Rémy Labbé is a Belgian Jazz Trumpet Player, Composer, Arranger, Producer and Educator.
In 2012 he received a 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.
2014 was highlighted by the creation of 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.
In August 2015 he graduated Summa Cum Laude from Berklee again. This time with a Degree in Jazz Composition. Created Remy Labbe Big Band in the process.
September 2016 was a turning point as he moved to NYC to pursue a Master Program in Jazz Composition at Manhattan School of Music (NY) - studying with Jim McNeely. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from MSM in Mai 2018.
Since 2018 he's pleased to be a regular arranger for Grammy Award winning Artist Arturo O'Farrill. On regular occasions Rémy arranges for his Octet (i.e the concerts w/ Lionel Loueke at the Symphony Space in December 2018), for Arturo's big band (ie.e the Abu Dhabi tour in February 2019), or for his Chamber Music project (i.e the concert at the Greene Space in March 2019). In Geneva (CH) he's been the main and regular arranger for the "Big Up Band" since its creation in 2015.
Since 2019 Remy is a writer, producer and co-leader for "Cluttered Clarity". 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 studied with Darren Barrett, Laurie Frink, Georges Garzone, Mark Gould, Greg Hopkins, Jim McNeely, Charlie Lewis, Dick Lowell, Michael Mossman, Jason Palmer, Michael Rodriguez, Jeff Stout, Ed Tomasi, Gaston Waltzing, etc. He 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 a 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.
2014 was highlighted by the creation of 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.
In August 2015 he graduated Summa Cum Laude from Berklee again. This time with a Degree in Jazz Composition. Created Remy Labbe Big Band in the process.
September 2016 was a turning point as he moved to NYC to pursue a Master Program in Jazz Composition at Manhattan School of Music (NY) - studying with Jim McNeely. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from MSM in Mai 2018.
Since 2018 he's pleased to be a regular arranger for Grammy Award winning Artist Arturo O'Farrill. On regular occasions Rémy arranges for his Octet (i.e the concerts w/ Lionel Loueke at the Symphony Space in December 2018), for Arturo's big band (ie.e the Abu Dhabi tour in February 2019), or for his Chamber Music project (i.e the concert at the Greene Space in March 2019). In Geneva (CH) he's been the main and regular arranger for the "Big Up Band" since its creation in 2015.
Since 2019 Remy is a writer, producer and co-leader for "Cluttered Clarity". 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 studied with Darren Barrett, Laurie Frink, Georges Garzone, Mark Gould, Greg Hopkins, Jim McNeely, Charlie Lewis, Dick Lowell, Michael Mossman, Jason Palmer, Michael Rodriguez, Jeff Stout, Ed Tomasi, Gaston Waltzing, etc. He 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.
