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About Me

Jon Maharaj is a freelance bass player from Toronto, Canada. He has appeared on dozens of albums ranging from orchestral music, to R&B, to modern jazz. He currently plays with or has played with The Harley Card Quartet, The William Carn Quintet, Dione Taylor, Rez Abassi, Christian Scott, Matt Stevens, Aaron Parks, Mike Murley, Reg Schwager, Clara Godfrey, and many others. He has studied with Pat Collins, Jim Vivian, Drew Gress, Scott Colley, Ben Street, Matt Brewer, and many others. He's toured Canada. In his own mind, he's actually pretty burning most of the time. He has a thing for dogs and certain cats.

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/17/2006
Band Members: Non-Fiction- by Harley Card Harley - guitar Matt Newton - piano Jonmah - bass Ethan Ardelli - drumsFalling Grace - by Steve Swallow Trevor Giancola - guitar Fabio Ragnelli - drums Jonmah - bass68 - by Jamie Reynolds Jamie Reynolds- keyboard Matt Stevens - guitar Jon Maharaj- bass Eric Doob - drumsDOn't know the title (seriously) Melissa Stylianou - voice Keith Ganz - guitar Jonmah - bassGiant Steps - by John Coltrane Jon Maharaj - bassSolar - by Miles Davis Jon Maharaj - bass
Influences: Scott Colley, Drew Gress, Matt Brewer, Ben Street, Reid Anderson, Matt Penman, Joe Martin, Eivind Opsvik, Paul Chambers, Jaco, John Patitucci, Steve Swallow, Kermit Driscoll, Skuli Severiison, Rich Brown, George Mraz, Eddie Gomez, Scott LaFaro, Charlie Haden, Ray Brown, Oscar Pettiford, Matt Brewer, Matt Penman, Mingus, Pat Collins, Jim Vivian, Andrew Downing, Mark Helias, Larry Grenadier, Geddy Lee, John Paul Jones, Nick Seymor, Brad Smith, the voice in my head, Bill Evans, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Jimmy Garrison, Sonny Rollins, King Crimson, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Police, Sting, Mark Camilleri, Dave Restivo, Donnie Darko, The Dude, Yoda, Jimi Hendrix, Adam Rogers, Dave Binney, Old Balls, Matt Stevens, Jamie Reynolds, Eric Doob, Vaughn Misner, James Jamerson, Bob Babbit, Stevie Wonder, Reg Schwager, Trev Giancola, Fab Ragnelli, Harley Card, Mom...
Sounds Like: (b) ass
Record Label: I can't be bought. Yet.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Abooot the tracks

Hey, this is a description of the tracks I've got posted on my page. Enjoy.Solar - solo bass. I recorded this a couple of days ago in my apartment in Brooklyn on my Mac using Garage Band. It takes ...
Posted by Jon Maharaj on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:58:00 PST

I love wings

And as a result, I hate myself. What can I say, Paul McCartney writes great melodies.
Posted by Jon Maharaj on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 01:33:00 PST

Idiotic Bio

At Just 26 years of age, bassist Jon Maharaj has established himself as a 'rising star' in Canada's Jazz scene. Born to an Irish-Italian and Indian (by way of South Africa) parents, Jon began his car...
Posted by Jon Maharaj on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 08:54:00 PST

Acoustic Image

So, I called Acoustic Image today to see what the deal is with the amp I ordered, and I also asked about an endorsement. My amp will still be a while, but it looks like a (pseudo) endorsement is mine...
Posted by Jon Maharaj on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:58:00 PST

James Jamerson

Wow, Jamerson's really killing. The bassline on reach out (I'll be there) is over the top, as is the shit he plays on "What's going on". Then again, I guess everybody already knows that.
Posted by Jon Maharaj on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 09:51:00 PST

New Music

So, I've posted two new tracks, and both are compositions of mine. "Not Now..." was recorded yesterday at Imagine sound. AOOA was recorded in January at the Trane by Harley Card's mac. I wrote it f...
Posted by Jon Maharaj on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 10:09:00 PST

New Track

I posted a new track. It's from Clara Godfrey's album 'honestly'. For those in the know, we were under budget and time constraints, which forced us to do it the old fashioned way. That's right, liv...
Posted by Jon Maharaj on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 07:12:00 PST

People read these things?!

I was informed minutes ago that my blog does in fact get read by a handful of people. I suppose if I looked to the lower left corner of my screen when posting I would know that already, but such was ...
Posted by Jon Maharaj on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 11:04:00 PST

Exhausted

Yesterday I spent the day in Port Hope playing for the jazz festival. I had an early morning (10:30) jazz vespers gig and a late afternoon (5:30) gig with the Paul Read orchestra. I didn't get much ...
Posted by Jon Maharaj on Mon, 25 Sep 2006 08:39:00 PST

Insomnia

I made the mistake of having a nap today when I got home from teaching. While it seemed like a good (dare I say Great) idea at the time, it has proven to be a mistake. Normally, it wouldn't be such ...
Posted by Jon Maharaj on Sun, 17 Sep 2006 11:11:00 PST