Sagapool

Sagapool
Origin Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genres World music
jazz
folk
Years active since 1999
Labels Anubis
Website sagapool.com
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 members are:

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Biography

History

Sagapool was created in 1999 at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal. 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 across Quebec. The band also played Ontario, in France and in the U.S.A, for the Blissfest in Michigan.

Musical style

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

Discography

The band recorded 3 albums:

Nominations and awards

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