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Beginnings by Mike Janzen Trio
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fave it Acid Jazz | Traditional Jazz Combo
11 tracks | 75 minutes
Released Mar 2006
on Mike Janzen Trio
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- sample lyrics "album only" 05:00 Squint Blues lyrics "album only" 05:00 Squint Blues lyrics "album only" 05:00 Squint Blues
- sample lyrics "album only" 05:27 I Have Decided lyrics "album only" 05:27 I Have Decided lyrics "album only" 05:27 I Have Decided
- sample lyrics "album only" 06:48 If I Were a Rich Man lyrics "album only" 06:48 If I Were a Rich Man lyrics "album only" 06:48 If I Were a Rich Man
- sample lyrics "album only" 06:33 Funky Rhodes lyrics "album only" 06:33 Funky Rhodes lyrics "album only" 06:33 Funky Rhodes
- sample lyrics "album only" 06:59 Fragile lyrics "album only" 06:59 Fragile lyrics "album only" 06:59 Fragile
- sample lyrics "album only" 03:59 Ride On lyrics "album only" 03:59 Ride On lyrics "album only" 03:59 Ride On
- sample lyrics "album only" 07:25 Honeysuckle Rose lyrics "album only" 07:25 Honeysuckle Rose lyrics "album only" 07:25 Honeysuckle Rose
- sample lyrics "album only" 06:04 Pale lyrics "album only" 06:04 Pale lyrics "album only" 06:04 Pale
- sample lyrics "album only" 06:14 Beautiful Love lyrics "album only" 06:14 Beautiful Love lyrics "album only" 06:14 Beautiful Love
- sample lyrics "album only" 05:27 Poverty lyrics "album only" 05:27 Poverty lyrics "album only" 05:27 Poverty
- sample lyrics "album only" 15:46 Somewhere Over the Rainbow lyrics "album only" 15:46 Somewhere Over the Rainbow lyrics "album only" 15:46 Somewhere Over the Rainbow
An energetic and creative piano jazz/funk trio that is both beautiful and sizzling in its musical approach
Bio / Background
Mike Janzen is a piano playing puzzle. On the one hand (perhaps his left), Mike is a well trained classical musician with strong technical and music theory skills including a Bachelor of Music degree from Brandon University and a Masters of Composition from the University of Toronto. On the other, his musical journey includes forays into the worlds of rock, funk, folk and jazz.
For the past fourteen years, Mike has elected to make playing and improvising jazz a personal and professional priority. He has studied jazz with Dave Restivo, Mark Eisenman, Jim McNeely, Paul Read, Wayne Bowman, and David Braid. He has played with such luminaries as Hugh and Fergus Marsh, Ben Riley, George Koller, Andrew Downing, Frank Botos, Steve Bell, Pat Collins, Jacob Moon, Jennit Burke Miracle Quartet, SMJ Quartet, Ciara Adams and his own band, the pennymerchants.
Now living in Toronto with his wife Jodi, Mike is a regular on the Toronto music scene.
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