Sandy Evans Music | Musician/band
Sandy Evans Music
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25.01.2022 Were cooking up a storm at Foundry616 tonight! Heres a bit from our first set, an Andrew Robson classic The Serpent! Second set up soon!
24.01.2022 I feel so incredibly fortunate to have had my music played by amazing koto players in Manila and Singapore during the last 10 days. I cant express the depth of my gratitude to Satsuki Odamura, Hiroko Nagai, Kitai Saeko, Noriko Tsuboi, Brandon Lee, Yuko Yamamoto, Yukie Ota and all the wonderful koto players who were part of Koto Transformation. It blew my mind to return to Singapore, only a short distance from where I went to high school at the UWCSEA, and then to go to UP where the passion for music is truly extraordinary. Thanks everyone!
23.01.2022 Beautiful setting & lovely music. If youre looking for something romantic to do on Valentines Day, The Mountains Music Hunter, Meg Benson, is hosting a Valentines Duets concert that myself and Tony are performing at! "Its just so delightful to get to know these artists via candid conversation, and in this way be drawn into their worlds to further appreciate their music." You can pre-book tickets for the show via www.musichunterprojects.com. Hope to see you there!
23.01.2022 TONIGHT! Get along to the Camelot Lounge in Marrickville for a special concert from some amazing musicians. Bobby Singh will be starting at 7.30pm, dont be late!
22.01.2022 A few photos from the Rockpoolmirror launch in July at Seymour Centre. Credit: Mohsen Soltany Sand
22.01.2022 Thank you Sydney International Women's Jazz Festival for sharing this interview! Looking forward to seeing everybody online at our Facebook Live concert later tonight https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=691882988426152
21.01.2022 A few weeks ago, Bobby Singh, Sarangan Sriranganathan, Brett Hirst, Toby Hall and myself went into the studio to record our debut CD release, Kapture. TODAY we are excited to announce that this new recording is available from our good friends at Rufus Records! The music is a response to some of the extraordinary stories from South African freedom fighter Ahmed Kathradas writings about his experiences in prison, and his visionary, powerful and profound philosophy and life f...orce. It is also a response to renowned choreographer/dancer Liz Leas movement, choreography, and her generous, imaginative and emotive interpretations of Kathradas experience. We are incredibly proud to bring this new collaborative work to the world, and we hope you enjoy! http://www.rufusrecords.com.au/catalogue/RF100.html
21.01.2022 Fantastic performance coming up at the end of October! On the eleventh month-anniversary of his passing, Friends of Kim Sanders will be performing his original compositions at the one and only Camelot Lounge. Get your tickets here: www.camelotlounge.com
19.01.2022 Melbournians, are you up for Round 2? Last night the ANAM Quartetthaus saw Scott Tinkler, Vanessa Tomlinson, Gian Slater and Austin Buckett kick off the Australian Art Orchestras 20th Year Anniversary celebrations. TONIGHT (7pm SHARP) I join Martin Ng (turntables), Erkki Veltheim (violin), and Sam Pankhurst (double bass) for the second Soloist Concert.... If you cant make it tonight (dont forget tickets are limited!), be sure to come to the grand finale, the 20UP Gala Concert tomorrow night! Head to www.aao.com.au for more info + tickets!!!
17.01.2022 Dear Friends, I would like to share some information about the pieces that Pharos - SWJC are playing in concert on Saturday 7 November as part of Sydney International Women's Jazz Festival. Restful Peace was composed last week after my beautiful mother passed away and it’s dedicated to her. Lighthouse Keepers is dedicated to Pharos - it’s a celebration of the connections I have with all of them, and the way their friendships, music, careers and sense of community have blossomed and continue to be a beacon of light and inspiration to others. https://moshtix.com.au//sydney-international-women/122549
