RIP Guy Nadon

[Van Basten II]

A very well known character of the Montreal jazz scene passed away recently. , tried to find a more expansive text about the man who nicknamed himself Buddy Poor but couldn't most of the litterature about him is in French.

 

http://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/music/jazz-musician-guy-nadon-the-king-of-drums-dies-at-82

 

A web site devoted to him can be found here http://www.guynadon.com/

[Ted O'Reilly]

Mark Miller covered Nadon quite well -- alongside another great drummer, Claude Ranger -- in his 1982 book 'Jazz in Canada -- 14 Lives' (University of Toronto Press ISBN 0-8020-2476-9).  Perhaps your local library has a copy.