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Gould Plays Gould
Including Improvisation for Piano and String Orchestra
Some of Australia's finest players of spontaneous, improvised music display their remarkable talents on this disc, featuring music combined from two previously released LPs.
The music is a collection of original pieces by Tony Gould; some completely scored and others partly improvised. The influences of music and musicians long admired, including Ives, Mahler, Stravinsky, John Sangster, Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett, South American, Indian and Japanese music, are evident in such evocatively titled works as 'Kashmir Remembered', 'A Kind of Hoe-Down', 'Duel' and 'Lament'. In the four movement piece entitled 'Improvisation for Piano and String', each movement is named after a musician who influenced Tony's musical output at the time, e.g. 'Brown', 'Hounslow', 'Sangster' and 'Barnard'. Directed and conducted by John Sangster, 'Gould Plays Gould' also features performances by Alex Pertout, Graeme Lyall, Keith Hounslow and Pro Musica Strings. Press quotes:
“Improvised music is an adventure in creativity when it succeeds and contemporary jazz always takes the greatest risks. This type of music is better heard than analysed.”
— Mike Daly, “'Gould Plays Gould' is a most enjoyable musical experience. Tony Gould is one of the top jazz pianists in Australia ...”— Ian Brand, “This set beautifully showcases a very talented jazz musician that we have here in Australia and who commands our attention because of his ability”— Allan Moyle, The University of Adelaide “There are some delightful duets between the pianist and vibist John Sangster.”— The Age Audio preview:
He comes from Chile download Track Listing:
Kashmir remembered
The Sound Garden Lament Improvisation for piano and string orchestra A kind of hoe-down The peace of the country Perhaps a rain forest He comes from Chile Duel The revival Catalogue Number: MD3021
Price: AU$26.00
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 Featured Artists:
Brian Brown - soprano saxophone, alto flute, pan pipes, bells
For over three decades Brian Brown has been at the forefront of new Australian music. His music is passionate, individual and in many ways uniquely Australian. He has recieved numerous state and national Arts Council grants for both composition and performance. As well as performing, writing, arranging and teaching at the WA Academy of Performing Arts, Graeme is the Artistic Director of the WA Youth Jazz Orchestra and musical director of the 50 strong WAYJO Composers Ensemble. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest jazz saxophone players and arrangers Australia has produced.
"one of a rare breed of pianists not frightened of showing his emotions when he plays"
(Leon Gettler, The Age 'Green Guide') Melbourne born musician Tony Gould is well known and admired in both classical and jazz musical circles. As a musician, Tony Gould is characterised by a desire to encompass as broad a range of activities as possible, aiming to reduce often prejudiced judgements about the relative worth of different musical styles. John Sangster was one of the most talented of all Australian jazz musicians, a technician and creator who embraced and understood more styles of the music than any other. He was an expert drummer and vibraphone player, a soulful trumpeter and, in arranging and composing, he always took into account the personality of the exponent.
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