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KATE VIGO & THE UNDERGROUND ORCHESTRA – EP LAUNCH @ THE SPIEGELTENT: SUN 28th FEB 2010
After the recent release of her single and video clip, ‘The Way You Are’, which has been making radio waves around the country, Kate Vigo is making a name for herself in the music scene. Now…the greatly anticipated release of her second single and EP ‘Someone Better’ will take place at The Spiegeltent at the Garden of Unearthly Delights on Sun 28th Feb at 9.45pm.
With a sound that sits astride eclectic pop and stylized 60s rock, Kate is on stage by her band and an amazing ensemble of musicians known as ‘The Underground Orchestra’.
2010 will be a year of Major Australian Festivals, National Touring and the eventual release of Kate’s second album in September.
Whilst her jazz foundations have served her well, she has now changed her sound to embody an eclectic mixture of sounds, from pop rock to subtle acoustic refrains teamed with programmed loops, intricate melodies, Kate’s trademark soulful voice and 60's girl band influence.
Garden of Unearthly Delights, Spiegeltent – Adelaide Fringe 2010
"Someone Better" EP Launch
Kate Vigo & The Underground Orchestra
Date: Sunday 28th Feb
Venue: Garden of Unearthly Delights, Rundle Park - Corner Rundle St and East Terrace, Adelaide
Ticket Prices: Adult $22, Concession $17
Book Tickets: www.adelaidefringe.com.au or 1300 FRINGE (374643)
Performance Time: 9.45pm
REVIEWS
“A little bit torch singer, a little bit pop, and a whole lot entrancing.”
Herald Sun, HIT
“Kate Vigo is a special recording artist! A performer with class, sass and distinction. Her vocals have a certain magnetism that draws you in. Vigo, in just one concise but infectious song, gets under your skin and sets off an addictive reaction. This is the start of something big”
Toxic Pete Music Reviews
“In the wake of Lily Allen, Adele and Duffy, Britain has put out such an army of young, nice-but-mouthy-when-they-nee d-to-be soulful female singers. Vigo’s doing a damn impressive job of picking up our local slack in this department, proving as vocally cute, vulnerable and potentially feisty as any of the above.”
Rave Magazine
www.katevigo.com / www.myspace.com/katevigo
Al Di Meola with World Sinfonia
Touring Australia & New Zealand
from March 2010
Legendary guitarist, Al Di Meola is bringing his 6-piece Latin Jazz Fusion band World Sinfonia to our shores in March 2010. One of the most prominent virtuosos in the contemporary instrumental jazz field, Al Di Meola’s dazzling technique on both acoustic and electric guitars is unmatched, extending to fluid arpeggios flying at breakneck speed and beautiful, slow vibrato-laden melodies.
The tour commences in Perth and extends through NSW, Queensland, New Zealand, Tasmania, South Australia and ACT. Provocative and enchanting, Al Di Meola’s intriguing union of complex rhythms, lyrical melodies and sophisticated harmonies ensures an unforgettable aural sensation.
Known for his guitar mastery, Al Di Meola has twenty one recordings, three gold albums and has recorded and played with a number of illustrious names including Paul Simon, Phil Collins, Santana, Luciano Pavarotti, Jimmy Page, Stevie Wonder, Frank Zappa, Chick Corea, Steve Winwood, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Jaco Pastorius, Les Paul, Jean Luc Ponty, Steve Vai, Milton Naciemento, Egberto Gismonti, and many more.
Early in his career Al Di Meola was bestowed a Grammy, as part of Chick Corea’s Return To Forever. He has been voted World’s Best Guitarist several times by Guitar Player Magazine and has had sold out concerts across the world including Bulgaria and the United States.
Al Di Meola’s finds inspiration in music cultures across the world including sounds from Argentina, Brazil, Israel and the Mediterranean and in acoustic genres such as flamenco and the tango. The depth of his writing along with the soulfulness of his guitar expression have won this guitar virtuoso legions of fans worldwide, having played over many years to sell out shows across Europe, Canada and his native USA.
