"A trumpet that flows between the melancholic and the playful."
Josiah Blackmore, Cultural Critic
Mike Field's horn is smooth, warm and melodic - an emerging new sound in big city jazz that harks back to some of the old-school greats. Having played for over 20 years alone and with ensembles, Mike can now be heard performing with his duo or trio at their regular show at Gate 403, as well as many other jazz clubs around Toronto.
He is a member of the cs field trio, an experimental music project that combines jazz, beatbox and spoken word, and of Jay Spectre, a world-beat rock band with a heavy hip-hop influence. Mike can also be heard leading the horn section in one of Toronto's leading reggae collectives, House of David Gang. His style is simple, sentimental and reflects the emotions of our everyday lives. Born in Toronto, Mike has toured all over North America and Europe, playing at hip venues in New York, Denver, Belfort (France), Berlin, Frankfurt, Larnaka (Cyprus) and other cities. While studying jazz performance at New York University, he worked with such renowned jazz artists as Don Friedman, Janice Friedman, Laurie Frink, Pete Malinverni, Lew Soloff and Warren Vaché.
