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Daniel Gassin

Daniel Gassin is an Australian pianist of French-American descent, currently living in Paris. In 2007 Daniel was the sole Australian to reach the finals of the Jazz Solo Piano Competition at the iconic Montreux Jazz Festival. In 2008 he was selected to participate in the Jazz & Creative Music Workshop in Banff, Canada, headed by acclaimed U.S. trumpeter and composer Dave Douglas. In the same year, the Daniel Gassin Trio released its second album “Crossover” which was recorded by Mal Stanley for his national radio program ABC Jazztrack. In 2010, the Daniel Gassin Trio performed at the Dubai International Jazz Festival and the Queenstown International Jazz Festival. In 2011 Daniel made his debut as leader at the Wangaratta International Jazz Festival with his newly-formed Sextet

Vena

Label: Bon SaiMusic
Released: 2020
Track listing: Folks Jam; V for Vena; Parity; Pigalle; 75 Pages of Happiness; Assata; Bilka's Story; Emilio; Women; Synchronicity; This Isn't Love; Bleu Tortue; Migration; Folk Tube.

Roundup Time

By JEROME WILSON

Although the coronavirus has brought live music to a virtual standstill, recorded jazz has continued to pour out over the last few months. Here is a roundup of several recent releases that deserve some attention. Troy Roberts Stuff I Heard Toy Robot Music 2020 Troy Roberts goes ...

Josh Kyle / Sam Keevers: Songs Of Friends

By BRUCE LINDSAY

It's a simple concept. Josh Kyle's voice, Sam Keevers' piano and a selection of Songs Of Friends. It's a beautifully executed concept though: voice, instrument and compositions blend together in a worthy tribute from the young Australian vocalist. Kyle's friends are all Australian jazz musicians and writers. He's taken their tunes, added his own ...

Daniel Gassin Sextet

By DANIEL GASSIN

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2011
Track listing: New Song; Banff Song; Interlude; 78; Crossover; Y-Tune; McDaniel Avenue; Roundtrip; What You Get Is What You Get; San Jose.

The John Coltrane Project: Andy Sugg Plays Trane

By LAWRENCE PERYER

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 ...

Daniel Gassin: Daniel Gassin Sextet

By EDWARD BLANCO

Daniel Gassin's third album ventures into new territory, leaving behind the intimacy of the trio format which has been Australian pianist's preferred musical setting until now. Daniel Gassin Sextet features ten original pieces of modern jazz performed by a standard rhythm section, with a small horn section of trumpets and saxophones, to produce a superb, light ...

Crossover

By DANIEL GASSIN

Label: Vorticity Music
Released: 2010
Track listing: Freefall; Crossover; 7e Arrondissement; Release; Middle Man; Don't Forget The Poet; The Peacocks.

Daniel Gassin Trio: Crossover

By EDWARD BLANCO

Described as a “brilliant, lyrical young Melbourne pianist/composer," Australian jazz pianist Daniel Gassin reveals but a glimpse of his talents on Crossover, as evidenced by the quality of his compositions and the elite caliber of his performance. A follow up to his debut, Roundtrip (Vorticity Music, 2004)--which was rereleased in 2010--Crossover is an enchanting recording of ...