ARI HOENIG featuring JAMIE OEHLERS
Exciting New York drummer-composer Ari Hoenig will play original compositions and re-arranged standards with Israeli guitarist Gilad Hekselman, bassist Sam Anning and Perth-based tenor saxophonist Jamie Oehlers.
"expansive technique, propulsive time and deep musicality…..Ari Hoenig approaches jazz drumming with manic glee, and yet he’s exacting with texture and pulse, an irrepressibly kinetic drummer” – ‘New York Times’
www.arihoenig.com
* Gilad Hekselman’s travel costs supported by the Australia-Israel Cultural Exchange
www.arihoenig.com / www.jamieoehlers.com
PAC Hall Fri 30 Oct 9:30pm
PAC Theatre Sat 31 Oct 1:00pm
PAC Theatre Sun 1 Nov 3:00pm
BARNEY MCALL'S SYLENT RUNNING
Winner of the National Jazz Awards at Wangaratta in 1990, pianist-composer Barney McAll has been based in New York since 1998, working with artists like Gary Bartz, Fred Wesley and Kurt Rosenwinkel. His new band, Sylent Running, features Melbourne vocalist Gian Slater and US guitarist Nir Felder, along with Chris Hale (bass guitar), Dan West (laptop) and Ben Vanderwal (drums).
‘Rhythmic textures woven and stretched with passion’ NEW YORK TIMES
‘Impassioned keyboard work’ LOS ANGELES TIMES
www.barneymcall.com
Holy Trinity Cathedral Sat 31 Oct 2:00pm
PAC Theatre Sat 31 Oct 5:00pm
CARSTEN DAERR TRIO
From Berlin, pianist Carsten Daerr leads one of the most exciting bands on the German jazz scene, with bassist Oliver Potratz and drummer Eric Schaefer.
“The way Carsten Daerr, with Oliver Poratz on bass and a brilliant sound-explorer called Eric Schaefer on drums free new classical music from everything top-heavy, and at the same time free jazz from patterns that were straining it for centuries, is something Bill Evans would never have dreamed of.” – ‘Rolling Stone’
* Supported by the Goethe Institut
www.myspace.com/carstendaerr
PAC Theatre Sat 31 Oct 3:00pm
PAC Hall Sun 1 Nov 12:30pm
CHARLES TOLLIVER (USA) / JAZZGROOVE MOTHERSHIP ORCHESTRA
Trumpeter-composer Charles Tolliver has been a leading voice on the New York scene since the late 1960s, as a bandleader and sideman with Max Roach, Andrew Hill, Horace Silver, Jackie McLean, etc. He will perform his big band arrangements with the Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra from Sydney ; and will lead a quartet featuring pianist Mike Nock, with Linda Oh (bass) and Tommy Crane (drums).
“As a trumpeter….Tolliver still has a sense of bravura command, and his instincts as a bandleader are still as sharp as ever.” – ‘Vibe’ (USA)
PAC Theatre Fri 31 Oct 8:00pm
PAC Theatre Sat 31 Oct 11:00am
PAC Theatre Sat 31 Oct 10:30pm
DEBORAH COLEMAN (USA)
Guitarist, singer and songwriter Deborah Coleman is regarded as one of the most original artists keeping blues fresh and alive in the 21st century. She has released six acclaimed albums for the Blind Pig and Telarc Blues labels. She will be backed by Dene Ford (guitar), Dean Addison (bass) and Mark Grunden (drums).
"Deborah Coleman is unquestionably one of Blues music's most exciting young talents." - USA Today
Blues Marquee Fri 30 Oct 9:15pm
Blues Marquee Sat 31 Oct 11:00pm
Blues Marquee Sun 1 Nov 4:30pm
HAMILTON LOOMIS (USA)
Texas guitar-slinger Hamilton Loomis made a big impression with his entertaining show at Wangaratta in 2007, when he toured with Harper. He returns this year with his own band, featuring sax man Stratton Doyle ; along with Luke Hodgson (bass) and Dean Matters (drums).
