Info for those in New York - Hear the best jazz musos of my town and
others on Australia Day:
Many expat Australians are highly active on the jazz scene in New York
and throughout the USA and Europe. There are also many gifted
Australian graduate students at Juilliard, The New School and Miami
School of Music. As well as the USA based musicians; there are a
number of great players making the trip across the Atlantic from
London for this very special event. This performance will bring
together an amazing array of Australian New Yorkers, Australian
Londoners, and Aussies in New York for January for a concert not to be
missed.
The featured artists include Graham Wood piano (Perth), Jamie
Oehlers saxophone (Perth/Melbourne), Barney McCall piano
(NYC/Sydney), Alison Wedding vocals (NYC/Melbourne), Troy Roberts -
saxophone (Miami/Perth), Danny Fisher drums (NYC/Melbourne), Carl
Mackey saxophone (Perth), Sam Anning bass (Perth/Melbourne), Linda
Oh - bass (NYC/Perth), Matthew Jodrell trumpet (NYC/Perth), Des
White bass (NYC/Melbourne/Perth), Daniel Susnjar drums
(Miami/Perth), Matt Clohesy bass (NYC/Melbourne) and Grant Windsor
piano (London/Perth).
Australian Jazz and Australian Jazz musicians are really making a big
impression on the international music scene. This will be a very
special performance because for the first time a wide range of the
best players who have been performing at the highest level in the
international music industry will come together for one night to
celebrate the music, art and culture of Australia and Australians.
Le Poisson Rouge is one of New Yorks finest live music performance
venues located at the same site as the former Village Gate Jazz Club
on Bleeker St in Greenwich Village. It features a 650-capacity
flexible performance space (300 seated) and state of the art audio,
lighting and visual systems. It will be the perfect space for this
once of performance that will hopefully be an annual event for years
to come.
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Andrew
'Beyond City Limits', pub. ICLL @ ECU, available at topnotch indie
bookshops - list at http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
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