Jeremy Coates - Notes By Coates

Currently employed in many areas of the music industry, Jeremy Coates is one of Western Canada's busiest working bass players, with more than fifteen years of performing and teaching experience. Comfortable in the studio, classroom, and concert hall, Jeremy has developed a variety of approaches to jazz improvisation with respect to his instruments, which include acoustic bass, electric 4, 5, 6-string basses, as well as tuba, guitar, and drum set. He has traveled throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and has performed at the Montreux jazz festival. Jeremy now resides in Calgary and is working on various projects towards the completion of his Phd in music composition, which include a concerto for bass and chamber orchestra, a set of variations for brass quintet, and a suite for double bass and marimba. In addition, as of February 2007, Jeremy has completed a solo album of original jazz and world music, featuring fourteen local musicians.

1) Fubar Blues
2) 1/2 Step Up
3) Electronica 101
4) 55 Bar Blues
5) 3/4 Waltz
6) Varadero 20
7) 20XS Over
8) A Certain Shade of Red
9) The Old Goat
10) Bass Solo Bass