Turcotte grew up in Sudbury, Ontario, He is a graduate of the University of Toronto, attended Humber College for one year and has participated in multiple summer jazz workshops at the Banff School of Fine Arts.
Turcotte has performed and recorded with Mike Murley, Rob McConnell and The Boss Brass, Dave Young, Rich Brown, Michael Occhipinti, Andrew Downing, Barry Elmes, Jean Martin Trio, and Barry Romberg (his playing was praised for its intuitiveness on All About Jazz[1]).
Martin and Turcotte are also featured in a Trio with Justin Haynes called "Get Together Weather"https://www.allaboutjazz.com/get-together-weather-jean-martin-page-music-review-by-glenn-astarita In 2014, Turcotte provided the trumpet tracks for Chet Baker's (Ethan Hawke) performances in the biographic film Born to Be Blue about the late American jazz musician.
In 2020, Turcotte was member of the John Clayton led Keorner Hall Orchestra that performed the World Premiere of Oscar Peterson's "Africa Suite".
He was featured with the rhythm section consisting of Christian Mcbride, Benny Green and Lewis Nash.