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Steve Wallace
Bass

Toronto born Bassist Steve Wallace has played with such international luminaries as Clark Terry, Harry ‘Sweets’ Edison, Eddie ‘Lockjaw’ Davis, George Coleman, Zoot Sims, and Pepper Adams, and has recorded and toured with some of the biggest names in Canadian jazz including Fraser MacPherson, Rob McConnell, Oscar Peterson, and Oliver Jones. In 1982 Steve became associated with the Concord Jazz label, recording albums as a sideman with Rosemary Clooney, Ed Bickert, and Mel Torme, among others. Currently Steve maintains a busy playing schedule with numerous Toronto groups including recent Juno winners, the David Braid Sextet, the Rob McConnellTentet, and the Mike Murley trio.