John Geggie (double bass & electric bass), Fraser Hollins (Mtl) (double bass & electric bass), Carlos Jiménez (Mtl) (guitars)

'For me, creative improvisation involves social communication with sound between sensitive participants. The player are sharing ideas and open to the exchange of musical ideas in real time - that is that the magic'

For this series of 3 intimate concerts, John Geggie has invited some of his musical friends from Ottawa as well as places not so distant - kindred musical spirits. We will be performing original compositions as well as a choice selection of pieces of the jazz repertoire.

GigSpace Artist Series: This enriching opportunity invites established artists to tell their musical story over the span of three performances. Each artist will curate their own concert series while maintaining creative control. John Geggie was invited to create The Geggie Artist Series for Season 14.

Double bassist John Geggie is an internationally established performer, composer and educator. He studied at Indiana University with Lawrence Hurst and Bruce Bransby and his jazz studies included work with David Baker, Gary Peacock, Palle Danielsson and Anders Jormin. As a performer, he works frequently with the NAC Orchestra and Thirteen Strings Chamber Orchestra. Current projects include the John Geggie Trio (with Roddy Ellias and Joel Frahm) as well as Steve Boudreau's collaborative trio with Michel Delage. For 13 years, he programmed, curated and performed in his own invitational ‘Geggie Series’ at the NAC Fourth Stage. He has hosted the Ottawa Jazz Festival Late Night Jam Series for over 20 years. He has performed with Craig Taborn, Bill Carrothers, Ted Nash, Donny McCaslin, Ben Monder, Cuong Vu, Billy Hart, Mark Dresser and Marcus Printup. He has performed on Chamberfest, Music & Beyond, Ottawa Jazz Festival and Bluesfest. Mr. Geggie has composed works (St. Andrew's Vibrations and Paraphrase) which were premiered by Thirteen Strings - his present commissions include works for brass quintet and a suite of pieces for a string quartet including double bass. Previously, he composed works for choreographers Yvonne Coutts and Anik Bouvrette. John Geggie is on faculty at Carleton University, at the Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam and the Conservatoire de Musique de Gatineau.