Piano Showcase – Bob Sedergreen & Barney McAll

Bob Sedergreen         piano

Barney McAll piano

What happens when you put two enormous pianos together and seat two of Australia’s legendary blues and jazz pianists at either end?

Bob Sedergreen is one of our most popular regular performers and a master of blues piano styles. Bob has played with just about everybody – Dizzy Gillespie, Brian Brown, Nat Adderley and Jimmy Witherspoon to mention a few.

This time he returns with one of Australia’s titans of jazz piano Barney McAll. Barney has played with the who’s who of Australian jazz as well as contemporary independent musicians such as members of Hiatus Kaiyote and Rita Satch.

Barney McAll is an ARIA Award-winning, GRAMMY-nominated Australian pianist, composer, arranger and producer whose work spans jazz, soul, electronic music and experimental composition. He has released 28 solo albums, contributed to over 100 recordings and composed more than 20 film scores.

Beyond performance and recording, McAll continues to teach, mentor and develop new approaches to improvisation and musical creativity. His work brings together deep jazz lineage, fearless experimentation and a distinctive contemporary voice.

Melbourne piano legend Bob Sedergreen describes himself as a jazz astronaut. It started in the sixties with Fred Bradshaw, then into the seventies with Ted Vining, Alan Lee, Brian Brown (OAM), Allan Browne (OAM), and Peter Gaudion.

Propelling him into a universe of jazz, blues and soul in a multitude of genres thereby ensuring that he became the logical choice to accompany in concert high profile visiting famous jazz musicians from the USA. The feeling of Blues, African poly rhythms and risk-taking ideas for Bob trumping over today’s harmonic excellence.

Bob hopes that his performance with Barney will reflect a collection of their various collective experiences.

Includes Pre-Show drinks and canapés.

Tickets  on sale in February at www.beleura.org.au.