AWARDS
Genie, 2002
Winner, Best Original Song In A Film for Saint Monica, “Com Estas Asas”
Gemini, 2008
Nominated for Best Original Score for a Lifestyle or Reality Series
Project X, “Memory”
Gemini, 2001
Nominated for Best Original Score for a Dramatic Series,
Our Hero, “The Imperfect Issue”
The Golden Reel Award, 1999
Nominated for Best Composer
The Famous Jett Jackson, “What Money Can’t Buy”
The Golden Reel Award, 1999
Nominated for Best Scoring Editor
The Famous Jett Jackson, “What Money Can’t Buy”
The Golden Reel Award, 1999
Nominated for Best Music Editor
The Famous Jett Jackson, “What Money Can’t Buy”
The Golden Reel Award, 1999
Nominated for Best Scoring Mixer
The Famous Jett Jackson, “What Money Can’t Buy”
REVIEWS
re: CD Reviews of Dreamsville, (Carlos Lopes & Earl Seymour)
“…great grooves and melodies. The performance of every musician is excellent. Lopes and Seymour did a great job producing this record. I’m anxious to hear their next release.” -1/2 The Record
“Dreamsville is on the borderline between acoustic and electric utilizing some of the latter while maintaining the high standards of the former. This is as successful a blending as has come to the attention of this reviewer. Melodically engaging originals serve as blueprints for the fresh ideas coming from the guitars of Lopes and the saxophones and E.W.I. of Seymour.” -Jazztimes, Los Angeles
“Lopes and Seymour set sparks flying in Dreamsville. Like other tandems such as Mike Brecker / Mike Stern, the coupling of Seymour and Lopes explodes with “nouveau” sounds-of-surprise. Even the stop-start “Dreamsville (This Is Not Jazz)” jolts with alternating lyric and funky episodes… As for the title, if this isn’t jazz, I don’t know what is… there’s the kaleidoscopic “Canal Street” and an impassioned relighting of “My Old Flame”, where Seymour’s volcanic tenor and Lopes’ guitar stoke the fires.” -Jazztimes, Kansas City
“… the hard-working Toronto-based fusion quintet doesn’t come up short… it certainly doesn’t come up shy. There’s variety here, and considerable confidence…” -Mark Miller, Toronto Globe and Mail
re: Yellow Brick Roads, 26-part series “…beautifully scored.” -John Haslett Cuff, Toronto Globe and Mail
re: Live Performances
“…the astonishing electric guitarist who unwinds melodic dreams from his band… clean lines of interwoven strings were utterly refreshing… an oasis of relief.” –Val Cleary, The Toronto Star
“…Lopes shone with bursts of dazzling fingerwork…” -Karen Hepburn, The Toronto Sun
“…one of the hottest contemporary jazz/fusion guitar players, now considered the hallmark of modern guitar playing by the many who have heaped both public and critical recognition upon this talented individual… This talented performer proves to be nothing less than a sensation wherever he goes.” -The Globe And Mail
“The band, The Drugs That Elvis Took with Carlos Lopes and Kevin Breit, features two of Toronto’s hottest guitar slingers.” -‘NNNN’ NOW Magazine