Of Di Meola, Guitar historian Robert Lynch said: “In the history of the electric guitar, no one figure has done more to advance the instrument in a purely technical manner than Al Di Meola. His total command of the various styles and scales is simply mind-boggling.”
Al Di Meola
with World Sinfonia
Australian & New Zealand Tour
MARCH & APRIL 2009
Perth Concert Hall
March 5
08 9231 9900
Sydney City Recital Hall Angel PlaceMarch 7
02 8256 2222
Bellingen Memorial Hall
March 9
02 6655 1522
Byron Bay High SchoolMarch 10
Enmore Theatre Sydney
March 12
02 9550 3666
The Basement, Sydney
March 13
02 9251 2797
Christchurch James Hay
BrisbaneMarch 15
136 246
Kuranda Amphitheatre
New ZealandMarch 16
1300 762 545
Auckland The Great Hall
March 18
0800 289 842
James Hay Theatre Christchurch
March 19
03366 8899
Wellington Opera House
March 22
04384 3840
Hobart City HallMarch 24
1300 762 545
Melbourne Hamer Hall
March 25
1300 182 183
Adelaide Her Majesty’s Theatre
March 26
08 8216 8600
Canberra Royal Theatre March 27
02 6243 5711
Newcastle Civic Theatre
March 29
02 4929 1977
Riverside Theatres, Parramatta
March 30
02 8839 3399
Kristian Chong
Firm's guest soloist
Acclaimed contemporary music organisation The Firm will present their fifth concert in the 2009 series on Monday 2 November at 8.00pm in Pilgrim Church 12 Flinders Street, Adelaide.
The concert features acclaimed Melbourne-based, Adelaide-born, pianist Kristian Chong performing Peter Sculthorpe's Night Pieces, Raymond Chapman Smith's Intermezzi, a new work by Luke Altmann and Robert Schumann's Fantasie op.17 - one of the virtuoso and poetic cornerstones of the Romantic repertoire.
Kristian Chong is a pianist of impressive talent and sensitivity ... a true chamber musician at work
The Age
Pianist Kristian Chong is rapidly establishing himself as one of Australia's leading musicians. Performances have taken him throughout Australia and the UK, and also in China, France, Hong Kong, Taiwan, USA, and Zimbabwe. As concerto soloist he has appeared on numerous occasions with the Adelaide, Melbourne, Queensland, Sydney and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras, and various orchestras in the UK and China under conductors such as Graham Abbott, Werner Andreas Albert, Andrey Boreyko, Nicholas Braithwaite, Sebastian Lang-Lessing, Nicholas Milton, Tuomas Oillia, Marcus Stenz, Arvo Volmer and Marco Zuccarini.
He has recorded and broadcast for Australian and American radio (WGBX - Boston), HKRT (Hong Kong), ABC-TV, and has appeared for Musica Viva Australia. His many competition successes include winning the Symphony Australia Young Performers Award (keyboard) and the Australian National Piano Award, as well as being a major prizewinner in the 3rd Lev Vlassenko Piano Competition.
The Firm's featured composer for 2009 is Peter Sculthorpe who celebrates the eightieth birthday.
In 2007 The Firm received an Oscart for The Best Small Concert of the Year, and in 2008 for The Best Concert Program of the Year, and Firm pianist Leigh Harrold won an Oscart for South Australian Musician of the Year.
Adelaide-based composers Raymond Chapman Smith and Quentin Grant established The Firm in 1996 as an organisation that promotes the performance of new solo and chamber works, particularly those of South Australian composers.
It also provides a performance platform for some of Australia's finest young musicians. The Firm also presents special events and tours internationally.
Single tickets are $12 ($7 concession) and may be purchased at the door.
** All secondary and tertiary music students receive complimentary season tickets, available at the door. Concert patrons receive complimentary programs and post concerts drinks and may sample authentic European tortes by Gabriele.
