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The Best of WAYJO 2022

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The Best of 2022 show wraps up the year with all three big bands at the Quarry Amphitheatre.

A sell out show several years in a row, be sure to book early to hear each band present their favourite works from the annual program.

After a full year of working together, these bands have never sounded better to farewell some of our players and the year that was.

 

The Best of WAYJO 2022
MinterEllison Monday, St John of God Health Care Tuesday, & WAYJO Wednesday Night Orchestras
Fri 25 November, 7.30pm
Quarry Amphitheatre, City Beach
Tickets wayjo.com

WAYJO thanks Government Partner the Department of Local Government, Sport, and Cultural Industries, Principal Partner North West Shelf Gas, Major Programs Partner Minderoo Foundation, MinterEllison Monday Night Orchestra Naming Rights Partner, St John of God Health Care Tuesday Night Orchestra Naming Rights Partner, and Healthway Act Belong Commit for their continued support.

WAYJO presents Celebrating The Greats

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2022 is the 100th birthday celebration of bassist/composer Charles Mingus.

Several band members from the seminal Count Basie Orchestra line-up of the late 1950s also turn 100. Eddie ‘Lockjaw’ Davis, Joe Newman, Frank Wess and Ernie Wilkins were all born in 1922, contributing iconic arrangements and solos on some of their most famous recordings.

WAYJO presents Celebrating The Greats: 100th Birthday of Basie Band & Charles Mingus
MinterEllison Monday Night Orchestra & St John of God Health Care Tuesday Night Orchestra
Fri 14 & Sat 15 October, 7.30pm
Downstairs at The Maj, Perth
Tickets artsculturetrust.wa.gov.au/wayjo

WAYJO also present a 1-hour Act Belong Commit concert-workshop for schools, Fri 14 October, 1.00pm, Downstairs at The Maj – head to wayjo.com/education/concert-for-schools for details!

WAYJO presents Celebrating The Greats

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2022 is the 100th birthday celebration of bassist/composer Charles Mingus.

Several band members from the seminal Count Basie Orchestra line-up of the late 1950s also turn 100. Eddie ‘Lockjaw’ Davis, Joe Newman, Frank Wess and Ernie Wilkins were all born in 1922, contributing iconic arrangements and solos on some of their most famous recordings.

WAYJO presents Celebrating The Greats: 100th Birthday of Basie Band & Charles Mingus
MinterEllison Monday Night Orchestra & St John of God Health Care Tuesday Night Orchestra
Fri 14 & Sat 15 October, 7.30pm
Downstairs at The Maj, Perth
Tickets artsculturetrust.wa.gov.au/wayjo

WAYJO also present a 1-hour Act Belong Commit concert-workshop for schools, Fri 14 October, 1.00pm, Downstairs at The Maj – head to wayjo.com/education/concert-for-schools for details!

Bechet Legacy plus Owen Measday

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Passion … perfection …  genius … are words used to describe New Orleans legend Sidney Bechet. Phil Hatton, featured artist at more than 50 jazz festivals in the USA, has put together a superb band featuring himself and Steve Searle on reeds, Australian great Barry Bruce on piano, Jon Chen on bass and William Wallace on drums, to play music inspired by Bechet. If you’re a Bechet fan or simply a fan of New Orleans jazz, and the two reed sound, you won’t want to miss this! Enhancing this will be the brilliant voice and jazz stylings of Owen Measday, exploring the vocal sounds of early jazz.

Simone Craddock & Her Jazz Band Swing the Musicals!

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Simone is a multi-award winning Jazz & Blues vocalist with a chequered past…

Moonlighting as an Actress on London’s West End, Simone loved the sparkle of showbiz! But when the curtain came down she’d throw off her costumes and hightail it to Ronnie Scotts, jamming the night away with London’s finest! Simone was torn between two worlds for although early Jazz repertoire is largely drawn from the old musicals, over time it has become taboo for these rivalling genres to mix…

Worlds collide in a genre-defying showdown as Simone & Her Swinging Jazz Band re-write the rules! Improvising exciting versions of hits from We Will Rock You, Sweeney Todd, Wicked, Moulin Rouge and more, Simone brings Jazz home to where it belongs and swings the musicals like you’ve never heard them before!

