Name Lorraine Desmarais | Movies The Great Land of Small | |
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Albums Bleu Silence, Lorraine Desmarais, Vision, Live Club Soda, Couleurs de lune, Big Band Similar People Francois Dompierre, Nicki Parrott, Alain Caron, Sherrie Maricle, Vojtech Jasny | ||
Interview with Lorraine Desmarais - Jazz Pianist
Lorraine Desmarais (born August 15, 1956) is a French-Canadian jazz pianist and composer. Born in Montreal, she holds a Masters Degree in Classical Piano, and was influenced by Chick Corea and Oscar Peterson.
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Desmarais has recorded ten albums as a solo performer and musical director, including several with well-known artists such as Michel Cusson and Michel Donato (Vision), Tiger Okoshi (Lorraine Desmarais), Don Alias (Andiamo), Andre Moisan, Jean Gaudreault and Ted Baskin from the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Michel Bettez from the Orchestre Metropolitain (Bleu Silence), in addition to her long-standing team of Frederic Alarie (double bass) and Camil Belisle (drums).
She has been teaching in colleges and universities since 1985, and is a jazz piano professor at the Cegep Saint-Laurent in Montreal.
Songs
Bleu Silence
Bluesy Busy Lovers
Couleurs de lune
Week-end a Toulouse
And One for Chick
Forever Young
Pour Philou
Ballade Pour Rickie
Danny Boy
Variation I
Tsai-Tsien!
How Can You Miss a Fruit Salad?
Bolero
The Third Kind
Reve Doux
Off the Ground
Bill
St Louis Blues
Hold Up
Puzzles
Promenade en traineau
Rose
Olivier
Romanza
My One and Only Love
Eldorado
No Vacancy
5th Avenue
Up 26
Wings - We All Have
Samba
Jakarta Express