"Oscar Peterson Oscar Emmanuel Peterson, (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. He was called the ""Maharaja of the keyboard"" by Duke Ellington, but simply ""O.P."" by his friends. He released over 200 recordings, won eight Grammy Awards, and received numerous other awards and honours. He is considered one of the greatest jazz pianists, and played thousands of concerts worldwide in a career lasting more than 60 years. Peterson was born in Montreal, Quebec, to immigrants from the West Indies; his father worked as a porter for Canadian Pacific Railway. Peterson grew up"
"Diana Krall Diana Jean Krall, OC, OBC (born November 16, 1964) is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer, known for her contralto vocals. She has sold more than 6 million albums in the US and over 15 million albums worldwide. On December 11, 2009, ""Billboard"" magazine named her the second Jazz Artist of the Decade (2000–09), establishing her as one of the best-selling artists of her time. Krall is the only jazz singer to have had eight albums debuting at the top of the ""Billboard"" Jazz Albums. To date, she has won three Grammy Awards and eight Juno Awards. She"
"Gil Evans Ian Ernest Gilmore Evans (born Green; May 13, 1912 – March 20, 1988) was a Canadian jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader. He is widely recognized as one of the greatest orchestrators in jazz, playing an important role in the development of cool jazz, modal jazz, free jazz, and jazz fusion. He is best known for his acclaimed collaborations with Miles Davis. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, his name was changed early on from Green to Evans, the name of his stepfather. His family moved to Stockton, California, where he spent most of his youth. After 1946, he"
"Chilly Gonzales Jason Charles Beck, professionally known as Chilly Gonzales (born 20 March 1972), is a Grammy-winning Canadian musician. Currently based in Cologne, Germany, he previously lived for several years in Paris. Known for his albums of classical piano compositions with a pop music sensibility, Solo Piano I and Solo Piano II, as well as his MC and electro albums, he is also a producer and songwriter. Gonzales broadcasts a web series ""Pop Music Masterclass"" on WDR, the documentary ""Classical Connections"" on BBC Radio 1, ""The History of Music"" on Arte, and ""Music's Cool with Chilly Gonzales"" on Apple Music's"
"Glenn Gould Glenn Herbert Gould (; 25 September 19324 October 1982) was a Canadian pianist who became one of the best-known and celebrated classical pianists of the 20th century. He was renowned as an interpreter of the keyboard works of Johann Sebastian Bach. His playing was distinguished by remarkable technical proficiency and capacity to articulate the polyphonic texture of Bach's music. Gould rejected most of the standard Romantic piano literature by Chopin, Liszt, and others, in favor of Baroque, Renaissance, late Romantic, and modernist composers. Although his recordings were dominated by Bach and Beethoven, Gould's repertoire was diverse, including works"
"his second wife Anita (Cooper) and two children, Noah and Miles. His son Miles played trumpet in his ""Monday Night Orchestra"". Evans died of peritonitis in Cuernavaca, Mexico at the age of 75. Gil Evans Ian Ernest Gilmore Evans (born Green; May 13, 1912 – March 20, 1988) was a Canadian jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader. He is widely recognized as one of the greatest orchestrators in jazz, playing an important role in the development of cool jazz, modal jazz, free jazz, and jazz fusion. He is best known for his acclaimed collaborations with Miles Davis. Born in Toronto,"
"Joni Mitchell Roberta Joan Mitchell, CC (née Anderson; born November 7, 1943), professionally known as Joni Mitchell, is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Drawing from folk, pop, rock, and jazz, Mitchell's songs often reflect social and environmental ideals as well as her feelings about romance, confusion, disillusionment, and joy. She has received many accolades, including nine Grammy Awards. ""Rolling Stone"" called her ""one of the greatest songwriters ever"", and AllMusic has stated, ""When the dust settles, Joni Mitchell may stand as the most important and influential female recording artist of the late 20th century"". Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her"
"Léon Bernier, Maurice Blackburn, Marcel Laurencelle, Gilberte Martin, Marcelle Martin, Magdeleine Martin, Lucien Martin, André Mérineau, Renée Morisset, and Micheline Tessier. Georges-Émile Tanguay Georges-Émile Tanguay (5 June 1893 – 24 November 1964) was a Canadian composer, organist, pianist, and music educator. An associate of the Canadian Music Centre, his compositional output is relatively small; consisting of 4 orchestral works, 4 chamber music pieces, 9 works for solo piano, 2 works for solo organ, and 4 choral works. The library at Université Laval holds many of his original manuscripts and his personal papers. In 2018, to mark the Canadian Sesquicentennial, a"
