Name	Steve Khan
Background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth name	Steve Cahn
Born	April 28, 1947
Origin	Los Angeles, California
Instrument	jazz guitar
Genre	Jazz
Label	Columbia Records Novus Records
Associated acts	Steely Dan, Billy Joel, Hubert Laws, Billy Cobham, James Brown, Maynard Ferguson, Weather Report, Bob James

Steve Khan (born April 28, 1947) is an American jazz guitarist.

Born in Los Angeles, California, Khan is known for his work with artists such as Steely Dan, Billy Joel, Michael Franks, Hubert Laws, Billy Cobham, Jack DeJohnette, James Brown, Maynard Ferguson, and Weather Report. In 1977, he toured with the CBS Jazz All Stars in Japan, and led a band called Eyewitness that featured musicians such as Steve Jordan, Anthony Jackson and Manolo Badrena. Khan is the author of five books on jazz music: Pentatonic Khancepts, Contemporary Chord Khancepts, The Wes Montgomary Guitar Folio, Pat Martino - The Early Years, and Guitar Workshop Series. His album Borrowed Time (TIEMPO PRESTADO) was a nominee for the 2007 50th Grammy Awards in the Best Latin Jazz Album (vocal or instrumental) category.

During the 1980s and 90s he was a member of the group Elements.

He is the son of lyricist Sammy Cahn.

Discography

Sometime Other Than Now (1976) by Steve Marcus Count's Rock Band, Flying Dutchman [All songs written by Steve Khan]

Two For the Road (1977) by Larry Coryell and Steve Khan, Novus - Live acoustic guitar duets

Tightrope (1977), Columbia

Alivemutherforya (1978), Columbia

The Blue Man (1978), Columbia

Arrows (1979), Columbia

The Best of Steve Khan (1980), Columbia

Evidence (1980), Arista/Novus - solo acoustic guitar

Eyewitness (1981), Trio Records - with Steve Jordan, Anthony Jackson and Manolo Badrena

Modern Times (1982), Trio Records - [Also known as "Blades" on Passport records] - Live in Japan with Steve Jordan, Anthony Jackson and Manolo Badrena

Casa Loco (1983), Antilles/Polydor - with Steve Jordan, Anthony Jackson and Manolo Badrena

Local Color (1987), Denon Records - duet with Rob Mounsey

Helping Hand (1987), Polydor - with Steve Jordan, Anthony Jackson, Manolo Badrena, Bill Evans (saxophonist), Clifford Carter, Neil Jason, Christopher Parker & Cafe

Public Access (1989), GRP Records - with Dave Weckl, Anthony Jackson and Manolo Badrena

Let's Call This (1991), Bluemoon - trio album with Ron Carter and Al Foster

Headline (1992), Bluemoon - with Ron Carter and Al Foster; and Dennis Chambers, Anthony Jackson and Manolo Badrena

The Collection (1994), Columbia

The Crossings (1994), Verve/Forecast - with Dennis Chambers, Anthony Jackson, Manolo Badrena and Michael Brecker

Got My Mental (1996), Evidence - with John Patitucci, Jack DeJohnette, Don Alias, Bobby Allende, Marc Quiñones and Cafe

You Are Here (1997), Siam Records - duet with Rob Mounsey

New Horizons (2000), by Caribbean Jazz Project, Concord Picante

Paraiso (2001), by Caribbean Jazz Project, Concord Picante

The Green Field, (2005), Tone Center Records - with John Patitucci, Jack DeJohnette, Manolo Badrena, Ralph Irizarry, Roberto Quintero

Borrowed Time, (2007), Tone Center Records

The Suitcase, (2007), ESC Records

External links

Official website

Category:American jazz guitarists Category:1947 births Category:Living people Category:musicians from Los Angeles, California Category:Steely Dan members Category:Columbia Records artists Category:Antilles Records artists Category:Novus Records artists

Ben Perowsky (born May 12, 1966) is a New York City based drummer, percussionist, composer, arranger and record producer.

Biography

Exposed early on to jazz from his parents, Frank and Ginger Perowsky, and teacher Bobby Thomas, as well as rock and roll from his older brother Ricky, Ben watched the great musicians playing at that time in New York City. He attended The High School of Music and Art in Harlem (now LaGuardia Arts). While playing drums in a high school jazz ensemble, Ben played with Dizzy Gillespie and Jimmy Heath. While growing up, he also played with his father, a well-known clarinetist, saxophonist and arranger. His mother, who worked with dance pioneer Charles Weidman among other choreographers, also influenced Ben with her Sly Stone and Stevie Wonder record collection. This mixture of rock, blues, funk and jazz made an impression on Ben, who then saw opportunities for crossing genre barriers, and went on to incorporate this in his works.

