Bernard Primeau
Bernard Primeau (* 5. January 1939 in Montréal ; † 9. October 2006 ) was a French-Canadian jazz - drummer and bandleader.
Primeau played drums from the age of ten and began his musical career at the age of 16 in the bars and cabarets of his hometown. In the following years he worked a. a. with the pop musicians Les Jérolas, Michèle Richard , Michel Louvain and Pierre Lalonde. In the 1970s he lived and worked in California. On his return to Montréal in 1976 he played in the trio of pianist Oliver Jones with Charles Biddle .
In 1984 he founded the Bernard Primeau Montréal Jazz Sextet based on the model of the Jazz Messengers , from which the Bernard Primeau Montréal Jazz Ensemble emerged . In the following 20 years he recorded 11 albums with the formation, starting in 1987 with Perspectives . The ensemble, from which musicians like Rémi Bolduc , Yannick Rieu and Normand Guilbeault emerged , has twice received the Canadian Félix Award for the best jazz album of the year ( Œuvres de Félix Leclerc , 1996 and Virage , 1997).
In 2005 Primeau received the Oscar-Peterson Prize for his services to Canadian jazz. Shortly before his death in October 2006, he performed at the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal .
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- ↑ Le Devoir of October 10, 2006: “The death of one of the pillars of Quebec jazz” - obituary by the Montreal daily Le devoir
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Primeau, Bernard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian jazz drummer and band leader |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 5, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montréal |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 9, 2006 |