Vince Mai, one of Vancouver’s premiere jazz trumpeters, and his quartet play smooth jazz with a groovy Latin flare
Date/Time: Jun 29 2017, 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm
West Vancouver, Silk Purse Arts Centre | Event calendarCost: $22.00
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The WVCAC presents the 17th annual Jazz Waves Festival this summer. Come down to the waterfront for some amazing jazz from the finest local talent. We've got everything from R&B, free jazz, blues, gospel, Dixieland and more!
Vince Mai: music performance, composition & production
As a trumpeter, Vince has appeared on hundreds of recordings for TV, feature films, commercials, and albums.
Artists he's shared the stage or recording studio with include - Sarah McLaughlin, Divine Brown, Michael Buble, The Powder Blues, Tom Jones, David Clayton Thomas, David Foster, Phil Dwyer, Don Thompson, The Temptations, Natalie Cole, Eddie Daniels, Buddy Miles, Robben Ford, Long John Baldry, Danilo Perez, Sheldon Reynolds (of Earth Wind & Fire), Soulstream and many others. Vince's studio work has included TV shows like DaVinci's Inquest, Chris Isaak Show, Lonesome Dove, McGyver and Ed, Edd, & Eddy.
Vince is available for sessions locally and remotely but where necessary, sessions can be recorded and sent electronically. Mai-Music studios is well equiped with mics ranging from RCA ribbon to Neumann Tube to high end condensers. All tracks are cleanly recorded arranged and tailored to your production. Please contact for more info regarding this service.
Also an award winning composer, Vince has composed music for feature films, documentaries, TV series, video games and commercials for TV, radio and internet. Clients include CBC (Theme for The Early Edition), NFB, FOX, PBS, Knowledge (themes and IDs for the network rebranding), McDonalds, Ford, Electronic Arts, Radical Entertainment, Mattel, Telus, Mazda and many more.
Also an instructor, Vince has taught music composition for film at the University of British Columbia and currently at Douglas College in Vancouver, BC. The curriculum is completely designed by Vince for learning how to compose music for film, TV, and video; the course is assignment based and challenges the student to compose in many genres with focus on technical and musical considerations. ONLINE COURSE TBA SOON!
As a solo artist, Vince has released five CDs. With the exception of "FOR ALL WE KNOW", the other CDs feature mostly original compositions. All releases are in the jazz and smooth/gruve/latin jazz genres. Click links for CDs and downloads from iTunes.
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