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Nathan
Hiltz (B.Mus, M.Mus) is a jazz guitarist who was born and raised in
Halifax, Nova Scotia. Based in Toronto since 1999, he attended Humber
College and The University of Toronto. He studied jazz guitar with Reg
Schwager, Jim Hall, Adam Rogers and many others. Over the course of his
professional career he has played on over 25 albums and toured
extensively across Canada. Nathan is a mentor to many aspiring
guitarists from his home teaching studio and as a part time faculty
member at Humber College.
ABOUT SONGS POETIC
It’s been ten
years since jazz guitarist Nathan Hiltz released his first and only
solo album Your Love Is A Plane Crash. He’s spent that decade touring
Canada several times in addition to lending his immense talent to a wide
variety of recording projects and song-writing collaborations including
The Griffith Hiltz Trio, Melissa Lauren, Beverly Taft, Whitney Ross
Barris, Hawksley Workman and Jill Barber.
At long last, Hiltz
finally hit the studio to record his second solo project Songs Poetic.
The setting is an intimate guitar trio, the songs are choice standards,
and most importantly this live-off-the-floor session is swinging.
Songs
Poetic, recorded in August 2015 in Toronto, is a collection of songs
that represent the real Nathan Hiltz: an open-eared guitarist steeped in
the bop tradition. Hiltz makes each musical moment count. He offers
every audience his very natural, organic melodic instincts. In tandem
with bassist Pat Collins and drummer Morgan Childs, Songs Poetic, Hiltz
and company create multi-dimensional improvisations are
multi-dimensional lines support the immediacy of the moment.
To a
jazz musician, being ready for everything in the moment is everything.
There is no big break. There’s the being at the right place at the right
time, where preparation meets opportunity.
On a Saturday
afternoon in 2014, Nathan was about to go on stage in downtown Toronto
when he got an urgent phone call asking him if he’d be able to play the
guitar chair that night at Koerner Hall with the legendary Boss Brass:
Ted Quinlan couldn’t make it at the last minute. Nathan managed to sub
out his gig for later that night, finish his afternoon gig, and get a
cab home to retrieve his concert blacks and then back to Koerner Hall 30
minutes before downbeat. Playing Ed Bickert’s parts on Rob McConnell’s
masterful arrangements to a sold out audience was an inspiring and
transformative experience for Hiltz. Read more...
1. Tea for Two
2. Full House
3. Spartacus Love Theme
4. Baubles, Bangles & Beads
5. Tempus Fugit
6. I'll Be Around
7. Rita Hayworth
8. Jacqui
9. You're the Top
Nathan Hiltz – Guitar
Pat Collins – Bass
Morgan Childs – Drums
