KEN LISTER

Ken Lister has been playing jazz bass professionally since 1984. He is currently based in the Vancouver and Vancouver Island area, and has extensively toured Canada and elsewhere; including the British Isles, Cuba and South America.

Ken is a member of the Hugh Fraser Quintet and VEJI (the Vancouver Ensemble of Jazz Improvisation). As a member of the Hugh Fraser Quintet, Ken won a Juno Award for the Best Mainstream Jazz Album of 1997. Ken also performs with the legendary jazz guitarist Pat Coleman in his trio, with Juno Award winner Buff Allen on drums.

He has performed with many great musicians including Joshua Redman, Slide Hampton, Bob McLaren, Kenny Wheeler, P.J. Perry, Sam Noto, Don Thompson, Herb Ellis, Charlie Byrd, Kirk MacDonald, Jerry Fuller, Lorne Lofsky and many others.

Among his many influences are Bill Evans, Scott LaFaro, Charles Mingus, and Paul Chambers.
 
DISCOGRAPHY

 Pat Coleman & Buff Allen & Monik Nordine:
Blue Comedy - Roadhouse Records 2001 (Route 4)

Mike Herriott:
A Piece of the Action - Boathouse Records 2001 (BHR-CD012)
Free At Last - 1995 Boathouse Records (BHR-CD003)

Colin Lazzerini:
Positively - Roadhouse Records 2001 (Route 1)

The Ed Philp Septet:
Mighty Fingers - Boathouse Records 2001 (BHR-CD010)

The Hugh Fraser Quintet:
Red and Blue - Boathouse Records 1995 (BHR-CD002)
In The Mean Time (Juno Award Winner) - Jazz Focus Records 1997 (JFCD020)

VEJI:
V - Boathouse Records - 1999 (BHR-CD008)

John Capon:
Full Circle - 1999 (JCCD991101)

Joe Coughlin:
Simple Pleasures - 1999 Simu Records

Christine Duncan:
The Vogue Show - 1998 (LP-14 SN-2)

Flora Scott:
Then & Now - 1999 (FS001)

Amandah Jantzen:
Some Other Time - 1998

Chris Sigerson:
Heritage - 1997 Rece Records

Art Ellefson:
Time To Wait - 1996 (JMM-2)

Bruce Nielsen:
Between The Lines - 1992 Unity Records (UTY 127)

Bill Clark:
Out Of Line - 1992 Intuit Records

Joani Taylor:
Absolutely - 1990 (Ballad 1514)
 
 
Web site: http://www.kenlister.com
 
For booking information contact: ken@kenlister.com