Steve Haines is an active double bass player who has played extensively with Chad Eby, Wycliffe Gordon, Joel Frahm, Ralph Bowen, Joe Chambers, Joey Calderazzo and Fred Wesley; and has recorded with Jason & Branford Marsalis, Peter Bernstein, and Jimmy Cobb, among others. His recent March 29 release Steve Haines and the Third Floor Orchestra: Becca Stevens, Chad Eby, and Joey Calderazzo features his compositions and arrangements in the singer-songerwriter genre for symphony orchestra which is available online. He teaches at the Miles Davis Program in Jazz Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and is very grateful for the performing opportunities and clinics he received at MusicFest during his years as a student at J.S. Woodworth S.S. in Ottawa.