Ben plays Zildjian cymbals and Vic Firth sticks exclusively.

Early career

After high school, Ben studied at Boston’s Berklee School of Music with Alan Dawson. Among the many musicians he met were John Medeski and Dave Fiucznski, who were studying at the nearby New England Conservatory.

Returning to New York City, Ben spent a brief year at Manhattan School of Music. Soon after, he was hired by legendary saxophonist James Moody. The following year, he went on tour with Rickie Lee Jones double billing with Ray Charles. In 1987, he worked regularly in NYC with guitarist Jeff Pevar and keyboardist/bassist Morris Pleasure. Ben's freelance career soon began to blossom taking him all over the world with vibraphonist Roy Ayers, with whom he also backed Tom Brown, and Lonnie Liston Smith. Around this time Ben also worked with modern jazz team David Liebman and Richie Beirach.

After playing regularly with Mike Stern at the 55 Bar in 1990, saxophonist Bob Berg hired Ben to tour and play on his next two records. Mike Stern's trio continued to tour and record throughout the early 90’s. At this time Ben also recorded with pianist/producer Jim Beard, legendary baritone saxophonist Ronnie Cuber and Brazilian pianist Eliane Elias.

Concurrently, Ben began performing frequently at clubs in downtown NYC, becoming a mainstay at The Knitting Factory and later at Tonic. There he first worked with John Zorn in an early line up of the band Masada with Marc Ribot, as well as the band Spanish Fly with Marcus Rojas, Steven Bernstein and David Tronzo. He did a number of tours at this time with The Fertile Crescent, Chunk, and Wayne Horvitz's The President. He also recorded two projects with John Cale. Ben later played percussion in John Lurie's Lounge Lizards and on the record Queen of All Ears.

Groups Led and Co-led

In 1988, Ben started a band with two other High School of Music and Art alumni, guitarist Adam Rogers and bassist Fima Ephron. This band became Lost Tribe with the final edition of saxophonist David Binney and guitarist David Gilmore. They immediately became a ground-breaking group in the NY’s club circuit, cutting through genres playing in rock and jazz clubs alike. In 1991 Ben met producer Walter Becker (Steely Dan) who asked Lost Tribe to record at his then studio in Maui, Hawaii. The Lost Tribe sound was a blend of various genres with dense harmony and dance rhythms. The band released three critically acclaimed records Lost Tribe, Soulfish, Many Lifetimes and toured extensively in the US and Europe. In addition to co-leading/ drumming in the band, Ben occasionally took on the role of rapper. Becker later had this rhythm section record on his first solo record.

The Ben Perowsky Trio was formed with Chris Speed and Scott Colley in 1996, Ben's first release as a leader in 1999 for Frank Perowsky's label JazzKey. One track on this release was placed by Hal Wilner in the 2006 film "Talladega Nights" during actor Sacha Baron Cohen's entrance to a “redneck” bar.

Ben created his own label El Destructo Records and released two CDs. El Destructo: Volume I was created through a series billed as "Beatshop" early that winter. ”Beatshop” served as the workshop for a new sound Ben was developing with Glenn Patscha and Markus Lyons Miller. It was a blending of slow dub style improv with dark ambience and sparse vocals. El Destructo: Volume II Moodswing Orchestra, expands on this idea with the addition of four other instrumentalists and five vocalists.

In 2003, Ben produced a record called Bop on Pop for his father Frank with Sam Yahel on organ. Also in 2003, Ben produced a trio under his name for Tzadik entitled Camp Songs. It was voted one of the top 50 CDs of 2003 in JazzTimes magazine. He appears on 7 other Tzadik releases to date.

The Ben Perowsky Quartet featuring Chris Speed, Ted Reichman and Drew Gress toured in Europe in 2005 and released Esopus Opus on Skirl records 2009. Red Cred, a new project featuring Speed, John Medeski have also been performing regularly in the catskills since 2007, with NYC debut at Winterjazz festival 2011. Starting in 2009, along with musician/producer Danny Blume, Ben prepares new music for his Moodswing Orchestra, playing disco inflected techno dance music, an improvised dance party with chance special guests including rapper extraordinaire TK Wonder.

