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The 2012 Summer Festival was a blast, with gigs for kids, hipsters, outdoors and indoors, workshops, and we gave away an amazing recording prize to the amazing Alcohotlicks.
Now we're settling in for the regular years programming, over the next few months you can catch Bernie McGann, Daryl Pratt, Brendan Clarke with Craig Scott, Mike Rivett and Mike Nock. Dive in!
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Jazzgroove Program
October 2010
| Tuesday 5th October (Venue 505) |
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10pm - SNAP
Phillip Johnston – soprano, alto saxophones
Paul Cutlan – alto saxophone
Sandy Evans – tenor saxophone
Nick Bowd – baritone saxophone
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Come help SNAP celebrate the release of their Rufus Records debut, BOGGY CREEK BOP! Situated happily at the intersection of jazz and New Music, the CD features the five-movement “Bellingen Suite” by Sandy Evans, as well as compositions by Johnston and American composers Guy Klucevsek & Allan Chase.
John Shand, in the Sydney Morning Herald, described their appearance at the 2007 Jazz: Now Festival at the Sydney Opera House as, "creating sonorities from the Ellingtonian to the spiky,” and John Clare called them “full of early jazz quirkiness, impressionism and modernity…”
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8:30pm - The Remco Keijzer Quartet
Remco Keijzer – tenor saxophone
Matt McMahon – piano
Brendan Clarke – double bass
Evan Mannell – drums |
9 months ago Dutch saxophone player Remco Keijzer left Amsterdam to live with his newly wed Australian wife in Melbourne. He made a fast entry into the jazz scene and has been playing all over Australia with his Remco Keijzer Quartet and the Keijzer/McGuiness Quintet. Now Keijzer is living in Sydney and is playing with his new quartet, featuring Sydney’s finest. His compositions range from earthy grooving to gently lyrical, though ultimately the music all comes down to the ensemble.
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| Tuesday 12th October (Venue 505) |
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10pm - Richard Maegraith Band
Kristin Berardi – voice
Richard Maegraith – tenor saxophone
Gary Daley – accordion, rhodes, organ
Jonathon Zwartz – double bass
Tim Firth – drums |
The RMB are excited to be back at Jazzgroove and are exploring new sounds and approaches as they progress towards a much anticipated new album. Screamo meets jazz, via folk.
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8.30pm - The Jeremy Sawkins Trio
Jeremy Sawkins - guitar
Hugh Fraser - bass
Nic Cecire - drums
Tony Azzopardi – percussion |
Led by Sydney based guitarist Jeremy Sawkins and formed in 2009, the members of this trio have very strong musical associations going back as far as the 1980's. Hugh was a part of the group Relex Unit (with Jeremy and Toby Hall on drums) in the early part of this decade, while Nic and Jeremy have been making musical serendipity in the free improvisation group Portal with Sean Coffin on tenor sax over the last couple of years.
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| Tuesday 19th October (Venue 505) |
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10pm - The Dilworths
Eamon Dilworth – trumpet
Karl Laskowski – tenor saxophone
Hugh Barrett – piano
Cameron Undy – double bass
Cameron Reid – drums |
After 3 months of jetsetting, the brothers from other mothers are back, with the welcome return of rockstar Hugh Barrett on Piano and special guest Cameron Undy on Bass. Recording their second album later in the year, The Dilworths will be hitting it with a fresh perspective on the world and a brand new bag of tricks.
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8:30pm - The Jess Pollard Quartet
Jess Pollard – vocals
Glenn Doig – piano
Brendan Clark – bass
Dave Goodman – drums
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A Jazzgroove debut for this assured young singer, featuring her unique original songs informed by both her love of pop and soulful delivery, but undeniably somewhere in the realm of jazz. Accompanied by the energetic Doig Trio, this is one to get along to.
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| Tuesday 26th October - FUGAWE (Venue 505) |
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10pm - Jam Session
8:30pm - Matt McMahon Trio
Matt McMahon – piano
Jono Brown – bass
Simon Barker – drums |
Matt McMahon, Jono Brown and Simon Barker have performed together for 15 years in many contexts. While their debut album "Ellipsis" (Kimnara) features mostly Matt's original pieces if you come down to the jam you can hear these guys playing jazz standards or come and sit in and play.
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