WAAPA Jazz Graduation Recitals 2008

My wife and I traveled to Perth, Western Australia in October to hear our son Julian perform his graduation Jazz recital at WAAPA (Western Australia Academy of Performing Arts). We were also privileged to hear four other fantastic musicians as well. We had two great evenings of Jazz.

The guys get to play in each others recitals so you get to hear them interspersed throughout the recordings.

Zoom H2 recorder recordings have had a small amount of bass equalization applied (was too boomy)

Note: Only use these recordings for individual use, As the rights to these are with the musicians themselves. I recorded these for my own enjoyment and not for any other gain. I know the musicians will probably get a high quality recording eventually from the Uni, but until then they can listen here. Rex

Julian Foord – Piano

Julian wowed the audience with his own unique piano style and fantastic white suit! After starting with a quiet number of his own “Serendipity” he followed this up with another of his own “Too Soon”, a catchy number dedicated to Esbjorn Svensson from Swedish Band E.S.T., who died earlier this year. His other original number “Resurrection By Fire” had everyone’s fingers smokin’ with its fast upbeat tempo. He finished the evening with a totally sublime version of “Somewhere Over The Rainbow”, bringing a tear to everyone’s eyes. A fantastic finish to a great evening. He asked the sound technicians to turn the PA off, so we got to witness the raw acoustic beauty of the piano and Julian’s delicate touch.

Julian’s Complete Recital

Click play button or right click HERE to download (format: 128k mp3 42.8Mb)

Individual song files can be found HERE

Musicians
Julian Foord – Pianoforte
Nick Abbey – Contrabass
Pete Evans – Drum Set
Callum G’Froerer – Trumpet
Tom Duck – Saxophone

Program
1. Serendipity – Julian Foord
2. Too Soon – Julian Foord
3. Bernie’s Tune – Bernie Miller
4. Three Friends In Winter – Tim Stevens
5. Softly – Hammerstein & Romberg
6. Resurrection By Fire – Julian Foord
7. Over The Rainbow – Harold Arlen

(This recording used binaural microphones and Sony HiMD recorder)

Tom Duck – Saxophone

Julian, Nick Abbey(Bass) & Tom

Tom’s Complete Recital

Click play button or right click HERE to download (format: 128k mp3 41.8Mb) Zoom H2 recorder

Musicians
Julian Foord – Piano
Sarah McKenzie – Piano
Nick Abbey – Bass
Pete Evans – Drums
Callum G’Froerer – Trumpet
Tom Duck – Saxophone
Rick Webster – Guitar

Program
1. Come and Gone – Tom Duck
2. Simple Pleasures – Sam Keevers
3.Love For Sale – Cole Porter
4.Seconds Out – Tom Duck
5.Song For Somewhere Else – Tom Duck
6.West – Tom Duck

Rick Webster – Guitar

Rick Webster & Brett Smith

 

Rick Webster & Victoria Newton

Rick’s Complete Recital

(Sorry Rick, had a minor technical hitch in the middle – flat battery, even though I put in a brand new set! very annoying, so I missed a couple of minutes)

This featured some great brass ensemble playing. Loved it! (S’Pose I’m biased being a trom player)

Click play button or right click HERE to download (format: 128k mp3 38.6Mb) Zoom H2 recorder

Musicians
Rick Webster – Guitar
Matt Staples – Bass
Chris Tarr – Drums
Brett Smith – Tenor Saxophone
Sarah McKenzie – Piano
Victoria Newton – Vocals
Louise Conroy – Vibrophone/Persussion
Dana Ogle – Persussion
Mark Osourne – Alto Saxophone
Callum G’Froerer – Trumpet
Tom Duck – Saxophone
Tilman Robinson – Trombone

Program
1.Have You Heard – Metheny
2.Flying By – Webster
3.Beautiful Love – King, Alstyne & Young
4.Have You Met Miss Jones – Rogers & Hart
5.Pictured – Webster
6.Running Water  – Webster
7.Home Stretch – Webster
8.Georgia On My Mind – Carmichael (arranged Mace Francis)

Brett Smith – Saxophone

(pictured above)

Brett’s Complete Recital

Click play button or right click HERE to download (format: 128k mp3 42.3Mb) Zoom H2 recorder

Musicians
Brett Smith – Saxophone
Julian Foord – Piano
Chris Tarr – Drums
Matt Staples – Doule Bass
Jessica Gethin – Violin
Bourby Webster – Viola
Emma McCoy – Cello
Ray Walker – Nylon String Guitar
Rick Webster – Guitar
Tal Cohen – Piano
Adrian Kelly – trumpet
Daniel Connor – Alto Saxophone
Tilman Robinson – Trombone

Program
1.The Notebook(Main Title) – Aaron Zigman
2.Confirmation – Charlie Parker
3.The Simple Things – Brett Smith
4.Floating Clouds – Brett Smith
5.Giggin’ – Ornette Coleman
6.The Jupiter Line – Seamus Blake
7.El Volcan Del Caribe(Lo Que Va a Pasar) – Chucho Valdes

Adam Springhette – Double Bass

Adam’s Complete Recital

Absolutely awesome bass playing.

Click play button or right click HERE to download (format: 128k mp3 54.8Mb)

Musicians
Adam Springhette – Bass
Rick Webster – Guitar
Tom Duck – Tenor Saxophone
Brett Smith – Tenor Saxophone
Tal Cohen – Piano
Pete Evans – Drums
Ric Eastman – Drums
Shaun Picket – Marimba
Thomas Wood – Vocals
Victoria Newton – Vocals
Ben Hodgkin – Trumpet

(This recording used binaural microphones and Sony HiMD recorder)