Bands

In addition to his solo projects and collaborations, Ben has worked with numerous bands since the late Eighties. In 1988 he joined the rock/pop band Fertile Crescent with fellow High School of Music and Art alumni bassist/song writer Erik Sanko, and Danny Blume. In 1995, Ben joined the song writing team of Oren Bloedow and Jennifer Charles in their band Elysian Fields. He recorded on five releases and played numerous tours with the band and its ever changing cast over the next 8 years.

In the 1990’s, The Knitting Factory became the stomping ground for new projects. Danny Blume began a series called Liminal Lounge with DJ Olive, spawning an electronica based band called Liminal, in which Ben played live and on record along with Christian Castagno. It was around this time that the phrase “Illbient” came into being. There Ben also played with Steven Bernstein, Dave Douglas, Don Byron, and the Ben Perowsky Trio.

In 2002, Ben began working with song writer Joan Wasser. They played as a duo for a year before the band Joan as Police Woman was formed with the addition of Rainy Orteca. After three years of live performance and working on Joan's new material, an EP was recorded with producer Brice Goggin, another of Ben's High School of Music and Art schoolmates. The full-length release Real Life was met with much success in the US, UK and Europe. Ben appears in the video for the song “Eternal Flame” and on two songs from Joan's 2008 release "To Survive."

In 1995, Ben also began playing with 101 Crustaceans with bandleader Ed Pastorini. Salon.com wrote, “The stock listings phrase that when a particular band plays ‘some of the best musicians in town take to the stage’ is actually true in the case of Ed Pastorini's 101 Crustaceans, the ‘town’ in this instance being New York City. And here's a line . . . to follow it: The rest of them are in the audience.” Other players include guitarist Indigo Street and bassist Oren Bloedow.

Current work

In 1999, Ben recorded on Mike Stern's "Play," with guests Bill Frisell and John Scofield. He then toured extensively in Scofield's band for most of 2000. In 2002, the Uri Caine trio began touring and recording. A live record was made at the famous basement jazz club The Village Vanguard. Ben still currently tours and records with Uri Caine in a number of his projects regularly. On a notable recording session in 2003, Ben was found in the company of jazz legends led by composer /arranger Tom McIntosh with Benny Golson, James Moody, Buster Williams, Kenny Barron and Richard Davis.

Ben continues to be active among improvisers and song writers. From 2003 to present Ben has appeared on records and/or tours with Clem Snide, Kaki King, Dave Derby, Jamie Saft, Nels Andrews, Adam Levy, Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra,Michael Blake, Trey Anastasio, Lizz Wright and The Wood Brothers. Recently, Ben recorded with Welsh singer Katell Keineg, Antony and the Johnsons, and appears on the disco hit single “Blind” by the band Hercules and Love Affair.

Discography as a leader

Lost Tribe (Windham Hill, 1993)

Lost Tribe Soulfish (Windham Hill/Highstreet, 1994)

Lost Tribe Many Lifetimes (Arabesque Records, 1998)

Ben Perowsky Trio (Jazz Key, 1999)

Bop on Pop (Jazz Key, 2002)

''El Destructo Volume 1, (El Destructo Records, 2002)

Camp Songs (Tzadik Records, 2003)

Moodswing Orchestra (El Destructo Records/Royal Potato Family/Red, 2009)

Esopus Opus (Skirt Records, 2009)

