This event features Grammy nominated, ARIA winning composer/pianist/producer Barney McAll [as virtual guest] alongside the finest young jazz and classical performers from the Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University.

In this uniquely curated show, works from the extensive catalogue of McAll will be reproduced, rearranged and reimagined by The Con Artists Jazz Orchestra directed by Steve Newcomb, InVoices directed by Dave Spicer, and Consonance and Raised Voices, directed by Hannah Macklin.

TICKETS VIA QTIX
https://www.qtix.com.au/qcgu/event/qcgu_jazz_showcase_21

Adult $35
Pensioners $ Seniors $23
Students $13
Groups of 10+ $13
Contact QTIX Groups on 07 3840 7466

FREE FOR GRIFFITH STAFF AND STUDENTS [show ID at the box office on the evening]

Barney McAll (born Melbourne, Australia, 1966) is a jazz pianist and composer. Barney McAll moved to New York City from Australia in 1997 to join saxophonist Gary Bartz‘s band. As well as remaining to be a member of the Gary Bartz quartet, he also plays with the Josh Roseman Unit, Fred Wesley and the JB’s, Groove Collective, and Kurt Rosenwinkel‘s “Heartcore”. He completed a Bachelor of Music at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne, studying with pianists Paul Grabowsky, Tony Gould and Mike Nock and with guitarist Doug Devries. His ensembles include “M.O.D.A.S”, “Sylent Running”, “GRAFT” and his most recent ensemble ASIO (Australian Symbiotic Improvisers Orbit). He was awarded the Australia Council Fellowship in 2007 and worked as musical director for Australian vocalist Sia Furler from 2011-2012. Barney McAll is also the 2015 recipient of the Peggy Glanville-Hicks composer residency in Sydney, Australia.

He has recorded or performed internationally with many other musicians including Dewey Redman, Roy Ayers, Kenny Garrett, Maceo Parker, Jimmy Cobb, Eddie Henderson, Aloe Blacc, Peter Apfelbaum, Billy Harper, Daniel Merriweather and Vernel Fournier. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2015 McAll won Best Jazz Album for Mooroolbark.

“(McAll’s) ability to craft memorable themes is matched by a feel for the atmospheric… Now established on the intensely competitive New York jazz scene, he plays here with some of the city’s leading musicians. His music is utterly contemporary, McAll demonstrating throughout that he is a talented composer as well as gifted keyboardist”
– ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE