Live from Lotusland - Cellar Live (2005)  www.cellarlive.com with Mike Allen (saxophone), Tilden Webb (piano), Ross Botten, Jodi Proznick (bass), Dave Robbins, Jesse Cahill (drums)
	Description: During the last 4 years, I had the chance to go into CBC studios on Vancouver's Hamilton street, and record jazz with various groups. I am very grateful to have had those sessions, especially since so many old friends of fantastic musical ability were on hand. It was a golden opportunity. When we got to Ottawa, I combed through those recordings and picked out what I think were the strongest moments, for publication. Later, when I called Cory Weeds at the jazz Cellar club in Vancouver to book a CD release, he brought up the idea of releasing it on the club's label. The result is a CD I'm very proud to present, featuring bassist Russ Botten, saxophonist Mike Allen, pianist Tilden Webb, drummer Dave Robbins, and on one track bassist Jodi Proznick and drummer Jesse Cahill. I have long standing musical associations with all these excellent musicians, and they all really came through for me.
Laurier Luxury Walk/Mike Rud Blues for Junior/Ray Brown R.B.'s Line/ Persona Non Grata/Mike Rud Suangel ("Sue angel")/Mike Rud Hap Hap Happy!/Mike Rud A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square/Maschwitz & Sherwin Punctilios/Mike Rud I'll Be Seeing You/Kahal & Fain	I sincerely hope people enjoy "Live From Lotusland", which is already in fine record stores across Canada, also soon to appear in London, England and Japan. I have plans to do other CD releases in Toronto and Montreal this fall. Meanwhile this summer, copies will be available directly from me at my CD release shows: Ottawa Jazz Festival show, June 24th, The Regina Prairielands Jazz Camp, July 10-16, The Cellar Club in Vancouver July 22, Hermann's Jazz Club inVictoria on July 23rd, and Edmonton's 4 Rooms Café July 28th, 29th & 30th.
Whyte Avenue - Jazz Focus Records (1997) with Bill McHenry (saxophone), John Stetch (piano), Joe Martin (bass), Jorge Rossi (drums)
	Whyte Avenue/Mike Rud The Shadow of Your Smile/P.F. Webster & J. Mandel Ferg's Mode/Mike Rud Sonny Greenwich/Mike Rud The Nearness of You/N. Washington & H. Carmichael Pray For Guidance/Mike Rud Finding Portage/Mike Rud Like Someone in Love/J. Burke & J. van Heusen Life With Billy/Mike Rud How Deep is the Ocean/I. Berlin Christmas Time is Here/V. Guaraldi & L. Mendelson
Chimbe - Nu-Jazz Records (1999) with Koen Nys (saxophone), Steve Doyle (bass), Darren Becket (drums)
	S.O.L./Mike Rud Silk & Satin/Koen Nys Man of the World/Mike Rud Listen! (MP3 / 2 MB) Blues Connotation/Ornette Coleman Chimbe/Koen Nys You & the Night & the Music/H. Dietz & A. Schwartz Poste Restante/Koen Nys You Don't Know What Love Is/Don Raye & Gene DePaul Tokyo Bay/Koen Nys You're My Everything/Harry Warren The Everywhere Calypso/Sonny Rollins

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Coming Home (2003) I can hardly believe how quickly eighteen years has shot by, but that's how long it's been since I turned up, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, in Bob Gilligan's theory class to begin the music program at Edmonton's Grant MacEwan College. Imagine my honour and surprise to be included on this retrospective of alumni and faculty members.
Hot Air Volume III (2002) CBC Vancouver's radio show dedicated to the BC jazz scene has just released their compilation CD, and it features one of my tunes, Hap Hap Happy. This was part of a session I recorded for them last February. The CDs are available exclusively from the Magic Flute, 2100 West 4th Ave., Vancouver. Email: theflute@imag.net, or call toll free at: 1-800-886-6581.
	The Ross Taggart Quartet - Thankfully - Cellar Live (2001) with Ross Taggart (saxophone), Bob Murphy (piano), and Bernie Arai (drums) Mike says: "I'm very excited about this CD. It's the first live recording I've ever done, and playing in front of a live audience seems to have imparted a tangible energy to this recording. Of course, with a band like that..."