Recording Artist Short List

Jarrod Gorbel "10 Years Older" 2010

Siobhan Wilson "Songs" 2010

John Zorn"The Goddess" 2010

John Zorn "In Search of the Miraculous" 2010

Katell Keinig "At The Mermaid Parade" 2010

Loudon Wainwright III "High Wide & Handsome – The Charlie Poole Project" 2009

Ben Perowsky’s Moodswing Orchestra "Moodswing Orchestra" 2009

Ben Perowsky Quartet "Esopus Opus" 2009

John Zorn "Alhambra Love Songs" 2009

Joan As Police Woman "Cover" 2009

Jim Keller "Sunshine In My Pocket" 2009

Kevin Mackenzie w/ Donny McCaslin "East of East 7th st." 2009

Hercules and Love Affair "Hercules and Love Affair" 2008

Joan As Police Woman "To Survive" 2008

Lizz Wright "The Orchard" 2008

Steven Bernstein’s Millenial Territory Orchestra, "We Are MTO" 2008

Nels Andrews, "Off Track Betting", 2007

Baby Loves Jazz, "Go Baby Go", 2006

Joan As Police Woman, "Real Life ", 2006/07

Bojan Zulfikarpašić, "Xenophonia", 2006

Dave Derby, "And the Norfolk Downs", 2006

Steven Bernstein, "Millenial Territory Orchestra Volume 1", 2006

Adam Levy, "Loose Rhymes: Live on Ludlow street", 2006

Jamie Saft Trio, "Trouble", 2006

Trey Anastasio, "Bar 17", 2006

The Backyardigans, "Groove To The Music", 2005

The Backyardigans, "The Backyardigans", 2005

John Zorn, Dave Douglas, Mike Patton, Rob Burger, Bill Laswell, "Issue One", 2005

Eyal Maoz, "Edom", 2005

Misha Mengelberg Trio, "Senne Sing Sing", 2005

Jamie Saft Trio plays Masada, "", 2005

Clem Snide, "End of Love", 2005

Kaki King, "Leg's to Make Us Longer", 2004

Adam Niewood, "Introducing", 2004

Tom McIntosh - (Benny Golson, James Moody, Kenny Barron, Richard Davis, Buster Williams), "With Malice Toward None", 2004

Joan As Policewoman EP, self-titled, 2004

Michael Polesney, "Stoneboat (season of St.Lucy)", 2004

Uri Caine Trio, "Live at the Vanguard", 2004

Elysian Fields, "Dreams That Breath Your Name", 2003

Raz Mesinai's Badawi, "Clones and False Profets", 2003

Ben Perowsky / Uri Caine / Drew Gress, "Voices in the wilderness", 2003

Ben Perowsky / Uri Caine / Drew Gress, "Great Jewish Music: Sasha Argov", 2003

Joseph Arthur, "Redemption's Son", 2002

Tonic, "Live at Tonic", 2002

Oren Bloedow / Jennifer Charles, "La Mar Enfortuna", 2001

Elysian Fields, "Queen of the Meadow", 2000

Chris Speed Trio (w/ Jaime Saft), "Iffy", 2000

Roy Nathanson (w/ Deborah Harry, Elvis Costello, Charles Earland and other legends), "Fire at Keaton's Bar & Grill", 2000

Dave Douglas, "Leap of Faith", 2000

Liminal, self-titled, 1999

Uri Caine, "The Sidewalks of New York", 1999

Dave Douglas, "Live at Birdland", 1999

Mike Stern (w/ Bill Frisell and John Scofield), "Play", 1999

Salif Keita (w/ Vernon Reid and John Medeski), "Papa", 1999

Dave Douglas, "Magic Triangle", 1998

The Whistling Hangmen, "Barhopping", 1998

The Lounge Lizards, "Queen of All Ears", 1998

Pat Martino, "All Sides Now", 1998

Evan Lurie, "How I Spent My Summer Vacation", 1998

Elysian Fields, "Black Acres (unreleased)", 1997

Liminal, "Preset", 1997

Robert Dick / Soldier string quartet, "Jazz Standards on Mars", 1997

Elysian Fields, "Bleed Your Ceder", 1996

Elysian Fields, self-titled, 1996

Spanish Fly, "Fly by Night", 1996

David Tronzo Trio, "Yo! Hey!", 1996

John Cale, "Walking on Locusts", 1996

Charles & Eddie, "Chocolate Milk", 1995

John Zorn's Cobra, , 1995

John Cale / Bob Neuwirth, "Last Day on Earth", 1994

Walter Becker, "11 Tracks of Whack", 1994

Mike Stern, "Is What It Is", 1994

Ralph Bowen (w/Jim Beard and Anthony Jackson), "Movin' On", 1992

The Fertile Crescent, "The Fertile Crescent", 1992

Spanish Fly, "Rags to Britches", 1992

Ronnie Cuber (w/ Bobby Broom, Michael Formanek, Patato Valdez), "Cubism", 1992

Ronnie Cuber, "Airplay", 1992

Dave Kikoski, "Persistent Dreams", 1992

Mike Stern, "Standards", 1992

Mike Stern, "Odds or Evens", 1991

Bob Berg, "Backroads", 1991

Jim Beard (w/ Michael Brecker, Wayne Shorter, Don Alias, Mino Cinelu), "Song of the Sun", 1991

