Pierre Tanguay

If we’re able to give a award towards the most effective Ambiances Magnétiques sideman (or girl), it could head to drummer Pierre Tanguay. Despite the fact that he is not just one from the nine primary members from the collective, he shows up on even more albums released by its label than anybody of these. But his profession can’t be pinned right down to the Montreal avant-garde picture. He in addition has been a respected sideman in the jazz picture, using Eric Longsworth, Jean Vanasse, Karen Youthful, and twelve of others, and it is active in globe music, especially along with his Mediterranean folk group Strada. In Montreal, he occupies a location much like Hamid Drake in NY. Tanguay was created in Quebec Town in 1957. He started being a jazz drummer, acquiring motivation in the playing of Billy Higgins, Ed Blackwell, and Paul Motian. A specialist musician since 1978, he also examined African percussion for just two years in the Comores Islands and visited Paris to review tablas and Indian music with Anand Kumar. When he resolved in Montreal in the past due ’70s, he had been an accomplished participant. Among the 1st musicians he installed with was saxophonist Jean Derome, who later on co-found Ambiances Magnétiques. Tanguay continues to be his trusty partner for many years, 1st in the scrapyard ensemble Les Patenteux du Québec and later on in Jean Derome et les Dangereux Zhoms and Derome Tanguay Danse. Still, initially, Tanguay allow Ambiances Magnétiques music artists pursue their experimentations, preferring to trip a softer avant-garde jazz influx. In the ’80s, he was portion of Icarus with cellist Eric Longsworth and participated in bassist Pierre Cartier’s ensembles. His relentless operating schedule and uncommon hearing quality and musicianship founded him as a respected program drummer. With Cartier and Derome, he created the Thelonious Monk tribute trio Évidence and by the middle-’90s he was involved with all major tasks by Derome, René Lussier, Robert M. Lepage, Joane Hétu, and Diane Labrosse. Using the Dangereux Zhoms, he toured European countries as well as the U.S., showing up at every main jazz event. Tanguay prefers the part of sideman, but he offers sometimes stepped to leading from the stage, especially in free of charge improv duets with trombonist Tom Walsh (the recording Midi Tapant arrived in 1998) and Derome (Pinc! Plonc! in 2001). In 2000, he released an initial solo record, La Musique de Mon Disque, a assortment of experimental ambient percussion parts. Around once, he also begun to compose and perform music for film, movie theater, and dance.