Mike Murley Trio at TD Ottawa Winter Jazz Festival at National Arts Centre

Mike Murley is an eight-time winner of the National Jazz Awards’ Saxophonist of the Year honour, and has played on 11 Juno winning recordings since 1991, including two as a band leader. Beyond the dazzling resume, Murley remains a versatile player capable of summoning an effortless, “hypnotic cool” (The Ottawa Citizen).
Murley's current trio, featuring outstanding guitarist Reg Schwager and bassist Steve Wallace, continues his tradition of intimate, lyrical explorations of jazz standards. After nearly 15 years playing together, this edition of the trio issued its debut LP Looking Back on Cornerstone Records in 2014...

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Mike Murley is an eight-time winner of the National Jazz Awards’ Saxophonist of the Year honour, and has played on 11 Juno winning recordings since 1991, including two as a band leader. Beyond the dazzling resume, Murley remains a versatile player capable of summoning an effortless, “hypnotic cool” (The Ottawa Citizen).
Murley's current trio, featuring outstanding guitarist Reg Schwager and bassist Steve Wallace, continues his tradition of intimate, lyrical explorations of jazz standards. After nearly 15 years playing together, this edition of the trio issued its debut LP Looking Back on Cornerstone Records in 2014. Those years reveal themselves in “unaffected, not-a-note-out-of-place playing, focus, poise and simpatico” (Citizen) few “debuting” bands can claim. A new recording is slated for release in 2016.

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