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Australian jazz musicians – Bunny Hodgins jazz guitar | guitar lessons | gympie Australian Jazz Musicians such as Don Burrows, John Sangster, Graeme Bell, George Golla and Bob Barnard are well known to most Australian Jazz fans real enthusiasts may also be aware of other important players like Bruce Clarke, Rick Farbach and Charlie Lees. However there’s another another strata of players who are remain largely unknown, these highly talented musicians where often equal to or more advanced than their overseas counterparts but circumstances did not draw widespread media attention to their achievements. Today, we’ll take a look at one
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Australian Jazz Musician Craig Scott jazz guitar | guitar lessons | gympie Craig Scott’s outstanding musicianship, strong melodic ideas and beautiful upright bass sound has established Craig as one of Australia’s leading bassists for over 25 years. His ability to provide tasteful and sensitive accompaniment to any musical setting makes Craig a much “in demand” musician. Australian jazz musician Craig Scott first came to the attention of the Australian jazz loving public nationally via the popular ABC program “The Burrows Collection”, (a series presented by well-known jazz musician  Don Burrows), Craig appeared in the series with Don Burrows, James Morrison
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Australian Jazz musician Bob Barnard jazz guitar | guitar lessons | gympie World renowned jazz trumpet legend, Bob Barnard is featured soloist on the new Pippa Hayes Album It Had To Be You. Jazz fans will be delighted to hear Bob playing with more fire, more spirit, than ever before; his solo work on “Lullaby of Birdland”, “Ain’t Misbehavin” and “Our Day Will Come” are as good as jazz gets! It Had To Be You from Seyah Records is available at Amazon mp3, CD Baby, CD Universe and wherever quality jazz recordings are sold. You can hear Bob Barnard stretching
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Australian musicians – Jess Ciampa jazz guitar | guitar lessons | gympie Jess Ciampa: You might not know the name but it’s highly unlikely you haven’t heard Ciampa’s playing. Jess is a member of the triple ARIA award-winning world music group Monsieur Camembert – some career highlights include performing with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra and the Sydney Dance Company. Ciampa was selected as the soundtrack percussionist for the Academy award winning animated movies blockbuster “Happy Feet” and has performed at Royal Albert Hall London.   Widely regarded as Australia’s finest percussionist Jess Ciampa is truely a musician
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Australian Guitar Ensembles jazz guitar | guitar lessons | guitar ensemble gympie If your guitar playing is in a slump maybe it’s time to upgrade your musicianship skills, and what better way to improve your technical, theoretical and group communication skills than in the high energy environment of a guitar ensemble. But not just any ensemble … If you have been around the fretboard for a while you will know how frustrating it is attending endless disorganized jam sessions where most players are struggling to remember three chords. We’re talking about … An organized guitar ensemble where each player has
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Australian Jazz Recordings – Vocalist : Pippa Hayes jazz guitar | guitar lessons | gympie The recorded history of Jazz in Australia has been poorly documented – to say the least. Many world class Australian musicians have not been recorded for future generations to learn from and enjoy. Fortunately, this is not the case with Queensland vocalist Pippa Hayes  … Pippa’s forthcomming album showcases the talents of Australia’s finest jazz musicians brought together for the sheer joy of playing the music they love … and we hope that you enjoy it as much as the group did making the album.
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Australian Jazz Guitarist Mike Hayes jazz guitarist | australian jazz | mike hayes Listen to what some people are saying about Australian Jazz Guitarist Mike Hayes “Hayes’ guitar playing always encourages and never overpowers the singer”   C. Michael Bailey – AllAboutJazz (senior editor –  www.allaboutjazz.com)   “apart from being a very accomplished performer, Mike has all of the teaching skills, and most importantly of all … he has the ability to pass it on!” Bruce Clarke (professional guitarist/musician  – Melbourne, Australia www.cumquatrecords.com.au)   There’s more to playing jazz guitar than simply owning a jazz style guitar … The Art
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