Chris Minh Doky (w/ Larry Schneider and Thomas Clausen), "Appreciation", 1989

Roy Ayers, "Fast Money", 1988

References

Jason Ankeny, [ Ben Perowsky] at Allmusic

External links

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0674471/

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID;=64740277 (Ben's Myspace page)

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID;=413429601 (Ben Perowsky Quartet on Myspace)

http://perowsky.com/ (Ben's website)

Category:American jazz drummers Category:Musicians from New York Category:1966 births Category:Living people Category:Tzadik Records artists

Name	Gabriela Anders
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Gabriela Anders
Origin	Buenos Aires, Argentine
Instrument	Singer, Piano
Occupation	Singer
Years active	1990s-present
Associated acts	Grover Washington, Jr., Spyro Gyra, Jorge Anders, Wayne Krantz, George Duke

Gabriela Anders (born March 17, 1972 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine singer and pianist, specializing in soul, jazz and Latin. Her debut album was Wanting from 1998, including tracks as "You Know What It's Like", "Wanting" and "I'll Be Loving You". Subsequent albums are Latina and Eclectica, both from 2003, Last Tango In Rio from 2004 and "Bossa Beleza" fron 2008.

Most tracks are sung in English, with many sung in her native Spanish. In 2004 she married jazz fusion guitarist Wayne Krantz.

References

External links

Official website

Category:1972 births Category:Living people Category:Argentine female singers

:This article is about the American session drummer. For information on the opera performer, see Stephen Gadd. For information on the 1970s UK rock vocalist, see Stray.

Name	Steve Gadd
Background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth name	Stephen Kendall Gadd
Born	April 09, 1945Irondequoit, New York, United States
Instrument	Drums, Percussion
Genre	Jazz, Bebop, Rock music, Blues, R&B;
Occupation	Musician
Url	http://www.drstevegadd.com/

Steve Gadd (born April 9, 1945 in Irondequoit, New York) is an American session and studio drummer, notable for his work with popular musicians from a wide range of genres.

Biography

Gadd is a native of Irondequoit, New York, a suburb of Rochester, New York. When he was seven years old, his uncle, who was a drummer in the US army, encouraged him to take drum lessons. By the age of eleven he had sat in with Dizzy Gillespie.

After graduating from Irondequoit's Eastridge High School, he attended the Manhattan School of Music for two years before transferring to the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, playing in wind ensembles and concert bands. After Gadd finished college in the late 1960s, he played regularly with Chuck Mangione and his brother Gap Mangione. His first recording was on Gap Mangione's debut solo album, Diana in the Autumn Wind (1968).

Gadd was drafted into the U.S. Army and spent three years as a drummer in the Army Music Program, most of which was spent with the Jazz Ambassadors of the U.S. Army Field Band in Ft. Meade, MD. While living in the Washington DC area, he briefly took lessons from the noted jazz drummer, Michael S. Smith. Following his military service, Gadd played and worked with a band in Rochester. In 1972, Gadd formed a trio with Tony Levin and Mike Holmes, traveling to New York with them. The trio eventually broke up, but Gadd began to work mainly as a studio musician. Gadd also played with Corea's Return to Forever but left the group.

In the 1970s and 1980s, he toured internationally, and recorded with Paul Simon and also with Al Di Meola's Electric Rendezvous Band. In response to confusion over another drummer by the same name, Gadd, while on his We're on a Mission from Gadd tour in 2005, told fans that was not him. Gadd said, "I've never met the other Steve Gadd. We happened to stay in the same hotel once, though. I kept getting his messages and apparently he was getting mine."

In 1976, Gadd and other session musicians in New York City, including Richard Tee, Eric Gale and Cornell Dupree, formed the group Stuff. Their work included appearances on NBC's Saturday Night Live, both performing on their own and backing Joe Cocker.

By the end of the 1970s, Steve Gadd was an accomplished drummer, with transcriptions of his drum solos on sale in Japan. Chick Corea once commented, "Every drummer wants to play like Gadd because he plays perfect ... He has brought orchestral and compositional thinking to the drum kit while at the same time having a great imagination and a great ability to swing."

In 2005, along with Abraham Laboriel, Patrice Rushen and others, Gadd was awarded an honorary Doctor of Music degree from Berklee College of Music for outstanding contributions to contemporary music.

