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Four-time Juno award winner and recipient of the 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Toronto Musician’s Association, Neil Swainson is among the most respected and accomplished bassists on the jazz scene today. Born in Victoria, British Columbia in 1955, Neil discovered the acoustic bass in high school and primarily taught himself how to play. From 1975 to 1977, he toured Canada with one of the early pioneers of new age music, the flutist Paul Horn. Soon after, Neil relocated east to Toronto where for the next decade, he worked with such Canadian jazz masters as Rob McConnell, Ed Bickert, Moe Koffman and Peter Appleyard

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Blue Room

By Ale Nunez

Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2026
Track listing: I’m Just a Lucky So and So; Little Girl Blue; East Of The Sun; There’s A Small Hotel Stars Fell on Alabama; Thou Swell; My Foolish Heart; You Stepped Out Of A Dream; If I Had You; Three Little Words; When Sunny Gets Blue; You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To; Blue Room

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You'll Hear It: The Music of Bob Fenton

By Mike McClelland

Label: Cornerstone Records Inc.
Released: 2025
Track listing: Prelude and Premise; Chris; Tak'er Down a Tone; The Lady Knows; What's the Rub; I Dreamed of Sylvia; Don't Worry You'll Hear It. Premise.

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Meet John O'Gallagher

by Cheryl K.
November 17, 2025

In this hour, an interview with saxophonist, composer, and educator John O'Gallagher. His release Ancestral on Whirlwind Recordings is with drummers Andrew Cyrille and Billy Hart and guitar Ben Monder. Plus, selections from new releases by pianist Pat Thomas and the Brooklyn, NY-based trio Prawntail.Playlist Louis Stewart-Brian Dunning “West Coast Blues" from Alone Together ...

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Mike McClelland Rm 210: You'll Hear It: The Music of Bob Fenton

Read "You'll Hear It: The Music of Bob Fenton" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux
April 5, 2025

The Mike McClelland Quartet in this release has adopted the title of Mike McClelland Rm 210, led by McClelland on drums and joined by a stellar trio of Toronto musicians, including Mike Murley on tenor and soprano saxophones, Reg Schwager on guitar, and bassist Neil Swainson. The band pays a heartfelt tribute to pianist and composer ...

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Jane Monheit, Samara Joy, Jazzmeia Horn, Nubya Garcia and more.

by Benjamin Boddie
January 1, 2025

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by John Fedchock, Jane Monheit, Christian Sands, Thom Rotella, Samara Joy, Jeff Rupert, Steve Davis, Jazzmeia Horn, Brian Lynch, Joel Frahm, OJT, Nubya Garcia, Omer Leshem, Delfeayo Marsalis, Mike Stern, Brandon Sanders, Sarah Hanahan, Anne Saidera, Immanuel Wilkins, JD Allen, and more. Playlist John Fedchock “Minor Mist" from Justifiably ...

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Horizon Song

By Andrew Scott

Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2024
Track listing: Horizon Song; The Tamarind Tree; Beautiful Shra; In This Time; Punctuality; A Tune For Joel; Mason, How I Love You; The Problem Of Your Furure; Eight Across (For Tim and Lyla).

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Here for a While

By Neil Swainson

Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2024
Track listing: At the End of the Day; Lagrange Point; In the Path of Angels; Bend; Madrona; Jerry's Blues; Here for a While; One for Rob; Under Coverof Darkness.

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Ryan Oliver Live in Vancouver

By Ryan Oliver

Label: Do It Right Music
Released: 2024
Track listing: Wayfaring Stranger; Lonesome Lover; Equinox; Tryin Times; Lonnie's Lament; Peaceful Warrior; Corcovado; Canyon; Nancy With the Laughing Face

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Searchin'

By Anthony D'Alessandro

Label: Independant
Released: 2024
Track listing: The Golden Mean; Tune for Monty; Blues for the Down and Out; Someone to Watch Over Me; Outbreak; Wonder; East of the Sun