Jazz Music Series (set)
The five volumes of John Sangster's Jazz Music Series are available individually or together as a set at a reduced price.
To order the full set, use one of the links on this page. Digital booklets for these titles are on the pages for each of the five volumes and can be viewed or downloaded.
Contents:
Jazz Music Series, Vol. 1: Don't Mean a Thing if It Ain't Got That Doo-wup
Jazz Music Series, Vol. 2: Requiem (for a loved one)
Jazz Music Series, Vol. 3: Steady Lads
Jazz Music Series, Vol. 4: Take That
Jazz Music Series, Vol. 5: Ripper
These five discs collect Sangster's 1980 EMI studio sessions of original contemporary jazz, remastered for this Move set.
Artists

John Sangster
John Sangster (1928–1995) was an Australian jazz composer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist whose work stretched from traditional jazz and film scores to large-scale suites of uncommon range, humour and colour.
Performer
Where to listen
Jazz Music Series (set) is available as a CD. It can be purchased online through Buywell Music or the Australian Music Centre which both offer online ordering.
Product details
- Catalogue number
- MD 3446
- List price
- $80.00 AUD
- Release date
- Jul 2019
- Musical work
copyright - © 2018 Move Records
- Sound recording
copyright - ℗ 2018 Move Records
- Category
- Jazz
- Genre
- Jazz & Improvised
- Barcode
- EAN 9314574344622
Related recordings

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."