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 Reg Schwager's Profile |
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| Location: | Toronto, Ontario |
| Country: |  Canada |
| Last Login: | Nov 21, 2007 (747 days back) |
About Me |
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| Reg Schwager was born in the Netherlands in 1962. When he was three his family moved to New Zealand where he studied Suzuki violin. When he was six his family moved again, this time to Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. There he took music lessons in recorder, flute and piano before settling on the guitar as his main instrument. By age fifteen he was playing jazz gigs in big band and small group settings and in duet with his sister Jeannette. It was at two jazz workshops conducted by Phil Nimmons - at the University of Toronto (1978) and the Banff Centre (1979) that Reg met some of the musicians he would begin working soon after he moved to Toronto in 1979. These included fellow students Renee Rosnes and Ralph Bowen and faculty members including Nimmons, Dave McMurdo, Herbie Spanier and Pat Labarbera. Since then he has been working steadily on the Toronto jazz scene and in other musical areas including new music (New Music Concerts, Hemispheres and Sound Pressure, among others) and improvised music (with musicians such as Misha Mengelberg and Han Bennink). Reg has toured extensively across Canada and worldwide with George Shearing, Diana Krall, Peter Appleyard, Rob McConnell and many others. He appears on over 80 commercially released recordings with such artists as Junior Mance, Gary Burton, George Shearing and Mel Tormé. CDs released under his own name include "Resonance", "Border Town" and "Live at Mezzetta". Reg has written written hundreds of jazz compositions, some with lyrics by Jeannette Lambert. His arrangements for big band have been recorded by the Dave McMurdo Jazz Orchestra. His arrangements for string orchestra and jazz ensemble appear on Mike Murley's CD "The Melody Lingers On" (CBC Records). Reg has been the recipient of the Guitarist of the Year award from Canada's National Jazz Awards for three consecutive years (2005, 2006 and 2007) . For the past seven years Reg has been maintaining a popular weblog devoted to news about Brazilian music at bmth.blogspot.com . He has attended workshops and classes with such Brazilian masters as Guinga, Dori Caymmi, Marcos Silva, Jovino Santos Neto, Paulo Sergio Santos and Hamilton de Holanda - mainly at the California-Brazil Camp . See Reg's discography here . See reviews here . |
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Music:Member Since: 2/25/2007Band Website: regschwager.com Band Members: On "Cold Shoulder": Reg Schwager - guitar Michel Lambert - drums Pat Collins - bass (from Border Town ) On "What News": Reg Schwager - guitar Brian Murphy - organ Michel Lambert - drums Live at George's Spaghetti House - December 1991 On "Afternoon with Misha": Reg Schwager - guitar Misha Mengelberg - piano Michel Lambert - drums On "For Guinga": Reg Schwager - guitar Michel Lambert - drums Jon Maharaj - bass Kevin Turcotte - trumpet Darren Sigesmund - trombone Luis Deniz - alto saxophone Quinsin Nachoff - tenor saxophone & clarinet Perry White - baritone saxophone & bass clarinet On "Crow's Cry": Reg Schwager - guitar Michel Lambert - drums David Piltch - bass Influences: George Shearing, Ed Bickert, Sonny Greenwich, Lenny Breau, Joe Pass, Kenny Burrell, Jim Hall, Clifford Brown, Fats Navarro, Dexter Gordon, Lucky Thompson, Art Farmer, Eric Dolphy, Thelonious Monk, Herbie Nichols, Charles Ives, Misha Mengelberg, Han Bennink, Herbie Spanier, J.R. Monterose, Pepper Adams, Bob Mover, Jimmy McGriff, René Thomas, Grant Green, Tal Farlow, Toninho Horta, Hank Jones, Rosa Passos, Fatima Guedes, Erik Satie, Coleman Hawkins, Guinga, Hélio Delmiro, Lula Galvão, Marcos Silva, Tom Jobim, Elis Regina, Warne Marsh, Henry Brant, Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Rowles, Robert Farnon, Bill Holman, Don Sebesky, Richard Manuel, Rick Danko, Garth Hudson, Booker Little, James Taylor, Tom Rush, Jards Macalé, Ruth Crawford, Derek Bailey, Thad Jones, Irene Kral, Shirley Horn, Edu Lobo, Horace Parlan, George Benson, Jimmy Raney, Kenny Wheeler, Julian Priester, Roy Haynes, Elvin Jones, Robert Creeley, Romero Lubambo, Wanda Sá, Roberto Menescal, Maurício Einhorn, Dori Caymmi, Sarah Vaughan, Joyce, Louis Andriessen, Frederik Rzewski, Frank Sinatra, Rob McConnell, Phil Nimmons, Henri Matisse, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian, Georges Braque, Robert Lowell, John Collins, Oscar Moore, Nat Cole, Simone Guimarães, Célia Vaz, Milt Jackson, Sam Brown, Morton Feldman, Jovino Santos Neto, Dave Frishberg, Paulo Sérgio Santos, Hamilton de Holanda, Carlos Oliveira, Hampton Hawes, Gil Evans, John Warren, Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis, Marty Paich, Nelson Riddle, Pat Martino, Jimmy Jones, Tommy Flanagan, João Lyra, Ceumar, Moacyr Luz, Mario Gil, Monica Salmaso... Record Label: Jazz from Rant Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Jazz) |
