The Kinetic Jazz Orchestra
Formed in 2011 as a Composers Orchestra, this 18-piece big band has developed a unique body of work with a distinct dynamsim and feel, focusing on the creation of original work and nurturing each member’s individual talents.
The Kinetic Jazz Orchestra
Their book also includes a repertoire of timeless gems by Gil Evans and Mike Gibbs, courtesy of two trips Gibbs made here to conduct the versatile big band. The Orchestra has established itself as a force majeur in the Sydney music scene.
On 13 February you will hear:
Reeds/Flutes– Don Reid, Tim Clarkson, Jason Morphett, Stephan Sshafer, Justin Buckingham
Trombones/Tuba– Rob Flynn, Paul Weber, Matt O’Brien, Lee Tuckwell
Trumpets/ Flugelhorn– Chris Ellis, Mike Kenny, Cam McAllister, Marty Duck
Rhythm Section-Ben Hauptmann, Hugh Fraser, Alex Masso, Wilbur Whitta, Ed Goyer
The KJO has an ongoing creative relationship with the night’s special guests:
Roger Dean is one of the doyens of electro-acoustic music in Australia. He is the founder and artistic director of austraLYSIS. His most recent CD release- MultiPiano (1978-2012), solo and computer interactive piano- was awarded a rare 5 stars Jazz Journal (Europe). John Shand called it: ‘a trail-blazer’, ‘exquisite’, ‘surprising and disquieting’, ‘willing grooves’. The Orchestra will play his ‘BiKinetic’- an experimentation in improvisation for large orchestra, oiginally commissioned for the April 2014 Kinetic Jazz Festival. Roger’s second piece is a new work: ‘February’s Pitch’. it features the inimitable Riley Lee on shakuhachi.
This will be Riley’s debut at the Foundry. Born in America, he studied traditional music in Japan as a young adult. In 1980 he became the first non-Japanese festival drum group TaikOz, and is a world renowned performer and teacher. He has made over sixty commercially released recordings. Apart from featuring in ‘February’s Pitch’, Riley will also play in ‘Liberty is a Willful Wind’ by Don Reid. And at Riley’s request, Don Reid has created a fresh arrangement of Jo Zawinul’s monumental ‘In a Silent Way’ for Riley and the Orchestra.
The gig would not be complete or kinetic without some spoken word, done in a hip musical way by Kinetic Jazz co-directors Graham Jones and Jepke Goudesmit.
What?
The Kinetic Jazz Orchestra
Where?
Foundry 616, 616 Harris Street Ultimo
When?
February 13th
Doors open:6pm
Gig: 8.30-11pm