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George Koller
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Member Since5/21/2006
Band Websitesend email to georgekoller@hotmail.com
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please check out and buy my new CD


INDIA, inner peace through music and nature sounds

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As a solo performer, I play bass or cello, guitar,vocals,sitar,dilruba,piano,mandolin,etc...

As a producer, I assemble the technical and creative team , focus an artistic vision... create the atmosphere for best performances and sound, and offer editing, arrangement, and presentation ideas...every situation is unique..

selected producer credits:

Big Miller Live in Calgary
Toronto Tabla Ensemble Toronto Tabla Ensemble
Molly Johnson Live at the Senator(cassette only)
Koller/Michels Singing Naked
Deanna Knight Shadow of a Star
Ken Whiteley Listening
Ani's Whisper Beauty
Patricia O'Callaghan Naked Beauty
Amanda Martinez Sola
Hali Schwartz Sadhana, Nitya Mukt
Eliana Cuevas Vidas
DK Ibomeka I'm Your Man

In a duo with Julie Michels, we both sing and i play double bass...

As leader of the GEORGE KOLLER QUINTET with regular members: Vito Rezza, Bob Brough, Lina Allemano, Russ Little, Hajile Kalaike, Davide DiRenzo...I compose and conduct a varied and eclectic type of Jazz/World/Free music...melodic, yet inventive..like dixieland of a future time, where structures,songs,solos,interludes,poetic inspirations,backgrounds and textures are improvised and spontaneously communicated from musician to musician to audience and back again..very challenging and most rewarding*

Listed below are some of the fantastic artists I have toured extensively with and/or recorded or performed with..*I love you all*, thank you for the unending inspiration: I am filling in the names of some great musicians and administrative and technical teams that I've worked with inside each artists' circle ...it will take a bit of time and tweaking....but I will complete this list to the best of my abilities~GK

SHUFFLE DEMONS Richard Underhill, Perry White, Stich Wynston, Dave Parker, Kelly Jefferson and founding members including Jim Vivian, Mike Murley

LOREENA MCKENNITT Anne Bourne, Hugh Marsh, Rick Lazar, Brian Hughes, Oliver Schroer, Donald Quan, Bob Stamp

JULIE MICHELS Bob Erlendson, Davide DiRenzo, Kevin Barrett

HOLLY COLE Aaron Davis, John Johnson, Kevin Briet, Mark Kelso, Davide DiRenzo, Daniel Barnes, Jamie Oakes, Bruno Mambella, Tom Berry, Dan Erison, Jessica Moore, Mike Primeau, Tory Cassis, Glen Morely, Phyllis Brodeur, Ken Friesen, Volker Steppat, Petra Hanisch

BRUCE COCKBURN Colin Lindin, Ben Riley

SHIRLEY EIKHARD Bob Erlendson, Davide DiRenzo, Kevin Turcotte, Mike Murley

LAILA BIALI Larnell Lewis, Don Thompson, Guido Basso, Phil Dwyer, Rob Piltch,Claire Lawrence, Ruth Douglas

OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN Amy Sky

PETER GABRIEL Dominic Miller

SHAKTI KUMAR and all the wonderful Shyam musicians of Kullu Valley,Himalayas,India

JUDY SINGH TRIO Bill Emes

KIRANA ORCHESTRA Bill Emes, Mark Korven, Ian Sadler,Tom Doran, Tom Foster, Andrew Glover

FREEUNION COLLECTIV W.O.M.A.D festival

MECCA Ernie Tollar, John Gzowski, Matthew Fleming, Rick Lazar

SOLANA Shelly Berger, Brian Katz

DANIEL JANKE

CHANDRAKANT KAPILESHWARI Madalsa

RON KORB Elizabeth Shepherd, Larry Crowe, Ray Hickey Jr, the Oriental Angels

DAVID CLAYTON-THOMAS Bruce Cassidy, Paul DeLong, Bernie LeBarge, Vern Dorge, Jason Logue,Lou Pomonti, Russ Little, Doug Riley, Bill Girdwood

JACKIE RICHARDSON

DOUG RILEY http://www.gov.pe.ca/photos/original/tourism_riley.mov

view the above address...We miss you and love you Doug*

WILLIAM BEAUVAIS

BRIAN HUGHES Mark Kelso, Les Portelli, Rick Lazar

CATLIN HANFORD

ANDRE ROY

PENNY LANG

VALDY

ANHAI Don Kerr

DOMINIC MANCUSO

HARRY MANX

ELIANA CUEVAS Luis Guerra, Daniel Stone, Luicito Orbegoso, Gary Cristall, Emeira Jimenez