With Art Garfunkel Some Enchanted Evening, 2007 Songs from a Parent to a Child, 1997

With L'Image

L'Image 2.0, 2009

With Lesley Meguid

The Truth About Love Songs, 2010

With Chet Baker

She Was Too Good to Me, 1974

References

Gadd's Official website

External links

Steve Gadd at Drummerworld - contains video and sound clips.

Steve Gadd page on The Party Of The Century project - contains video and sound clips.

Steve Gadd at OnlineDrummer - contains video clips.

Steve Gadd at BehindTheDrums - contains discography and equipment list.

Category:1945 births Category:Living people Category:American jazz musicians of Sicilian descent Category:American jazz drummers Category:American rock drummers Category:Eastman School of Music alumni Category:Manhattan School of Music alumni Category:People from Rochester, New York Category:American session musicians Category:Steely Dan members Category:Return to Forever members

Position	Right wing
Shot	Right
Height ft	6
Height in	0
Weight lb	185
Played for	Montreal CanadiensNew York RangersQuebec Nordiques
League	NHL
Ntl team	Canada
Birth date	September 20, 1951
Birth place	Thurso, QC, CAN
Career start	1971
Career end	19841988–1991
Draft	1st overall
Draft year	1971
Draft team	Montreal Canadiens
Halloffame	1988

Guy Damien "The Flower" / "Le Démon Blond" Lafleur, OC, CQ (born September 20, 1951) is a former Canadian professional ice hockey player who is widely regarded as one of the most naturally gifted and popular players ever to play professional ice hockey. Between 1971 and 1991, he played for the Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers and Quebec Nordiques in an NHL career spanning 17 seasons and five Stanley Cup championships.

Early years

In his teens, Lafleur gained considerable recognition for his play as a member of the Quebec Remparts of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, where he led his team to the Memorial Cup in 1971, scoring an amazing 130 regular season goals. At the time, Lafleur idolized Jean Béliveau and Bobby Orr.

The Habs' astute General Manager, Sam Pollock, was keen to find a way to trade with the California Golden Seals to obtain their first round draft pick. He persuaded Seals owner Charlie Finley to trade the Seals' pick and François Lacombe in return for Montreal's first round pick and a veteran Ernie Hicke. It turned out to be one of the most lopsided deals in NHL history. However, during the 1970-71 season, the Los Angeles Kings were playing even more poorly than the hapless California Seals. The Kings were in danger of "beating" the Seals out for last place, and if this happened Pollock would lose his first overall pick. Pollock cleverly traded the aging but still valuable Ralph Backstrom to the Kings for two insignificant players. Backstrom's presence lifted the Kings out of last place, the Seals finished at the bottom, granting the Habs the first pick. Pollock hesitated between Lafleur and Marcel Dionne, but chose Lafleur with his overall no.1 pick.

Montreal Canadiens

At first, Lafleur struggled to live up to expectations in the league, but by 1974 had developed his trademark smooth skating style and scoring touch. He was a cornerstone of five Stanley Cup championship teams. He was one of the most popular players on a very popular team; fans chanted "Guy, Guy, Guy!" whenever he touched the puck. He became known among English fans as "Flower", while among French fans he was dubbed "le Démon Blond" (the Blonde Demon).

During the 1978 Stanley Cup finals, Boston Bruins Head Coach Don Cherry ordered his players to put their sticks up and hit Lafleur whenever they encountered him. At the end of the series, Lafleur's head was swathed in bandages after numerous slashes from Bruin players. After Montreal won the Stanley Cup, he borrowed it for the weekend without telling anyone to show his friends back home in Thurso, where he set it out on his front lawn for all his neighbours to see.

In 1979, Lafleur released an album called 'Lafleur'. The album consisted of Guy Lafleur reciting hockey instructions, accompanied by disco music.

While driving home on March 24, 1981, Lafleur fell asleep at the wheel of his Cadillac and crashed into a highway fence. He was nearly decapitated when a metal post pierced the windshield missing his head by inches while tearing off part of his ear. During the 1980–81 Montreal Canadiens season, Lafleur appeared in only 51 games and scored 27 goals. It was the first time since the 1973–74 Montreal Canadiens season that he failed to score 50 goals or more in a season.

