Patrick "Pat" LaCroix (born 1938) is a
Canadian
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musician and
photographer
A photographer (the Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who uses a camera to make photographs.
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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
Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. (November 17, 1938 – May 1, 2023) was a Canadian singer-songwriter who achieved worldwide success and helped define the singer-songwriter era of the 1970s. Widely considered one of Canada's greatest songwriters, ...
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He was a founding member of the folk band The Colonials, with
Denny Doherty and Richard Byrne.
Guitarist
Zal Yanovsky was hired to accompany the group for the "Hootenanny USA" tour in late 1963, which included a performance at Carnegie Hall. Earlier that year the band had been renamed
The Halifax III.
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.
In 1965, LaCroix began his commercial photographic career, 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.
“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
External links
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1938 births
Living people
Canadian jazz singers
Canadian photographers
Canadian folk singers
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