International Jazz
Festival
June 3 2018
90+ artists
24 Concerts & Masterclass
5 world class venues
Gretchen Parlato ——
S Y D N E Y C O N J A Z Z F E S T. C O M
Welcome to the 2018 Sydney Con International Jazz Festival.
Afternoon Pass
$80 / $75 conc. / $40 student.
Includes entry to all events between 2pm - 9pm
excluding Gretchen Parlato Gala Concert
Festival Schedule —— June 3, 2018
9am
10am
Masterclass Masterclass
Kris Davis & Andrew
Tony Malaby Murray
11am
Masterclass Masterclass
Barney Simon
McAll Concert Concert
Barker
Stephen Geoff Bull
Magnusson & The Finer
12pm
Concert Concert
Barney Andrew
McAll Murray, Josh
ASIO Kyle & Matilda
Abraham
2pm
Concert Concert
Andrea Kris Davis &
Keller & Concert
Tony Malaby
Mike Nock Darren
Duo Heinrich
3pm
Masterclass Trio
Gretchen
Parlato Concert
Jonathan
Zwartz
4pm
Concert Animarum
Magda
Mayas Concert
& Tony Buck Sam Anning
Sextet
5pm
Concert
Barney
McAll &
Concert
Chloe Kim
Band The Pocket
Trio
6pm
Concert
Kevin
Hunt
Trio Concert
Stu Hunter:
the migration
7pm
Concert
Jonathan
Zwartz & Concert
Zac Olsen Gretchen
Band Parlato
8pm
Concert FLOR
Judy
Bailey
Trio
9pm
Festival Concludes
Gretchen
Parlato
Flor
Separately Ticketed Event $60 / $54 conc. / $25 student.
In the ten years since her arrival in New York City, Gretchen
Parlato has emerged as one of the most inventive and
mesmerising vocalists of her generation.
"75 years ago, nobody sang like Billie Holiday - today, nobody
sings like Gretchen Parlato" - Wilbert Sostre, All About Jazz
International Artist ——
Spill
Barney McAll
ASIO
Concert —— Barney McAll is a Grammy nominated, ARIA award
1pm - 2pm winning pianist and composer who has played on
over 100 recordings and has released 11 highly
Recital Hall West
acclaimed solo albums. Barney joined Miles Davis
Masterclass —— alumni, saxophonist Gary Bartz’s band in 1995
and, as well as remaining to be a member of the
11am - 12pm
Gary Bartz quartet, also performs with the Josh
Recital Hall West Roseman Unit, Fred Wesley and the JB’s Kurt
Rosenwinkel’s “Heartcore” and with his own
ensembles ASIO and TRIO FERAL.
Barney McAll
piano McAll co-founded New York’s Groove Collective in
1990 and was nominated for a Grammy award in
Mike Rivett 2007. Barney leads his own ensembles
tenor saxophone “M.O.D.A.S“, “Sylent Running“, “GRAFT” , TRIO
FERAL and his most recent ensemble ASIO
Carl Morgan (Australian Symbiotic Improvisers Orbit) which
guitar was nominated as best ensemble at the 2016 Bell
Jonathan Zwartz Awards. He was awarded the Australia Council
Fellowship in 2007 and worked as musical
contrabass director for Australian vocalist Sia Furler from
Hamish Stuart 2010 - 2012.
drums & cymbals
“Mr. McAll adopted a geyserlike cadence, with
phrases grouped in billowing gusts. His notes fell
dutifully along a modal scale, and he played them
with crisp articulation. The style and substance of
his solo evoked Chick Corea.” - New York Times
Australian Artist ——
Sam Anning
Sextet
Concert —— Originally from Fremantle WA, Sam Anning has
4.30pm - 5.30pm become an internationally sought after bassist.
Whilst studying at WAAPA, Sam became an
Music Workshop
indispensable fixture on the Western Australian
jazz scene, eventually releasing his debut album
as a band leader ‘Sam Anning Quintet: Re-Turning
Mat Jodrell Point’ featuring Graeme Lyall AM and cello quartet
trumpet WOOD. Sam relocated to Melbourne where he
slotted straight into its jazz scene, performing and
Carl Mackey recording with Australian jazz greats such as Allan
alto saxophone Browne, Joe Chindamo, Aaron Choulai, Paul
Julien Wilson Grabowsky, and Jamie Oehlers. He also formed his
second group, the ‘Sam Anning Quartet’ featuring
tenor saxophone Eugene Ball, Andrea Keller, and, Rajiv Jayaweera.