17.01.2022 Celebrating Bernie McGann, live from the Wangaratta Festival of Jazz...
17.01.2022 So Ive been quiet for a while since the AAO Celebrations, but thats because I am THRILLED to announce that Im in Chennai at the moment thanks to a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship! I am also honoured that Guru Kaaraikkudi Mani has invited me to play with his classical fusion ensemble Shanmuga on December 14. This concert is part of the Chennai Music Festival season, and is being held in Kumara Raja Muthiah Hall, Chettinad Vidyashram, R.A. Puram, Chennai at 4.30p...m local time. Entry to the concert is free. 4.30pm: Shanmuga Classical Fusion by Guru Kaaraikudi Mani, B.V. Bala Sai (Flute), U.P. Raju (Mandolin), B.V. Raghavendra Rao (Electric Violin), Sandy Evans (Sax), V. Suresh (Ghatam), V.B. Madhusudhanan (Tabla & Percussion), N. Amrit (Kanjira) 6.30pm: Ganga Kaveri Violin - Sarod Jugalbandi by Ganesh (Violin) and Narayan Majumdar (Sarod) The concert will also be televised on Jaya TVs Margazhi Mahotsavam on December 30! http://www.chennaidecemberseason.com//jaya-tv-margazhi-mah
16.01.2022 Exciting gigs coming up this week!! Thursday 12th March sees the Sirens Big Band return to Camelot Lounge Marrickville, and Ill be their featured guest! It was SOLD OUT last time, be sure to book tickets now to secure your seat at this great night! www.stickytickets.com.au/20566
16.01.2022 Some amazing music for your Saturday afternoon...
16.01.2022 EDINBURGH: Im truly excited to be performing at your Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival at The Jazz Bar alongside the amazing young talent of Brodie Jarvie Upright Bass Player & his Quartet. Were performing a two-hour set tonight, Sunday July 19, from 8pm. Tickets are 10, and available via the link here: http://bit.ly/1EWXdgu and at the venue door. Be sure to check out the rest of the incredible lineup at the festival website here: http://www.edinburghjazzfestival.com/ and ...through #edjazzfest Cant wait!! See you soon Edinburgh!!
16.01.2022 I am absolutely thrilled to say that today, Ill be performing Transcendent Arc alongside two of my favourite musicians, James Greening (Trombone) and Boyd (Contrabass Clarinet), as a part of TEDxSydney at the Sydney Opera House!! In case you havent managed to purchase tickets for todays exciting event, you can stream it LIVE from the link here: http://tedxsydney.com/default.cfm Our performance should be on around 12 midday and we really hope you enjoy it, along with all the other incredible TEDx Speakers & Performers!
16.01.2022 SYDNEY: Exciting performances coming up SOON!! THURSDAY 27 and SATURDAY 29 August I will be performing with Lloyd Swantons "Ambon" project at the Seymour Centre Sound Lounge, hosted by the Sydney Improvised Music Association. SUNDAY 6 September sees my project "Mantratonic" performing at the Sydney Sacred Music Festival in Wentworth Falls.... SATURDAY 12 September will be a bumper night with Foundry616 hosting Ten Part Invention again, since our cracking night there in June. So much good music coming your way Sydney! Facebook events & links to tickets coming, hope to see you there!
15.01.2022 Thank you all so much for your amazing responses to our release of Kapture! Weve been so happy to hear your comments and positivity towards this debut recording of the ensemble. Following this response, wed like to announce the official launch of the release on May 10th, at Camelot Lounge Marrickville, with a special Mothers Day 2-for-1 sale of Kapture at the launch! Wed love to see you there! Tickets are $25/$20 available via https://www.stickytickets.com.au/25712
15.01.2022 Starting in a few hours! Whos coming down to the Sound Lounge tonight?
14.01.2022 SYDNEY: You mightve missed the Australian Art Orchestra 20th Anniversary Celebrations BUT weve got something else for you instead. Tomorrow evening (Sunday, 5pm), Ill be performing with austraLYSIS at the Sydney Conservatorium of Musics East Recital Hall for the New Music Network Inc.. This concert will feature more new sound & audio visual works by austraLYSIS members than you can poke a stick at, including a new collaboration by US video artist Will Luers! For tix + info, head to http://www.cityrecitalhall.com/events/id/1633 See you there!!
