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Reviews Alebre Joueur D'harmonica, Gabriel Labbe Est Aussi Connu Comme Collectionneur De Disques 78 Tours Maste~ of French Canadian Dances. Joseph Al- lard, Violin. Selected and annoted by Gabriel Labbe. Produced by Richard Carlin. Folkways Records, RBF 110 [$11.00 aux membres, $13.00 autrement]. Reviews alebre joueur d'harmonica, Gabriel Labbe est aussi connu comme collectionneur de disques 78 tours. On gait qu'il est I'auteur du livre Les Pionniers du dj§gue folkloriQue Quebecois.1920-1950 (L' Aurore 1977). C'est ainsi que sur cet album, il nODSlivre une petite partie de sa precieuse collection en noDS presentant 14 des meilleurs pieces qu'a endisque Joseph Allard entre leg annees1928 et 1933sur disques78 tours. Joseph Allard naquit Ie ler fevrier 1873 a Woodland, pres de Montreal. Son peTe, Louis Allard, lui-meme violoneux, lui enseigneIe violon des l'ige de 9 ans. A 16 ans, il quitte Ie Canada pour la Nouvelle-Angleterre MUSIQUE INSTRUMENTALE ou on reconnait son talent. Apres 28 ans, il revient au CANADIENNE-FRANCAISE Canada en 1917 et p~ra la majeure partie de sa vie CHEZ FOLKWAYS RECORDS a Ville St-Pierre, pres de Montreal. Comme beaucoup de musiciens,il meurt seul et pauvre en novembre 1947 par Donald Deschenes a l'ige de 76 ans. Apres avoir entendu parler de JosephAllard par des [NDLR. - Les disques dont traite cet article sont en Philippe Bruneau, des Jean Carignan et bien d'autres, vente chez Ie SeIVice de commandes postales de la on ressent une tres vive emotion a erouter ces pieces SCI'M, Box 4232, Sta. c, Calgary,Alberta T2T 5N1, aux par ce grand interprete qui, par la qualite et la richesse de son jeu et de son repertoire, a influence plusieurs prix preci'ies,plus $2.00 fru d'expedition pour Ie prem- ier disque, $.50 pour chaque disque additionnel.] generationsde musiciens,tant au Quebec que dans tout I'est de I'Amerique du nord. Des la premiere audition, ces pieces sont tellements Entre 1979 et 1983, la maison Folkways Records de enlevantesqu'on oublie la pauvre qualite des enregistre- New-York a fait paraitre six albums consacres a la ments. Cette judicieuse selection de Gabriel Labbe musique traditionnelle canadienne-franGaise.Ces albums d~p~ Ie simple document et Ie temoignage.Ene noDS nous presentent un choix tout a fait remarquable de confirme l'actualite et la permanence, sinon Ie clas- musique pour Ie violon, l'harmonica et I'accordeon avec sicisme,de cette musique. des musiciensqui, pour la plupan. n'ont pas besoin de Cet album est accompagned'une breve presentation presentation. n s'agit d'enregistrementsrecents d'instru- du musicien. Pour chaque piece, M. Labbe ne foumit, mentistestels que Gabriel La~, Jean-Marie Verret et avec Ie titre, que la date d'enregistrement.n aurait et~ Aim~ Gagn~ ou de repiquages de disques 78 tours instructif de savoir ou furent enregistre res premiers d'~tes comme Alfred Montmarquette, Joseph Allard, disques,dans quelles conditions, avec quels musicienset Henri Lacroix, Th~ore Duguay, Joseph Plante et quelles en furent leg tirages. Comme ce rut fait pour J~ph Guilmette. d'autres microsillons de cette collection, des notes cx- Afin de vous faire connaitre res albums Ie plus plicatives sur leg pieces auraient 6te les bienvenues: simplement possible, pour chacun vous pourrez y lire telles la tonalit6 habituellementutilisee, Ie style de jeu, une courte presentation suivie d'une appreciation qui quelles dances convenaienta telle piece, d'ou origine-t- fera ressonir les quaIit~s et les faiblesses, s'iI s'en elle, ou et de qui I'a-t-il apprise quand cela est connu, trouvc. Le tout sera accompagn~ d'un commentaire etc. Enfin, on peut se demander pourquoi on a mis sur Ie devant de la pochette la photo d'un danseur au lieu g~n~ral. de celIe du musicien. 2 2 Masters of French Canadian Music 2. Alfred Masters of French Canadian Music 4. Henri Montmarquette,accordion. Selected and annotated Lacroix, harmonica, Th6odore Duguay, J~ph by Gabriel Labbt. Produced by Richard Carlin. Plante, J~ph Guilmette, accordion. Selected by FolkwaysRecords, RBF 111 [$11.00aux membres, Gabriel Labb6. Transcn"bedand annotatedby Car- $13.00autrement]. melle Be.gin, Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies, National Museum of Man, Ottawa. Folk- Encore une fois, Gabriel Lab~ DOUSpr6sente un ways Records, RBF 115 [$11.00 aux membres, autre des plus importants musiciensde cette g6n6ration. $13.00autrement). Alfred Montmarquette est n6 a Montr6al en 1870 dans une famille nombreuse.A 12 ans, il commencea jouer Des six albums qui sont pr6sent6s ici, celui-ci est sur l'accordoon que son pere lui a offert pour son an- probablementIe plus captivant par sa diversit6. Sur la niversaire. Presque sans instruction et sans aucune for- face A, on y retrouve sept piecesinterpret6es par Henri mation musicale, il jouera entre autres avec Conrad Lacroix accompagn6 de diff6rentes petites formations Gauthier aUK "Soire.esdu Bon Vieux Temps" et avec