Keith Hounslow
Keith Hounslow is an Australian jazz trumpeter, cornettist and flugelhorn player whose melodic, lyrical style has ranged from traditional jazz to free improvisation over more than fifty years.
That lyricism is the thread through every setting he has chosen: the Trad Jazz years in post-war Australia, his bebop persona with Brian Brown at the old Jazz Centre 44 in St Kilda, and the strikingly modernist free improvisation of his McJad work with Tony Gould.
What remains fascinating is how easily he moves in and out of styles, each time absolutely convincing. And how he swings. From the joyous stomping bravura of trad to jarring freeform explorations, some internal clock weighs each accent to perfection.
“Keith is not only a trumpet player, he is an artist.”
(Vince Jones)
“Keith is a great communicator, a wonderful lyrical and natural musician.”
(Paul Grabowsky)
“Keith’s pocket trumpet playing is some of the most beautiful melodious jazz I’ve ever heard.”
(Graeme Bell)
Performing as McJad
McJad was formed in the 1970s and comprised the duo of trumpeter Keith Hounslow and pianist Tony Gould. The idea was that the duo extemporise not only on an original theme, but a freely improvised theme!
McJad Goes Organic
Those who knew the Melbourne jazz scene of the 1970s will fondly remember McJad, the free-improvising duo of trumpeter Keith Hounslow and pianist Tony Gould. This double CD pairs a new pipe-organ session with a bonus reissue of their original LPs: a true collector's item.
Composer
Keith Hounslow also appears on
Jazz Music Series, Vol. 5: Ripper
The fifth and final volume in John Sangster’s jazz series of suites, written for a lively little orchestra that gathers some of Australia’s finest jazz musicians around his vibraphone writing.
Jazz Music Series, Vol. 4: Take That
Volume four of John Sangster’s Jazz Music Series finds his “lively little orchestra” of leading Australian jazz players in a ten-movement suite of wit, swing and colour.
Jazz Music Series, Vol. 3: Steady Lads
Third in John Sangster’s series of suites for a lively little orchestra of some of Australia’s finest jazz musicians: ten pieces of small big-band writing with Sangster on vibraphone.
Jazz Music Series, Vol. 2: Requiem (for a loved one)
Volume 2 of five suites by John Sangster, played by his fine small orchestra of leading Australian jazz musicians. A 1980 requiem for Janice Patricia Byrnes, nicknamed Bo Diddley.
Jazz Music Series, Vol. 1: Don't Mean a Thing if It Ain't Got That Doo-wup
As John Sangster put it, "Here is the first in a series of Suites written for this lively little orchestra, a gathering that includes some of Australia's finest jazz musicians."
Gould Plays Gould
Some of Australia's finest players of spontaneous, improvised music show their talents on this disc, compiled from two earlier LPs. Original pieces by Tony Gould, directed and conducted by John Sangster.