Maurice Vander

Maurice Vander (actually Maurice Camille Gustave Vanderschueren ; born June 11, 1929 in Paris ; † February 16, 2017 there ) was a French jazz pianist .

Vander was the son of a professional accordion player and an amateur pianist. He learned the piano at the age of eight and accompanied his father and brother Freddy (also accordionist) at an early age. At that time he also played the accordion. At the age of 14 he turned back to classical piano studies. At the same time he discovered jazz on the radio . At the age of 19 he began to work as a professional musician. He accompanied u. a. Django Reinhardt , Don Byas , Chet Baker , Roy Eldridge and Stan Getz , while playing in Parisian clubs such as the "Saint-Germain", the "Blue Note" and the "Chat-qui-pêche". He took u. a. with Quincy Jones , Sarah Vaughan , Philly Joe Jones and Stéphane Grappelli (“Piano à Gogo” 1956). His first album "Piano Jazz" was released in 1955, followed by "Piano Rendezvous" in 1958. Since 1963 he worked closely with the singer of the same age, Claude Nougaro , with whom he was a close friend. He accompanied him for many years with Eddy Louiss . Vander also recorded a solo piano album with pieces from Nougaro's repertoire such as "Vander se joue Nougaro" (1992). In 1971 he released the album "Maurice Vander" and in 1980 the album "Du Côté de chez Swing" with his trio.

In 1962 he won the Prix ​​Django Reinhardt . He was the stepfather of Christian Vander .

Web links

• Biography at Universal Music
• Maurice Vander at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Francis Marmande: Maurice Vander, pianiste de Claude Nougaro, est mort . Le Monde , February 18, 2017, accessed February 19, 2017 (French).
2. ↑ Kristina Benson, Sabrine Mhiri: Magma: The Story of the Last Day. LA Record Interviews, April 4, 2015, accessed February 18, 2017 (American English).