Thermo Quartet

Featuring Nathan Hiltz on guitar, and Mike Manny on piano, this album demands attention from not only the dedicated audience of forward-thinking jazz listeners, but also from anyone interested in hearing well-executed music. Performing selections from the hard-bop era, the ten tracks pay homage to compositions by jazz masters, Freddie Hubbard, Horace Silver, Cedar Walton, Wes Montgomery – to name a few.

Co-leaders Nathan Hiltz (originally from Antigonish, residing in Toronto) and Mike Manny (originally from Toronto, residing in Ottawa) formed THERMO during the pandemic after performing guitar-piano duo shows online via the magic of cyberspace through the low latency internet platform, Syncspace.live. Through the online shows, a musical kinship blossomed where a few laughs were had, and musical ideas were put into motion. Suddenly, a few live performances were in the books and a recording date at Imagine Sound Studios (Toronto) was set – all to include legendary Canadian jazz bassist, Neil Swainson, and the deep swinging Morgan Childs on drums.