Wayne Eagles Trio “TRIAGE”

THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2010, 12:00PM World Exchange Plaza

Featuring:

Wayne Eagles – guitar
Stuart Watkins – bass
Jesse Stewart – drums

Bio

Ottawa-based trio reflecting a broad range of influences from jazz-rock and textural soundscapes to world music and free improvisation.

Wayne Eagles has been a Guitar Performance Instructor in Music at Carleton University since 1992 and Director of the Fusion Ensemble since 2007. His resume includes recording and/or performance work with Adam Nussbaum, Mike Milligan, Ken Rosser, Billy Kilson, and the Bitches Brew Tribute Band. His discography includes the well-received jazz-rock CDs How’s Now? (Carleton Sound, 2000) and Milligan-Eagles Project (TetraArtist, 2005). He is an endorsing artist for a variety of musical instrument companies. There is also a cover story about him in the most recent issue of the national publication Muzik Etc. www.WayneEagles.com

Stuart Watkins was the first Western student to study bass with Senegalese bassist Habib Faye (whose recprding credits include work with Youssou N’Dour, Peter Gabriel). He has performed a wide array of international musicians including Rwandan guitarist The Mighty Popo, Flamenco Guitarist James Cohen, and China’s rising superstar ‘Chairman George’ Sapounidis. He performed at the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics and the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino Italy. He’s recently been tour with the Grammy-nominated The East Village Opera Company. He is an endorsing artist for Eden Electronics and Elixir Strings and teaches bass at Carleton University. www.stuartwatkins.com

Jesse Stewart is an award-winning percussionist, composer, improviser, artist, instrument builder, educator, and writer. A dynamic and inventive performer, Stewart has a remarkable ability to coax unexpected sounds out of virtually any resonating object or material. His music has been performed at festivals throughout Canada, the United States, and in Europe. He has performed with George Lewis, Roswell Rudd, Bill Dixon, William Parker, Evan Parker, Joe McPhee, Pauline Oliveros, and many others. In addition to performing regularly as a soloist on drum set, waterphone, and instruments of his own design, he is currently a member of Tallboys (with virtuoso musicians Kevin Breit and Matt Brubeck), the David Mott Quintet, and the Balloon Orchestra. His playing has been described as “truly exciting” (Musicworks 76), “exceptional” (Cadence Oct. 2002) and “phenomenal” (Cadence Nov. 1999). In a 2002 review, Texas-based music critic Frank Rubolino described him as “…one of the finest young drummers and percussionists on the scene today” (One Final Note Summer/Fall 2002). He teaches music composition at Carleton University in Ottawa. www.jessestewart.ca