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Released: Sep 12, 2012
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  • Genre: Jazz / Other / Rock

    Location Montreal, Ca

    Profile Views: 33144

    Last Login: 3/24/2012

    Member Since 3/14/2006

    Website www.sagereynolds.ca

    Record Label Effendi Records (for On the Wall)

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    Bassist and composers Sage Reynolds is highly active on the Montréal music scene performing and writing in a variety of musical styles and contexts, including jazz, indie rock, pop, electronica, Turkish Classical Music, and the folk traditions of North America, Latin America, and Europe. Originally from Ottawa, Ontario, he moved to Montréal, Québec in the mid-nineties to pursue his studies and make a life for himself as a professional musician. Sage has performed and recorded with many different musicians and groups as a double-bassist, electric bassist, and/or vocalist. Some of these groups/musicians include: Sage Reynolds Quartet, Life in Winter, Courtney Wing, Matt Lipscombe, Julian Brown, Jade McNelis, Stars, Land of Talk, Sarah Neufeld, Amon Tobin, Canto, Ismail Fencioglu, Shtreiml, Kaba Horo, Sean Craig Quintet, Gabriel Lambert Trio, André Leroux, François Bourassa, Guy Bélanger, Rick Haworth, Rita Chiarelli, Harry Manx, Bella Fleck, and Andrea Revel. Other musical activities include regular freelance gigging, jazz bass instruction at Concordia University, jazz combo coaching at The McGill Conservatory of Music, the instruction of private students, and studio session work (with performance and composition on Sean Craig Quintet- Under Glass (Ora Records), performance on Amon Tobin- Foley Room (Ninja Tune), and performance and arranging on Stars- "Your Ex-Lover is Dead" Single (Arts & Crafts), among others). In March of 2007 Sage founded an rock band called Life in Winter in which he is the primary songwriter, as well as lead vocalist and bassist. Life in Winter has played shows in Montréal and has started recording their material, having done sessions with Vid Cousins (Amon Tobin, Moondata) and George Massenburg (Beck, Toto, Frank Sinatra, Journey.) Life in Winter has just finished mixing their debut album, and it will be release later this year (2012.) 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 Wall". In October 2005 his quartet opened for John Scofield at the famous Spectrum. Sage Reynolds Quartet played a second and third concert at the MIJF in 2006 & 2008 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. "On the Wall", Sage's first full length CD as a composer/band-leader/producer, was released in September of 2006 on Effendi Records (Montréal, FND067.) To purchase "On the Wall" please visit: .. www.effendirecords.com.. or contact Sage via MySpace. In addition to his work in the Province of Québec, Sage has performed elsewhere within Canada's borders, including concerts and festival appearances in Toronto (including NXNE), Ottawa, Thunder Bay, Owen Sound (Summerfolk Music Festival), Winnipeg (Folk Fest) and Vancouver (Vancouver International Jazz Festival). He has performed internationally in locations such as Alaska, Central America, South East Asia, New York, NY, Merida, Mexico (at the 2005 Merida Jazz Festival Internacional), and Austin, Texas at the 2006 Folk Alliance Conference. The bulk of Sage's musical training occurred while completing his Bachelor of Music Degree, Majoring in Jazz Performance, at McGill University (2000). Other training has included several years of private study (teachers: Kurt Walthers, Jordan O'Connor, Michel Donato, Eric Legace, Alec Walkington, John Hebert) as well as participation in numerous master classes and seminars, including bass master classes (with Johannes Weidenmuller, Dave Holland, Mark Dresser, Drew Gress, Larry Grenadier) and participation in 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. For more info visit: www.sagereynolds.ca (soon to be updated!)

  • Members

    THE LONG DRIFT.. Josh Zubot- violin.. Ismail Fencioglu- oud.. Gab Lambert- guitars.. Sage Reynolds- double-bass/composition.. Francois Taillefer- percussion ............ LIFE IN WINTER.. Sage Reynolds- lead vocals, harmony vocals, bass, guitar, piano.. Rich White- guitar, bass, harmony vocals ............ SAGE REYNOLDS QUARTET.. Bill Mahar- trumpet.. Kenny Bibace- guitar.. Sage Reynolds- double-bass/composition.. Greg Ritchie- drums.. ... previously Stef Schneider- drums/perc. (on the SRQ recordings)

  • Influences

    Double-bass: Dave Holland, Charlie Haden, Scott Lafaro, Jimmy Garrison, Paul Chambers, Wilbur Ware, Ray Brown, Charles Mingus, Drew Gress, Ben Street, Scott Colley, Greg Cohen, James Genus, Anders Jormin ........ Electric bass: Paul McCartney, John Paul Jones, James Jamerson, Sting, Colin Greenwood, Skúli Sverrisson ........ Jazz: Dave Douglas, Kurt Rosenwinkle, John Zorn, Ben Monder, Bill Evans, Wayne Shorter, John Coltrane, Miles Davis. ........ Rock/Other: The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Neil Young, Tom Waits, J.J. Cale, The Band, Joni Mitchell, Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Talking Heads, The Clash, The Police, Pixies, Sonic Youth, Radiohead, Blonde Redhead, Deerhunter, The National, Fleet Foxes, Grizzly Bear, Broken Social Scene, Apostle of Hustle, Stars, Beck, Wilco, Calexico, Ruben Gonzales, Creation Rebel, Bonobo, Animals on Wheels, Amon Tobin, Boards of Canada. ........ As well as teachers, peers, friends, family, visual artists, places... etc.

  • Sounds Like



Life in Winter


Formed at the end of the Winter of '07 by a Montreal bassist... Music was written. People played the music and changed it. Now it's being played for other people so they can change it some more by listening. More music is being written... an album of 10 songs has been recorded and mixed and will be out in a matter of months!


Musicians:


On the album (3 songs from the pre-mastered mix posted above):

Sage Reynolds - lead vocals, harmony vocals, bass, acoustic guitar on Reverie, electric guitar on Lone Rider, percussion, piano, hand-claps
Rich White- electric guitar, bass on Lone Rider

Session Musicians:
Brad Barr- electric guitar, acoustic guitar on Word Search
Andrew Barr- drums, percussion
Laurel Sprengelmeyer- harmony vocals
Marcus Paquin- harmony vocals, hand-claps
Gab Lambert- banjo on Word Search, electric guitar on Wood Fire (posted at ....http://www.myspace.com/lifeinwinter....)

Recorded by Marcus Paquin on July 9, 10, 11, 2011 and Dec. 8, 9, 10, 2011
at Mixart Studios and on Feb. 20, 2012 at The Bridge.
Mixed by Marcus Paquin from March 3 to 11, 2012, at Mixart Studios.
All songs written, composed, arranged, and produced by Sage Reynolds.
Co-production by Marcus Paquin.

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Ben Shemie played guitar and keys on previous recordings of Life in Winter. Chris Olsen, Eric Thibodeau, and Stef Schneider played drums on previous recordings of Life in Winter.

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Gabriel Lambert Trio at L'OFF Festival de Jazz de Montréal 2007




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