Listen & tracks

8 works · 55:15

1 Nice to Be Here Tony Gould 9:03
2 Fore/Fore Tony Gould 5:07
3 Shenandoah Traditional 6:54
4 In the Nick of Time Tony Gould 6:33
5 Explosive, but Not Dangerous Tony Gould 5:36
6 A Really Nice Feel Tony Gould 8:34
7 It's Easy to Remember Richard Rodgers 7:14
8 Emily Johnny Mandel 6:14

Ted Vining, Nick Haywood and Tony Gould (TNT) have played together in many settings, yet never before as a trio. This session is one of those rare, joyous first meetings, and a hopeful sign of more to come.

Tony Gould was in Hobart on academic duties at the Conservatorium of Music when Nick Haywood rang Ted Vining and suggested a “bit of a play” while he was in town. Sound engineer Stewart Long recorded the afternoon as if for private listening alone. It is a pleasure that the meeting can now be shared.

In the artist’s words

With Tony Gould in Hobart for academic duties at the Hobart Conservatorium of Music, Nick Haywood called me suggesting we grasp the opportunity for a “bit of a play” whilst he was in town.

And that we did, with sound engineer Stewart Long recording it, as it were, solely for our personal listening pleasure.

2 Pinots, 2 Pales and 2 Hours later, with little or no discussion, certainly no rehearsal, five pieces of spontaneous improvised music and three standard compositions were recorded with outstanding results! This type of result can only be achieved when three dedicated Jazz musicians get together for the sole purpose of making quality music.

Ted, Nick and Tony have done this on numerous occasions in a great variety of settings, but amazingly never together as a trio. This is one of those joyous occasions, and hopefully the forerunner of many more to come…

Enjoy – we did!

— Ted Vining

Artists

Ted Vining

drums

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.

Nick Haywood

double bass

Nick Haywood is an Australian jazz double bassist with an extensive performance career alongside leading Australian and international musicians, and with numerous television and film soundtrack credits.

Tony Gould

piano

Pianist and composer Tony Gould is one of Australia’s most respected musicians. His career has spanned jazz and other improvisatory forms as well as traditional and contemporary classical, and for decades he has stood at the forefront of music education in Australia.

Lorenz Hart

composer

Lorenz Hart's lyrics for Rodgers and Hart still sit at the heart of the jazz and cabaret songbook: witty, conversational, and edged with a rueful tenderness that singers and players keep returning to.

Richard Rodgers

composer

Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) was an American composer of musical theatre whose songs became standards of the twentieth-century stage and screen. Over five decades he wrote more than nine hundred songs and dozens of Broadway musicals.