{{Short description|Canadian jazz bassist and composer}} '''Brad Cheeseman''' is a Canadian jazz bassist and composer from Hamilton, Ontario.<ref name=metroland>[https://www.hamiltonnews.com/whatson-story/7474237-ancaster-native-brad-cheeseman-set-to-release-second-full-length-album/ "Ancaster native Brad Cheeseman set to release second full-length album"]. ''Hamilton News'', July 27, 2017.</ref> He is most noted for his 2017 album ''The Tide Turns'', for which he received a Juno Award nomination for Jazz Album of the Year – Solo at the Juno Awards of 2018.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/junos-news/arcade-fire-and-daniel-caesar-lead-2018-juno-award-nominations-1.4520940 "Arcade Fire and Daniel Caesar lead 2018 Juno Award nominations"]. CBC Music, February 6, 2018.</ref>
A graduate of Ancaster High School, Mohawk College,<ref name=metroland/> Humber College and York University, he released the EP ''Mixed Messages'' in 2013. It was nominated for several awards at the Hamilton Music Awards that year,<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/10-bands-to-watch-that-are-up-for-hamilton-music-awards-1.2425046 "10 bands to watch that are up for Hamilton Music Awards"]. CBC Hamilton, November 13, 2013.</ref> and won the award for Instrumental Recording of the Year.<ref name=metroland/> His debut full-length album ''Brad Cheeseman Group'' was released in 2015, and again won the award for Instrumental Recording of the Year at the Hamilton Music Awards.<ref>[https://www.thespec.com/whatson-story/6697004-local-stars-shine-at-hamilton-music-awards/ "Local stars shine at Hamilton Music Awards"]. ''The Hamilton Spectator'', May 30, 2016.</ref> In 2016, he released the ''Figurants'' EP, which included compositions based on the David Foster Wallace novel ''Infinite Jest''.
He performed at the Montreal Jazz Festival in 2016, winning the Grand Prix de Jazz award.<ref name=metroland/> His prize, a $5,000 grant and a week of free recording studio time, led to the creation of ''The Tide Turns''.<ref name=metroland/>
==Discography== <!-- Per Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians/Article guidelines, The discography section of the musician's primary article should "provide a summary of the musician's major works." -->
* ''Mixed Messages'' EP (2013) * ''Brad Cheeseman Group'' (2015) * ''Figurants'' EP (2016) * ''The Tide Turns'' (2017)
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