Ian Bargh
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| Birth name | Ian Martin Bargh |
| Born | 8 January 1935 Prestwick, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Died | 2 January 2012 (aged 76) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
| Instrument(s) | Piano |
| Years active | 1953–2011 |
| Labels | Sackville, Cornerstone |
Ian Martin Bargh (8 January 1935 – 2 January 2012) was a Scottish born Canadian jazz pianist and composer.
Early life
Born in
Career
Bargh quickly established himself as a featured pianist and
.In the 1980s, he began an eight-year association with Jim Galloway's "Toronto Alive" project at the Sheraton Centre. Live collaborations at the centre included those with, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Lee Konitz, Peter Appleyard, Frank Wright, Scott Hamilton, Rob McConnell, Guido Basso, Ed Bickert, Dizzy Reece, and Warren Vache, among others.
During this period, he also toured in jazz festivals across the world in an all-star group again led by Galloway. He was also featured at the Bern International Jazz Festival as part of an impressive roster that included fellow pianists Chick Corea, Count Basie and Dave Brubeck.
Towards the end of this period, he began a fifteen-year association with the
.Recordings
Bargh performed as a sideman for many Toronto-based recordings, many of them on the Sackville Records label, which also released his solo album "Only Trust Your Heart", which received an enthusiastic review by AllMusic jazz critic Dave Nathan.[2]
Discography
- Only Trust Your Heart (Sackville, 2000)
As sideman
- At the Bern Jazz Festival – Doc Cheatham (Sackville, 1994)
- Echoes of Swing – Jim Galloway (Cornerstone, 2003)
- Diano Who? – Diana Drew (Jocosity, 2003)
References
- ^ "Ian Bargh Biography". Archived from the original on 6 August 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Ian Bargh - "Only Trust Your Heart"". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
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