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Daryl McKenzie

Born: February 23, 1962

Daryl McKenzie (Musical Director & Trombone) Has directed the Daryl McKenzie Jazz Orchestra for the past six years playing with artists such as Bill Watrous, James Morrison, Wilbur Wilde, Nichaud Fitzgibbon and Nina Ferro. Previously Musical Director for the Nine Network's "Hey Hey It's Saturday" during the 1990's. Has previously directed the AFI awards for the ABC and episodes of "Dancing with the Stars" and the Good Friday Appeal for the Seven Network. Daryl was Musical Director for the Seven network's "Australia's Got Talent Series 1". Has orchestrated and conducted numerous international movies including The Truman Show, Death Defying Acts, Hating Alison Ashley, After the Deluge, Bootmen and Two Hands plus the Olympic and Commonwealth Games themes for the Seven Network

Stella Skinner

Born: August 24

Stella is a full time musician. Finishing her BMus in 2006, Stella studied from Stephen Magnusson, Tony Gould and the like at Monash University Clayton. Stella is now working for AAB-M on guitar and works on original music in her spare time. As a young musician, in 2003 Stella won the rock section of the Frankston guitar festival. She has also performed with many well known musicians such as James Morrison, David Campbell, Nina Ferro, Jordan Murray and Ronda Burchmore. She has performed with the Darryl McKenzie Jazz Orchestra and the Matt Amy Really Big Band and has been in many original and covers bands performing around Melbourne

Tim Stevens

Born: October 23, 1971

Tim Stevens is an improvising pianist, composer and scholar based in Melbourne, Australia. He studied at the Victorian College of the Arts (MMus, 1996) and the University of Melbourne (PhD, 2000), graduating from the latter with a thesis entitled 'The Origins, Development and Significance of the Red Onion Jazz Band, 1960-1996'.

Between 1995 and 2000 he was a member of the co-operative trio Browne - Haywood - Stevens, with Allan Browne (drums) and Nick Haywood (bass), and this band released two CDs: 'King, Dude and Dunce' (Newmarket, 1996) and 'Sudden in a shaft of sunlight' (ABC Jazz, 1998).

He lived in Sydney from 2000-2001 and formed a trio there with Mark Lau (bass) and Simon Barker (drums), that travelled to perform at the Pori Jazz Festival and Umbria Jazz in 2001

Jon Delaney

Born: April 10, 1976

Jon Delaney is a freelance guitarist, composer and teacher from Melbourne, Australia. He performs regularly with his own band, "The Jon Delaney Trio" and in many other contexts, with some of the foremost talents on the Melbourne improvised music scene. Jon's musical development began while he was ostensibly studying philosophy and literature at Monash University, playing rock guitar and bass in pubs, clubs, and friend's living rooms and doing serious diservice to Descartes and Shelley. Taking a year off after graduation to practice and catch up on reading, he was accepted into the Victorian College of the Arts in 1998, from which he emerged some years later with Bachelor (hons) and Master of Music Performance degrees (he has also taken part in the Banff Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music (2006), a 3-week ferment of creativity and discovery in the Canadian Rockies). His studies and the predictable onset of tinnitus contributed to a broadening of his musical taste, and Jon developed an attachment to small group jazz, baroque, and 20th century classical music

Louise Cuming

Born: August 31, 1988

Louise Cuming's tone is characterised as a distinctive gentle rasp that floats between a drawl, a yodel and a cat sneezing. Her subtle music is beautiful and embracing as it is stark and slippery. Cuming chronicles the unseen surburbia- comings and goings, dreams and disappointments - like a great impressionist working with shadows instead of light. And remains just as elusive, just as profound. The Age 2006 Louise Cuming's trombone playing driftscapes to, in some cases, jagged passages of music; a storm warning, perhaps, the calm before some unnamed calamity. Her free jazz/traditional dixieland/austrian folk influenced compositions delve into loss and despair with the barest of nuance

Aaron Benson

Aaron Benson is Australia's freshest voice on guitar. His influences reflect a passion for Soul, Jazz, Slinky R'n'B grooves, Latin and even a touch of Uptown Blues all adding up to his own signature sound. His music is enjoyed in an unlimited array of settings and has garnered substantial acclaim in the U.S and Europe generated by the release of the new double C.D "After the Rush". Born in Melbourne and having mastered a number of styles this latest foray has him venturing into new territory with outstanding results. Aaron's approach is to create something that sounds fresh but will also stand the test of time

PLANS the band

Born: March 8

PLANS are a six piece original jazz inspired band that write 'quirky' and fun improvised music, with lots of energy. They originate from Melbourne Austrailia. The line up is as follows: Fiona Clarke - Vocals Phild Day -Trumpet Lucas Millar - Guitar Adrian Violi - Drums Nick Adgemis - Bass Steve Majstorovic - Tenor Saxophone

Richard Andrews

Born: November 16, 1941

At this time, 01/21/2004, i'm setting up some recording and i can fill all that in later. most of my time has been spent as a sideman/bandleader. i teach music (jazz mainly) a lot. I am fortunate (and grateful) to be able to say that i play most styles of music (arranger/composer) as far as instruments, i play soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones; flute, clarinet and harmonicas (chromatic and diatonic- blues/country etc.) i have worked with some great people in the music scene, and that keeps on going!!

2019: The Year in Jazz

by Ken Franckling
January 2, 2020

The year 2019 was robust in many ways. International Jazz Day brought its biggest stage to Australia. An important but long-shuttered jazz mecca was revived in a coast-to-coast move. ECM Records celebrated a golden year. The music and its makers figured prominently on the big screen. The National Endowment for the Arts welcomed four new NEA ...

The Club Booker: Albert Dadon of Bird's Basement

by B.D. Lenz
December 4, 2019

For this column I was given the great opportunity to interview Albert Dadon who's an accomplished man both inside and outside of the music world. Albert is not just a club owner/booker, he's a musician and can understand both sides of the booking relationship that can sometimes be at odds with each other. With very high ...