Andrew Downing, double bass

Andrew Downing, double bass
	Official Website: www.andrewdowning.com Andrew Downing is a double bass player, composer and bandleader living in Toronto. Andrew graduated from the University of Toronto's Jazz Performance program in 1996, and has been very active in the Canadian music scene since then. He has studied with Jack Winn, Dave Young, Don Thompson, Shauna Rolston and Joel Quarrington. Andrew plays primarily in the creative jazz scene in Canada, but also performs classical chamber music, improvised music, folk and roots music and world music. He has played with a diverse range of musicians including Kevin Turcotte, Mike Murley, Patricia O'Callaghan, Kelly Joe Phelps, Ab Baars, François Houle, Marilyn Lerner, Bob Moses, Brodie West and Moe Koffman. He is also a member of the David Occhipinti Quartet and the Lina Allemano Four. Andrew also leads his own groups The Great Uncles of the Revolution and Melodeon. He received a Juno Award, a West Coast Music Award and The Grand Prix de Jazz for work with The Great Uncles, as well as another Juno Award, a SOCAN award and a West Coast Music Award with Vancouver collaborators Zubot and Dawson. As a composer, he has written pieces for Ensemble Meduse, Toca Loca, Runcible Spoon and the Urban Arts Brass Ensemble as well as many works for his own groups. Andrew has taught at the Banff Centre's Jazz Workshop and the Creative Music Workshop in Halifax.

Official Website: www.andrewdowning.com

Andrew Downing is a double bass player, composer and bandleader living in Toronto. Andrew graduated from the University of Toronto's Jazz Performance program in 1996, and has been very active in the Canadian music scene since then. He has studied with Jack Winn, Dave Young, Don Thompson, Shauna Rolston and Joel Quarrington.

Andrew plays primarily in the creative jazz scene in Canada, but also performs classical chamber music, improvised music, folk and roots music and world music. He has played with a diverse range of musicians including Kevin Turcotte, Mike Murley, Patricia O'Callaghan, Kelly Joe Phelps, Ab Baars, François Houle, Marilyn Lerner, Bob Moses, Brodie West and Moe Koffman. He is also a member of the David Occhipinti Quartet and the Lina Allemano Four.

Andrew also leads his own groups The Great Uncles of the Revolution and Melodeon. He received a Juno Award, a West Coast Music Award and The Grand Prix de Jazz for work with The Great Uncles, as well as another Juno Award, a SOCAN award and a West Coast Music Award with Vancouver collaborators Zubot and Dawson.

As a composer, he has written pieces for Ensemble Meduse, Toca Loca, Runcible Spoon and the Urban Arts Brass Ensemble as well as many works for his own groups.

Andrew has taught at the Banff Centre's Jazz Workshop and the Creative Music Workshop in Halifax.