Térez Montcalm

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Térez Montcalm
Birth nameThérèse Montcalm
Born1963 (age 60–61)
Quebec, Canada
Genres
Universal
Websitewww.terezmontcalm.com

Térez Montcalm (born Thérèse Montcalm in 1963)[1] is a Canadian jazz singer and songwriter.

She sings and plays acoustic guitar, which she has played since a young age, as well as double bass.[2] She describes herself as "a jazz singer with a very 'rock' attitude".[3] Her influences include

Edith Piaf and Janis Joplin. Her career started in 1981. During her early years as a musician, she performed as a warm-up act for the Cowboy Junkies.[2]

Her first album, Risque, was released in 1994 and she was nominated for five

French albums chart, and was on the chart for 30 weeks.[4] Her 2009 album, Connection, fared even better in France, reaching a top position of No. 37 on 3 October 2009.[5]

Biography

Thérèse Montcalm was born in

studio album. She released Risque in 1994, an album which featured performances from fourteen different musicians and earned her five Félix Award nominations in 1995, including Female Singer of the Year, and Best Pop/Rock Album.[2] The album proved popular and was followed by a major tour consisting of over 100 concerts in Canada, France, Belgium and Switzerland.[1]

Three years after the release of her first album, she released the record Parle Pas Si Fort in 1997 on

Universal Records. The album was again followed by a tour, which was this time limited to shows in the area around Quebec. After the excessive amount of touring, Montcalm took a break from performing live and devoted the following three years to writing new material and practising the double bass.[1]
In February 2002, she released her third studio album, the eponymous Térez Montcalm.

For her fourth album, Montcalm hired jazz guitarist Michel Cusson as a producer. After four years without an album, she released Voodoo on 21 March 2006 in Canada. The album was her first to be sung in English; her previous three recordings had been in French.[1] The album consisted of a mixture of original compositions, interpretations of jazz classics and adaptations of songs by such artists as Elton John and the Eurythmics.[1] In November 2006, Dreyfus Records released the album in Europe.[2] After entering the French albums chart at #150 over a year after its initial release, the record reached a peak position of #43 in May 2007.[4] She embarked on a tour of Europe in the same year, playing over 150 dates in cities such as Paris, Milan and Rome.[2] To date, Voodoo has sold more than 60,000 copies worldwide.[2]

In 2008, Montcalm returned to the studio and again hired Cusson to produce her fifth album. Connection was released in her homeland on 10 February 2009. The album was brought out in Europe in the autumn of the same year and again achieved a respectable position in France, entering the albums chart at #37 in October 2009.[5]

Discography

Year Album Peak positions Certification
FR
[6]
1994 Risque  –
1997 Parle pas si fort  –
2002 Térez Montcalm  –
2007 Voodoo 43
2009 Connection 37
2011 Here's to You - Songs for Shirley Horn 141
2013 I Know, I'll Be Alright 78
2015 Quand on s'aime  –
Others
  • 2009: Cafe Elektric (Cusson, Mervil, Montcalm)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Térez Montcalm Biographie" (in French). Quebec Info Musique. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "SOCAN Member - Térez Montcalm". socan.ca. Archived from the original on 2009-09-03. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
  3. ^ "Terez Montcalm". Caramba. Archived from the original on 2008-11-12. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
  4. ^ a b "Térez Montcalm - Voodoo". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
  5. ^ a b "Térez Montcalm - Connection". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
  6. ^ "Térez Montcalm discography". lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

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