JANE SIBERRY(ISSA)

KEN WHITELEY

SHARLENE WALLACE Susan Piltch

GREGORY HOSKINS Gary Craig, Jonathan Goldsmith, Shawna Cooper

LENKA LICHTENBERG

IAN THOMAS Bjorn Anderson

LOUISE PITRIE Diane Leah, Tom Jestadt

DIANE LEAH MCC Choir

MARC JORDAN Dave Restivo, Kevan Mackenzie

CINDY CHURCH

JOE SEALY Judi Cooper-Sealy

AUTORICKSHAW Suba Sankaran, Trichy Sankaran, Ed Hanley, Rich Brown, Deb Singh

MURRAY MCLAUGHLIN

IAN TYSON

EVE GOLDBERG

SYLVIA TYSON

JOEL KROEKER Larry LeBlanc

RICK FOX Lion King Orchestra, Lord of the Rings Orchestra

JACKIE WASHINGTON

JANE FORD

JANI LAUZON

SOMERSET RECORDS Brad Rogers, Gordon Gibson, Steve Wingfield

DECIDEDLY JAZZ DANCEWORKS Vicki Adams-Willis, Kimberly Cooper

LARRY CORYELL Claude Ranger

TOM COCHRANE

RITA CHIARELLI Papa John King

BOB STROUP

FERN LINDZON

ALLANAH MYLES

SUSAN CROWE Danny Greenspoon

GORD SHEARD

COLLEEN ALLEN

SERAFIN Waylen Maki, Great Bob Scott

ADI BRAUN

AMANDA MARTINEZ

DK IBOMEKA Elaine Waisglass, Serge Sloimovits, Glenn Smith

JAKE LANGLEY

SONNY STITT

SWEETS EDISON

DIZZY GILLESPIE

ART FARMER

HERB ELLIS

PHIL WOODS

MOE KOFFMAN

BIG MILLER

KARL BERGER

FRED STONE Jonnie Bakan, Steve Donald, Dianne Stone

SUBHAJYOTI GUHA

DEBAJIT CHAKRABORTY

BOB MOSES

LOCKJAW DAVIS

EDDIE HARRIS

MOLLY JOHNSON

CAROL WELSMAN

AMY SKY

DANIELA NARDI

BEVERLEY MAHOOD

DAISY DEBOLT Paul Benedict

PATRICIA O'CALLIGHAN

KRISTIN SWEETLAND

NEHRING/KOLLER/ BRAID trio

MARY WILSON of THE SUPREMES

many more to come....just getting this list together,in random order,I love you all dearly.... George Koller with Eliana Cuevas at Toronto's Mod Club....her new cd,"VIDAS", which I recently produced, is scheduled for a november 2007 release
InfluencesFlora Purim,Airto, Bach, Schubert, ECM, Oregon, Eberhard Weber, Keith Jarrett, Ali Akbar Khan, Ravi Shankar, Ram Narayan, Abdul Karim Khan, Kirana Gharana,Kirana Orchestra and Chandrakant Kapileshwari, Swami Shyam,Ying Mak Po, Chin-Shek Lam, Inayat Khan, Elton John, Elvis, Beatles, John Cage, Africa, INDIA, South America, Tai Chi, the Avant Garde, freeform jazz, third stream jazz, fourth stream jazz, fifth stream jazz, the jazz OCEAN, those who create in the now .....Sun Ra, Ron Carter, Ray Brown, Dave Holland, Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, Chet Baker, Fred Stone, Pierre Elliot Trudeau, CANADA, wind in the trees,the rainforest, Castaneda, sweetgrass,my parents,my sons Matt and Yuri,SAMASHTI*Hali*, people with a SPARKLE in their EYES, laughing a lot and loudly, oriental caligraphy, more to come