musicalesavec lesquellesil a end~6. Celles-cisont Mme Bolduc. II mourrut en mai 1944, a l'ige de 74 parfois 6tonnantes.Par exemple,pour la "Polka du ~re ans, dans Ie plus grand abandon, la misere et la mal- Antoine", qui est une version instrumentalede la chan- adie. son am6ricaine"The Buffalo Gals", Ie Trio Lacroix est Cet album est lui Russi d'une grande richesse, de com~ de l'harmonica, du xylophone et du piano. Le cette musique qui ne meurt pas, qui dure sans jamais contrepoint IYthmique du xylophone, inspire des pas du vieillir. Ici encore, Gabriel Labb6 a fait un choix des "tap dance", n'est pas sans susciter quelqu'int6ret Le plus pertinents pour nous doDDer un ~s bon exemple repertoire d'Henri Lacroix est surprenant, une v6ritable du talent remarquable de M. Montmarquette dont leg d6couvertepour moi. sp6cialit6s6taient leg valseset les marches. Sur la face B, on retrouve deux piecespar Th6od0re Tout comme l'album prec6dent,une breve biographie Duguay, trois pieces par J~ph Plante et deux autres accompagneIe disque. n faut Russid6plorer Ie manque par J~ph Guilmette. Par exemple, ce dernier de notes explicatives. interprete une "Oog am6ricaine" tout a fait remar- quable et la valse "Adieu ma ch6rie" d'une faGon fort Masters of French Canadian Music 3. Gabriel 6mouvante. Lab~, harmonica. Philippe Bruneau, piano. Col- Encore une fois, un excellent microsillon que les lected, Transcnbed and Annotated by Carmelle notes de Carmelle Be.gincompletent admirablementbien &gin, Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies, et qui invitent l'auditeur a une 6coute beaucoupplus at- National Museum of Man, Ottawa. FolkwaysRec- tentive. Cependant,on n'y retrouve que des notes bi<>- ords, RBF 114 [$11.00 aUK membres, $13.00 graphiquessur Th6odore Duguay et presquerien sur les autrement]. autres. C'est malheureux! Apres avoir tant aim6 6couter Henri Lacroix, je demeure sur ma faim de ne rien Voici un beau disque. Voici une musique qui connaitre de lui. s'6coute Russibien qu'une sonate de Bach ou un con- certo de Vivaldi. D'avoir reuni sur un meme disque French Canadian Dance Music. Jean-Marie Ver- Gabriel Lab~ et Philippe Bruneau, ces deux grands de ret, fiddle. Lise Verret, piano. Collected, tran- l'harmonica et de l'accord60n au Qu6bec, est un grand scn"bedand annotated by Carmelle Be.gin,Canadi- plaisir pour leg mordus de musique traditionnelle. Le an Centre for Folk Culture Studies, National repertoire choisi est on ne peux plus beau et Ie jeu de Museum of Man. Folkways Records, RF 120 Gabriel Lab~ a l'harmonica est souple, gracieux meme, [$11.00aux membres,$13.00 autrement). d'une touche tout a fait unique. De son c6t6, Philippe Bruneau s'av~re etre un excellent pianiste. A eux deux, Natif du Lac St-Charles,pres de Qu6bec,Jean-Marie ils ont fait des arrangementsremarquables de ces pieces Verret est n6 en 1945. H6rit6 de son ~re Jules et de dont plusieurs sont des classiques du repertoire son grand-~re Jean-Baptiste, tous deux de grands traditionnel qu6~cois. violoneux, Jean-Marie est d6positaire de tout un Les p~ces que Lab~ ex6cute ont 6t6 apprises a repertoire exclusif, uniquement jou6 par sa famille. Y l'oreille ou sur disque 78 tours des meilleurs musiciens sont rassembl6esdes pieces destin6esa la danse,toutes traditionnels qu6~cois. Enfin, autant pour Ie profane tirees du r6pertoire familial, dont deux com~es par que pour Ie musicien, leg notes de Carmelle &gin sont Jules Verret. extremement int6ressantes et permettent une 6coute D s'agit encore d'un dmquequi s'6coutemerveilleuse- ~ beaucoupplus active et instructive. 23 Records, avec la collaboration de chercheurs comme ment bien et que j'ai envie de classer dans ma Gabriel Labbe et Carmelle ~gin, fasse paraitre d'autres discothequeavec quelquesgrands violonistes comme Sal- microsillons de cette qualite avec d'autres musiciens vatore Accardo et Isaac Stern. Cette grande delicatesse traditionnels, mais aussi, pourquoi pas, avec des chan- de jeu et cette remarquablesonorite font de cet album teurs traditionnels. un veritable bijou. On sent entre les deux musiciens, Jean-Marieet Lise, sa fille, une veritable complicite. Encore une fois, les notes et commentairesde Car- melle Begin sont fort utiles. French Canadian Count~ Dances. Traditional Harmonica Music of the Lower St. Lawrence River, Quebec. Aime Gagne et sa musique a bouche - Aime Gagne and his harmonica. Com- piled and annotated, with French and English notes by Alain Blanchet Folkways Records, FD 6535 [$11.00aux membres,$13.00 autrement). Des six albums pr6sent6s ici, ce demier est celui dont l'audition est la plus difficile sans que la vedette soit en cause. Ce disque nous pr6sente un excellent ANDRE ALAIN: VIOLONEUX DE joueur d'harmonica de Riviere-du-Loup, petite ville de l'&t du Qu6bec.Aim6 Gagn6 est un 8tre marginal qui ST-BASILE DE PORTNEUF a train6 sa besassed'un bout a l'autre du Qu6bec, tant6t comme aide-fermier, tant6t comme coupeur de by George W.
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