Gilles Losier
Louis Leger
Gilles Losier, born June 12th 1936 at Rivière à la Truite in the region of Tracadie-Sheila. He was from a family of 13 children. He plays violin, piano, organ, and electric and acoustic bass, as well as composers tunes and is one of Canada's finest piano tuners and accompanists. He was Jean Carignan's piano accompanist and arranger for 20 years, as well as the resident piano tuner for Place des Arts in Montréal. He has toured extensively and played worked with The Chieftains, Boys of the Lough, Aly Bain, Graham Townsend, Alasdair Fraser, Philippe Bruneau, Denis Pépin, Edith Butler, Angèle Arsenault, and the list goes on. Gilles is now retired and living back in New Brunswick.
Discography:
"Salut, Belle Acadie" - Gilles Losier, Amical AMI 2001 L.P. (1984)The First Time in 40 Years - Eddie Poirier and Gilles Losier - Piano arrangements
A Summer’s Night, Gilles Losier with Montreal - Stormy Forest - Piano, acoustic bass, arrangements
Jean Carignan - Philo FI 2001 - Piano, arrangements
Ti-Jean Carignan, Gigue à Deux - Tout Crin/CBC - Piano, arrangements
Hommage à Joseph Allard, Jean Carignan - Philo FI 2012 - Piano, arrangements
Jean Carignan Plays Coleman, Morrison and Skinner - Philo FI 2018 - Piano, arrangements
Jean Carignan et l’Orchestre des Grands Ballets Canadiens - McGill University Records - Piano, arrangements
Ti-Jean Carignan, Archives - Tout Crin/Canadian Museum of Civilization - Piano, arrangements
Soirée Québecoise Vol. 2 - Promoson JPA-7503 - Piano, arrangements
La Veillée des Veillées w/ Jean Carignan, Yves Verret and John Wright - Kebec Disc - Vocals, solo violin
Hommage à Madame Bolduc, Jean d’Arc Charlebois & Carignan - Philo 2021 - Piano, arrangements
Ti-Jean Carignan/Ginni Grant/Fiddey & Millar - CBC LM438 - Piano, arrangements
Ti-Jean Carignan - Le Violoneux - Jade ADS-8618 - Piano, arrangements, mixing
Seamus Connolly, Here and There - Green Linnet GLCD 1098 - Piano arrangments
Paul Gosselin, Hommage à Jean Carignan - Piano, arrangements
Boys of the Lough, The Piper’s Broken Finger - Philo 1042 - Piano
Down East, Out West Traditional Fiddling, Frank Ferrel - Voyageur Production- Piano, arrangements,
Philippe Bruneau, accordion - Philo 2003 - Acoustic bass
Danses pour les Veillées Canadiennes, Philippe Bruneau - Philo 2006 - Acoustic bass
Denis Côté à son Meilleur - Totem Records - Acoustic bass
Folklore Authentique, D. Côté - Totem records - Acoustic bass
Dancer with Bruised Knees, Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Warner Bros. - Violin
Entre la Jeunesse et la Sagesse . Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Warner Bros. - Violin
Love Over and Over. Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Warner Bros. - Violin
Matapedia. Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Rykodisc - Violin
Chris Rawlings - Cooking Fat Music - Piano, violin, bass
Soupe de Jour, Chris Rawlings - Radio Canada Int’l Transcription RCI 460 - Piano, violin, bass
Pearl River Turnaround, Chris Rawlings - Cooking Fat Music - Piano, violin, bass
Le Temps est ma seule Fortune, Jean custeau - Tison - Compositions, violin, bass, arrangements
Sutherland, Gordon & Bird - SGB Productions - Violin, Piano
La Belle et la Bête, Christiane Robichaud - Productions Arabesque & Endel Corp. - Violin
Maxime Le Forestier No. 5 - Polydor - Violin
Tom Kelly Sings Wayne Pronger - RCI 494 - Violin, piano
Huxtable, Christenson & Hood - Philo & Front Hall - Violin, acoustic bass
Celtic Magic - Green Linnet/Rounder - piano
Vermont Sampler - VPAL 103 - Arrangements, piano, violin
Tradition Today - VPAL 104 - Arrangements, piano, violin
Festival Albums: Fox Hollow 1972 Volume VII; 1975 Mariposa Folk Festival; Festival Memoires et Racines 1999 Volume 2; Festival International des Arts Traditionnels de Quebec SCOR-5 2004
Recordings with other artists: Angèle Arsenault; Alan Mills; Johnny Moring; Les Frères Hachey; Michel Murty and many others
