Pierre Nadeau (1944 — April 16, 2004) was a Québécois keyboardist and composer who played in Guillotine and the Ville Emard Blues Band. In 1976, he released the album Extra-Ordinaire on RCA.
Background
Pierre Nadeau, born April 7, 1944, was a Québécois pianist and composer who entered professional music through Montréal jazz clubs. Nadeau began his professional career in 1963. A 1965 session for Claude Allaire’s Jazz en province credits Nadeau on drums with vibraphonist Raymond Hampton and bassist Gaston Jutras. Nadeau subsequently organized an initial Trio Pierre Nadeau prior to a several-month 1967 engagement with a traveling circus.
Nadeau returned to Montréal and entered the Quatuor du Jazz Libre du Québec circle, joining the ensemble on piano for its self-titled December 1968 recording. He also participated in L’Osstidcho with Robert Charlebois, Louise Forestier, Yvon Deschamps, and Mouffe. Nadeau directed the orchestra for the 1969 Charlebois album Québec Love and co-composed “Ordinaire” with Charlebois to lyrics by Mouffe.
Nadeau maintained his jazz work alongside the Charlebois association and formed a recording trio with bassist Michel Donato and drummer Émile Normand. The trio recorded Nadeau’s first album in Montréal in January 1970 for Radio Canada International.
Discography:
- Trio Pierre Nadeau (1970)
- Extra-Ordinaire (1976)
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