Andrea Keller
piano After competing the M.Mus program at the
prestigious Manhattan School of Music, Sam
Sam Anning relocated to New York City. He went on to tour
contrabass nationally and internationally extensively,
including prestigious international jazz festivals
Danny Fischer such as Montreal, Vancouver, Detroit, Jazz a
drums & cymbals Vienne, Copenhagen, Port au Prince, and Panama
with international jazz greats including Joe
Lovano, Kenny Werner, Ari Hoenig, George
Garzone, Gilad Hekselman, Greg Osby, and Charlie
Haden. Sam’s accolades are many but highlights
include Winning the National Jazz Awards in 2015,
2008 Young Australian musician of the year, and
2009 ARIA nomination for best jazz album.
Australian Artist ——
Andrew Murray
'New Works’
Concert & 'New Works' is an original 50-minute continuous
CD Launch —— work composed by Andrew Murray. Having spent
1pm - 2pm the last decade writing contemporary originals
and jazz standard arrangements for big bands all
Verbrugghen Hall over the world, 'New Works' sees Murray utilising
Masterclass —— these skills in a song-writers context. Murray
presents, on a large-ensemble scale, songs he
* Andrew Only
has written concerning defeat, confusion, fear,
10am - 11am loss and death, all played out with the drama and
Music Workshop passion that only big band orchestration can
provide.
Jonathan Zwartz
Animarum
Concert —— Bassist, Composer, arranger and songwriter,
3.30pm - 4.30pm Jonathan Zwartz has developed a reputation as
one of the major players on the Australian jazz
Verbrugghen Hall landscape, having played with Pharoah Sanders,
Branford Marsalis, Lionel Loueke, Kurt Elling, Andy
Bey, Nigel Kennedy, Larry Goldings, Johnny Griffin,
Jonathan Zwartz Terri Lynne Carrington, Mike Nock, and Katie
contrabass Noonan. His debut Album ‘The Sea’ was released
in 2009 and won two prestigious Bell awards with
Barney McAll the follow-up CD ‘The Remembering and
piano Forgetting of the Air’, winning best jazz album in
the 2014 Australian Recording Industry (AIR)
Julien Wilson awards. Jonathan released his third album as
tenor sax composer and leader, entitled ‘Animarum’.
Released in February 2018 it quickly went to no. 1
Stephen Magnusson on the Australian iTunes charts in the jazz
guitar category. Jonathan has been an APRA
Ambassador since 2010 and has a Masters
James Greening Degree in Music from the Australian National
trombone University, an Associate Diploma in Jazz Studies
from the NSW Conservatorium and also
Phil Slater completed a diploma in screen composition at
trumpet the Australian Film Television and Radio School in
2012. He co-produced a ten part series on jazz for
Hamish Stuart ABC TV entitled ‘The Pulse’, which has been
drums rescreened many times since the series’ release
Fabian Hevia in 2000. Jonathan has composed Music for the
documentaries ‘To Spring From The Hand’ (2014)
percussion ‘Ka-Ching, a Pokies Nation’ (ABC, 2015),
Madhattan (Independent 2017), and a number of
short films as well as promotional ads including
‘Man Up’ (ABC TV) that went viral worldwide with
40 million hits.
Australian Artist ——
Stu Hunter:
the migration
Concert —— Stu Has worked as a musician, composer,
6.30pm - 7.30pm co-writer and producer, performing and recording
for over 25 years on over 120 releases worldwide.
Music Workshop
Stu has produced Artists as diverse as Tina
Harrod, Sarah McLeod, Martha Marlow, Artefact,
Wes Carr, Leroy Lee. Stu has collaborated with
Stu Hunter artists Passenger, Katie Noonan, Sally Seltman,
piano Roger Manins, Carl Dewhurst, Portishead,
Julien Wilson Silverchair, Jack Ladder, Baby Animals, Katalyst,
Alex Lloyd, John Butler, Richard Clapton, Jimmy
tenor sax
Barnes, Wendy Mathews, Delta Goodrem, Jimmy
Phil Slater Little, Justine Clarke, Darren Hayes, Karma County,
trumpet Russel Crowe, and Christine Anu. Stu’s project,
‘The Migration’ was nominated for a 2016 ARIA
James Greening award for Best Jazz Album and in 2017 toured to
trombone Germany. ‘The Gathering’ won both the 2010 Bell
Matt Keegan Award for Best Australian Contemporary Jazz
Album and the 2010 AIR Award for Best
tenor & bari sax Independent Jazz Album. Stu’s long-form projects
Carl Dewhurst ‘The Muse’, ‘The Gathering’and ‘The Migration’
guitar have been performed at Australia’s leading Jazz
festivals – Melbourne International Jazz Festival,
Tina Harrod Wangarratta Jazz Festival, Stonnington Jazz
vocals Festival and Perth International Jazz Festival with
The Gathering also being performed at The
Hamish Stuart Sydney Opera House as part of the Jazz Now
drums festival.
