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Australian jazz - innovative - Australia's Culture PortalMarvellous Melbourne Jazz Festival - Bernie McGann Group - Bernie McGann, sax; John Pochee , drum; Chuck Yates, keyboard; Jeff Kluke, bass. An Australian jazz sound has developed through a practice of innovation where performers improvised within particu...
Australia has had a strong and vibrant jazz scene since the 1920s, commencing with visiting performers and reciprocated by Australian jazz performers touring regularly in America and Europe. Mainstream jazz centres on 'swing', although most jazz styles co...
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Bernie McGann - Photography - National Portrait Gallery (website National Portrait Gallery )Title: Bernie McGann Creator: SAGEBirth Date: 1963 Date Created: 1999 Collection Area: Photography Medium: gelatin silver photograph, selenium toned Subject: Bernie MCGANN Extended Wall Label: Bernie McGann (b. By the early 1980s the trio was supporting ...
Paul Grabowsky is an Australian pianist and composer, whose work is well-known both at home and overseas. He has covered territory from film and televsion to jazz and beyond. He joins forces with the legendary Bernie McGann on saxophone and a great loca...
There is no more instantly engaging nor distinctive alto saxophone sound on the planet than McGann,Äôs. Bernie McGann,Äôs unique alto saxophone voice is now as well recognised in Europe and the USA as it is here in Australia. Critic John Clare has calle...
His pianist Bobby Gebert,Äôs Dolphy,Äôs Dance is a pure Blue Note-1960s tune, with both chord changes and one-chord strains and an especially dramatic McGann solo. The trio,Äôs debut, Ugly Beauty (1991), includes McGann,Äôs very laid-back alto, in delibe...
Gebert remains Australiaâ~™s foremost interpreter of Monk& Gebert makes the flame of jazz burn brighter than a thousand pretenders and still carries it forward. Bobby Gebert is often hailed as the leading exponent of the music of Thelonious Monk. In the ...
Tenor saxophonist Manins, winner of the National Jazz Awards in 2003, is a daring, powerful soloist and composer. He ll be right at home with McGann who s been a long time Manins admirer. Paul Grabowsky says McGann is one of the truly great saxophonists...
Paul Grabowsky is an Australian pianist and composer, whose work is well-known both at home and overseas. He has covered territory from film and televsion to jazz and beyond. He joins forces with the legendary Bernie McGann on saxophone and a great loca...
McGann launched SIMA,Äôs residency at the Sound Lounge in 2005 and he has performed here with a variety of artists ever since, including Paul Grabowsky, Roger Manins, Bobby Gebert, Chuck Yates and others. He makes a welcome return tonight with the powerf...
Impressions (formerly The Ted Vining Trio) are described as ,Äòhard lounge,Äô but are definitely ,Äòone of the great bands in Australian Jazz history,Äô ,Äì Adrian Jackson. Drummer Ted Vining, pianist Bob Sedergreen and bass player Barry Buckley played t...
There is no more instantly engaging nor distinctive alto saxophone sound on the planet than McGann,Äôs. Bernie McGann,Äôs unique alto saxophone voice, now as well recognised in Europe and the USA as here in Australia, launched SIMA,Äôs residency at the S...
We launch the SIMA programme at the new Sound Lounge with a very strong double bill. Leading off is the Gerard Masters Trio (starting at 8pm) followed by two sets from the Bernie McGann Trio (9pm). Some how [McGann] seemed to blow from his toes up, his...
Recognised as the quintessential alto saxophonist in the Australian Jazz scene, Bernie McGann has been at the forefront of creative jazz in Australia for more than 40 years. Tonight, the group is joined by special guest Roger Manins on tenor saxophone. ...
Bernie McGann has been at the forefront of creative jazz in Australia for more than 40 years. Chuck Yates is acknowledged as of the finest Monk inspired jazz pianists in Australia and his influence as teacher and musician on several generations of Sydney...
Bernie McGann has been at the forefront of creative jazz in Australia for more than 40 years. Chuck Yates is acknowledged as of the finest Monk inspired jazz pianists in Australia and his influence as teacher and musician on several generations of Sydney...
His playing is full of purely musical or abstract interest, bursting with energy, emotion, and luminous with melody Sydney Morning Herald. Bernie McGann has flown the flag of creative jazz in Australia with great distinction for some 40 years. â~¦ Bernie...
Bernie McGann s unique alto saxophone voice, now as well recognised in Europe and the US as here in Australia, launched SIMA s residency at the Sound Lounge in 2005. He makes a welcome return with the powerful trumpet playing of Warwick Alder adding to t...
Bernie McGann s unique alto saxophone voice, now as well recognised in Europe and the US as here in Australia, launched SIMA s residency at the Sound Lounge in 2005. He makes an always welcome return with the powerful trumpet playing of Warwick Alder add...
Bernie McGann has been at the forefront of creative jazz in Australia for more than 40 years. He has led his acclaimed Bernie McGann Trio and Quartet through his entire career, to the present day. The Bernie McGann Quartet is powerful, individualistic g...
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