Mike Downes
double bass
Multiple JUNO award-winner Mike Downes has been a prominent Canadian bassist, composer, arranger and educator since the early 1980s. His musicality, emotional depth, and melodic approach to the bass have thrilled audiences in Europe, Japan, South Korea, Brazil, Mexico, Israel, Iceland, the United States, and Canada. Downes has performed with many of Canada’s top jazz musicians, including Molly Johnson, Oliver Jones, and PJ Perry, and international artists including Pat Metheny, Chris Potter, and Michael Brecker.
