Sagapool

Infobox musical artist
Name = Sagapool


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Origin = Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genre = world music
jazz
folk

Years_active = since 1999
Label = Anubis
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URL = [http://www.sagapool.com/ sagapool.com]
Current_members = Luzio Altobelli Guillaume Bourque Alexis Dumais Zoe Dumais Dany Nicolas Marton Maderspach
Past_members = Liu Kong Ha Daniel Gelinas Loukas Sirois

Sagapool is a world music band from Montreal, Quebec. Formed in 1999, the band used to be called Manouche until 2008.

The six band membres are:
* Luzio Altobelli (accordeon, drum, double bass)
* Guillaume Bourque(clarinet, bass clarinet)
* Alexis Dumais (piano, rhodes, double bass)
* Zoé Dumais (violin, glockenspiel)
* Dany Nicolas (guitar, banjo, double bass)
* Marton Maderspach(drum, double bass)

Biography

History

Sagapool was created in 1999 at the Montreal Conservatory of Music de musique. The band plays often in the province of Quebec: it has played many times at the Montreal International Jazz Festival, and at the Rimouski International FestiJazz, at the Festival de la Chanson de Tadoussac, and in many different places accross Quebec. The band also played in the U.S.A, for the Blissfest in Michigan.

Musical style

The musical infuences of the band go from klezmer,gypsy and manouche to ska,folk,latin and jazz. Allthough inspired by some traditional songs, the band’s music is all original material and leaves a lot of room for improvisation.

Discographie

The band recorded 3 albums:
* Apprenti Moustachu (2002)
* St-Urbain Cafe (2005)
* Episode Trois (2008)

Nominations and awards

* The album Episode Trois was elected album of the week by the Montreal weekly newspaper Ici in May 2008.
* The album Episode Trois was nominated at the GAMIQ for best world music album of the year in 2008.
* The album St-Urbain Cafe was nominated at the ADISQ for best instrumental album of the year in 2006.
* The band also received the ROSEQ-RADARTS discovery award, in 2006.

External links

* [http://www.sagapool.com Official website of the band Sagapool]
*myspace|Sagapool