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Drummer Bernard Primeau was a traveling force within the advancement of Montreal’s modern jazz scene. Some sort of French Canadian Artwork Blakey, his Montreal Jazz Sextet was the springboard that released lots of the scene’s most gifted players to nationwide fame. Delivered January 5, 1939, Primeau researched under drummer Man Nadon before participating in the Conservatoire de Musique du Québec ? Montréal. He produced his professional debut in 1956 playing drum rolls at the neighborhood strip membership the Rodeo, accompanied by stints to get pop performers Pierre Lalonde and Michele Richards. Primeau spent a lot of the 1960s in cooperation with jazz guitarist Nelson Symonds, relocating to SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA in 1971. Upon coming back eight years afterwards, he teamed with pianist Oliver Jones and bassist Charlie Biddle, rising as you of Montreal’s best-known & most reputed music artists. In 1984 the drummer set up the Bernard Primeau Jazz Sextet, several up-and-coming music artists modeled after his idol Blakey’s Jazz Messengers. Renamed the Bernard Primeau Jazz Outfit five years afterwards, the spinning lineup was a introducing pad for abilities including Rémi Bolduc, Yannick Rieu, and Normand Guilbeault. After debuting being a head with 1987’s Perspectives, Primeau headlined 11 LPs in every, earning the 1997 Felix for Jazz Record of the entire year with Oeuvres de Felix Leclerc. He also gained the 2005 Oscar Peterson Award for his efforts to Canadian jazz. After fighting cancer, Primeau passed away on Oct 6, 2006, per day before the discharge of his last record, Rencontre Jazz et Classique.
