The Houserent Serenaders

The Houserent Serenaders are a true 1920’s era hot jazz band. They play the music of the great washboard bands like the Georgia Washboard Stompers, The Washboard Rhythm Kings, and Clarence Williams; 1920’s big bands like Bennie Moten, Luis Russell, and Tiny Parham; and vocalists like Ikey Robinson, Cliff Edwards, and Fats Waller. The band doesn’t simply recreate the music of the jazz age, they bring it back to life, injecting it with the energy and excitement that it deserves.

The Band:

Jean Sabourin (Sousaphone)

After completing two B.A. degrees (one in trumpet performance at Concordia University, the other in music teaching at UQAM), Jean continued his training at Musitechnic in computer assisted sound conception. As a Sousaphone player, he has been a fixture for the last twenty years on local and international stages, with groups like TUYO, Tap Souza, Les Projectionistes, Orkestre des Pas Perdus, and Ada Misi Nasa. He has been a member of Montreal’s Le Dixieband since 1987.

Matthieu Belanger (Clarinet)

Matthieu Belanger can play it sweet like Benny Goodman, hot like Sidney Bechet, soulful like Pee Wee Russell, and outrageous like Wilton Crawley. When not performing with the Houserent Serenaders, he can be found in the groups of Normand Guilbault and Yves Levielle, and Le Dixieband.