Email: mikemilliganbass@outlook.com
Call or text: 1-647-641-9642
Mike has performed with some of the brightest
musicians in the jazz and avant-garde world. Such
internationally recognized musicians as David Liebman,
Chet Baker, Ritchie Beirach, Adam Nussbaum, David Binney, Billy
Kilson, Don Thompson, Claude Ranger, Holly Cole and Sonny Greenwich.
As part of the house band at the Ottawa Jazz Festival in 2005 and 2006,
Mike performed with many great musicians, including: Joshua
Redman, Donny McCaslin and Jeff Ballard. With the Shuffle Demons,
he toured extensively throughout Canada and Europe. With the
trio Life on Mars, he won first prize at an international
competition at the renown Vienne Jazz Festival in France. In
1997, he recorded a solo bass Cd entitled Solo
Flights. Solo Flights has been well received
by jazz fans and critics alike.
At the present time, Mike
is a highly sought after bassist and performs with many of Toronto's
finest musicians. He currently leads his own quartet
with Juno Award Winner David Braid (Piano), Jim Lewis (Trumpet and Fluegelhorn) and Joel Haynes
(Drums).
Mike was nominated as "Jazz Bassist of the Year" at the 2008 National Jazz Awards.
Mike
studied double bass with Dave Holland and George Mraz; attended
master classes by Ron Carter, Art Taylor, Chick Corea, Randy
Brecker, Billy Higgins, Ed Tate, Dave Holland and many others.
Mike studied composition with Roddy Elias. He studied jazz performance at Humber College. The incredibly talented Murray Lauder and Lenny Boyd
were his bass teachers there.
Mike
runs a busy private teaching practice (electric bass, double bass
and guitar) in Toronto. There he has taught (and has very much enjoyed teaching) people from all walks of life - young and old - from professional to amateur to beginner. (He was even the bass coach for a famous actor! - Emma Stone who played the bass as "Amelia" in the movie "The Rocker").