Bogdan Gumenyuk trio
November 29 @ 2:00 PM

Bogdan Gumenyuk-tenor sax, Ukrainian wind instruments effects,
Michael Herring-bass,
Nick Fraser drums

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BOGDAN GUMENYUK

Bogdan Gumenyuk is a Ukrainian-Canadian jazz saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist,  composer, producer, and educator based in Montreal, and the founder of the Ukrainian  independent record label LabelWhoAble.  

A Fulbright Scholar and winner of several international music competitions, he has  performed and taught across Europe and North America, collaborating with renowned jazz  musicians such as Curtis Fuller, Benito Gonzalez, Joel Holmes, Pierre Boussaguet, Sam  Harris, Ameen Saleem, Xavier Davis, and Kevin Mahogany, as well as Ukrainian artists  Jamala, Okean Elzy, and Mad Heads.  

As a bandleader, he has released The Way I Hear (2017) and Love Letters to the Other Side  (2022). Through LabelWhoAble, he has also produced recordings featuring prominent  Ukrainian and international jazz musicians.  

His latest album, Stream of Hope (2026), brings together contemporary jazz, traditional  Ukrainian wind instruments—including the trembita, tylynka, sopilka, and cow horn— electronics, improvisation, and spoken word, exploring the connections between Ukrainian  musical heritage and modern jazz.