-Winning Artist and Dream Theater Keyboardist Jordan Rudess' album "Wired For Madness". He wrote a 7-piece horn arrangement on the track "Just Can't Win". The track also features Blues Icon Joe Bonamassa on Guitar.
Rémy has played with Dee Dee Bridgewater, Maurice Brown, Billy Drewes, Alan Ferber, Eric Legnini, Eric Lewis, Carmen Lundy, Bob Mover, Jason Palmer, Pierrick Pédron, Leandro Pellegrino, Tivon Pennicott, Rich Perry, Ralph Peterson Jr, Lenny Pickett, Dayna Stephens, etc.
In 2012 he received the European-Tour-Award scholarship to move to Boston (MA) and study at Berklee College of Music. In fall 2013 he was awarded the Ray Kotwica Brass Award for outstanding musicianship. Later that year he graduated with both a Diploma in Professional in Music from Berklee, and a Superior Prize ("Prix supérieur en trompette Jazz", class of G. Waltzing) from the Luxembourg Music Conservatory, Luxembourg.
In 2014 he created Rémy Labbé Trio. A Trumpet/Upright Bass/Drums format with Raphael Pannier on Drums and Eitan Gofman on Bass. The trio was honored to be part of the Gaume Jazz Festival (Belgium) in August 2014.
A year later in August 2015 he graduated Summa Cum Laude from Berklee again. This time with a Degree in Jazz Composition.
He moved to NYC in September 2016 to pursue a Master Program in Jazz Composition at Manhattan School of Music (NY) - studying with writer extraordinaire Jim McNeely. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from MSM in Mai 2018.
Since 2018 he's a regular Arranger for Grammy-Award-winning Artist Arturo O'Farrill. On regular occasions Rémy arranges for his Octet (i.e December 2018 w/ Lionel Loueke at the Symphony Space), for the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra (ie. Feb 2019 the Abu Dhabi tour, and May 2019 An Evening of Fandango), or for his Chamber Music project (i.e March 2019 @the Greene Space in March 2019). On occasions Rémy also writes for the Greg Ruvolo Collective (i.e. Sunday May 26th at Birdland "A tribute to Clark Terry"). In Geneva (CH) he's been the main Arranger for the "Big Up Band" since its creation in 2015.
A versatile and prolific writer, he's a producer and co-leader for "Cluttered Clarity" since 2019. A pop/electro project based in Luxembourg. In April 2019 Rémy appeared on Grammy-Award-Winning Artist and Dream Theater Keyboardist Jordan Rudess' album "Wired For Madness". He wrote a 7-piece horn arrangement on the track "Just Can't Win". The track also features Blues Icon Joe Bonamassa on Guitar.
Rémy has played with Dee Dee Bridgewater, Maurice Brown, Billy Drewes, Alan Ferber, Eric Legnini, Eric Lewis, Carmen Lundy, Bob Mover, Jason Palmer, Pierrick Pédron, Leandro Pellegrino, Tivon Pennicott, Rich Perry, Ralph Peterson Jr, Lenny Pickett, Dayna Stephens, etc.
