|  Born:
June 25, 1963
Richmond BC
Current home: Vancouver BC
Bruce Nielsen started playing jazz drums in Vancouver
in 1985. Bruce soon gained a reputation as a hard swinging
drummer working with veteran jazz men Oliver Gannon
and Linton Garner. While working as a sideman, Bruce
began thinking about the music that he wanted to play,
which led him to writing his own music and leading his
own band. He first made his mark as a band leader/composer
with Between the Lines (Unity 127), which featured
Ross Taggart, Bill Runge, and Ken Lister.
Bruce has toured Canada as well as abroad and has been
featured on numerous CBC National Radio shows and CDs
- both as a leader and as a sideman. He has received
Canada Council Grants for touring with his quartet and
studying in New York City with great jazz drummers Victor
Lewis and Terry Clarke. Some of the many bands and artists
Bruce has worked with are Jeremy Hepner, Strange Weather,
the Kerilie McDowall Band, the George McFetridge Trio,
East Wind, Miles Black, Ron Johnston, Jay Thomas, Hugh
Fraser and Polish jazz star Zbignev Namislowski. |
