Pierre Tanguay

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Pierre Tanguay (* 1956 in Quebec City ) is a Canadian jazz and improvisation musician ( drums , percussion , composition ).

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Tanguay began as a drummer in modern jazz and was based on Billy Higgins , Ed Blackwell and Paul Motian . He studied African percussion in the Comoros for two years and went to Paris to study Tablas and Indian music with Anand Kumar .

He has been a professional musician since 1978. In the late 1970s Tanguay moved to Montreal, where he played with the saxophonist Jean Derome , who later co-founded the Ambiances Magnétiques label . He worked with him in the Ensemble Les Patenteux du Québec . In the 1980s he was part of the Icarus group with cellist Eric Longsworth and played in the ensembles of bassist Pierre Cartier . He toured Europe and the United States with Jean Derome et les Dangereux Zhoms and performed at all major jazz festivals. Tanguay grew to become one of Montreal's leading session drummers. In the mid-1990s he was involved in all of Derome, René Lussier's , Robert M. Lepage, Joane Hétu's and Diane Labrosse's major projects .

He then played with Derome Tanguay Danse and in free improvisations with the trombonist Tom Walsh (the joint album Midi Tapant was released in 1998) and with Derome (Pinc! Plonc! 2001). In 2000 Tanguay released a first solo album, La Musique de Mon Disque , a collection of experimental ambient percussion pieces. Around the same time, he also began writing and performing music for film, theater, and dance. He also worked in the jazz scene with Jean Vanasse and Karen Young and is active in world music , especially with his Mediterranean folk group Strada . With Cartier and Derome he founded the Thelonious Monk Tribute Trio Évidence . He can also be heard on albums with Mara / Nana Vasconcelos , Michel Donato , Tim Brady, Pierre Labbé, in a trio with Eric Longsworth and Daniel Mille , with Fanfare Pourpour and with the NOW Orchestra .

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  1. ↑ Entry in Ambiances Magnétiques ; Allmusic gives a different year with 1957.
personal data
SURNAME Tanguay, Pierre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian jazz and improvisation musician (drums, percussion)
DATE OF BIRTH 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Quebec City