Pierre Cartier

A very quiet man, almost the stereotype of the effaced bassist, Pierre Cartier has nonetheless left his mark on many records by Montreal artists, especially members of the Ambiances Magnétiques family. Nurturing interests in both classical music and avant-garde jazz, he has developed a very personal style of composition, especially during the 1990s, through ambitious cycles on poems by Yves Bonnefoy and Blaise Cendrars. Cartier graduated from the Conservatoire de Montréal in double bass in 1976 and began his career as a classical musician, an area he is still active in. He ha...