| ![]() | Considered as one of the better bass player emerging from Canada, Sylvain Gagnon has extensive international touring and recording experience. He is a virtuoso of jazz bass playing and has experience in music from many continents and styles ranging from rock to standard jazz, from Carnatic (classical music from South India) to African music, from funk to Latin music, from solo to big band.
He is a good music reader, can accompany any kind of artist with a minimum or no preparation, thanks to his professionalism and great versatility.
His technical abilities and great musical sense have helped him build a strong reputation as a leader.
Sylvain has recorded over 40 albums with musicians such as Joey Calderazzo, Jeff "Tain" Watts, James Gelfand, Jean-Pierre Zanella, Daniel Lavoie, Magella Cormier, Helmut Lipsky, played on over 70 jingles, 10 movie soundtracks, toured internationally with his own band and many internationally acclaimed musicians. He also appeared in many movies, teleseries and talk shows as a musician.
In Hong Kong, he recorded and performed with numerous well known artists such as Jackie Cheung, Olivia Newton-John, William So, Priscilla Chan, Roman Tam, Choi Kom, Tiger Okoshi, Scott Hamilton, DD Jackson, Eugene Pao, and many more.
What the press says?
"... the virtuosity of fusion-jazz..." (LE SOLEIL)
"High flying bassist and talented composer..."(PAROLES ET MUSIQUES)
"... a solid leader..." (BASSICS)
"... Gagnon is musically and technically supreme." (JAZZ IN TIME)
"Sylvain's fretless tone on Paix Nucl嶧ire is incredibly warm and expressive, and his emotion-drenched solo, which climbs to the top of the 6-string range, is filled with slow slides and creative runs. (BASS PLAYER MAGAZINE)
"Sylvain Gagnon is a major actor of the Montreal jazz scene." (VOIR
Tours?
2001: Australia, Canada, Macau, Singapore
2000 : Hong Kong, Macau, Japan, Malaysia
1999 : Japan, Hong Kong, Qu嶵ec
1998 : Japan, China, Belgium, Canada, Haiti x 2
1997 : Japan, Canada, Switzerland
1996 : France, Switzerland, Japan, Canada
1995 : Japan, France, Canada
1994 : Japan, Canada
On compact disk?
CHOY KOM LEON LAI SAMMI SO WING HONG GEORGE LAM SWING YANG XIAO-LIN SYLVAIN GAGNON QUARTET: CR丮USCULE. JACD4025 SYLVAIN GAGNON QUARTET: READERS OF THE LOST CHART. LC1001 CALDERAZZO / WATTS / GAGNON: SIMPLY MUSIC. LC1010 MONCEF GENOUD: 3 FACES. LC1007 CHARITO: A TIME FOR LOVE. LC1022 CHARITO: TO THE BEAT OF YOUR HEART TC3001 MARIN NASTURICA & FRIENDS. LC1017 O.S. ARUN / SYLVAIN GAGNON: NEW FRIENDS. WC2002 DANIEL LAVOIE: B凵?DRAGON 1 (F幨ix 1997) DANIEL LAVOIE: B凵?DRAGON 2 DENNY CHRISTIANSON BIG BAND: SHARK BAIT CLAUDE GAUTHIER: PLANE CR CLAUDE GAUTHIER: THIERRY S匚HAN: TU SERAS COMME LE CIEL L乜NDRE : STRANGE EYES & JAVA JIVE LUC HAMEL : B彳UGA HELMUT LIPSKY : MOONTIDE CHUSS : PENSANDO EN TI and many more?
On video?
WILLIAM SO : SO GOOD LIVE AT CITY HALL 2000
LUC HAMEL QUARTET : BELUGA 1995
SYLVAIN GAGNON QUARTET : NOTRE DAME EN FETE 1995
SYLVAIN GAGNON QUARTET : JAZZ AU LION D'OR 1996
Short historic?
Many times grant holder of the Arts Council of Canada and from the Ministry of Cultural Affairs of Quebec, Sylvain GAGNON wins an honorific mention at the Jazz Alcan competition in 1992 for the quality of his playing and for his compositions.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation chooses Sylvain to represent Canada for a series of international events in Europe where they get to perform in live concerts broadcasted through Europe and Canada.
Following his first quartet album, Cr廧uscule (nominated for best jazz album of the year at l'ADISQ in 1992), a second one, Readers of the Lost Chart (3 times nominee at l'ADISQ en 1995), launched in Canada on his own new label, LOST CHART RECORDS and in Japan on NIPPON CROWN, gets the attention of many Japanese magazines. He also does a video clip on "Notre?Dame?en?F皻e", extract from this CD, and is regularly shown on Much Music.
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