Size: 81,8 MB
Time: 35:28
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2026
Styles: R&B/Swing/Jazz
Art: Front
1. Ain't That Loving You, Baby (2:25)
2. The Work Song (6:05)
3. Yield Not To Temptation (2:58)
4. You're Driving Me Crazy (2:49)
5. Stormy Weather (4:06)
6. Once I Loved (4:13)
7. All Or Nothing At All (4:08)
8. Hoe Down (3:18)
9. St. James Infirmary (5:21)
Vancouver’s soul and blues heavyweight Mike Van Eyes has long been considered one of the city’s most formidable piano forces, and there is no doubt that his place in the musical heritage of the city was assured from a very young age. With a father who was a senior musicologist at the University of British Columbia and founder of the Vancouver Folk Music Society and the Vancouver Folk Festival, and a mother who was a fine folk singer in her own right, his future destiny was in very little doubt.
Once Mike emerged from his own musical grounding, he spent subsequent decades building his own legacy as he immersed himself in the roots of rock’n’roll and rhythm and blues, playing with bands such as The Epics and The Trespassers who became institutions in the Vancouver scene. He also toured with the Herald Nix Band, where he even shared stages with The Clash in Edmonton and Calgary and sat in with Howlin’ Wolf’s band, finding a unique vantage point at the musical intersection where punk, blues and soul all collide. He has also collaborated with artists such as Colin James, The Yodells, GI Blues, Copyright, The Undertakin’ Daddies and Peewee Clayton, thereby cementing his own place in the history of West Coast roots music.
With all this behind him, Mike Van Eyes finally steps forward into the limelight in his own right with his new album, Ain’t That Loving You, Baby. On this album Mike is backed by his full 24-piece Big Band, a heavyweight lineup whose résumés stretch across classic soul and rock history, including musicians like celebrated electric guitarist Tim Porter, powerhouse saxophonist Jerry Cook, Vancouver jazz-rock fixture Chris Nordquist, Chris Davis on trumpet and Dave Say on alto-sax, who themselves have collaborated with the likes of Keith Richards, Robert Plant, The Isley Brothers, Michael Bublé, The Temptations and The Supremes, to name but a few.
The album is essentially a tribute to some of the greats from all these musical genres with each song carefully chosen with a particular artist in mind. It was recorded at the legendary Mushroom Studios (now Afterlife) with Juno Award-winning producer and engineer Erik P.H. Neilsen, who was on a mission to capture the vintage warmth that emanates from the original songs but all with a sharp, modern mix that is possible with the technology that is now available. And boy does he succeed!
Ain’t That Loving You, Baby is an album that takes you right back to a bygone era when the dance halls were swelling with people, the atmosphere was shrouded in smoke, the rhythms were vibrant, the brass sections were tearing down the walls, and the joints were literally jumping. With Mike Van Eyes at the helm, once again cementing his place as one of Canada’s most enduring and unmistakable voices in traditional rock ’n’ roll, jazz and rhythm and blues, this is a band who effortlessly bridge generations by bringing the vintage warmth of old school jazz and blues standards into a modern landscape with spectacular results. /Ian Corbridge, Louder Than War
Once Mike emerged from his own musical grounding, he spent subsequent decades building his own legacy as he immersed himself in the roots of rock’n’roll and rhythm and blues, playing with bands such as The Epics and The Trespassers who became institutions in the Vancouver scene. He also toured with the Herald Nix Band, where he even shared stages with The Clash in Edmonton and Calgary and sat in with Howlin’ Wolf’s band, finding a unique vantage point at the musical intersection where punk, blues and soul all collide. He has also collaborated with artists such as Colin James, The Yodells, GI Blues, Copyright, The Undertakin’ Daddies and Peewee Clayton, thereby cementing his own place in the history of West Coast roots music.
With all this behind him, Mike Van Eyes finally steps forward into the limelight in his own right with his new album, Ain’t That Loving You, Baby. On this album Mike is backed by his full 24-piece Big Band, a heavyweight lineup whose résumés stretch across classic soul and rock history, including musicians like celebrated electric guitarist Tim Porter, powerhouse saxophonist Jerry Cook, Vancouver jazz-rock fixture Chris Nordquist, Chris Davis on trumpet and Dave Say on alto-sax, who themselves have collaborated with the likes of Keith Richards, Robert Plant, The Isley Brothers, Michael Bublé, The Temptations and The Supremes, to name but a few.
The album is essentially a tribute to some of the greats from all these musical genres with each song carefully chosen with a particular artist in mind. It was recorded at the legendary Mushroom Studios (now Afterlife) with Juno Award-winning producer and engineer Erik P.H. Neilsen, who was on a mission to capture the vintage warmth that emanates from the original songs but all with a sharp, modern mix that is possible with the technology that is now available. And boy does he succeed!
Ain’t That Loving You, Baby is an album that takes you right back to a bygone era when the dance halls were swelling with people, the atmosphere was shrouded in smoke, the rhythms were vibrant, the brass sections were tearing down the walls, and the joints were literally jumping. With Mike Van Eyes at the helm, once again cementing his place as one of Canada’s most enduring and unmistakable voices in traditional rock ’n’ roll, jazz and rhythm and blues, this is a band who effortlessly bridge generations by bringing the vintage warmth of old school jazz and blues standards into a modern landscape with spectacular results. /Ian Corbridge, Louder Than War
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