Another great weekend of jazz at Halls Gap. This is about the 12 year that I have been going. Anyway hope you enjoy these snippets!

 FOREIGN MAGICIANS

Another great session from this “Alternative Jazz” group. Anyway I liked them.

Myspace – Foreign Magicians

Click play button below or right click HERE to download (mp3 128k – 24min 22.6Mb)

ROGER CLARK

A stalwart of the Grampians Jazz scene. He has been playing here for as long as I have been coming. A great player. Also found his bio on the yamaha site. He is also the owner of the famous DIZZYS jazz club in Melbourne Australia.

Excuse the low quality photo (my little nikon couldn’t handle the low light)

He had another great sax player with him, who also plays a  mean piano as well.

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(mp3 128k 23mins 21.5Mb)

MARGE HAMILTON QUARTET

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(mp3 128k 23min 21.6Mb)

DNA Jazz

Anyone in Melbourne would be familiar with The Footy Buskers. These guys hang out at the The Dome and the MCG and love their footy. They have entertained crowds for many years.
Did you know that they are accomplished Jazz musos? Well listen to this set, some great playing. They both are multi-instrumentalists.

Also the little slide trumpet came out!

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(mp3 128k  30mins 28Mb)

ARQ Jazz

Another great mainstream band. Featured sax player who played with Roger. Good to hear a good modern Trombone player as well.

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(mp3 128k 31mins 29.4Mb)

The TOUGH Times

This was a very entertaining band with some great introductions by the band leader Chris. Best double bass player at the festival! Also featured Ryan from “Swingin Both Ways” on guitar.

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(mp3 128k 38mins 35.6Mb)

NOTE: All recording used sony minidisk with either sony mic or binaural mics

Simon Wright and the Eclective – MySpace

In January this year I went to a few night markets held at Johnston Park Geelong.

They had a number of bands playing and I was particularly impressed with the bass playing in this band.
Real funky stuff!

12mins

(recorded on Zoom H2 recorder using internal mics)

I am participating in United Way Geelong’s Workplace giving campaign this year (2009) as a Team Leader.

At this years training Tara McKinty – one of the directors of “The Sanctuary”, who offer counselling and support services to people with life threatening illness or are recovering from bereavement, spoke very passionately about her role and the role of other community services that United Way supports.

I heard her speak last year and definetely wanted to capture her talk this year.

It is well worth a listen. Click the play button below

Greg Warburton, last years Gordon Murray award winner, gave a sample presentation as well.

(Please excuse the lower quality recordings, these were made on my TREO 650 mobile phone. At least I got them!)

A very popular music festival at Queenscliff on the entrance to Port Phillip Bay, Victoria Australia.

This year my wife and myself went to the Saturday night session. We didn’t really know what to expect this year but went with the flow. We were lucky to find an Acapella girl group “KAYA” , a swing group “Frankie Wants Out” and listened to a it of the old rock group from our youth “Madder Lake”. This year I trialled out my new Zoom H2 recorder and I was very pleased with the results.

KAYA

www.kaya.net.au

Really enjoyed this acapella group. Great vocalists and very entertaining. Worth catching up with them when I am next in Sydney.

Right click HERE to download, or click play button below. (format: 128k mp3 41.8Mb  45min)

FRANKIE WANTS OUT

www.myspace.com/frankiewantsout

Frankie had the place a swingin’

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MADDER LAKE

www.myspace.com/madderlake

Good ol’ rock and roll!

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This is Jon Crompton’s 2008 Gordon Tafe Jazz recital recording. I was also very privileged to be able to play with his group on two of the numbers. Jon is absolutely superb on saxophone and he surrounded himself with a great group of young players (except for me )

Keep an eye out for Jon, he is destined for great things!

Any way Enjoy. Thanks crommo for letting me put these up.

Click Here for Crommo’s related Blog on his performance

Musicians

Alto Sax, Gong and Electronics – Jon Crompton
Bass – John Kingma
Drums – Tom Gannon
Alto Sax (Summertime) – Ben Anderson
Tenor Sax (Subconscious Lee, Summertime) – Ron Romero
Trumpet, Wind Chimes (Subconscious Lee, Summertime, Sickness) – Ned Fairlie
Trombone (Summertime, Sickness) – Rex “The Lore Master” Foord

Program

1.Loneliness
2.Subconscious Lee
3.Summertime
4.Sickness 

Click play button or HERE to download files from rexy.diinoweb

Recorded on a Zoom H2 recorder ~3m in front of stage

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

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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

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’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)

The Full Catastrophe is a big band made up of students and staff from the Gordon Tafe Jazz course and other musicians from the Geelong area. Our Leader is Greg Waugh. (Guitarist)

Here we are playing for the Gordon Open Day in August 2008. We were supposed to play outside but it was bitterly cold and windy so we were able to set up in the cafeteria, which was a far better (and warmer) place with surprisingly good acoustics.

