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Stay warm with like-minded Sydney jazz hipsters
Like the Mamas & The Papas sang it, all the leaves are brown, and the sky is grey. Ok, but Sydney is still a stunning town when the sun sets early, and an early sunset means even you early birds are shrouded in darkness entering your favourite Surry Hills place of entertainment. No, not the strip club upstairs.
Leading us down the windy slope to winter are old label favourites Leonie Cohen and Informal Troupe, stage regulars Amphibious and Showa 44 and an exciting new collection of familiar people, Greening From Ear to Ear.
Down at winter base camp, our June lineup sees the return of the ADs Pick; an allstar lineup paying a long-awaited tribute to the music of Roger Frampton, and those ripening chestnuts of Sydney music, Mike Nock and Jeremy Sawkins.
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Jazzgroove Program
December 2010
| Tuesday 7th December (Venue 505) |
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10pm – The Space Cadets
John Pochée (drums/leader)
Matt Ottignon (tenor saxophone)
Warwick Alder (trumpet)
Greg Coffin (piano)
Mark Harris (double bass)
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The Cadets are a fiery, swinging band that will mesmerise you with dynamic interplay between the horns and a rhythm section that will make you want to jump‘n’jive. Led by drummer, John Pochée (pictured booking the band) they’ve been together for ten years and are always a highlight.
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8:30pm – The New Cabal (Adelaide)
Chris Soole (saxophones)
Chris Martin (piano)
Lyndon Gray (double bass)
Kevin van der Zwaag (drums) |
New Cabal have been honing their original material for over a year now at SA’s premier regular jazz gig and in preparation for their first album, are touring Sydney for the first time. The band includes SA jazz stalwart Chris Soole, backed by members of Adelaide experimental trio, Triptych.
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| Tuesday 14th December - XMAS PARTY - Plus some very festive special guests. (Venue 505) |
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10pm – The Drip Hards *ALBUM LAUNCH*
Carl Dewhurst – Guitar
Cameron Undy – Bass
Evan Mannell – Drums |
We know you've all been wondering: does Santa exist? Well he does and to prove it he's bringing us the debut CD by The Drip Hards for Xmas! All right!! The Drip Hards launch their debut CD "This Is Dripping" this month. The recent evolution of their Dripping ways is yours now to enjoy at home. Make sure you get down to the JG Xmas party to celebrate The Drip Hards' new release and pick up a copy for Xmas.
"From way out there sonic experimentations to more straightforward modern jazz extemporisations, you got a lot from these guys" Drum Media 2010
"two parts charm to one part subversion" John Shand, SMH 2010
"poignant open melodies....abstract texture and controlled chaos, and it was all of a piece. Perfect. Tasty". John Clare SIMA review
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8:30pm – Alister Spence Trio
Alister Spence (piano, samples)
Lloyd Swanton (double bass)
Toby Hall (drums, glockenspiel) |
Drawing the listener into their special and unique worlds, these long time collaborators just keep getting better and better. ‘fit’, the trio’s most recent CD/DVD was voted in the top jazz/improv releases for 2009 by the Wire Magazine(UK). Definitely worth checking out!
‘Utterly compelling’ Jazz Journal UK.
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