Jazzgroove in May
Tuesday May 6 @ the Excelsior
8:30pm - Danny Carmichael Band
Danny Carmichael - trombone
Hugh Barret - piano
Karl Dunnicliff - bass
Paul Derricott - drums
Danny has played with a variety of bands around town but is very excited about this new project. It is an opportunity to present a program of his original compositions and a chance to move away from playing other people’s music!
10pm - Jon Gordon
Jon Gordon – Alto Sax
James Muller – Guitar
Darren Heinrich - organ
Tim Firth - Drums
"Jon Gordon is a master. His compositions, improvisation, tone, and technical virtuosity set him apart as an elite musician for our time."-Jazz Improv NY-Brandon Bernstein
"Gordon has embraced the history of his instrument, carrying with it the ability to extend music as a universal language." - Wayne Shorter
"Jon is one of the greatest alto players ever" - Phil Woods
New CD “Within Worlds” - 4+1/2 stars in Down Beat
Tuesday May 13th
8:30 - SNAP
Phillip Johnston – Soprano Sax
Andrew Robson – Alto Sax
Sandy Evans – Tenor Sax
Nick Bowd – Baritone Sax
SNAP is an exciting saxophone quartet that traverses the borderline between jazz and New Music. Playing original compositions and odd gems from the canon, "creating sonorities from the Ellingtonian to the spiky", (John Shand. SMH), in preparation for their first recording.
10pm - JAMES RYAN TRIO PLUS 3
James Ryan - tenor sax, saxello and flute
Brendan Clarke - double bass
James Hauptmann - drums and cymbals
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Jeremy Borthwick - trombone
Tim Stocker- baritone sax
Warrick Alder - trumpet
'What leaps out is the near virtuosity of the leader, as a player of three instruments…and as a composer.' - Weekend Australian Oct 06
This performance will feature the keen interaction of the JRT with the added grunt three unique horn players playing music that challenges the brain and heart.
Tuesday May 20th
8:30pm - scQuint
Sean Coffin - Tenor Saxophone
Simon Ferenci - Trumpet
Dave Goodman - Drums
Mark Harris - Acoustic Bass
Matt MacMahon - Fender Rhodes
Sean Coffin’s scQuint - et’s original underworld menagerie oFerenci-nexplicable Goodman-aughtily Macmahon- nerizeness in a third stream Harris-mentesque full of and wow….. phew…..thankx we’ll C’ ya THERE!
10pm - Steve McKenna Trio
Steve McKenna - electric guitar
Andrew Dickenson – drums
Brendan Clarke - bass, electric guitar.
Steve McKenna has been long regarded as one of the foremost jazz guitarists in Australia as well as Europe. He has played with well known musicians such as Bob Berg (ex Miles Davis), Joe Pass, John Schofield, Mike Stern and Eartha Kitt. In this new Trio project Steve will be playing originals off his CDs as well as some new material. Come check out Steve's new trio and enjoy some of his new sounds.
Tuesday May 27th
8:30pm - 10 GUITAR PROJECT
David Reaston (compositions, guitar)
Aaron Flower (guitar)
Ben Hauptmann (guitar)
Jess Green (guitar)
Michael Coggins (guitar)
Tim Rollinson (guitar)
Jeremy Sawkins (guitar)
Sam Rollings (guitar)
Julian Curwin (guitar)
Dave DeVries (guitar)
Jamie Cameron (drums)
Experimental Jazz, Contemporary Classical, Funk and avant-garde Rock meet 60 strings. The result, Guitarmageddon! Put together by David Reaston in 2007, The 10 Guitar Project features some of Sydney’s finest guitarists.
10m - Andy Fiddes' LIVEWIRE
Andy Fiddes TRUMPET
Gerard Masters, RHODES
Mike Majkowski BASS
Evan Mannell DRUMS.
Back for another bash at Jazzgroove, Andy and the band continue to re-
Invent classic Aussie rock.
"How can you have rock-influenced jazz without a guitar? ...it didn’t take me long to change my opinion. Livewire is great music that sounds like a compulsion..."
Greg Levine JAZZ AUSTRALIA.
Ticket prices:
Excelsior
$10 JG members, $12 Students/SIMA, $15 full price
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