“You got to put some seasonin’ in what you’re doin’, and this boy has the whole salt-shaker!” – Bo Diddley
www.hamiltonloomis.com
Blues Marquee Fri 30 Oct 7:30pm
Blues Marquee Sat 31 Oct 9:00pm
JAMES HUNTER (UK)
Catch British blues/soul singer and guitarist James Hunter, a rising star whose vocal style has been compared to the likes of Sam Cooke and Jackie Wilson. He was a hit at this year’s East Coast Blues Festival, and has been winning rave reviews for his new Hear Music album, The Hard Way. He will perform with With Damian Hand (tenor sax), Lee Badau (baritone sax), Kyle Koehler (keyboards), Jason Wilson (bass) and Jonathan Lee (drums).
“Hunter's voice is equal parts grits and silk, somewhere between Sam Cooke smooth and Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland scorched, and his small combo of sympathetic players could easily have found work in the studios of Hi, Stax, or Chess back when this style reigned.” – ‘All Music Guide’
http://jameshuntermusic.com/
****ONE SHOW ONLY****
Blues Marquee Fri 30 Oct 11:00pm
KENDRA SHANK (USA)
On her first visit to Australia, acclaimed jazz singer Kendra Shank will perform jazz standards and original songs, with the superb trio of Tim Stevens (piano), Ben Robertson (bass) and Dave Beck (drums).
“splendidly original...one of the most consistently interesting vocalists on the New York scene." – The Village Voice
PAC Theatre Sun 1 Nov 8:30pm
PAC Theatre Mon 2 Nov 9:30pm (separate concert tickets)
LAIA GENC & LIAISON TONIQUE (Germany)
A rising star on the German jazz scene (she has won prizes at jazz events in Liepzig, Koln, Paris and Rome), Koln-based pianist Laia Genc leads Liaison Tonique, with bassist Sebastien Gramms and drummer Nils Tegen. For one concert, they will be joined by Adam Simmons (saxophones).
“The talented pianist Laia Genc, a big hope in the new generation of the German jazz scene.” – ‘Jazz Podium’
* Supported by the Goethe Institut
www.laiagenc.com / www.myspace.com/laiagenc
Holy Trinity Cathedral Sat 31 Oct 4:00pm
PAC Theatre Sun 1 Nov 1:00pm
LITTON & LANGHAM & CO
This band features some of Britain’s finest ‘classic jazz’ exponents, in Martin Litton (piano), Thomas ‘Spats’ Langham (vocals, banjo) and Malcolm Sked (bass, tuba).
They will be joined by Jason Downes and Michael McQuaid (clarinets, saxophones); or, for one concert, internationally-celebrated trumpeter, Bob Barnard.
Check out Martin's arrangement of Steamboat Stomp on You-Tube
Bulls Head Sat 31 Oct 4:00pm
St Pat's Hall Sat 31 Oct 8:00pm (Bob Bernard)
Bulls Head Sun 1 Nov 9:00pm
LINDA OH TRIO
Based in New York since 2003, bassist-composer Linda Oh leads her Trio, with trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire (winner of the 2007 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Trumpet Competition) and drummer Tommy Crane. Three young talents to watch out for!
“One of the greatest bassists of the new generation” – Nathan Davis
“A fiercely gifted young trumpeter” – New York Times
PAC Hall Sat 31 Oct 8:00pm
PAC Theatre Sun 1 Nov 11:00am
MISINTERPROTATO with FROY AAGRE (Norway)
Led by pianist-composer Sean Foran, this Brisbane-based trio (with bassist Pat Marchisella and drummer John Parker) presents a distinctive original repertoire. For this concert, they will be joined by Norwegian saxophonist, Froy Aagre.
In January 2009, pianist Sean Foran won the APRA Professional Development Award. Similarly, Froy Aagre is a emerging star on the European scene. Aagre’s enticing lyricism will be a perfect match for the rhythmically exciting interactions of Misinterprotato.
"There is an unhurried grace in the way Aagre goes about her business, not interested in dazzling you with technique, but beguilling you with melody." - Stuart Nicholson, Jazzwise (UK)
www.misinterprotato.com