Jeff Reilly

The past couple of years have seen Jeff Reilly emerge as a distinct and powerful voice in the field of improvised contemporary music. His diverse background in a wide variety of musical styles serves him well in concert as he brings knowledge, awareness, technique and depth of emotional expression to every moment of music making on his Bass Clarinet.

His trio Sanctuary is signed to the prestigious major label Warner Classics and their recent CD "The heart has its reasons" features him as soloist with the Sanctuary String Orchestra conducted by Alain Trudel. Sanctuary tours regularly throughout Europe and North America and will perform in China in December of 2007. Jeff Reilly records, tours and performs with the jazz drummer Jerry Granelli, and the Paul Cram Orchestra. He performs regularly with the British bassist Barry Guy, the Toronto based saxophonist David Mott, the Vancouver based clarinetist Francois Houle, and the Toronto based Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan Orchestra. As an improvising soloist, Jeff has performed with I Musici de Montreal, Symphony Nova Scotia, and in various other groups across Canada, the United States and in the U.K.

Jeff Reilly's career is multi faceted. He also is a composer and a music producer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.