13.01.2022 Another gig at Camelot Lounge Marrickville, this time next week! October 12 sees Sandy Evans join Bobby Singh and a host of Sydneys best for SOULFOOD SUNDAYS!!
13.01.2022 I am extremely honoured to play with my trio for SIMA this Saturday, and to be in the company of the extraordinary sax players Paul Cutlan and Andrew Robson on this night. My trio will be playing soem new compositions as well as ending the night with a quintet version of my composition The Three Channels (featured recently in Paul Cutlans Coltrane project) with Andrew and Paul as special guests. in addition Im very pleased to say I will have copies of my new CD, What She Sees (Rufus Records RF120). Appropriately, its a saxophone duo with the amazing Silke Eberhard who was in Sydney last year for the Sydney International Womens Jazz Festival. Hope you can make it to the gig.
12.01.2022 Hi friends, I'm thrilled that the premiere performance of Ahimsa: Meditations on Gandhi recorded last year at the Sound lounge will be streamed on Tuesday 3 November at 8pm. Please tune in.
11.01.2022 This Saturday night on March 14, the "Rolls Royce of Australian Jazz" (SMH) returns to the Sydney Jazz scene. At Foundry616, all-star Jazz ensemble Ten Part Invention is back, with evergreen, silver fox drummer and TPI Founder John Poche OAM as your host! This is a rare, one-night-only opportunity to see some of the best Australian Jazz musicians present innovative new works, and showcase why this ensemble has inspired generations of contemporary Jazz in Australia. A power...house performance at a stellar Sydney venue you dont want to miss -- we would love to see you there!! www.stickytickets.com.au/24044
11.01.2022 Great gig coming up on Saturday 30th August at the Sound Lounge!
10.01.2022 I've just seen a preview of today's launch event with Hamish Stuart & Adam Hulbert and I'm really excited by how it's turned out. Mark Hall of Eupcaccia Records is doing an amazing job of filming, recording and mixing it single handed. Please join us this afternoon for this fantastic online event. I look forward to seeing you there! https://www.facebook.com/events/268039734442947
10.01.2022 I am so excited to be doing my first live gig in 9 months with 2 of my oldest musical friends Satsuki Odamura, koto and Steve Elphick, bass. I called this concert ‘Magic Music’ because for me - the beautiful sounds Satsuki and Steve make with their resonating strings and open hearts and minds are a magical antidote to what has been a very challenging year. Please join us if you can. https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/sydney-int-womens-jazz-fest . @The Satsuki Odamura Koto Ensemble
09.01.2022 Hi everyone, Please check out this concert happening soon online if you can!
08.01.2022 Please come along! https://www.facebook.com/events/1853670744887377/
08.01.2022 TUESDAY NIGHT 27th May // 7-9pm // Io Myers Studio, UNSW Inside the Sound brings together three perspectives on musical sound in a unique celebration of jazz and science.... Come along and experience a very unique night of intersecting arts, featuring the Sandy Evans-led UNSW Jazz Orchestra! They will also be joined by the Alister Spence-led UNSW Advanced Jazz Ensemble & a brilliant physics/acoustics talk by Joe Wolfe! https://sam.arts.unsw.edu.au/events/inside-the-sound/
08.01.2022 Tomorrow night, Saturday 27th June, I have the honour of paying tribute to my long-time friend and collaborator, the late Bernie McGann for the Sydney Improvised Music Association. Along with Andrew Robson (alto), Warwick Alder (trumpet), Brendan Clarke (bass), and Andrew Dickeson (drums), well be performing works Ive commissioned especially for this occasion. Please join us at 8.30pm in the Sound Lounge at the Seymour Centre in celebrating this legendary Australian saxophonist. Tickets available at the door or online at http://sima.org.au/June27bernieMcgannTribute/1060/n/3/0/0/
08.01.2022 TONIGHT! Sandy Evans Trio at the Foundry with Bobby Singh and reunited with bass legend Steve Elphick! $15/$20, music starts at 8.30pm. Hope to see you there!
