Album Notes

Vince Mai is well known as a dynamic trumpet and flugelhorn soloist and is a member of numerous Canadian jazz and funk groups. Vince is also a top call studio musician in the Pacific Northwest and his performing and recording credits include: CBC’s DaVinci's Inquest, The Powder Blues, Chuck Israels, Bobby Shew, Natalie Cole, Don Thompson, Eddie Daniels, Ernan Lopez Nussa, Danilo Perez, Robben Ford, Tom Jones, The Temptations, VEJI, Hard Rubber Orchestra, Rumba Calzada, Johnny Ferreira & the Swing Machine, Soul Stream, and Daniel Binelli (Astor Paizzolla).
Also a composer, Vince's film scores have been featured on TV networks - PBS, Fox Network, WTN and the CBC in North America. In "Diary of An Alien", Vince's " probing electronic score" received the West Coast Music Award for Best Original Score for Film or Television in 2001. His original piece "Why Didn't You Tell Me" from the album "For All We Know". has been featured in films by directors Carl Bessai and Anne Wheeler. Vince's film score for the movie "Lola" by director Carl Bessai was featured at The Sundance Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, and Berlin International Film Festival. His latest collaboration with director Bessai is a feature titled "EMILE" starring Sir Ian McKellan, which was nominated Best Musical Score in a Feature Length Drama by the LEO AWARDS 2004.