ARTISTS 2009
SYDNEY GIG GUIDE
Click on the graphic to go to our Sydney Gig Guide page which contains all the jazz events and venues occuring this month. We have artists, times, locations and contact details to enable you to find what you are looking for.
JAZZ FESTIVALS
There are always a number of Jazz Festivals being held in Sydney and around NSW, so check out our Festivals page to see what's on. Please let us know if you would like your event to be included in our list
JAZZ ARTISTS
Details of various artists and bands that inhabit the jazz scene in Sydney and around Australia.
A smooth swing sextet (or quintet/quartet if required) in the style of "The Benny Goodman Sextet" and "Artie Shaw & His Gramercy Five". Includes clarinet/saxes/flute/vocals, vibraphone, guitar, piano, string bass and drums. Issued two CDs, the second of which made the final four of the inaugural national "Bell Jazz CD Awards". Public and private concerts in Fiji for the Australian Ambassador and for Alliance Francais' "Bastille Day Celebrations in Sydney. Jazz festivals in Cairns, Noosa, Gold Coast, Thredbo and Manly. Concerts for the Sydney Jazz Club, Jazz Action Societies in Sydney and the Gold Coast, the Canberra Jazz Club, the NSW Heritage Society and corporate and private functions in Sydney's CBD hotels. Contact number: 02 9948 6802.
Recipients of the USA's "Goldkette Foundation Award", and four times finalists Australian "Mo" Awards. Issued ten CD's, three of which were released in the USA. Seven tours of the USA (East & West Coasts & the Mid-west). Festivals in Edinburgh (Scotland) and Brecon (Wales) and a concert in Soho, London.. Featured artists at the annual conventions of "International Association of Jazz Record Collectors" (Chicago), and of the "American Federation of Jazz Festival Directors" (Davenport, Iowa). Played Australian Jazz Festivals and clubs in Canberra, Manly, Darling Harbour, NSW Southern Highlands, Melbourne, Brisbane, Thredbo, York (WA), Adelaide, Wagga Wagga. Jazz tours of Queensland, Victoria and NSW. Public concerts for Sydney's "Jazz In the Domain" and "Jazz On the Rocks".
This 8-piece group includes 5 multi-instrumentalists and three vocalists, and re-creates the Chicago and New York styles of classic hot jazz and swing music of the 20s to 40s. Smaller versions of the band form THE JAZZ RIPPERS. Both groups sample the repertoires of jazz-era greats including Beiderbecke, Morton, Armstrong, Ellington, Waller, Noone, Clarence Williams, and of swing-era greats including Goodman, Shaw, Herman, Berigan and Bob Crosby and also highlight original compositions of Australian jazzmen including Grahame Bell, Ade Monsburgh, Roger Bell, Bud Baker, Dave Dallwitz, Frank Johnson and David Basden. Contact number: 02 9948 6802.
Sydney Swing is a quartet of experienced musicians who have all played with many jazz groups both here and overseas. They perform a happy blend of jazz classics and standard tunes mostly from the 20's, 30's and 40's featuring vocals from three group members.
Personnel:
Kevin Goodey (clarinet & saxophone)
David Stevens (piano)
John Bartlett (bass)
Neil Macbeth (drums)
Contact Kevin Goodey - 9451 4264