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Alain Caron

 
Artist: Alain Caron
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The Crusaders, Yellowjackets, Alphonse Mouzon, Lee Ritenour, Bill Evans, Gary Willis, David Benoit

Performed Songs By:

Jean Marie Ecay, Didier Lockwood

Worked With:

Paul Brochu, Don Alias, Leni Stern, Michel Cusson
  • Active: 2000s
  • Genres: Jazz
  • Instrument: Bass
  • Representative Albums: "Caron/Ecay/Lockwood", "Rhythm'n Jazz", "Le Band

Biography

Becoming a professional musician at a very early age, Alain Caron is a considerably accomplished bass player. He attended the Berklee College of Music. One of his first excursions into jazz was playing with the Vic Vogel Big Band during the 1970s. In 1977 he co-founded the group UZEB. Their first album, Live in Bracknell, was released in 1981. The following year saw the group putting out Fast Emotion. The next album was 1984's You Be Easy. 1985 saw them release Between the Lines. Two more live albums, Live a l'Olympia and Absolutely Live came out in 1986. The group released Noisy Nights and Live in Europe in 1988. The following year saw the release of UZEB Club. World Tour '90 was released in 1990. In 1992, Caron formed his own group, le Band and released the first album by that group, Alain Caron -- le Band. He also found time to record a bass duet album with Michel Donato and perform at the Montreal Jazz Festival with UZEB. 1993 saw Caron record with Leni Stern, tour with that band, as well as doing a tour of Quebec with le Band and performing with Donato -- Caron. The next year saw the first major tour of his group as well as some other performances with other musicians. 1995 saw the release by le Band of Rhythm 'n Jazz and another European tour for the group. For the next couple of years he frantically performed with a number of different artists. The third le Band album, Play, was also released in 1997. Again, he took a couple more years performing with various artists, including le Band and, notably, Gino Vanelli. In 2000 he released the fourth album by le Band, Call Me Al!. ~ Gary Hill, All Music Guide
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Alain Caron

Alain Caron at JazzFe 2006
Background information
Birth name Alain Caron
Born c. 1955
Origin Saint-Éloi, Quebec, Canada
Genres Jazz, jazz fusion
Occupations Musician
Instruments Bass
Associated acts Uzeb, Didier Lockwood
Website Alain Caron official website

Alain Caron (born 1955 in Saint-Éloi, Quebec) is a French Canadian jazz bassist.

The youngest of 11 children, Caron started playing bass at age 11 and began pursuing jazz at age 15. His musical skills were formalised by correspondence lessons with the jazz improvisation teacher, Charlie Banacos, and by attending a summer session at Berklee College of Music.

He is a former member of Uzeb (with Michel Cusson guitar and Paul Brochu drums) that was active from 1976 to 1992. He has also been a session musician with Leni Stern and with Gino Vannelli.

Contents

CD releases

In 1993, Caron began releasing concept albums as Le Band:

  • Le Band - 1993
  • Rhythm ´n Jazz - 1995
  • Play - 1997
  • Call Me Al - 2000
  • 5 - 2003
  • 5 Live - 2006
  • Conversations - 2007

CD Reviews

DVD releases

  • 5 Live - 2006

Books

Instrument

Luthier George Furlanetto of F Bass in Hamilton, Ontario, has built basses for Alain for 20 years. Furlanetto worked together with Caron to develop the F Bass Alain Caron model (AC6), which has the tone of a solidbody fretless with the dynamic characteristics of an acoustic guitar.

Awards and distinctions

Interview

References

  1. ^ Alain Caron: Call him Doctor!
  2. ^ Doctorat_AlainCaron

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