JEFF BIRD

Jeff Bird is best known for his long time association with Cowboy Junkies. His multi- instrumental talents can be heard on the legendary recording The Trinity Session and all Cowboy Junkies' subsequent albums

He tours extensively with them throughout North America, Europe, Australia and Japan and has performed with them in such venerable venues as the Royal Albert Hall, Carnegie Hall , Massey Hall. Television appearances include Saturday Night Live, Late Night with David Letterman and The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson as well as Jay Leno.

Jeff is also a founding member of the renowned Canadian folk group Tamarack. 30 years old now.

Jeff has three studio recordings; Jeff Bird, Everything is Coming Clear and Plain to My Understanding, the movie soundtrack Rink as well as four live recordings, Live at the Oasis Lounge, Deep Breathing, Black Mustard with the Harmonica virtuoso Mike Stevens and Dust Stormwith guitar virtuosi Kevin Breit and Tony Quarrington.

His record production credits include Black Cabbage, Tamarack, The Bird Sisters, Celtic Blue, Dark Monkey, Amy Craze and Dennis Gomo.

As a sideman he has performed and recorded with such diverse artists as Teresa Ennis, Stephen Fearing Loreena McKennitt, ISSA, (Jane Siberry), Over the Rhine, Sue Smith, Gwen Swick, Tony Quarrington, , Graham Townsend, and many others.

He can be heard playing one or more of these instruments on more than one hundred recordings: Electric and acoustic bass, electric and acoustic mandolin, fiddle, piano, keyboards, guitar, harmonica, percussion, various wind instruments and vocals.

He has recorded, produced and arranged music for a spoken word piece with award winning Magnum photographer, Larry Towell. It is about old order Mennonites living in Mexico and southern Ontario.

Jeff has composed music for both film and television, including the feature films South of Wawa, House and Niagara Niagara .

As of late Jeff has put his hand to short experimental film production. His works have been screened at festivals from Dawson City to Vladivostok.

In 2003 he produced and directed Rink. It documents one complete season of an outdoor neighbourhood skating rink. Rink moves beyond traditional documentaries by using original and traditional folk tales to lend and extraordinary air to the film.

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