With Scotty Bowman, Ken Dryden, Jacques Lemaire, and several other key players retiring after the conclusion of the 1979 season, the Canadiens' dynasty came to an end, losing in the second round of the 1980 playoffs to the Minnesota North Stars in seven games. Injuries shortened Lafleur's 1980–1981 season and his production dropped significantly (during the previous six seasons, Lafleur had reached or exceeded 100 points and 50 goals). In the following seasons, he was overshadowed by Mike Bossy and Wayne Gretzky. During the 1984–1985 season, after scoring only two goals in 19 games and unhappy with the amount of ice time he was receiving, he decided to retire and his departure from the Canadiens was considered acrimonious.

Return to NHL

After being inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, Lafleur returned to the NHL briefly from 1988–89 through 1990–91 with the New York Rangers and the Quebec Nordiques. Lafleur remained one of the few players that did not wear protective helmets due to a grandfather clause.

Against the Edmonton Oilers in a 1988 exhibition game, Lafleur had six shots on goal which was the most in that game, and that performance earned praise from the Oilers' Mark Messier, as well as convincing Rangers manager Phil Esposito to sign Lafleur to a one year contract. During his first game back in the Montreal Forum, he scored twice against Patrick Roy during the Rangers' 7–5 loss to the Canadiens. As in his heydey with the Habs, the Forum crowd chanted "Guy! Guy! Guy!" every time he touched the puck, and he received huge ovations for each goal, and when he was introduced as the game's first star. Although his high-scoring days were well behind him, his stint with the Rangers was moderately successful and he helped the team to first place in the Patrick Division until being knocked out by a knee injury.

Lafleur then followed dismissed Rangers head coach and close friend Michel Bergeron to the Nordiques for his final seasons. Intending to finish his hockey career in Quebec where he had started, he reportedly turned down a $1 million offer from the Los Angeles Kings. He managed 24 goals in 98 games with the Nordiques over two seasons, the 38-year-old was still among the team's best players while receiving diminished ice time.

Oddly, the Minnesota North Stars selected Lafleur with the 20th and last pick in the 1991 Expansion Draft, this despite the fact that it was already well known that he was retiring for good at the end of the 1990–91 season.

He had already verbally agreed to an office job with the Nordiques and since his retirement papers had yet to be filed with the NHL offices, league tampering bylaws prevented him to accept an off-ice position with a team that didn't own his playing rights. In order to simplify his transition from player to an office job with the same team, a gentlemen's agreement between the two teams was made where his rights were traded back to Quebec for the NHL rights to Alan Haworth.

Accolades

Lafleur is the all-time leading scorer in Canadiens history, notching 1,246 points (518 goals and 728 assists) in his 14 years with the Habs. He led the NHL in scoring in 1976, 1977, and 1978. He tied for a Montreal club record with Steve Shutt for goals in a season with 60 in 1977–78 and holds the franchise record for points in a season with 136 in 1976–77. Lafleur became the first player in NHL history to score at least 50 goals and 100 points in six consecutive seasons as a Hab. Lafleur was also the fastest player (at the time) to reach 1,000 points, doing so in only 720 games. That record has since been broken by Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux and a few others.

He won three Art Ross Trophies (1976, 1977, 1978), two Hart Memorial Trophies (1977, 1978), three Lester B. Pearson Awards (1976, 1977, 1978), and one Conn Smythe Trophy (1977). He was a member of the Canadian team in the 1976 and 1981 Canada Cup tournaments, winning the Cup in 1976, and was the recipient of the Lou Marsh Trophy in 1977.

Lafleur was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1988 and the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in 1996. Along with Gordie Howe before him and Mario Lemieux after him, Lafleur is one of only three players to have returned to the NHL after being inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. He still holds the record for the most career point and assist totals in Montreal Canadiens history, as well as the second-highest goal total behind Maurice "Rocket" Richard. Lafleur was the sixth Montreal Canadiens' player to have his sweater number retired.

In April 2001, Lafleur placed 122 items - including 5 miniature Stanley Cups, 6 miniature Prince of Wales trophies, 1977 Conn Smythe Trophy, 3 Art Ross trophies, Hockey Hall of Fame plaque and ring, games-used jerseys, 4 Stanley Cup rings, and the first skates he ever wore - for sale. The items' selling prices totalled approximately $400,000 USD.

Besides the honours received during his playing career, in 1980 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada, and in 2005, he was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec.

