“Ontario 559 West” is a release from Ian McGimpsey and Harrison Argatoff. Inspired by Nick Drake’s “Pink Moon”, this album pairs tenor saxophone and acoustic guitar in short songs developed collaboratively in February of 2020, which blend contemporary jazz and singer-songwriter idioms.
The "Ontario 559 West" is a highway in Ontario (Canada), which runs east-west about 250 km north of Toronto. This highway leads to a house on Lake Huron’s Georgian Bay where the music was recorded in early March.