here is a review of my first CD

Music for Plants, Animals and Humans

October 24, 2004
Reviewer: inloveinfrance
Overall: ***** 5 stars
Pros: creative. brave. beautiful. earthy
Cons: must actually listen to understand - like Art Blakey
I first met George Koller when he was touring Alberta with the Shuffle Demons. Not only is he an interesting man but I found his bass-playing to be incredibly unique. He's such an amazing musician, he's performed and recorded with many Canadian greats in both jazz and pop as well as everything in between. I'm very surprised that I'm the first to review him for Yahoo!
Music for Plants, Animals and Humans is not an easy listening album; without reading the liner notes I'd guess that his biggest influence is mother earth. (He uses western and world instrumentation to emote her depths into translated sound.) It is raw and lovely - evocatively subtle meets primal scream therapy.
You should own Music for Plants, Animals and Humans because:
1. It's both meaningful and skilled music - these two attributes are not necessarily easy to find in a single artists capabilities
2. It makes for great conversation
3. You are supporting the finer elements of Canadian musical art
4. It's obscure enough (yet well connected) to have a fantasic "cool" factor.
Sounds LikeHe is not seperate from the sound that is created
Record Label ZSAN zenith~science~art~nature
Type of LabelIndie


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   About George Koller
i am a freelance bassist... and multi-instrumentalist...i produce artists... i write songs...i sing... i work and play with many great artists...(over 500 CD credits to date)... in many different styles...i tour the world...i travel the recording studios...i teach...i meditate...i am grateful...

i have 6 cd's on my own label(ZSAN...zenith~science~art~nature)...

the first one..."MUSIC for PLANTS, ANIMALS, and HUMANS"(ZSAN 1001) won Canada HMV's Grand Prize in the 1994 Fresh Blood Contest

the second cd..."SINGING NAKED"(ZSAN 1002) with singer Julie Michels was loved by the critics, and has continued to sell as Julie and i perform often as a duo

the third cd..."INTERNAL ARTS"(ZSAN 1003) is a yoga, meditation cd which has been played in yoga studios everywhere...i often play my indian instruments live in support of this cd

the fourth cd.."CHANTS DE LUMIERES" (ZSAN 1004) is a collection of voice/guitar chants and 2 piano solos that promote an atmosphere of healing and restoration

the fifth cd... "TRAVELIN' LIGHT" (ZSAN 1005) is a collection of 7 standards, 1 original and 1 song by Ian Thomas..using bass and voice only..and is now getting airplay on CBC and JAZZ FM 91 among others

the sixth cd.."ATMOSPHERE OF BLISS" (ZSAN 1006) is a 71 minute continuous soundscape of solo sarode music...perfect for yoga and the healing arts

Email me at georgekoller@hotmail.com to order cds.....$20 canadian includes shipping/handling

i have a jazz quintet... i play solo concerts... i do meditation "soundbaths"... ... i have painted hundreds of paintings and write poetry... music is my profession and my passion....

Thankyou Canadian jazz fans for voting me as the 2007 National Jazz Awards, Bassist of the Year....I love the bass.....

and now I just want to practice,practice,practice


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Monica Chapman

Monica Chapman



Nov 9 2009 3:05 PM

Hey George,

Hope your having a blast on your tour. When you have a chance, please go to www.myspace.com/monicachapman and listen to some track from my debut jazz CD entitled "Heart's Desire". Add me a comment and let me know what you think. I hope we can do some gigs together in the future.

All my best,
Monica.
Сергей Краснопольский

Сергей Краснопольский



Sep 26 2009 4:52 PM

Martin Faulks

Martin Faulks



Aug 23 2009 9:45 AM

Hey have you seen my latest book?

My New Book: Butterfly Tai Chi: Health, Energy and Tranquility in 10 Minutes a Day


Description

The author was inspired by observing butterflies to develop a system of Tai Chi that could be performed in a limited space and within a relatively short time. He designed Tai Chi movements that naturally enhance the Qi flow in the order directed by Chinese medicine and whilst it can be used to treat a wide variety of illnesses, its real power is in preventing illness. Succinct and effective the reader can learn this form of Tai Chi within a day and can be performed anywhere -no matter how little space available.


About the Author

Martin Faulks has been a student of the oriental martial arts since he was five years old. He has a black belt in the Korean martial art, Kuk Sool Won and is proficient in the mystical disciplines of China including Tai Chi, Meditation, Qi Gong and the legendary form of Yi Jin Jing.

You can Buy it at www.martinfaulks.com or www.amazon.com and any good bookshop
Black Lotus Media

Black Lotus Media



Jul 25 2009 6:00 PM

have a great day george.

thanks for ur sincerity and inspiration.


