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Vic Vogel Big Band
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Victor Stefan Vogel, born on 3 August 1935 in Montreal, QC. He began playing the piano at the age of five after watching his older brother play. He also taught himself to play trombone from age 19, tuba, and vibraphone, and to arrange music.
At 14, he began working occasionally in Montreal nightclubs, and did a CBC radio broadcast, while repairing cars to earn money.
Vogel became a full-time professional musician in the late 1950s, and through the 1960s worked as both a sideman and bandleader in nightclubs. He played in a Montreal big band and later a nonet led by Steve Garrick, and honed his arranging skills by writing for various bands, including Garrick’s and Al Nichols’s.
Vic Vogel was an icon of Montreal’s jazz scene. He emerged in the 1960s as a musician of considerable influence, bluster and colour.
He shared the stage with many great names of jazz and popular music, including Tony Bennett, Mel Tormé, Eartha Kitt, Andy Williams, Ann-Margret, Paul Anka, Sammy Davis, Jr., Jerry Lewis, Shirley MacLaine, Tennessee Ernie Ford, and Michel Legrand.
His band’s tour and recording with Quebec rocker band Offenbach resulted in the Offenbach en fusion LP that received the Félix Award as rock album of 1980. After several gold and platinum albums, he released his first piano solo album in 1993 consisting mostly of original material; it was nominated for Juno and Félix awards.
Vogel performed at every Montreal International Jazz Festival since it began in 1980 until 2015 when he missed his farewell show due to illness.
Vic Vogel died on 16 September 2019 in Montreal.
Victor Stefan Vogel, né le 3 août 1935 à Montréal, QC. Il a commencé à jouer du piano à l’âge de cinq ans, après avoir vu son frère aîné jouer. Il apprend également à jouer du trombone dès l’âge de 19 ans, du tuba et du vibraphone, et à arranger de la musique.
Vogel est devenu musicien professionnel à temps plein à la fin des années 1950 et, dans les années 1960, il a travaillé à la fois comme sideman et chef d’orchestre dans une boîte de nuit. Il a joué dans un big band à Montréal et plus tard dans un non-net dirigé par Steve Garrick, et a perfectionné ses talents d’arrangeur. en écrivant pour divers groupes, dont ceux de Garrick et Al Nichols.
Il partage la scène avec de nombreux grands noms du jazz et de la musique populaire, dont Tony Bennett, Mel Tormé, Eartha Kitt, Andy Williams, Ann-Margret, Paul Anka, Sammy Davis Jr., Jerry Lewis, Shirley MacLaine, Tennessee Ernie Ford et Michelle Legrand.
Après plusieurs albums d’or et de platine, il a sorti son premier album de piano solo en 1993, composé principalement de matériel original ; a été nominé pour les prix Juno et Felix.
Vogel a joué à tous les festivals internationaux de jazz de Montréal depuis sa création en 1980 jusqu’en 2015, date à laquelle il a raté son spectacle d’adieu en raison d’une maladie.
Vic Vogel est décédé le 16 septembre 2019 à Montréal.