In 1998, he was ranked number 11 on The Hockey News' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players.

After retirement

Lafleur currently operates a helicopter rental company in Montreal that shuttles VIPs to and from the airport. He was at the controls when the Tampa Bay Lightning's André Roy proposed to his fiancée, the Stanley Cup serving as the engagement ring bearer. Guy Lafleur also owns a restaurant in Berthierville, Quebec, "Guy Lafleur Mikes Signature" It opened in 2002. Lafleur has opened a new restaurant, called "Bleu, Blanc, Rouge!" in Rosemère, Quebec, August 4, 2008.

Criminal conviction and acquittal

Lafleur's son Mark had a number of run-ins with the law, including charges of sexual assault. Part of Mark's bail conditions was that he remain at his father's house. In 2008, questions about Lafleur's testimony in his son's case resulted in an arrest warrant being issued for Lafleur, which his lawyer criticized as an unnecessary embarrassment. In 2009 Guy Lafleur was charged with obstruction of justice for helping Mark to break his curfew by driving him to a hotel to see his girlfriend; the trial was scheduled for April 2009. Lafleur has filed a $2.8 million dollar civil suit against police and prosecutors, claiming that his rights were violated.

On May 1, 2009 Lafleur was convicted and on June 18, 2009 was given a one year suspended sentence. Lafleur was also fined $100 and ordered to donate $10,000 to charity.

On August 17, 2010, Lafleur was unanimously acquitted of all charges by the Quebec Court of Appeal, throwing out his previous conviction.

Career statistics

Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes {| BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="0" width="95%" style="text-align:center" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |   ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |   ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |   ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- ALIGN="center" | 1966–67 | Quebec Junior Aces | QJHL | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1967–68 | Quebec Junior Aces | QJHL | 43 | 30 | 19 | 49 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" | 1968–69 | Quebec Junior Aces | QJHL | 49 | 50 | 60 | 110 | 83 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1969–70 | Quebec Remparts | QMJHL | 56 | 103 | 67 | 170 | 105 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" | 1970–71 | Quebec Remparts | QMJHL | 62 | 130 | 79 | 209 | 135 | 14 | 22 | 21 | 43 | 49 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1971–72 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 73 | 29 | 35 | 64 | 48 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 |- ALIGN="center" | 1972–73* | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 70 | 28 | 27 | 55 | 51 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1973–74 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 73 | 21 | 35 | 56 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |- ALIGN="center" | 1974–75 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 70 | 53 | 66 | 119 | 37 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 15 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1975–76* | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 80 | 56 | 69 | 125 | 36 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 2 |- ALIGN="center" | 1976–77* | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 80 | 56 | 80 | 136 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 6 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1977–78* | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 78 | 60 | 72 | 132 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 16 |- ALIGN="center" | 1978–79* | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 80 | 52 | 77 | 129 | 28 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 0 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1979–80 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 74 | 50 | 75 | 125 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |- ALIGN="center" | 1980–81 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 51 | 27 | 43 | 70 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1981–82 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 66 | 27 | 57 | 84 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |- ALIGN="center" | 1982–83 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 68 | 27 | 49 | 76 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1983–84 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 80 | 30 | 40 | 70 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 |- ALIGN="center" | 1984–85 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 19 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1988–89 | New York Rangers | NHL | 67 | 18 | 27 | 45 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |- ALIGN="center" | 1989–90 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 39 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1990–91 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 59 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 1127 ! 560 ! 793 ! 1353 ! 399 ! 128 ! 58 ! 76 ! 134 ! 67 |}

*Name was engraved on the Stanley Cup.

See also

List of Quebecers

List of members of the Hockey Hall of Fame

Hockey Hall of Fame

List of NHL statistical leaders

List of NHL players with 1000 games played

List of NHL players with 1000 points

List of NHL players with 500 goals

List of NHL players with 100 point seasons

List of NHL players with 50 goal seasons

References

External links

Guy Lafleur's DVD : "Il était une fois... Guy Lafleur" at imavision.com

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Name	Donald Fagen
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Donald Jay Fagen
Born	January 10, 1948
Origin	Passaic, New Jersey
Genre	Rock, jazz fusion
Years active	1971–present
Instrument	piano, organ, various keyboard instruments, melodica, Donald would later recall: "I can't ever remember when there was silence around the house. She was either playing records or singing."
Name	Fagen, Donald
Date of birth	January 10, 1948

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