Jazz pianist, synthist, composer, bandleader and educator.
NICK MACLEAN is a JUNO nominee for 'Jazz Album of the Year (group)', the winner of 10 Global Music Awards, and a 1st place winner in the 'Unsigned Only' 'Jazz' category while quickly becoming one of the most in demand piano players in Toronto's bustling jazz scene. A protege of the Canadian jazz trumpet iconoclast, BROWNMAN ALI, Nick leads two critically acclaimed and multi-award winning jazz ensembles which feature his longtime mentor: the funkified electric jazz group SNAGGLE and the hard swinging modern jazz group NICK MACLEAN QUARTET, as well as having received numerous accolades and acclaim for his SOLO PIANO work. Nick has toured right across Canada as well as internationally, performing for countless audiences and running jazz improvisation workshops for students and listeners eager to learn more about the artform. From Miles Davis & Herbie Hancock to Weather Report & Snarky Puppy, Maclean’s musical influences are diverse.
Nick received his Bachelors of Music from Humber College in 2013, having studied with David Restivo, Bernie Senensky and Nancy Walker. He then went on to do a Masters in Jazz Performance at the University of Toronto researching synthesizer pedagogy while studying under David Occhipinti, Andrew Downing, Chris Donnelly and David Braid. Braid in particular had an enormous influence on how Maclean approaches playing and composing.
Maclean and his mentor BROWNMAN ALI have been collaborative partners across a decade spanning numerous musical endeavours the fruits of which include Snaggle's 2016 release THE LONG SLOG, Nick Maclean Quartet's 2017 release RITES OF ASCENSION, Maclean's 2021 double solo piano release CAN YOU HEAR ME?, and the Nick Maclean Quartet's JUNO nominated 2023 release of CONVERGENCE. Maclean and his ensembles are signed to Brownman's NYC-based jazz record label BROWNTASAURAS RECORDS, an independent record label widely regarded as a vanguard for Canadian, forward-thinking jazz, and where Maclean works as a managing partner out of their Toronto offices. The future is bright for this young visionary as he continues his upward ascent in jazz artforms of all shapes and sizes.
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The Club at the R.C.H.A.