"John Arpin John Francis Oscar Arpin (3 December 1936 – 8 November 2007) was a Canadian composer, recording artist and entertainer, best known for his work as a virtuoso ragtime pianist. Born in Port McNicoll, Ontario Arpin studied piano at The Royal Conservatory of Music, earning his ARCT diploma in 1953. He also studied at the Faculty of Music, University of Toronto. Arpin performed and toured widely. He died 8 November 2007 in Toronto, Ontario. Arpin recorded more than sixty albums, mostly of ragtime, but also played Broadway music, pop music, and classical music. In 2002 he recorded seven CDs"
"Gordon Beck Gordon James Beck (16 September 1935 – 6 November 2011) was an English jazz pianist and composer. At the time of his death, 26 albums had been released under his name. Beck was born in Brixton, London, and attended Pinner County Grammar School – the school Reg Dwight (Elton John) and Simon Le Bon later attended. He had a sister, Judy. He studied piano in his youth, but decided to pursue a career as an engineering technical draughtsman and moved to Canada in 1957 for this reason. Largely self-taught, he returned to music after returning from Canada in"
"In 2017, Lepage also received a Prix Iris nomination for Best Music for ""Before the Streets"". In his personal life, he has three children, Félix; , a playwright; and Florence, an artist. Robert Marcel Lepage Robert Marcel Lepage (born 5 July 1951) is a Canadian musician and film score composer. Born in Montreal, Lepage trained in music at the age of 20, and learned to play the clarinet and saxophone. He performed with René Lussier and Pierre Hébert during the 1980s and 1990s. He went on to write the scores for 150 films. He was nominated for the Genie Award"
"Ornette Coleman Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman (March 9, 1930 – June 11, 2015) was an American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer. In the 1960s, he was one of the founders of free jazz, a term he invented for his album """". His ""Broadway Blues"" has become a standard and has been cited as an important work in free jazz. His album ""Sound Grammar"" received the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for music. Coleman was born in 1930 in Fort Worth, Texas where he was raised. His sister, Truvenza Coleman, claims that he was born on March 9, 1931. He attended I.M."
"Léo-Pol Morin Léo-Pol Morin (13 July 1892 – 29 May 1941) was a Canadian pianist, music critic, composer, and music educator. He composed under the name James Callihou, with his most well known works being ""Suite canadienne"" (1945) and ""Three Eskimos"" for piano. He also composed works based on Canadian and Inuit folklore/folk music and harmonized a number of French-Canadian folksongs. Victor Brault notably transcribed his Inuit folklore inspired ""Chants de sacrifice"" for choir and 2 pianos. As a writer, Morin displayed a heavy interest in the music of Canada and the use of various folklore traditions within music composition."
"Johana Harris Johana Harris (31 December 1912 – 5 June 1995) was a Canadian pianist, composer, and music educator. She had highly successful career as a concert pianist, making numerous recordings and appearing as a soloist with almost every major American symphony orchestra. She made over 100 solo recordings, working with such labels as Columbia, RCA, Capitol, MGM and Contemporary Records. She also performed on the soundtracks of several Hollywood films and television productions. She was married to composers Roy Harris (died 1979) and Jake Heggie (married 1982). She performed widely with both men in duo piano concerts and was"
"Gérald Gagnier Gérald Gagnier (14 October 1926 – 14 January 1961) was a Canadian bandmaster, composer, and trumpeter. His compositional output includes the symphonic poem ""Polyphème"", a ""Prélude"" for piano, a ""Suite romantique"" for strings, and ""Rolandineries"" for piano. Born in Montreal, Gagnier was the son of musician René Gagnier and received his earliest musical training in the trumpet, piano, and music theory from him. His grandfather Joseph Gagnier had 26 children, many of whom also became professional musicians of note; including Armand Gagnier, Ernest Gagnier, Guillaume Gagnier, J.-J. Gagnier, Lucien Gagnier, Réal Gagnier, and René Gagnier. Several of his"
"Galt MacDermot Arthur Terence Galt MacDermot (December 18, 1928 – December 17, 2018) was a Canadian-American composer, pianist and writer of musical theatre. He won a Grammy Award for the song ""African Waltz"" in 1960. His most successful musicals were ""Hair"" (1967; its cast album also won a Grammy) and ""Two Gentlemen of Verona"" (1971). MacDermot also composed music for film soundtracks, jazz and funk albums, and classical music, and his music has been sampled in hit hip-hop songs and albums. He is best known for his work on ""Hair"", and in particular three of the songs from the show;"
