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Noted as a profoundly musical bassist with a keen melodic sense, Toronto-based composer, arranger and bassist Mike Downes has released award-winning recordings ranging from solo bass, trio and quartet to large ensemble. His recent projects include the release of his 8th album as a leader "The Way In," a commission to arrange 12 pieces for jazz quartet and and symphony orchestra to commemorate the centenary of the great Oscar Peterson in Osaka, Japan in June 2025, and shows worldwide throughout 2025. International Society of Bassists calls him "As gifted a composer as he is a bassist" and guitar great Pat Metheny calls Downes “one of my favorite bass players.”
John Pittman: Kinship
by Dan Bilawsky
The ineluctable charms of John Pittman's music may very well be connected to the sense of fellow feeling he projects on this, his debut album. For in these eight songs, the Canadian trumpeter promotes a sense of togetherness and unity that cuts not only to the title at hand, but also to the very core of ...
Root Structure
By Mike Downes
Label: Addo Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: Momentum; Heart Of The Matter;
Miles; Moving Mountains; The
Raven; Root Structure; Flow; Pre-
Prelude; Prelude And Variations;
Matter Of The Heart.
Root Structure
By Mike Downes
Label: Addo Records
Released: 2017
Track listing: Momentum; Heart of the Matter; Miles; Moving Mountains; The Raven; Root
Structure; Flow; Pre-Prelude; Prelude & Variations; Matter of the Heart
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
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