Ella & Louis! Simone Craddock and Adam Hall

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1956. The streets of America are humming with change. As the world turns, two of it’s brightest stars walk into Capitol Studios and just for a moment, time stands still…

Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong defined an era and a standard of musicianship that have delighted fans & inspired musicians for generations.

Against a backdrop of change and uncertainty, they created an album both beautiful and ageless, transcending the times they were living in.

The winners of the FRINGE WORLD Music & Musicals Award, Simone Craddock (2020) & Adam Hall (2019), accompanied by Adrian Galante at the piano, come cheek-to-cheek to lovingly pay homage to the greatest musical pairing of all time, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong!

“Enchanting and delightful!” ★★★★★ Fringefeed, 2021
“Absolutely brilliant!” ★★★★ Seesaw Mag, 2021

Ella & Louis! Simone Craddock and Adam Hall

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1956. The streets of America are humming with change. As the world turns, two of it’s brightest stars walk into Capitol Studios and just for a moment, time stands still…

Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong defined an era and a standard of musicianship that have delighted fans & inspired musicians for generations.

Against a backdrop of change and uncertainty, they created an album both beautiful and ageless, transcending the times they were living in.

The winners of the FRINGE WORLD Music & Musicals Award, Simone Craddock (2020) & Adam Hall (2019), accompanied by Adrian Galante at the piano, come cheek-to-cheek to lovingly pay homage to the greatest musical pairing of all time, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong!

“Enchanting and delightful!” ★★★★★ Fringefeed, 2021
“Absolutely brilliant!” ★★★★ Seesaw Mag, 2021

Simone Craddock & Her Jazz Band Swing the Movies! (Christmas in Tinseltown)

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This holiday season, sparkle up and take a sentimental journey through the timeless movies that tug on your heart strings, trigger joy and reaffirm the very meaning of Christmas!

Relive the iconic soundtracks of When Harry Met Sally, Moulin Rouge and Singin’ in the Rain, with your fave Christmas songs from Love Actually, Home Alone, White Christmas and more, in this technicolour celebration complete with Christmas crackers, terrible jokes, festive giveaways and wonderful music!

“the audience were on their feet roaring for more!” Kind of Jazz, London

Simone Craddock – vocals
Adrian Galante – piano
Pete Jeavons – double bass and
Bronton Ainsworth – drums

Libby Hammer Quartet, Groove Music Series

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Groove into Jazz with the Libby Hammer Quartet

Playwright Ben Hecht once said, “Old songs are more than tunes. They are little houses in which our hearts once lived.” Exploring the joy of those abodes, whether during moments of joy, sorrow, or the multitude of moments in between, is Libby Hammer and her trio of world class musicians.

Libby has been performing around Perth for three decades, her on stage charisma and wealth of experience engenders an immediate atmosphere of ease and humour. The songs in her repertoire are plucked from the highest boughs of the jazz orchard or rummaged from the dusty trunks of forgotten ditties and all are as entertaining as the next.

Join Perth’s favourite lady of jazz, Libby and her beloved musical collaborators, Chris Foster (piano), Nick Abbey (double bass) and Michael Perkins (drums) for an evening of jazz par excellence!

Ryan Daunt Trio ‘Essence’ Album Launch

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Local Perth jazz drummer Ryan Daunt launches his second album at The Ellington Jazz Club. Ryan is well known for his work with WAM song of the year nominees MELVE, Gemma Farrell Quintet, Tim Voutas Quartet, ARDENT Trio and The Island Trio.

Drawing influences from artists such as Avishai Cohen, Tigran Hamasyan, Hiromi, E.S.T, Tingvall Trio, Benedikt Jahnel Trio and more, Ryan Daunt’s original music is a unique blend of styles, containing elements of jazz, contemporary and classical music. Expect rich harmonic landscapes, complex rhythmic interplay, captivating melodies and exciting improvisations from the Ryan Daunt Trio.

Joined by National Jazz Award finalist Nick Abbey on bass and WAAPA graduate Tristan Wills on piano, tonight will be a show not to be missed!

Ryan Daunt – Drums

Tristan Wills – Piano

Nick Abbey – Bass

This project is supported by the Department of Local Government, Sport and Culture Industries.

WA Department of Culture and the Arts | Lotterywest
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