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Mike Downes: Root Structure
by Dan Bilawsky
Bassist Mike Downes likes to explore what rests at the heart of an idea and what makes things tick. That's essentially the notion that waters the roots of Root Structure. It's a thought process that gives Downes grounding while also freeing him from the constraints of a more rigid conceptual frame. The three ...
Momentum
Album: Root Structure
By Mike Downes
Label: Addo Records
Released: 2017
Duration: 05:50
Shirantha Beddage: Momentum
by Dave Wayne
The fact that Momentum is only Shirantha Beddage's third album as a leader since 2007 suggests that he's either putting a lot of thought into his music, or that he has a lot of other stuff going on. One thing he has going on is composing music for the FX television series Fargo. Still, it's kind ...
In the Current
By Mike Downes
Label: Addo Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: In the Current Suite (In the Current / Parallel Streams / Re-emerging Linear Tones / Still Waters Run Deep / Re:currents); Ripple Effect; Smoky; Soleil Couchant; Whisper; Elation.
Mike Downes: In the Current
by Jack Bowers
In the Current, the fifth recording as leader by Canadian bassist Mike Downes--who doubles as composer / arranger--is the second (in a row) with an aqueous theme and the first performed by his “little big band," the Parallel Streams Ensemble. Downes' album Ripple Effect, recorded with his trio and special guest guitarist Ted Quinlan, earned a ...
Ripple Effect
By Mike Downes
Label: Addo Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: 1. Brzo
2. Bell Park
3. Introvisation
4. Vanishing Point
5. Ripple Effect
6. I Hear a Rhapsody
7. So Maki Sum Se Rodila
8. Campfire Waltz
9. Two Sides of a Coin
10. La Côte D'Or
11. A Reflection
Then
By Mike Downes
Label: CBC Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: 1. On the Wing
2. Blackout
3. Love Walked In
4. Smeagol in Wilderland
5. Bye Bye Blackbird
6. Slanty Planty
7. If I Were a Bell
8. Cloudy
Will Fisher: Portage
by Dave Sumner
Whereas some drummers lead the charge and others spur on the ensemble from behind, Will Fisher takes the approach of examining the landscape from above and letting his rhythms settle down into the seams between the notes of others. The opening “The Great Karoo" puts this method on display right from word go. Guitarist Mikko Hilden ...
TD Toronto Jazz Festival, Days 4-10: June 27-July 3, 2011
by Alain Londes
TD Toronto Jazz Festival 2011Toronto, CanadaJune 24-July 3, 2011 Monday, June 27, 2011On Monday evening, fans had a few hard choices to make among the headliners. At Koerner Hall, award-winning Dee Dee Bridgewater paid tribute to Lady Day, Billie Holiday. Meanwhile at the Enwave Theatre, Kurt Elling ...
The Winds of Change
By Mike Downes
Label: TopFrog
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1. Gemini
2. Jesenje Lisce Intro
3. Jesenje Lisce
4. AS Is
5. Thorns to Stars
6. Red Wren Sang at U
7. Ode to Lucky Luke
8. The Trail
9. Sunrise
10. Golden Earrings
11. Prayer
12. Any Chance to Prance
13. Thorns to Stars (Reprise)
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