~ hk lotus ~
rita zucchini

rita zucchini
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Jul 17 2009 7:35 AM

Grazie per l'amicizia, buona estate e tanta bella musica, Rita
eduardo orestes

eduardo orestes



Jul 12 2009 4:09 PM

Hi George: thanks for the frienship. you are a great bassit, wonderful compositions
Eduardo Orestes
Chile
Dick Le Mair ComposerPercussionistProducer

Dick Le Mair ComposerPercussionistProducer



Jul 12 2009 4:40 AM

Thanks for the add!
Dick Le Mair
www.pilgrimagetosantiago.com
Jim Dupuis

Jim Dupuis



Jun 29 2009 10:19 PM

Demon George:
You guys stole the show in Gastown!!
Check out the pics on my Myspace page. There's a short video of you guys marching in, too. Great time!
Martyna

Martyna



May 26 2009 3:51 PM

Thanks for your lovely comments. If you ever gig in the UK please let me know as it would be great to see you play live. Mx
Jessica Erlendson

Jessica Erlendson



May 5 2009 4:47 PM

Track 6!
Gerrit Brockmann

Gerrit Brockmann



Apr 30 2009 4:35 PM

Hello George. how are you doing? Best wishes from Bremen, Germany! Gerrit
ANITA GABRIELLA'S SYMPHONY OF MUSIC

ANITA GABRIELLA'S SYMPHONY OF MUSIC



Apr 10 2009 1:26 AM

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Geraldine Keulyan- Gesike y La MUSICA

 Geraldine Keulyan- Gesike y La MUSICA



Mar 30 2009 1:03 PM

Love por toi aussi ....espero tener elplacer de verte tocar personalmente en BsAS
Geraldine Keulyan- Gesike y La MUSICA

 Geraldine Keulyan- Gesike y La MUSICA



Mar 26 2009 2:26 AM

hola George....que estes bien, nos vemos .. tu musica es un viaje.
Layla Zoe

Layla Zoe



Mar 24 2009 7:19 AM

Sounding sweet on your page George.
Cheers!
Jazz Break

Jazz Break



Mar 12 2009 3:46 PM

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Each new jazz "friend" is important to us
so, we appreciate your add very much.

If you are interested in a FREE listing on
our Jazz Blog just send your MySpace URL
to the e-mail address below. We will let you
know when and where your listing will run.

Thanks again ............ jazzbreak@gmail.com



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Jim Serediak

Jim Serediak



Mar 4 2009 6:55 AM

Hi George,

It is great to be on your myspace friends list, if only to keep up with your continuing musical adventures. Great work with all and especially with Bruce Cockburn.

Making it Lydian,
Jim
Jim

Jim Woodbridge



Feb 16 2009 4:48 PM

Julie Michels and George Koller at Statlers on Churche
Jim

Jim Woodbridge



Feb 16 2009 4:46 PM

http://viewmorepics. myspace. com/index. cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=38470260&albumID=291412&imageID=52959746
Roselyn Brown

Roselyn Brown



Feb 8 2009 6:06 PM

George,

Thanks for connecting. Great musical times are coming in 2009!



Roselyn
Gerrit Brockmann

Gerrit Brockmann



Jan 30 2009 5:32 PM

Hello, George! Have a good weekend.
Best wishes from Gerrit!
Dominic Mancuso

Dominic Mancuso



Jan 27 2009 10:54 AM

Hi George tried e-mailing you and left a voice message..not sure if I have the right e-mail address...
please contact me, I wanted to talk about some live dates...

Wellness out to you my friend!

Dom
dominicmancuso@rogers.com
Thomas Handy

Thomas Handy



Jan 13 2009 11:38 PM

George,
It's always a pleasure to be in your company.
Thanks and Happy New Year!
Monica Chapman

Monica Chapman



Dec 28 2008 4:47 PM

Hi George,"Happy New Year!" Hope to sing with you someday!I'm doing a "Valentine's Day Show" at Manhttans,Guelph with Mark Kieswetter, Sat. Feb.14th,'09. All the best, Monica.
Gerrit Brockmann

Gerrit Brockmann



Dec 24 2008 8:44 PM

Hi George, best wishes and a few nice christmas days.
Good luck for next year, Gerrit
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