Ned Washington
Ned Washington was a lyricist of enduring popular and film songs, among them the standards The Nearness of You and When You Wish Upon a Star.
His work surfaces across the Move catalogue in jazz and piano settings. The Nearness of You appears on the debut jazz programme About Time (MCD 267). When You Wish Upon a Star is heard on the vocal album Songe (MD 3298) and in a reflective solo-piano reading on Christmas Around the Piano (MD 3409).
Compositions by Ned Washington appear on
Christmas Around the Piano
Tony Gould offers reflective improvised solo-piano versions of familiar Christmas songs and carols. Played without hurry and coloured by personal memory, each tune is treated as living music rather than seasonal decoration alone.
Songe
Emma Gilmartin’s follow-up to her collaboration with Tony Gould, Tomorrow, just you wait and see, is a poised jazz vocal set: standards, two of her own songs, and a clear, understated delivery.
About Time
Drummer Mark Lockett's debut About Time gathers a strong Melbourne jazz front line for modern standards and one original, telling fresh stories in the spirit of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers.