Rajiv Jayaweera
Rajiv Jayaweera is a jazz drummer heard on Australian recordings, including work with The Laurie Lewis Quintet.
On A Sense of Wonder (MCD 001) he shares the drum chair in The Laurie Lewis Quintet for a set of original songs by Alwyn and Laurie Lewis, with Heather Stewart as vocalist.
He also plays drums on Emma Gilmartin’s Songe (MD 3298), a programme that mixes standards with her own songs and a clear, understated vocal approach.
Performing as The Laurie Lewis Quintet
More about The Laurie Lewis Quintet
A Sense of Wonder
After several years of musical involvement in television, radio and film, Alwyn and Laurie Lewis decided to change direction and concentrate on songwriting. Here is the result: eleven new songs.
Rajiv Jayaweera also appears on
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.