When two of Canada’s most accomplished jazz artists - flutist Marie-Véronique Bourque and guitarist Christine Tassan -joined creative forces across nearly 3,000 kilometers of forest, plain, and screen time, the result was more than music. It was a shared call and response with nature itself. Their collaborative album Bruissement boréal (“Northern Rustle”), out now is an ambitious 13-track journey inspired by the natural soundscapes of Quebec and Saskatchewan, blending jazz, Latin, classical, folk and ambient textures with the rustle of leaves, frog croaks, and the faint chirps of grasshoppers.

Joined by double bassist David Meunier-Roy and drummer/percussionist Olivier Bussières, the quartet captures the quiet power of a northern breeze and the rhythmic chatter of prairie creatures in a project that is equal parts jazz record and ecological tribute. The album’s first single “Bruissements” was released April 17, and its lyrical, sonic sibling “Là où les vagues sont d’or” followed on May 2, with the full album launched live May 16 at Le Ministère in Montreal.