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5 of 12 tracks have a preview · 10 works · 51:55

1 Alice in Wonderland Sammy Fain 4:55
2 Dolphin Dance Herbie Hancock 5:46
3 Jazz Me Blues Tom Delaney 3:49
4 Somewhere Leonard Bernstein 7:30
5 All Roads Lead to Chatswood Ted Vining 3:05
6 Li'l Darlin' Neal Hefti 5:15
7 Secret Love Sammy Fain 6:32
8 Maraba Blue Abdullah Ibrahim 5:31
9 Like Someone in Love Jimmy Van Heusen 5:40
10 Waltz for Debby Bill Evans 3:52

Piano, drums and bass from the long-running Melbourne trio, captured at Move Studios in a programme of favourites that includes Herbie Hancock, Bill Evans, Neal Hefti and an original of their own.

In the artist’s words

These are a few of Our Favourite Things – making good music, good food, good wines, a shot of Jack Daniels, and nice enthusiastic audiences.

We experienced this and more on a recent tour through Melbourne at The Horn, the Jazz Basement in Wodonga, The Gods Café in Canberra, the Whale Motor Inn in Narooma, the Down South Jazz Club in Merimbula, the Wine Bar in Paynesville, back to Melbourne’s Uptown Jazz Café, winding up with this recording session at Move Studios.

Special thanks to Bob and Gareth for their wonderful musicality and ridiculous sense of humour.

We hope this CD becomes one of your favourite things.

— Ted Vining

Artists

The Ted Vining Trio

ensemble

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.

Leonard Bernstein

composer

Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990) was an American composer, conductor and pianist whose Broadway scores, concert works and tireless advocacy reshaped how wide audiences meet classical music.

Sammy Fain

composer

Sammy Fain (1902–1989) was an American composer of popular song for Broadway and Hollywood, whose lasting standards belong to the Great American Songbook.

Jimmy Van Heusen

composer

Jimmy Van Heusen wrote the melodies that still sit at the centre of the jazz and popular songbook: film and stage standards built for crooners, bands and late-night rooms, from Darn That Dream to Come Fly with Me.

Gareth Hill

composer

After studying violin from aged eight, a suggestion from his orchestra conductor prompted Gareth Hill take up the Double Bass. Under the tutelage of renowned bassists U.S ex-pat Eric Ajaye and Max McBride in Canberra, Gareth pursued jazz, classical and other styles in the capital’s thriving music scene.

Bob Sedergreen

composer

Pianist Bob Sedergreen is one of the greatest blues performers this country has produced, and he is blessed with a wonderful style of musical humour.

Ted Vining

composer

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.

Tom Delaney

composer

Bill Evans

composer

Bill Evans wrote jazz that other players keep returning to: Blue in Green with its spare lyric line, the open ground of Nardis, and the gentle Children's Play Song. The pieces sit among standards because they already behave like them.

Herbie Hancock

composer

Neal Hefti

composer

Abdullah Ibrahim

composer

Abdullah Ibrahim (1934–2026) was a South African pianist and composer. A leading figure in Cape jazz, his music drew on traditional African song, gospel and modern jazz.