Pat LaCroix
{{short description|Canadian musician and photographer (born 1938)}}
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Patrick "Pat" LaCroix (born 1938) is a Canadian musician and photographer.
Early life and education
LaCroix attended the Westlake College of Music in Los Angeles.
Career
While at college La Croix was part of The Four Winds vocal quartet with fellow student Gordon Lightfoot.{{cite book|author=Nicholas Jennings|title=Lightfoot|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3iK2DQAAQBAJ&pg=PT256|date=26 September 2017|publisher=Penguin Canada|isbn=978-0-14-319920-5|page=256}} He was a founding member of the folk band The Colonials, with Denny Doherty and Richard Byrne.{{cite book|author=Matthias Blazek|title=The Mamas and The Papas: Flower-Power-Ikonen, Psychedelika und sexuelle Revolution|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y2nDCQAAQBAJ&pg=PT29|date=1 December 2014|publisher=ibidem-Verlag / ibidem Press|isbn=978-3-8382-6577-3|page=29}} Guitarist Zal Yanovsky was hired to accompany the group for the "Hootenanny USA" tour in late 1963, which included a performance at Carnegie Hall.[https://halifax.citynews.ca/2022/01/24/halifaxyesterday-pat-lacroix-the-halifax-three-jazz-and-photography-4985991/amp/ “HalifaxYesterday: Pat LaCroix - The Halifax Three, Jazz and Photography”] CityNews Halifax, article by Joel Zemel. Earlier that year the band had been renamed The Halifax III.{{cite book|author=Tom Wilson|title=I Am Tommy: On Stage and Backstage|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h8l7DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA57|date=8 November 2018|publisher=FriesenPress |isbn=978-1-5255-2907-8 |page=57}}[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/CANADA/RPM/60s/1967/RPM-1967-02-18.pdf "Canada Bill"]. RPM, Feb 18 1967, page 2. This group recorded two LP albums for Epic records in New York and performed on several national TV show in Canada and the US, including Sing Along With Mitch and The Merv Griffin Show.[https://halifax.citynews.ca/2022/01/24/halifaxyesterday-pat-lacroix-the-halifax-three-jazz-and-photography-4985991/amp/ “HalifaxYesterday: Pat LaCroix - The Halifax Three, Jazz and Photography”] CityNews Halifax, article by Joel Zemel.
In 1965, LaCroix began his commercial photographic career,[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/CANADA/RPM/60s/1967/RPM-1967-06-17.pdf "Mammas & Pappas"]. RPM, Volume 7 No 16 June 17, 1967. and musically returned to his first love, singing Jazz.
LaCroix has received more the 60 awards for his photography and in 2008 was awarded The Lifetime Achievement award by the Canadian Association of Photographers and Illustrators in Communication.[https://halifax.citynews.ca/2022/01/24/halifaxyesterday-pat-lacroix-the-halifax-three-jazz-and-photography-4985991/amp/ “HalifaxYesterday: Pat LaCroix - The Halifax Three, Jazz and Photography”] CityNews Halifax, article by Joel Zemel. In 2017, LaCroix and Ted O'Reilly published Toronto Jazz Treasures, a coffee table book of photographic portraits of 100 of Toronto's best-known jazz musicians.
Personal life
He currently lives with his wife Naomi. He is the father of actress Lisa LaCroix and singer/songwriter, Dana LaCroix.
Discography
=Folk period=
- Magic Circle
- Halifax III (Album)San Francisco Bay Blues
- The Halifax III (album)
- The Man Who Wouldn't Sing Along With Mitch (single)
=Jazz period=
- 2002 - This is All I Ask
- 2005 - The Ballad Artistry of Pat LaCroix
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.patlacroix.com}}
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Category:Canadian jazz singers
Category:Canadian photographers
Category:Canadian folk singers
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