I play upright bass. I'm basically self taught, though I took 2 semsters worth of lessons in my final year of undergrad. I'm now in my first year of graduate studies (jazz composition) at York University in Toronto, Ontario (Canada). When I started at York I was playing guitar, but my my second year of undergrad I made the change somewhat involuntarily. But now I like being the bass player in a jazz context, I feel it's where I'm most comfortable and most expressive.
Caprica, From 10 to 11 Blues and The Trust Is Gone are rehearsal demos for my upcoming release. The recordings feature Karen Ng on sax, Demetri Petsalakis on guitar and Jay Sussman on drums. These are all original compositions that have been a part of my grad school process.
Star Eyes was recorded at a gig with the Dan McKinnon trio, which is comprised of Dan McKinnon on guitar, Robb Cappelletto on drums and yours truly on bass. Robb is a significantly better on the guitar, so check out his page to hear his stuff.
Kind Folk was recorded for a radio show Karen was featured on. It features Karen on alto sax, Kalan on trombone, Mike Davidson on vibraphone and Dave Steffan on drums. This session was engineered by Professor Barry Elmes.
I must imply a disclaimer here. TWO OF THESE SONGS WERE NOT WRITTEN BY ME AND I DON'T OWN THEIR COPYRIGHTS. This should be common sense to the average jazz fan but I figured I would make it clear anyhow:
From 10 To 11 Blues, Caprica, The Trust Is Gone - written by Ken McDonald
Star Eyes - written by Gene DePaul and Don Raye
Kind Folk - Kenny Wheeler
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