Canadian trumpeter, Mike Herriott, began playing the trumpet at six years of age...

Canadian trumpeter, Mike Herriott, began playing the trumpet at six years of age and won numerous regional and national awards throughout his formative years as a musician. By age eleven, he was performing for large audiences and recording for CBC radio and television.

Now a respected multi-instrumentalist in both the classical and jazz genres, Mike is much in demand as a lead trumpeter, jazz improviser, orchestral soloist, bassist, arranger and composer. He has appeared as a soloist with the Victoria Symphony, the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra, JZ Big Band (Shanghai), Prime Time Big Band, the Calgary Stampede Orchestra and many other orchestras and big bands across Canada and abroad.

Mike has shared the stage with some of the world’s finest artists including Maynard Ferguson, Slide Hampton, Phil Nimmons, Maria Schneider, Bob Newhart, Jay Leno, Michael Buble, The Temptations, Johnny Mathis, The Moody Blues, Tommy Banks, Hugh Fraser, Chucho Valdes, Kenny Wheeler, Rob McConnell, Ian McDougall, and the late Sir Yehudi Menuhin. Another career highlight was serving as featured soloist in concert with Allen Vizzutti, Jens Lindemann, Andea Tofanelli, and Doc Severinsen during the 2008 International Trumpet Guild Conference.

He has played in film soundtracks, jingles, and TV themes and is proud to be heard as lead trumpet during the opening and closing ceremonies at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics and the 1994 Commonwealth Games.

Mike has recorded on numerous CD and radio sessions with artists including the Canadian Brass, Paul Brandt, Hugh Fraser, Joe Coughlin, Rob McConnell, Guido Basso, and has recorded for CBC, Universal, EMI, Sony, and Disney. He has three releases as leader and is looking forward to the 2010 release of the Harkness/Herriott duo CD, Flights Vol 1, on ArtistShare, and to the 2010 release of the Canadian Brass and David Braid collaboration, Spirit Dances on Opening Day Records.

Schedule 2010, - Jersey Boys, Toronto Centre for the Arts, Toronto, ON

November 19, 20, 21:
guest soloist with the Okanagan Symphony website

November 13:
guest soloist with the Chilliwack Symphony

October 22:
guest soloist with the Kingston Symphony website

September :
Canadian Brass CD release of the David Braid project website

August 8:
H2 CD Flights Vol 1 release party, Metropolitan Room, New York, New York website

August 5, 6:
H2 CD Flights Vol 1 release party, The REX, Toronto, Ontario website

MIKE HERRIOTT flugelhorn; SEAN HARKNESS guitars....

MIKE HERRIOTT flugelhorn; SEAN HARKNESS guitars

Toronto, Rex Hotel: H2 CD release!
Thursday, Aug 5, 2010
Rex Hotel 194 QUEEN ST W Toronto, Ontario M5V 1Z1, Canada - http://www.jazzintoronto.com/
Metropolitan Room: H2 CD Release!

Sunday, Aug 8, 2010
Metropolitan Room
34 West 22nd Street - New York, NY 10010, http://www.metropolitanroom.com/

Musicians: MIKE HERRIOTT flugelhorn; SEAN HARKNESS guitars; MARK MILLER trombone [2]; JIM VIVIAN bass [1,4,7,9]; KEVIN CODY drums [1,4,7,9]

Mike and Sean met in Japan while touring a show. Six weeks of traveling together and absorbing the country and the culture, they took advantage of many opportunities to explore music outside of the show they were touring.
 
A friendship grew and a musical bond developed. This collection of music is a beginning to this exploration of original ideas, combining Sean’s guitar and Mike’s flugelhorn. They each bring their own material to the table, and they chose to invite a few friends to join their duo on half of the songs.

Recorded half in New York City and Half in Toronto, Mike and Sean made use of the influences of these two wonderful cities to bring this music to light.

This is the first collaboration of Harkness/Herriott (H2)… to be followed by many more!

“Mike Herriott and Sean Harkness cleverly use their friendship as an additional instrument in their new recording ‘Flights’…It’s a perfect musical pairing like Cabernet and steak that you can taste for yourself…” - TIM TAMASHIRO, CBC

“I love this combination of guitar and flugelhorn; to my ears, these instruments were meant for each other. Harkness and Herriott prove this point, on this… This is an album that you would buy for your friends, it’s that good. I am already looking forward to their next release!” - ARNOLD VAN KLAVEREN, CKUV

#1 on CFUV, Vancouver's premier Jazz radio station

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