Declan Kelly
drums/percussion “A breath-taking musical roller-coaster of hard
grooves and multiple sound textures, challenging
Cameron Undy the notion of jazz and contemporary improvisation”
bass - AustralianJazz.Net
Australian Artist ——
Judy Bailey
Trio
Concert —— After arriving in Australia in 1960, from her native
8pm - 9pm NZ, Judy became involved in the musical life of
Sydney through regular performances at the
Recital Hall East
legendary El Rocco Jazz Cellar before finding
permanent employment over a period of eight
years with Tommy Tycho’s Orchestra (Channel 7),
Judy Bailey Don Burrow’s Septet (Channel 2), John Bamford’s
piano Orchestra (Channel 9) and Jack Grimsley’s
Orchestra (Channel 10). After a period of
Craig Scott semi-retirement raising her children, Judy
contrabass become a founding faculty member in the
Tim Firth well-known and highly respected Tertiary Jazz
Studies Program at the Sydney Conservatorium of
drums & cymbals Music in 1973. Judy travelled to South East Asia for
Musica Viva and was also appointed Musical
Director for the immensely successful Bennelong
Jazz series at the Sydney Opera House. The
Eighties and Nineties saw a continuance of
performing, composing, arranging, teaching,
recording and touring, and saw the formation of
her youth jazz orchestra Jazz Connection, and
the new Millennium continues to see Judy
composing, teaching, conducting and performing
at the highest level. Judy was awarded an Order
of Australia Medal (OAM) for services to music
and education and in 2008 Judy was chosen as
one of ‘Sydney’s top 100 most influential people’
in The SMH. Most recently in July 2008 and as
part of the Australian Classical Music Awards
presented Judy with the Award for ‘Distinguished
Services to Australian Music’ at the Sydney
Opera House.
Australian Artist ——
Kevin Hunt
Trio
Concert —— Kevin Hunt is a jazz pianist-composer who has
6pm - 7pm performed regularly in the Sydney jazz scene
since 1979. Kevin Hunt currently performs
Recital Hall East
regularly with vocalist Emma Pask and pianist
Simon Tedeschi. The people who Kevin considers
to be his most influential Australian artistic
Kevin Hunt mentors are Ellis Hunt, Don Burrows AO MBE,
piano Fr.Ted Kennedy, Chuck Yates, Dr Roger Frampton,
John Speight OAM, Judy Bailey AOM, Graham
Karl Dunnicliff Jones, JepkeGoudsmit, Sandy Evans,George Golla
contrabass AM, Julian Lee, Paul MacNamara, Paul Grabowsky
Dave Goodman AO, Bill Motzing, Stephanie McCallum, Phil Slater,
Dr John Bassett, Dr. Christopher Sainsbury,
drums & cymbals Professor Anna Reid, Wayne Stuart OAM,Deborah
Cheetham AO.
Geoff Bull
& The Finer Cuts
Concert —— Arguably the best New Orleans Style Jazz
11.30pm - 2pm trumpeter produced in Australia Geoff Bull
(b 1942) has sought and received his recognition
Jazz Cafe
on the world stage. A descendant of Norwegian
genius, violinist Ole Bull who toured the world in
the mid 19th century and played with Liszt &
Geoff Bull Greig, Geoff brings some of that genius to the
vocals & trumpet trumpet which he took up aged 17, and after one
free lesson that came with the horn, proceeded to
Justin Fermino teach himself. Influenced by the New Orleans
tenor saxophone style recordings of King Oliver, and Louis
Ben Panucci Armstrong’s Hot Five, and primarily Bunk Johnson
as his major influence. Two years later, Geoff took
guitar his trumpet to England cutting his teeth with
Harry Sutherland Europe’s best. Returning to Australia, aged 20,
piano Geoff formed his own band and over the next 8
years proceeded to popularize Sydney’s Rocks
Sam Dobson area with his sparkling performances at the Orient
contrabass Hotel. On his first visit to New Orleans in 1966,
Geoff sat in with a profusion of master performers,
and also played a Mother’s Day parade with the
then still active Eureka Brass Band alongside Kid
Sheik and Peter Bocage. Since then Geoff has
spent a great part of every year performing in his
beloved New Orleans having the singular honour
of being the only Australian musician to have
appeared professionally at Preservation Hall.
Geoff, on his annual tours overseas, he has played
in Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Sweden, Belgium,
Holland, Denmark, Norway, Germany, Japan, New
Zealand and England.