"number of CD releases listed is limited, with preference given to the label that originally released the album. These LPs and CDs were released after Armstrong's 1971 death. Chronology of the recordings of Armstrong's songs: Louis Armstrong discography Louis Armstrong (1901–1971), nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American trumpeter, composer, singer and occasional actor who was one of the most influential figures in jazz and in all of american popular music. His career spanned five decades, from the 1920s to the 1960s, and different eras in jazz. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an ""inventive"" trumpet and cornet player,"
"recorded several times during the 1960s. He led a big band from 1974–78, also singing with this group. Trump Davidson James Douglas ""Trump"" Davidson (November 26, 1908 - May 2, 1978) was a Canadian jazz bandleader and cornetist. Davidson formed one of Canada's earliest jazz bands in 1925, under the name The Melody Five. From 1929 to 1936 he played in Luigi Romanelli's orchestra, then led a dance band from 1937 to 1942, which broadcast on NBC and toured in the UK with Ray Noble in 1938-39. He worked in Horace Lapp's orchestra in 1942, then led a dance band"
"Louis Armstrong Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo, Satch, and Pops, was an American trumpeter, composer, vocalist and occasional actor who was one of the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades, from the 1920s to the 1960s, and different eras in the history of jazz. In 2017, he was inducted into the Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame. Armstrong was born and raised in New Orleans. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an ""inventive"" trumpet and cornet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the focus of"
"Sylvain Doyon, Claude Lagacé, and Antoine Reboulot. Reboulot notably plays his own work, ""Variations sur le nom d'Henri Gagnon"", on the recording. In 1987 the publishing company Les Éditions Jacques Ostiguy Inc commemorated his 100th birthday by publishing a collection of seven organ works dedicated to Gagnon by six different composers entitled ""Le Tombeau de Henri Gagnon"". Henri Gagnon Henri Gagnon (6 March 1887 – 17 May 1961) was a Canadian composer, organist, and music educator. He spent 51 years playing the organ at the Notre-Dame Basilica-Cathedral of Quebec City where, according to music historian François Brassard, he earned ""a"
"Frances James (soprano) Frances James (3 February 1903 22 August 1988) was a Canadian soprano who specialized in concert repertoire. She worked prolifically as a performer on CBC Radio and as a recitalist from the late 1920s through the 1950s; premiering works by numerous Canadian composers of note and championing works by contemporary international composers. Her performances were noted for their musical intelligence and sophistication. Her singing was admired by several important composers, including Benjamin Britten, Paul Hindemith, and Darius Milhaud. While her performances, both live and on radio/disc, were mainly from the concert repertoire, she did perform in some"
"is noted by the ""Guinness Book of World Records"" as being ""the most successful pianist in the world"". A B C D E F G H I J L M N O P Q R S T U V W Z Numbers Richard Clayderman Richard Clayderman (; born Philippe Pagès , 28 December 1953 in Paris) is a French pianist who has released numerous albums including the compositions of Paul de Senneville and Olivier Toussaint, instrumental renditions of popular music, rearrangements of movie soundtracks, ethnic music, and easy-listening arrangements of popular works of classical music. Clayderman learned piano from his"
"Paul Bley Hyman Paul Bley, CM (November 10, 1932 – January 3, 2016) was a Canadian pianist known for his contributions to the free jazz movement of the 1960s as well as his innovations and influence on trio playing and his early live performance on the Moog and Arp audio synthesizers. Bley was a long-time resident of the United States. His music has been described by Ben Ratliff of the New York Times as ""deeply original and aesthetically aggressive."" Bley's prolific output includes influential recordings from the 1950s through to his solo piano records of the 2000s. Bley was born"
"(1928–2006) contained tracks that had been plagiarized from recordings by other artists. Two pieces from Fialkowska's 1990 CD of works by Franz Liszt – Mephisto Waltz and Venezia e Napoli were amongst the tracks that were fraudulently represented as having been recorded by Hatto. The discovery of these and other plagiarized tracks led to one of the biggest scandals that has ever occurred in the classical music recording business. Janina Fialkowska Janina Fialkowska, (born May 7, 1951) is a Canadian classical pianist. Fialkowska was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to a Canadian mother (Bridget Todd Fialkowski) and a Polish father"
"Germaine Malépart Germaine Malépart (July 7, 1898 – April 19, 1963) is a Canadian pianist and music educator. She was born in Saint-Vincent-de-Paul (now Laval, Quebec) and began taking piano lessons with at the age of 7. When she was 13, she performed for the Ladies' Morning Musical Club in Montreal. In 1917, she won the Prix d'Europe and, in 1920, she received a scholarship from the Ladies' Morning Musical Club. Malépart studied five years at the Conservatoire de Paris with Isidor Philipp, Maurice Amour and Roland Broche. After her return to Montreal, she toured throughout Canada and the United"
