Ed Bickert

guitar · 1932–2019 · Hochfeld

Canadian guitarist born in Hochfeld (Manitoba) in 1932 and died in Toronto in 2019, he worked mainly in Toronto from the mid-1950s. He accompanied Paul Desmond and Rosemary Clooney and gained international recognition in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Styles

• Cool (Birth of the Cool)
• Swing, big bands

Landmark tracks

• A Face Like Yours (1978)
• Alone Together (Ed Bickert) (1978)
• You Are Too Beautiful (Ed Bickert) (1978)
• What Is This Thing Called Love (Ed Bickert) (1978)
• Who Can I Turn To (1978)

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