Luke Thompson and Chris Martin
Inspired vocals & piano chordal madness
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The Keijzer McGuiness Quintet
CD Launch - The Seed Habit
COMA at the
Wheatsheaf Hotel
39 George St. Thebarton
Tickets $10 (all tickets) from Fringetix or at door
16 March, 2009, 8pm
RFO79
Dutchman Remco Keijzer and Australian Lucian McGuiness normally reside hemispheres apart, but they brave long haul flights and carry-on restrictions to join musical forces whenever possible. In 2009 they launch the album The Seed Habit on Rufus Records (thru Universal). The disc is the product of three years collaboration in Australia and The Netherlands, and was recorded in Sydney in 2008.
Jazz is transitory. It twists, turns, strikes and moves on – just like the Keijzer McGuiness Quintet, and the music on their infectiously toe-tapping début release. A tenor and trombone combination like Keijzer & McGuiness is hard to beat - a sleek, humanistic sound curls up inside your ear and expands your mind.
Among the best young players in their hometowns, Keijzer-McGuiness gigs soar melodically, with gutsy engagement between personnel; a spectrum of youthful energy, soul, breadth and vigour.
This album delivers the key contribution of the jazz tradition: great playing to make your toe tap and your head bounce. Better still, it doesn't fall into the trap of over-seriousness. Sounds like fun.
RELEASED MARCH 2009
The Keijzer McGuiness Quintet
Remco Keijzer (tenor saxophone)
Remco studied jazz and improvisation at The Hilversums Conservatory, The Conservatory of Amsterdam and The Manhattan School of Music. He’s played with luminaries Dick Oatts, Dave Binney and the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw, inspired a contemporary big band for emerging composers and added soulful sax to a popular live hip hop act sans samples.
Lucian McGuiness (trombone)
Lucian studied in Canberra, Amsterdam and Sydney. He plays with the Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra and Ben Walsh’s Crusty Suitcase Band, and has performed or recorded with a wide variety of artists including Jim McNeely, Shasha Marley, The Herd, The Holland Big Band and Steve Hunter.
Matt McMahon (rhodes/piano)
Matt leads his own groups and co-leads Band of Five Names with Phil Slater and Simon Barker. He won the National Jazz Award, and the Freedman Jazz Fellowship, and has played and recorded with Dale Barlow, Greg Osby, Katie Noonan, Vince Jones, Bobby Previte, Dave Panichi and Steve Hunter.
Mike Majkowski (double bass)
Mike is one of the new breed of creative musicians emerging on Australia's music scene. A gifted jazz bassist committed to a wide spectrum of contemporary music: he’s a founding member of the large-scale Sydney-based electro-acoustic group The Splinter Orchestra; a member of The Now Now collective, and works closely with some of Australia's most highly regarded improvisers - Jon Rose, Chris Abrahams and Jim Denley.
James Hauptmann (drums)
James grew up in Canberra and studied at the Canberra School of Music. Living in Sydney, he records and tours nationally and internationally in bands including Mark Isaacs, Steve Hunter, Exposed Bone, Blue Juice and Elana Stone.
Following the successful launch of his highly praised third album Pendulum earlier this year, Gerard Masters takes his trio on a lightning five cities in five days tour around the country.
Whilst remaining true to the jazz piano trio tradition, there’s a pop/rock sensibility which Gerard brings to the band via four years touring and recording with artists such as Missy Higgins and Ben Gillies (Silverchair). There is also a strong blues/roots tinge to some of the tracks, as is evident in Stockton Shuffle and some what more elusively in Richie P
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After the recent release of her single and video clip, ‘The Way You Are’, which has been making radio waves around the country, Kate Vigo is making a name for herself in the music scene. Now…the greatly anticipated release of her second single and EP ‘Someone Better’ will take place at The Spiegeltent at the Garden of Unearthly Delights on Sun 28th Feb at 9.45pm.
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