Michel Donato
Michel André Donato CM (* 25. August 1942 in Montreal ) is a Canadian jazz - bassist , pianist and composer of film music.
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Donato's father was a tenor saxophonist and band leader, an uncle pianist; He first learned the accordion , at the age of 12 he played autodidactically the piano and at the age of 14 bass. From 1960 to 1963 he studied at the Montréal Conservatory with Roger Charbonneau; In 1964 he played in the Orchester symphonique de Montréal and in 1968/69 in the formation Aquarius Rising of the saxophonist Brian Barley . He also worked with Carmen McRae , Charles Aznavour , Michel Legrand and other artists in the 1960s . In 1969 he moved to Toronto , where he a. a. worked with Lenny Breau , Moe Koffman , Sonny Greenwich . He has accompanied guest musicians such as Benny Carter , Art Farmer , Milt Jackson , Gerry Mulligan , Zoot Sims , Clark Terry and Dave McKenna in Toronto clubs and has worked as a studio musician.
In the early 1970s he went on a world tour with Oscar Peterson and played with Bill Evans in Canada, but turned down an offer to become a regular member of his trio. After recording with Gerry Niewood (1976), Bernie Senensky and Buddy DeFranco (1977), he returned to Montréal and taught at McGill University and the University of Montréal in 1980 . He also worked with his own quintet in 1982, with Oliver Jones , Oscar Peterson / Louis Hayes and Lorraine Desmarais in the mid-1980s and with singer Karen Young ; the joint album Contredanse was nominated in 1989 for the Juno Award . From 1990 he formed a duo with Alain Caron ( Basse contre basse ) and founded a production company for TV and film music, for which he also worked as a composer. In 2007 Michel Donato worked in a trio with guitarist Jon Geary and accordionist Marin Nasturica.
Donato was awarded the Order of Canada . In 2001 he and James Gelfand received the Prix Jutra for the score for The Orphan Muses (Les muses orphelines)
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- Bielefeld catalog 1988 & 2002
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 8th edition. Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-14-102327-9 .
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Donato, Michel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Donato, Michel André |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 25, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montréal |