Sage has been working as a professional musician since 1997 playing, recording, composing and arranging in a variety of musical styles and contexts, including (stylistically) jazz, rock/pop, electronica, Turkish Classical Music, and the folk traditions of North America, Latin America, and Europe. His main instrument is double-bass, but he also plays electric bass and is a vocalist.
The bulk of Sages musical training occurred while completing his Bachelor of Music Degree, Majoring in Jazz Performance, at McGill University (2000). He also studied privately for many years (teachers: Kurt Walthers, Jordan O'Connor, Michel Donato, Eric Legace, Alec Walkington, Johannes Weidenmuller, Dave Holland, Mark Dresser, John Hebert) and has attended many master classes and seminars, including The International Jazz Workshop at The Banff Centre for the Arts (1999), where he played and studied with Dave Holland, Joe Lovano, Dave Douglas, and Kenny Werner, along with other prominent international jazz musicians.
Based in Montréal, Québec, Canada, Sage has performed and recorded extensively, both locally and provincially (including dates at The Montréal International Jazz Festival), with many different musicians and groups, such as: Sage Reynolds Quartet, Amon Tobin, Stars, Sienna Dahlen, Ismail Fencioglu, Kaba Horo, Marmara, Naëco, Sean Craig Quintet, Michel Berthiaume Quintet, Gabriel Lambert Trio, Rita Chiarelli, Nathalie Matteau, and Lee Mellor and The Mudhounds. He currently organizes (often with local bassist/composer Miles Perkin) “Mont-Royal Composers Forumâ€, a project that showcases new and adventurous original music. Other musical activities include regular freelance gigging, the instruction of private students (teaching bass, jazz improvisation/performance, and general music theory/practice), jazz combo coaching at The McGill Conservatory of Music, and studio session work (with performance and composition on The Sean Craig Quintet- Under Glass (Ora Records), performance on Sienna Dahlen- Off the Floor into the Garden, performance on Amon Tobin- Foley Room (Ninja Tune), and performance and arranging on Stars- “Your Ex-Lover is Dead†Single (Arts & Crafts), among others). Sage was awarded the “Prix Étoiles Galaxie de Radio-Canada†at the 2005 Montréal International Jazz Festival for his compositions “Saturday Afternoon†and “On the Wallâ€. In October 2005 his quartet opened for John Scofield at one of Montréal's premier venues, Spectrum. Sage Reynolds Quartet played a second concert at the Montréal International Jazz Festival in 2006 and performed for the first time at both the Ottawa International Jazz Festival and l'OFF Festival de Jazz de Montréal in June of 2007.
In addition to his work in the Province of Québec, Sage has done contractual cruise ship work abroad (Alaska, Mexico, Central America, South East Asia) and has performed elsewhere within Canadas borders, including concerts and festival appearances in Thunder Bay, Ottawa, Owen Sound (at the Summerfolk Music Festival), and Vancouver, BC, at The Vancouver International Jazz Festival. Other performance locations have included Merida, Mexico (at the 2005 Merida Jazz Festival Internacioal), and Austin, Texas at the 2006 Folk Alliance Conference.
Sage's first CD as a band-leader/producer, Sage Reynolds- “On the Wall†was released in September of 2006 on Effendi Records (Montreal, FND067.)
To purchase "On the Wall" please visit: www.effendirecords.com or contact Sage via MySpace.
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