Not long before leaving this world, in 2009, legendary studio guitarist Jean-Marie Benoît sent a letter to Normand Brathwaite to compliment him on his performance on a TV show, where he had accompanied an artist by playing guitar. 'egg. “You’re really part of the rest of us now,” he wrote to her. “Of the rest of us” as in: the restricted circle of real real musicians.
Episode 2: Normand Brathwaite
Normand Brathwaite has worn many hats, but is first and foremost a musician. The host talks about his love for percussion, the place of women on the stage and his joy of playing with Gilles Valiquette. He also confides in his relationship with death.
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Normand Brathwaite with the podcast host Just between you and me Dominic Tardif
Three quotes from our interview
About his fear of disappointing
“I don't like meeting people, because I'm always afraid of disappointing them. The other time, I walked into a bar in Quebec, it was full of young machines playing jazz and there was a silence, as if I were someone, when, in terms of performance, 1 to 10, the others are at 10, and I'm at 3. It always makes me laugh. I meet people and there is always a distance. »
About Mélissa Lavergne
“I've seen Mélissa's hands so much that when I'm at a show and I have to play a percussion instrument, I always think for a second about where Mélissa's hands would naturally go. »
About the place of women in music
“The reluctance I had was terrible. It was the time of seated musicians, with headphones, and often, on the score, there was a Playboy. […] Now, when I put on a show, I no longer think guy, white, girl, black. I'm just thinking of the right person for the instrument. And most of the time that results in a few more girls than guys. »
