Ted Vining
Ted Vining has recorded widely across Australian jazz, with Alan Lee, Don Burrows, Bob Gebert, Bernie McGann, Brian Brown, Musiikki Oy, The Big One, Blow … and The Ted Vining Trio. He brings a wealth of experience both on and off the jazz stage.
Formed in 1969, the Ted Vining Trio became one of Australia’s most tightly knit rhythm sections, a high sought-after unit that has played major festivals and venues for decades. On stage Vining rarely takes the limelight for its own sake; the music is shared, synchronised and full of surprise.
Move sessions catch that live chemistry: the concert dedication For Elvin… (MD 3287), the post-tour programme of standards and originals on Our Favourite Things (MD 3401), and unrehearsed trio conversations such as 2 Pinots 2 Pales and 2 Hours (MD 3393). Memorial improvisations on For Ever (MD 3394) pay tribute to passed Australian jazz figures in solo, duo and trio form.
He also anchors other small groups on record, among them the Christopher Young Quartet on Brood Groove (MD 3348) and Atmospheros (MD 3408), and appears on the historic Bernie McGann concerts collected as McGann LIVE 81 / 83 (MD 3411).
Press quotes
Ted Vining is one of the most exciting, dramatic, and soulful drummers we have ever had in this country.
Ted Vining is featured on the following titles
McGann LIVE 81 / 83
Live recordings of Australian alto saxophonist Bernie McGann from two celebrated concerts: three originals with Chuck Yates in Sydney in 1981, and standards with the Ted Vining Trio in Melbourne in 1983.
For Ever
The idea for this recording came about after the Alan Lee Quartet reunion concert on the closing night of the 2014 Stonnington Festival in Melbourne, which saw the vibraphonist in collaboration with old friends Ted Vining, Tony Gould and Derek Capewell.
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TNT: 2 Pinots 2 Pales and 2 Hours
Two pinots, two pales and two hours later, with little discussion and no rehearsal, five spontaneous improvisations and three standards were captured with the ease that only comes when three dedicated jazz musicians meet solely to make music.
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Performing as The Ted Vining Trio
Drummer Ted Vining, pianist Bob Sedergreen and bassist Barry Buckley first got together in August 1969, and have played around the world ever since as a high sought-after rhythm section. More about The Ted Vining Trio
Our Favourite Things
The Ted Vining Trio’s first studio album since bassist Barry Buckley’s death in 2006. With Gareth Hill now on bass, Bob Sedergreen and Ted recorded standards and originals after their August 2015 south-east Australian tour.
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For Elvin...
This live set captures a real night with the long-running Ted Vining Trio: Ted Vining on drums, Bob Sedergreen on piano and Barry Buckley on bass. Guitarist Stephen Magnusson makes a special guest appearance on two tracks.
Performing as Christopher Young Quartet
A new collaboration with some of Christopher Young’s oldest collaborators — acoustic bassist Nick Haywood (from the Lewis and Young Ensemble) and guitarist Tom Fryer, with the addition of the great veteran drummer, Ted Vining. More about Christopher Young Quartet
Atmospheros
The Christopher Young Quartet presents ten new pieces by Young and the group, spanning atmosphere, hard bop and free collective improvisation.
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Brood Groove
"One of the most rewarding sessions I've recorded for Jazztrack. Maybe the stars aligned that day... the musicians really listening and responding to each other. It's music that surprises and explores."
Ted Vining also appears on
Move 50
Twenty-four Australian composers mark Move Records’ fiftieth year with short new works gathered on this commemorative disc.
Tony Gould on the Art of Creative Music
This is a tribute to revered Australian pianist, praised educator and musical thinker Dr Tony Gould, Australia’s first professor of jazz. It comprises an audio CD and bonus one-hour video DVD documentary.
Ted Vining is a member of
The Ted Vining Trio
Drummer Ted Vining, pianist Bob Sedergreen and bassist Barry Buckley first got together in August 1969, and have played around the world ever since as a high sought-after rhythm section.
Christopher Young Quartet
A new collaboration with some of Christopher Young’s oldest collaborators — acoustic bassist Nick Haywood (from the Lewis and Young Ensemble) and guitarist Tom Fryer, with the addition of the great veteran drummer, Ted Vining.