Australian Artist ——
Darren Heinrich
Trio
Concert —— The Darren Heinrich Trio is a classic Hammond
2.30pm - 5pm Organ combo - Organ/Guitar/Drums. The music’s
emphasis is groove, with equal parts tradition and
Jazz Cafe
innovation. Darren Heinrich is a versatile
Sydney-based organist, pianist and educator who
holds a 1st class Honours degree in Jazz from the
Darren Heinrich Sydney Conservatorium of Music. He has recently
hammond organ completed his PhD research in Jazz Organ
Improvisation. His influences incorporate the
Sam Rollings entire spectrum of the Jazz idiom, from its earliest
guitar ragtime roots to modern jazz. He regularly gigs
Tim Firth with his own trio and freelances with a wide
variety of acts both locally and abroad.
drums & cymbals
Darren has studied extensively with Hammond
masters Dr. Lonnie Smith and Tony Monaco, and
wrote his undergraduate thesis comparing the
styles of Jimmy Smith and Larry Young. Darren has
performed with Rumproller Organ Trio (USA), Nick
Mancini (USA), Libor Smoldas (Czech), Jill Barber
(Canada), Lionel Cole, Gregg Arthur, Dale Barlow,
Erroll Buddle, Dave Panichi, Dan Barnett, Lily Dior,
Dave Blenkhorn, Brad Child, Jeremy Sawkins,
Steve Brien, Rick Robertson (DIG), James
Valentine, Adrian Cunningham, Todd Hardy
Quartet, Jo Fabro, Ray Beadle, Marcia Hines, Steve
Prestwich (Cold Chisel), Blaine Whittaker, Richard
Maegraith.
Australian Artist ——
The
Pocket Trio
Concert —— The Pocket Trio are a feel-good ensemble of the
5.30pm - 8pm new generation of swingers. Drawing influence
from the trios of Oscar Peterson, Bill Charlap,
Jazz Cafe
Wynton Kelly and Red Garland, their focus is on
tight arrangements and groovy pockets.
Andrew Scott Individually the members of the band have
piano worked as sidemen with some of the finest
musicians in Sydney, including James Morisson,
Max Alduca James Muller, Warwick Alder, Dale Barlow, Sally
contrabass Cameron and The Jazzgroove Mothership
Tim Geldens Orchestra.
drums & cymbals Together they groove with an incredible sense
of energy and rhythm. The Pocket Trio are
guaranteed to provoke smiles, foot-tapping
and good times.
Converge ——
Artists of tomorrow
Stephen Magnusson
w/ Jacques Emery
Band
Concert —— In 2017, Jacques was nominated for a BBM Youth
11.30am - 12.30pm Support scholarship by jazz pianist and teacher
Judy Bailey. As a result, he spent 11 weeks
Recital Hall East immersed in the improvised music scenes of
London and Berlin, further fuelling his ambition to
Stephen Magnusson be an improvising musician.
guitar & mentor
Highlights for 2018 include a trio performance
Jacques Emery with Matt McMahon and James Waples for SIMA’s
contrabass ‘Triggered’ young artist initiative, and a
performance at the 2018 Melbourne International
Sam Gill Jazz Festival with the Australian Art Orchestra
alto saxophone featuring Norwegian Guitarist Kim Myhr.
Miles Rooney Jacques is currently in his 3rd year of a Bachelor
trumpet of Jazz Performance atthe Sydney
Alex Inman-Hislop Conservatorium.
drums & cymbals
Barney McAll w/
Chloe (Yeajee)
Kim Band
Concert —— Chloe Kim (Yeajee) is a Sydney based jazz
5pm - 6pm drummer, currently studying a Bachelor of Jazz
Performance at the Sydney Conservatorium of
Recital Hall West Music. Chloe has had the privilege of performing
and working with Simon Barker, Peter Knight,
Barney McAll Christopher Hale, Clayton Thomas and
piano & mentor Cameron Undy.
Jonathan Zwartz
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International Jazz
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June 3 2018
Gretchen Parlato
Kris Davis
/ Tony Malaby
Magda Mayas
/ Tony Buck
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Barney McAll
Andrea Keller/Mike Nock
Sam Anning Sextet
Andrew Murray 'New Works’
Jonathan Zwartz Animarum
Stu Hunter: the migration
Judy Bailey trio
Kevin Hunt trio
The Pocket Trio
Darren Heinrich trio
Geoff Bull & The Finer Cuts
CONVERGE Artists of Tomorrow
includes 24 concerts and masterclasses
Sydney
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of Music
Sunday, June 3
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