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Andy Sugg

In the eighties Andy entered the orbit of Australia’s legendary concert saxophonist Peter Clinch, then a recent president of the World Saxophone Congress. Peter’s seminal role in the development of an Australian saxophone aesthetic mirrored the role played by Jean-Marie Londeix in France and Joe Allard in the USA. Andy spent the early eighties studying and at times performing the classical repertoire with Peter. He also began a life-long partnership with pianist and composer Andy Vance, which has produced several albums exploring a post-bop acoustic direction. Through this partnership Andy (Sugg) developed a national profile, appeared at major festivals, on radio and television, and had his music used in hit TV dramas

Tom Barton: Aspirations

by Dan Bilawsky
November 22, 2014

Australian vocalist Tom Barton aspires to blur the lines between genres on this debut. Electronic and acoustic thoughts merge and co-exist beautifully, improvisational elements are born around concrete expressions, and in the middle of it all sits Barton, putting his poetry in motion with beautifully clear-headed vocals. While the gist of many an ...

The John Coltrane Project: Andy Sugg Plays Trane

By Andy Sugg

Label: Downstream Music
Released: 2011

The John Coltrane Project: Andy Sugg Plays Trane

by Lawrence Peryer
October 14, 2011

The Andy Sugg Group The John Coltrane Project: Andy Sugg Plays Trane Downstream Music 2011 Recorded live in Melbourne, Australia, on July 17, 2010, saxophonist Andy Sugg and his group bring tasteful and modern sensibilities to the performances on this set. Sugg and his compatriots canvass the all-too-brief ten-year period spanning ...

Greensleeves

October 4, 2011

Album: The John Coltrane Project: Andy Sugg Plays Trane
By Andy Sugg
Label: Downstream Music
Released: 2011
Duration: 15:05

The John Coltrane Project: Andy Sugg Plays Trane

June 23, 2011

The Andy Sugg Group releases The John Coltrane Project: Andy Sugg Plays Trane. “Sugg's train at full steam—its fire forging new lines into the 21st century. An unforgettable journey!" —Gerry Koster, Jazz Up Late, ABC Jazz & ABC Classic FM. “Music that moves the Coltrane legacy forward in an entrancing and powerful way." —Mal Stanley, Jazztrack, ...

The Andy Sugg Group Releases "Brunswick Nights"

October 19, 2010

The famed Victorian suburb of Brunswick has grown its own vibrant musical life. Inspired by this celebrated musical Mecca, The Andy Sugg Group has now released its latest album, Brunswick Nights. Recorded near the end of a long season at Sydney Roads Brunswick Green Hotel during 2009, Brunswick Nights captures an exciting moment in the life ...