Vic Vogel dies, a pillar of jazz in Canada

The musician Vic Vogel, jazz pillar in Canada after having played with giants like Edith Piaf, Celine Dion, Michel Legrand, Ella Fitzgerald or Dizzy Gillespie, died on Monday, September 16, 2019 in Montreal, the largest city in the province of Quebec, at 84 years, announced his family.

As "a sacred monster of the Jazz music Canadian ”said the family in a statement to this pianist, director and composer, detailing that Vogel died“ at his home in Montreal with his lover ”, in this case“ his piano Steinway in which he played since the age of 16 years"

To the 14 years, this son of Hungarian immigrants born in Montreal in 1935, a self-taught musician, he began acting in cabarets from Montreal and directed his first set in 1960, to the 25 years, in the legendary club Chez Paré. In 1968, he created The Jazz Big Band, who directed until his death

“Considered the best 'big band' of the industry In the 1980s, this group has recorded several albums, including Vic Vogel Y Awesome Big Band +, who came to the US billboard lists in 1987, ”recalls his family, highlighting that his work has more than 2,000 including for orchestras, television, radio and theater.

It is planned “soon” a tribute in his honor in Montreal