My Pictures |
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My Blog |
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Festival Internacional Cervantino |
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| The website of Festival Internacional Cervantino has a review of the concert with Mike Murley and Guido Basso in Guanajuato, Mexico:Dom, 10/21/2007 - 17:09 veronicaLara y Manzanero sonaron en el con... Posted by Reg Schwager on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 04:59:00 PST |
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CBC Concerts On Demand : Don Thompson and Paul Galbraith |
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| Last Friday I played a concert at the Glen Gould Studio with the Don Thompson Quartet (Don on vibes, Jim Vivian on bass, Terry Clarke on drums and myself on guitar). We debuted Don's new arrange... Posted by Reg Schwager on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 09:55:00 PST |
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Glen Hall reviews "One Take" in Exclaim! |
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| Here is the review:Don Thompson / Reg Schwager One Take By Glen Hall A one-word summary of the playing on this disc: impeccable. The rapport between revered bassist Don Thompson and long-time play... Posted by Reg Schwager on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:23:00 PST |
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Review of One Take Vol. 3 at All About Jazz |
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| Here's a review of One Take Volume Three at All About Jazz. Posted by Reg Schwager on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:51:00 PST |
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Reg Schwager discography |
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| Reg Schwager Discographyas a leader:Don Thompson & Reg Schwager - One Take: Volume Three DVD/CD (Alma) 2007Reg Schwager & Don Thompson - Live at Mezzetta (Sackville) 20... Posted by Reg Schwager on Mon, 21 May 2007 10:18:00 PST |
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Settled in Shipping |
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| I must remember to thank David Ryshpan for the nice things he says in his post about inside and (or vs.) outside playing - Many streams to cross.... Posted by Reg Schwager on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 03:38:00 PST |
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erg videos at Zed |
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| The email said that "after four seasons online and on-air, CBC Television's Zed is officially over" but the content on the website will stay online until further notice.Once upon a time I uploaded a ... Posted by Reg Schwager on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 04:35:00 PST |
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Review of One Take Vol. 3 in Hamilton Spectator |
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| Thanks to Bob for alerting me to a review of the "One Take Vol. 3" in the Hamilton Spectator. The reviewer seems to have been in a rush and confused my name and Don's. He does say nice thi... Posted by Reg Schwager on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 03:04:00 PST |
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Ed Bickert's liner notes for One Take Volume Three |
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| Ed Bickert was kind enough to write the liner notes for the new DVD/CD (One Take Volume Three). Thanks, Ed! I've pasted them below.--------------------Two of my favorite musicians playing ... Posted by Reg Schwager on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 07:31:00 PST |
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Reg Schwager & Don Thompson - One Take Volume Three |
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| Here's what it says about the new One Take Volume Three DVD and CD at Alma Records:Don Thompson and Reg Schwager are two of Canada's greatest International musicians, and a long musical partnership's ... Posted by Reg Schwager on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 07:23:00 PST |
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