"Clifton Chenier Clifton Chenier (June 25, 1925 – December 12, 1987), a Louisiana French-speaking native of Opelousas, Louisiana, was an eminent performer and recording artist of Zydeco, which arose from Cajun and Creole music, with R&B, jazz, and blues influences. He played the accordion and won a Grammy Award in 1983. In 1984 he was honored as a National Heritage Fellow. He was inducted posthumously into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1989, and the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2011. In 2014, he was a Grammy recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award. He was known as the King"
"James Gelfand James Gelfand (born April 3, 1959) is a Canadian jazz pianist who has written scores for film and television. Gelfand was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada into a large Jewish family. He is the great-grandson of Jacob Pascal, founder of J. Pascal's Hardware and Furniture. He is married with two children. He began classical piano training at the age of four. During his teens, Gelfand diverged into jazz and other styles. Performing and competing at jazz festivals throughout North America and Europe, he has won a number of prestigious awards. Gelfand recorded a number of cross-over albums combining"
"Jim Galloway James Braidie Galloway (28 July 1936 – 30 December 2014) was a jazz clarinet and saxophone player. He based his career in Canada since emigrating from Scotland in the mid-1960s. He formed the Wee Big Band in the late 1970s. One of his albums, ""Walking On Air"", was nominated for Best Jazz Album at the Juno Awards of 1980. He was the artistic director of the Toronto Jazz Festival from 1987–2009. In 2002 he was made a Chevalier of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Galloway died in palliative care in Toronto on 30 December 2014."
"Jim Galloway James Braidie Galloway (28 July 1936 – 30 December 2014) was a jazz clarinet and saxophone player. He based his career in Canada since emigrating from Scotland in the mid-1960s. He formed the Wee Big Band in the late 1970s. One of his albums, ""Walking On Air"", was nominated for Best Jazz Album at the Juno Awards of 1980. He was the artistic director of the Toronto Jazz Festival from 1987–2009. In 2002 he was made a Chevalier of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Galloway died in palliative care in Toronto on 30 December 2014."
"Lifetime Achievement Award for his work in classical, film, and jazz music. In 2010, the Recording Academy honored Previn with a Lifetime Achievement Grammy. In English: In German: André Previn André George Previn, KBE (; born Andreas Ludwig Priwin; April 6, 1929) is a German-American pianist, conductor, and composer. Previn is the winner of four Academy Awards for his film work and ten Grammy Awards for his recordings (and one more for his Lifetime Achievement). Previn was born in Berlin, Germany, the son of Charlotte (née Epstein) and Jack Previn (Jakob Priwin), who was a lawyer, judge, and music teacher."
"Tommy Banks Thomas Benjamin Banks, LL.D. (December 17, 1936 – January 25, 2018) was a Canadian pianist, conductor, arranger, composer, television personality and senator. Banks was the host of nationally - and internationally - syndicated and network television programmes, including “The Tommy Banks Show” (1968-1983), “Somewhere There’s Music”, “What’s My Name”, “ Love and Mr. Smith”, “Celebrity Revue”, “Symphony of a Thousand”, “Tommy Banks Jazz”, etc. He provided musical direction for the ceremonies of the XI Commonwealth Games, EXPO ’86, The World University Games, the XV Olympic Winter Games, and for countless television shows. He has produced and/or conducted command"
"Fame Award recipients E–I Clifton Chenier Clifton Chenier (June 25, 1925 – December 12, 1987), a Louisiana French-speaking native of Opelousas, Louisiana, was an eminent performer and recording artist of Zydeco, which arose from Cajun and Creole music, with R&B, jazz, and blues influences. He played the accordion and won a Grammy Award in 1983. In 1984 he was honored as a National Heritage Fellow. He was inducted posthumously into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1989, and the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2011. In 2014, he was a Grammy recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award. He was"
"Alain Lefèvre Alain Lefèvre, (born July 23, 1962) is a French Canadian pianist and composer. He is one of the Québécois pianists who have sold the greatest number of musical recordings. In 2009, he was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2011. Hailed as a ""hero"" (""Los Angeles Times""), a ""smashing"" performer (""Washington Post""), ""a pianist who breaks the mold"" (""International Piano"") and ""who stands out from the typical trends and artifices offered on the international scene"" (""Classica""), Lefèvre has performed in over forty countries to"