Kurt Gottschalk, The Squid’s Ear, no. 13, September 1, 2003

[…]Hétu on alto and vocals, Derome on alto, flute, bass flute and an array of sound-making devices, both singing and vocalizing, their songs (sung in French) were miniature portraits of domesticity and getting along, imparting a feeling of cooking dinner while the news plays in the next room. Intimate enough as to simply breathe into the microphone and through the saxophone. And jazz being the macho business that it is, you have to appreciate a guy who’ll go onstage and play patty-cake with his wife.[…]

Nous perçons les oreilles / Also pictured: Jean Derome, Joane Hétu [Photo: Romuald Che, Montréal (Québec), January 21, 2018] — Nous perçons les oreilles

… you have to appreciate a guy who’ll go onstage and play patty-cake with his wife.