Dan Fortin was born and raised in Peterborough, Ontario. His eclectic tastes have led to work with a wide variety of artists in the jazz, rock and pop worlds, including Bernice, Aline’s étoile magique, The Allison Au Quartet, Emilie-Claire Barlow, Laila Biali, Will Bonness, Harley Card, Tara Davidson, Alex Goodman, Jon Gordon, Ethan Iverson, July Talk, Andy Milne, Mike Murley, David Occhipinti, Queer Songbook Orchestra, Bryn Roberts, Serena Ryder, Nicky Schrire, John Southworth, Devon Sproule & Mike O’Neill, Zoon, and many others. He’s been lucky enough to play at a number of great international venues, including Cafe Oto, 55 Bar, Smalls, SFJAZZ Center, the Monterey Jazz Festival, Sunset/Sunside, JazzDock, The Cotton Club (Tokyo), Jamboree, and Jimmy Glass.

Dan is a co-leader of the trio MYRIAD3, along with pianist Chris Donnelly and drummer Ernesto Cervini. Together, they’ve released five albums for Alma Records: Tell (2012), The Where (2014 – Juno nominee), Tell((Chip)) (2015 – Donnelly’s electronic reimagining of their debut record), Moons, (2016), and Vera (2018.) They have undertaken several tours of Canada, the USA, Europe, and Japan, including performances at the Tokyo Jazz Festival and Ronnie Scott’s International Piano Trio Festival (London, UK.)

Fortin has released three albums as a leader: Brinks (2015, Fresh Sound New Talent Records); The Latest Tech (2020, Elastic Recordings), an album of music for solo double bass; and Cannon (2024, Elastic Recordings), a synth-heavy collection of duets.

Dan is on faculty at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music, where he teaches bass in the Jazz Studies department.

In 2001, Dan scored 996,000 points in a single trick combo in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 (Sony Playstation, no cheat codes.)

Website credits:
Web design by Endless Commons
Artwork by Jared Raab (Brinks) and Yesim Tosuner (Elastic Recordings)
Photos of Dan by Antonio Porcar (Bio) and Judy Chee (Teaching)