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Mike Downes
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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.”
Dan McCarthy: City Abstract
by Dan Bilawsky
The concept of homecoming is inextricably linked to the music that Dan McCarthy presents on City Abstract. Recorded in May of 2019, shortly after he had returned to his native Toronto after fifteen years in New York, this date finds the vibraphonist bowing to two of his biggest influences: pianist Carla Bley and vibraphonist Gary Burton. ...
Dan McCarthy's Epoch and City Abstract on Origin Records
by Friedrich Kunzmann
Canadian vibesman Dan McCarthy has come a long way since the release of his already very accomplished debut album Interwords (self produced) in 2006. Since moving to Brooklyn, New York in 2004, McCarthy has been able to collaborate with some of the city's finest improvisors, such as Steve Swallow or Ben Monder who are also the ...
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 ...
Whose Shadow?
Label: Inner Circle Music
Released: 2014
Track listing: Sunset; Freedom Dance; La Flûte Enchantée; Music for a While; Jim the Dancer;
A Timeless Place (The Peacocks); Shades of Scarlett Conquering; Mercy Street;
Jill and Chloe; I'll Remember April
'Til Now Is Secret
By Nancy Walker
Label: Addo Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: 01) 'Til Now Is Secret (Nancy Walker - SOCAN)
02) Night On Earth (Nancy Walker - SOCAN)
03) Arctic Willow (Nancy Walker - SOCAN)
04) Folding (Nancy Walker - SOCAN)
05) Shade Of Many Shades (Nancy Walker - SOCAN)
06) Mock Turtle (Nancy Walker - SOCAN)
07) Luna Llena (Nancy Walker - SOCAN)
08) Buzz Theory (Nancy Walker - SOCAN)
09) Chemin des Cascades (Nancy Walker - SOCAN)
10) I Read It Somewhere (Nancy Walker - SOCAN)
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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 ...
Nancy Walker: New Hieroglyphics
by John Kelman
Amidst an overcrowded community, even the cream of the crop has difficulty getting heard beyond their own locales. A regular visitor to relatively nearby Ottawa, Toronto-based Nancy Walker is an Ottawa Jazz Festival regular as part of John Geggie's trio at the late night jam sessions--also participating on the bassist's recent Across the Sky (Plunge, 2010), ...
Streetscape
By Ted Quinlan
Label: Addo Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Yamandu; Le Conti; Go West; Vibrolux; Speakeasy; Hilo; Crowchild; Brioche; Block Party.
Ted Quinlan: Streetscape
by Jerry D'Souza
Guitarist Ted Quinlan's diverse musical tastes are reflected on Streetscape, in which he seeks to capture the sound of places like the Danforth in Toronto, Commercial Drive in Vancouver, the Left Bank in Paris and Greenwich Village in New York. Quinlan's wide canvas is well marked, and his approach not only reflects influences that include Wes ...
