Vince Mai - Trumpet (2003)

Vince Mai's latest CD "SUBTE" was inspired by a kaleidoscope of musical influences, drawing inspiration from the ruins of Mexico, the subways of Buenos Aires, the infectious rhythms and voices of Latin America, the trance of the European club scenes. Though diverse the influences, the compositions are always filtered through his musical formation in jazz. The Cd consists of all original songs with performances by Daniel Binelli on bandoneon, Pepe Danza on percussion, Raphael Geronimo on percussion, Tania Hancheroff on vocals, Miles Hill on accoustic bass, Daryl Jahnke on guitar, Marc Rogers on electric bass, Rebecca Shoichet on vocals, Randall Stoll on drums, and Brad Turner on fender rhodes.

As a studio musician, Vince's trumpet has been featured on numerous albums, commercials, feature films and TV series including DaVinci's Inquest, The Chris Isaak Show, McGyver, Lonesome Dove, and Scene of the Crime. As a jazz artist, Vince has had the privilege of sharing stages and studios with top artists in Canada, the United States, and Europe including Chuck Israels, Bobby Shew, Natalie Cole, Don Thompson, Eddie Daniels, Ernan Lopez Nussa, Danilo Perez, Robben Ford, and Daniel Binelli.

Also a composer, Vince's film scores have been featured on TV networks - PBS, Fox Network, WTN and the CBC in North America. In "Diary of An Alien", Vince's " probing electronic score" received the West Coast Music Award for Best Original Score for Film or Television in 2001. His original piece "Why Didn't You Tell Me" from the album "For All We Know". has been featured in films by directors Carl Bessai and Anne Wheeler. Vince's film score for the movie "Lola" by director Carl Bessai was featured at The Sundance Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, and Berlin International Film Festival. His latest collaboration with director Bessai is a film score for a feature titled "EMILE" starring Sir Ian McKellan -to be released in 2004.


Vince Mai's first solo release, a Jazz CD titled "For All We Know" was a dedication to the idiom of jazz that represents his primary influences. "For All We Know" is "cool" revisited - a collection of sparkling jazz classics performed by some of Canada's finest jazz musicians - Miles Black on piano, Miles Hill on bass, Dave Robbins on drums and Tania Hancheroff on vocals.