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Jamie Oehlers

Education Western Australian Conservatorium of Music Berklee College of Music, Boston Private Study in US with Dave Liebman, George Garzone, George Coleman, Hal Crook. Festivals International Festivals - JVC Jazz Festival (New York), BBC London Jazz Festival, Jazz Yatra Festival (India), Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland), Edinburgh Jazz Festival (Scotland), Galway Jazz festival, Bray Jazz Festival (Ireland), Manila Jazz festival (Philipines), Villa Celimontana (Italy), Jazz Alive Festival (New Zealand). Australian Festivals - Wangaratta Jazz Festival, Melbourne International Jazz Festival, Fremantle Jazz Festival, Manly Jazz Festival, Stonnington Jazz Festival, Darwin Fringe Festival, Apollo Bay Music Festival, Sydney Festival, Festival of Perth, Glenelg Jazz Festival, Melbourne Jazz Fringe Festival, Half Bent Music Festival and many more Performances Jamie has performed in the United States, Asia, India, UK, Europe, New Zealand and throughout Australia with leading international jazz artists like Ronnie Scott, Geri Allen, Robert Hurst, Eric Harland, Cindy Blackman, John and Jeff Clayton, Curtis Lundy, Paul Grabowsky, Dale Barlow, Bernie McGann, Bobby Shew, Renee Geyer, Barney Mcall, Scott Tinkler, Joe Chindamo and James Morrison, and with groups like the Australian Art Orchestra, Sam Keevers Octet, Paul Grabowsky Quintet and Quartet, Blowfish and the Paul Williamson Sextet

Ritual Diamonds

By Christopher Hale

Label: Earshift Music
Released: 2023
Track listing: Flamenco; Ch'ilch'ae (for Kim Juhong); Radio Mori; Minor Diamonds; Topollim Sketches; Ritual Diamonds (for Kim Junghee).

The Eye is the First Circle

By Vanessa Perica

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: The Eye is the First Circle; What a Time to Be Alive; Hill of Grace; Meet Me at Phoenix Street; Song for Cleo; Still We Rise; Love and War.

Vanessa Perica Orchestra: The Eye is the First Circle

by Barry O'Sullivan
December 1, 2023

The music on The Eye is the First Circle is undeniably outstandingly composed and arranged by Vanessa Perica. Her second outing--following Love is A Temporary Madness (Self released, 2020)--with another supersonic ensemble, it was superbly recorded at the Sing Sing East Studios in Melbourne, showcasing numerous flawlessly performed solos by some of Australia's best improvising musicians. ...

Vanessa Perica Orchestra: The Eye is the First Circle

by Jack Bowers
November 25, 2023

In a review of Love Is a Temporary Madness, the debut recording by Australian composer/arranger Vanessa Perica, the observation was made that “Perica's impact in the realm of big-band jazz should be anything but temporary." Perica's second album, The Eye Is the First Circle, has added an exclamation point to that assertion. Again, ...

Carlton-Macpherson-Pass-Valenti Quartet Interview Series: Alana Macpherson

by Jane Kozhevnikova
March 14, 2023

This interview is the first in a series to feature the Carlton-Macpherson-Pass-Valenti quartet from Australia: Jessica Carlton (trumpet), Alana Macpherson (saxophone), Kate Pass (double bass) and Talya Valenti (drums). They formed a quartet in 2021 with Carlton's move to Perth from Melbourne and Macpherson's temporary return from Austria. The quartet's debut album, Undeniable (Self Produced, 2022), ...

Christopher Hale

by Lawrence Peryer
March 11, 2023

Today, the Spotlight shines On Australian jazz heavyweight Christopher Hale. Hale has been called “one of the most unique and respected musicians in Australia" (Glam Adelaide) and an “unconventional virtuoso of the bass guitar" (The Age). His new release, Ritual Diamonds (Earshift Music), came out on March 3 and reimagines Korean ritual drumming and ...

Australian Jazz Fusion In The Spotlight 2000-2010

by Len Davis
August 28, 2022

Australian jazz fusion with guitarist Glenn Cannon, drummer Sam Aliano, saxophonist Jamie Oehlers, guitarist Jack Pantazis and Melbourne band Logic. Playlist Glenn Cannon “Cave of the Forgotten" from Clockwork (Self Produced) 00:00 Sam Aliano “Blue Skies On Mars" from Emalgamation (Vorticity) 07:37 EQ “Drop D Jazz" from EQ (Vorticity) 15:29 Jamie Oehlers “Side Car" ...

Sizeable Outfits, Enviable Outcomes: Large Ensembles In Pursuit Of Excellence

by Dan Bilawsky
February 19, 2021

Perhaps nothing better symbolizes dogged persistence than the proliferation of large ensembles in every corner of the jazz world. To take on this kind of work can and should be considered injudicious for the rationally-minded, as the investments--time-wise, organizationally, financially, mentally--are beyond compare. But just because the dollars and sense don't add up doesn't mean it's ...

Love is a Temporary Madness

By Vanessa Perica

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2020
Track listing: Spaccanapoli; Dance of the Zinfandels; Woody's Lament; Saint Lazare; Love Is a Temporary Madness; Scar for Charlie; Rebrahmanization.