Vic Vogel

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Vic Vogel (born Viktor Stefan) is a jazz pianist, composer, arranger, trombonist and conductor in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Discography 3 See also 4 External links 5 References

[edit] Biography

Born in Montreal on august 3rd 1935, he studied piano with Michel Hirvy. Vogel has written, arranged and conducted music for ceremonies at Expo 67, the Montreal Olympics in 1976, the Canada Games in 1985 and for the half-time events at the Grey Cup in 1981 and 1985. For the Olympics he arranged welcoming and theme songs from excerpts of works by André Mathieu.^[1]

He's the only musician who played twenty years in a row at the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, besides Dizzy Gillespie, Maynard Ferguson, Jerry Mulligan, Slide Hampton, Cannonball Adderley, Chucho Valdès, Oliver Jones and Mel Torme.^[2]

[edit] Discography

• 2004 - Awesome!
• 2004 - Hangin' Loose
• 2001 - Montréal Jazz & Blues Plus (CD double)
• 2000 - Montréal Jazz & Blues
• 1999 - Je me souviens...mon piano
• 1999 - Live - Le Jazz Big Band
• 1999 - Piano solo
• 1990 - Le Big Band
• 1982 - Vic Vogel Big Band
• 1980 - En Fusion (with Offenbach)

[edit] See also

• Vic Vogel Big Band

[edit] External links

• The canadian encyclopaedia

[edit] References

1. ^ (English) The canadian encyclopaedia
2. ^ (French) Jazz musician repertory