07.01.2022 Great article by Eric Myers in the The Australian yesterday or access it via his website ericmyersjazz.com + find a plethora of articles and archives on Australian Jazz. Thanks Eric! https://www.theaustralian.com.au//089a8991b78ba3f27c10a6b0
05.01.2022 Happy Mothers Day to all the amazing mums out there! If youre still looking for plans to celebrate with your mum TONIGHT, come on down to Camelot Lounge Marrickville for the launch of our debut release Kapture! Weve got a special 2-for-1 sale of the album happening, and tickets ($25/$20) are still available here: https://www.stickytickets.com.au/25712 Wed love to see you there!
04.01.2022 Tomorrow night (THURSDAY), I am excited to perform alongside all these fantastic musicians at the Seymour Centre Sound Lounge for Lloyd Swantons "Ambon" project. Our SATURDAY show has already sold out, the premiere in the Blue Mountains also sold out so tomorrow night is the LAST CHANCE to grab a ticket and experience this incredible work! Big thanks to Sydney Improvised Music Association for hosting this, we hope to see you there! BOOK ONLINE: https://boxoffice.seymourcent...re.com/sin/SelectSeating.aspx Ambon by Lloyd Swanton Following the sold out premiere in the Blue Mountains, this is the Sydney debut of Lloyd Swantons new suite of 12 compositions featuring a stellar 12-piece ensemble. Ambon draws from the secret, coded POW diary of Swantons uncle Stuart, part of the ill-fated Gull Force sent to defend Ambon, Indonesia in World War II. Ambon brings together hymns, work song, gospel, military marches, island music and jazz, to create something of beauty out of great horror, in the process offering us insight into a little-known tragedy in our recent past.
03.01.2022 My dear friend John Pochée turned 80 recently and ABC Jazz is celebrating with a look back at the Ten Part Invention concert from the 1999 Wangaratta Festival of Jazz & Blues. It was an important concert for many reasons, not least that it was Roger Framptom's last appearance with the band before he passed away... If you haven't heard this before, I hope you enjoy it. If you have, I hope it brings back wonderful memories, as it does for me.https://www.abc.net.au//ten-part-invention-live-a/12841916
02.01.2022 Looking forward to playing with the formidable Andrew Robson and the ebullient James Greening all in the one week next week at Foundry616. Sandy Evans Trio wit...h Andrew Robson, Brett Hirst and Hamish Stuart Thursday 26th of September 2019, 8:30 pm https://foundry616.com.au//26-september-thursday-sandy-ev/ Ten Part Invention Saturday 21st of September, 2019 8:30 pm. https://foundry616.com.au//21-september-saturday-ten-part/ Check out Andrews great composition Texas Ranger! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcE6uC2U8rc
01.01.2022 This is sure to be a fun night! Saturday night Im back at Foundry616 with Ten Part Invention, and just in time for founder John Pochees 75th birthday AND the 29th anniversary of this incredible bunch of musicians. Our performance here in June was SOLD OUT, so make sure you head to www.stickytickets.com.au/29325 so you dont miss this one.... Hope to see you there!
01.01.2022 NEXT THURSDAY! MELBOURNIANS! In one week, the Australian Art Orchestra celebrates its twentieth anniversary with an impressive tri-concert series. Im very excited to be performing at Soloist Concert #2 on Thursday night, alongside three other amazing musicians, for such an amazing institution of Australian music. Come! Enjoy! Celebrate!
01.01.2022 "Jazz is like communism without the purges. Its the kind of music that leaves you open." David Perry This Thursday, April 30, the Quartet and I will be taking to the stage at Foundry616 in honour of the life of David Perry, an extraordinary artist, filmmaker, and dear friend to many jazz musicians, including me. Our performance will also include screening excerpts from Davids film Dr Jazz, made about contemporary jazz at the Strawberry Hills Hotel in the 1990s. Please join us if you can.
