Root Structure, by Mike Downes

Root Structure

by Mike Downes

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1.	Momentum 05:50	info	buy track
2.	Heart of the Matter 06:53	info	buy track
3.	Miles 02:52	info	buy track
4.	Moving Mountains 07:53	info	buy track
5.	The Raven 06:24	info	buy track
6.	Root Structure 04:42	info	buy track
7.	Flow 06:03	info	buy track
8.	Pre-prelude 01:43	info	buy track
9.	Prelude & Variations 05:13	info	buy track
10.	Matter of the Heart 03:37	info	buy track

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This album won a 2018 JUNO award for Jazz Album of the Year: Solo.

Robi Botos - piano/keys
Larnell Lewis - drums
Ted Quinlan - guitars
Mike Downes - bass
Addo Records

Recorded on August 15 & 16, 2016 at Humber College Studio, Toronto, Canada
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Steve Bellamy
Assistant engineer Andre St. Denis
Photography by Sanja Antic
Graphic design by YuGoGirl Design

This recording was made possible with the generous support of the Ontario Arts Council.

Featuring four of Canada’s top jazz musicians – Mike Downes (JUNO award winner 2014 & 2018), Robi Botos (JUNO award winner 2016 & 2019), Ted Quinlan (JUNO nomination 2003) and Larnell Lewis (Grammy award winner with Snarky Puppy), “Root Structure” explores lyrical compositions with a deep underlying structural integrity. Mike undertook an extensive study of large ensemble writing (including the work of Gil Evans and Maria Schneider), culminating in a Master’s degree in composition and the release of his recording “In the Current,” (Addo Records, 2014) featuring a 12-piece chamber jazz ensemble. Inspired by new approaches to form, structure and the interweaving of improvisation and melodic development, Mike brought these ideas into this quartet recording.

“In music and life, I’ve always been interested in what lies beneath the surface: the underlying structures that hold everything together, the strength that resides deep down. The music in this recording was composed and performed in this spirit.”

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released September 27, 2017

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Mike Downes Toronto, Ontario

Multiple JUNO award winner Mike Downes is a prominent performer, composer, arranger, producer and educator based in Toronto. He continues to be a fixture both within the Canadian music scene and abroad, praised for his melodic approach to the bass and limitless versatility. Mike has a prolific discography and has performed worldwide with a long list of Canadian and international artists. ... more