Jazz Articles about Michael McClennan

Michael McClennan: Sing In Me Muse

by Dan McClenaghan
September 1, 2007

Michael McClennan's Sing in Me My Muse showcases his superb octet on a set of swinging, straight-ahead jazz tunes from north of the US border. Bassist/composer McClennan teaches at Humber College in Toronto, Canada, and has been named the SOCAN/IAJE Emerging Composer for 2007. He is also the bassist, arranger and musical director for Canadian songstress Heather Bambrick, co-producing her excellent It's About Time (Self Published, 2004). His arrangements on that disc gave the set a real luster, and they ...