The Full Catastrophe

The Trumpets!

Here are some numbers from the performance.

Goto HERE to listen to all songs from the day (In all their glory!)

Also HERE for some others at The Peninsula

How Deep Is The Ocean?

Vocals – Michelle Benjamin

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Don’t Get Around Much Anymore

Vocals – Wayne Fury

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Teach Me

Vocals – Michelle Benjamin

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(Recorded using sony stereo microphone ECM-MS907 -> Sony minidisk MZ-NH700)

on Sunday 15th June 2008 a concert was held at Barrabool Hills Baptist Community Church to raise funds to support victims of the recent tragedy in that country.

3 bands performed and the night was a great success raising over $15,000

Sorry no piccies (my camera was out of action) but the recordings I captured are great and really captured the evening. Also a great job performed by the guys in the audio/media team with the sound and lighting!

The Gospel Chapel Band

goto www.myspace.com/thegospelchapelband for more info.

They have been featuring the gospel songs of Bob Dylan of late. This was a great set and I really liked “Ring Them Bells”

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Mike McCarthy

goto Mikes page at www.mikemccarthy.com.au for more info

He also played with Sons of Korah

This set was just Mike on acoustic guitar. Some great blues playing.

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All these recordings were captured with my small electret binaural mics and Sony minidisk recorder

KEVIN SIMMONDS QUINTET

Kevin Simmonds – Drums
Geoff Woods – Bass
Ian Morrison – Guitar
Bill Plumridge – Trumpet
Dave Jeffery – Vibes

Kevin “Simmo” put together a great little modern group.
As usual Dave Jeffries stars on vibes.

Bracket 1

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Bracket2

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(Recorded using sony stereo microphone ECM-MS907 -> Sony minidisk MZ-NH700)

SWINGING BOTH WAYS

Vocals – Kimba Griffith
Guitar – Ryan Griffith
Swinging Both Ways was a very refreshing group. Great vocals and Ryan on guitar was fantastic.

Goto there website for more info www.aussiejazz.com.au

Right click HERE to download or click play button below (format: 128k mp3 40mb)

(Recorded using sony stereo microphone ECM-MS907 -> Sony minidisk MZ-NH700)

For a treat here is a short video of their performance as well.

(Recorded on a Nikon Coolpix L6 camera)

ROGER CLARK QUINTET

Roger is a stalwart of the Grampians Jazz Festival from the modern jazz side of things being there pretty much from the start.
Many will know him from “Dizzy’s” in Melbourne. Great Alto sax playing.

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(Recorded using sony stereo microphone ECM-MS907 -> Sony minidisk MZ-NH700)

ALEX HUTCHINSON

Alex is very good on the Clarinet. Some nice mainstream jazz playing.

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(Recorded using sony stereo microphone ECM-MS907 -> Sony minidisk MZ-NH700)

HILLS ANGELS

The only TRAD band I recorded. Great little group. Nice rag piano playing.

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(Recorded using sony stereo microphone ECM-MS907 -> Sony minidisk MZ-NH700)

A very popular music festival at Queenscliff on the entrance to Port Phillip Bay, Victoria Australia.

RENEE GEYER

Renee Geyer on the mainstage, Saturday night.

Still as great as ever!

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(Recorded using Sony stereo microphone ECM-MS907 -> Sony minidisk MZ-NH700)

PAUL KELLY

From Little Things Big Things Grow right click to download, or click play button below. (format: VBR 256k mp3 5.7Mb 6min)

A great rendition of this song with slightly changed lyrics. This was the night the Howard Liberal government lost power to the Kevin Rudd Labor party.

Some more of Paul Kelly. Right click HERE to download, or click play button below. (format: VBR 256k mp3 24.2Mb, 16min)

(recorded using small binaural mics -> Sony minidisk MZ-NH700)

ELLA THOMPSON

A great up and coming jazz singer. Sorry no piccy

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(recorded using small binaural mics -> Sony minidisk MZ-NH700)