Christian Vander (born 21 February 1948) is a French drummer, musician, and founder of the band

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Vander is known for his extended compositions, drumming, and shrill falsetto improvisational/scat singing. His music fuses jazz, rock, classical and operatic influences, and draws on the work of musicians as diverse as

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Christian Vander is the adopted child of famous French jazz piano player

Maurice Vander Maurice Vanderschueren, better known as Maurice Vander (born 11 June 1929, Vitry-sur-Seine, died 16 February 2017, Montmorillon ) was a French jazz keyboardist. Vander worked in the 1950s with Don Byas, Django Reinhardt, Bobby Jaspar, Jimmy Raney ...

(who was a long time sideman of the French singer

Claude Nougaro Claude Nougaro (, oc, Claudi Nogaròu; 9 September 1929 – 4 March 2004) was a French songwriter and singer. Life and career Claude Nougaro was born in Toulouse to a respected French opera singer, Pierre Nougaro, and a piano teacher, Liette ...

). Most of Vander and Magma's recorded work is still available through Vander's own record label, Seventh Records. He was married to singer

Stella Vander Stella Vander (born Stella Zelcer, also known as Stella; 12 December 1950) is a French singer and musician. Early years Born in Paris into a family of Polish immigrants, she began writing music in the early sixties together with her uncle Maurice ...

who released many EPs herself in the 1960s and has performed vocal duties for Magma since 1972.Speaking In Tongues: Magma Interviewed By Musicians
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'', 9 October 2019. Retrieved 30 May 201 They divorced in the 1980s, with speculations of this occurred in the hiatus years. Christian and Stella have a daughter, Julie, who has appeared on several Magma and Offering releases.

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* 1948 births Bandleaders Constructed language creators French adoptees French jazz drummers French classical musicians French male classical composers French musicians French songwriters Jazz-rock percussionists Living people People from Nogent-sur-Marne Male drummers Male songwriters Magma (band) members Progressive rock drummers {{France-musician-stub

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