THE NEW IMPROMPTU QUARTET AT CLASSIC SOUTHSIDE, SATURDAY JUNE 17
Exploring a world of styles and influences from jazz to latin, funk, reggae, and soul with a fresh and open musical approach, danceable grooves, deep rhythmic bass lines and driving percussion characterise the group’s sound.
The band members have all recorded and toured nationally and internationally extensively in Australia, Canada, USA, Germany, Japan, Spain, and New Zealand at major festivals including Melbourne International Jazz Festival, Tuscia in Jazz (Italy), WOMADelaide, Mordialloc by the Bay, Toronto Jazz Festival and others. Individually they have recorded on many albums.
Alexander Nettelbeck piano, Charlie Rank, double bass and Andy Horneman drums, are joined by Les Gyori on violin.
The band will perform original music along their own arrangements of jazz and popular standards.
“Few pianists can combine lyricism with a sense of groove the way that Alexander Nettelbeck does – which partly explains the seemingly effortless way that he can shift from ‘straight’ jazz to classical to reggae to R’n’B to every genre and sub-genre, really. This versatility is perfectly displayed in his discography – his latest trio album, Here Today is a must-have for anyone interested in compact arrangements, percussive piano sound and creative interplay – as well as in his frequent performances with his trio or his Quartet. So it makes perfect sense that the pianist and composer features in the program of the 2019 Melbourne International Jazz Festival.” Nikos Fotakis, Australian jazz Net
