Brooklyn Museum's "Score the Fountain" submission composed by Mike McGinnis.

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Score The Fountain - Mike McGinnis

Years ago I became obsessed with traditional Irish music and was lucky enough to travel to Ireland and hear some amazing music and make beautiful friends.  Here's a little music memoir I wrote deeply under the influence of Barry's Tea & Guinness.  

The Fiddletwins

An oldie inspired by my childhood trips to the cereal aisle.

With Shane Endsley, Jacob Sacks, Dave Ambrosio, Mark Dodge

Copyright Mike McG Music (ASCAP)

The Cereal Aisle

Samples from McGinnis/Lande/Swallow - "Recurring Dream"
Release date April 2017

Mike McGinnis: clarinet/soprano saxophone
Art Lande: piano
Steve Swallow: electric bass

Recorded March 28, 2016 at Systems Two, Brooklyn.
Copyright 2016 Mike McG Music (ASCAP)

McGinnis-Lande-Swallow -- BEND OVER BACKWARDS

This is an old piece from the 2006 Four Bags "Live At Barbes" album.  The feeling of this piece seems to fit my mood.  

Mike McGinnis: clarinet
Jacob Garchik: accordion
Brian Drye: trombone
Sean Moran: guitar

copyright 2006 Mike McG Music (ASCAP)

Live At Barbes-Mastered

Iowa Requiem

QUININE - Sayerendipity

RoadTrip Jazz Gallery 12-19-13

Road*Trip - Jazz Gallery - 12-19-13 - Rollover

From Mike McGinnis's "Singular Awakening" (4/27/18) on Sunnyside Records.

Mike McGinnis realized his dream of recording and releasing an album with two of his musical heroes in 2017. The recording, Recurring Dream, featured the saxophonist/clarinetist/composer alongside two legends of jazz and creative music (also his mentors and friends), pianist Art Lande and electric bassist Steve Swallow. Both Lande and Swallow are well known for their compositional expertise, so McGinnis made sure to include original compositions from them both. 

The three musicians also have a penchant for thoughtful and eclectic approaches toward improvisation. McGinnis wanted to capture the both sides of this trio, the formal compositional and the more free, but equally focused, improvisational identities. The trio’s new recording Singular Awakening was culled from the same session as the original recording but features eight brilliant improvised pieces bookended by compositions written by either Lande or Swallow.

Singular Awakening

Beau Nivea

Mike McGinnis - Beau Nivea

"Pj In 3" by Mike McGinnis

Mike McGinnis - soprano saxophone
Steve Swallow - electric bass
Art Lande - piano

Recorded at Systems Two Brooklyn

QUININE - Sayerendipity

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