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The Dan Bodanis Band
Eric Boucher - Keyboards
"Eric Boucher is one of the great undiscovered talents to recently emerge on the Canadian jazz scene."
Eric has been performing in various musical genres since 1984. Listed below, categorized by musical style, are but a few of his highlights and accomplishments.
Jazz
Graduated Humber College in 1990. Studied with Pat LaBarbera, Art Maiste, George McFetridge, Brian Dickinson, and Ron Collier.
Performed with Toni Tennille, Red Buttons, Petula Clark, Jerry Lewis, and Al Martino aboard the Sovereign of the Seas (Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines) in 1990.
Winner of the Olive Lower Award for outstanding Jazz pianist, York University, 1994.
Performed week-long engagement with legendary New Orleans trumpeter Al Hirt aboard Enchanted Isle, 1997.
Performed and recorded locally with the likes of: Pat LaBarbera, Michael Stewart, Bob Brough, Dan Bodanis, David Field, George Koelher, Greg Pilo, Fred Raulston, Al Henderson, Nick Ali, and many others.
Rock / Rhythm and Blues
First tour of Ontario and Quebec in summer of 1984 at age 15 with Northern Ontario group Naked Lunch.
Hosted first rock jam at Hard Rock Cafe in the Skydome in 1989 with contest winners the Damn Band, later opened for Huey Lewis and the News.
Performed locally, including as opening act for Allannah Myles, with Karen Durrant and her daughter, Motown artist Melanie Durrant in 1995-6.
Currently writing and performing with independant rock artist Larra Skye.
Eric Boucher, is a "drummers dream" to perform with. His melodic and harmonic concepts are both spontaneous and adventurous, all the while maintaining a degree of musicality comparable to the art Monet creates with brush and canvas. The true genius in Eric is exposed when he ventures out while soloing, using polyrhythms, metric modulation, playing over the bar, and beat displacement as if he were a world-class drummer!
One of the greatest compliments you could ever pay to a musician, is to study with them. Eric is my piano and music theory teacher!
Eric can be contacted by E-mail at: eric.boucher@sympatico.ca
On the rare occasion Eric cannot make it to a gig due to prior commitments, The Dan Bodanis Band has been graced with the presence of some very fine piano virtuosi. Bernie Senensky, Tony Padalino, and Hilario Duran!!! Need I say more?
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