Tag Archives: Sam Anning
Diaspora, Interviews 5 December 2011

Steve Newcomb’s SNO in Manhattan

“The chromatic scale is not the easiest thing to do on a harp.”

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Award finalists 2 December 2008

Q&A with Sam Anning – 2008 NJA Finalist

When did you start playing bass and why? For example, was there a ‘moment’ when it came to you as a calling or vocation? My dad was playing double bass in the Army Reserve Band when I was in primary school and I guess that was my first experience with the instrument. He then showed [...]

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Friday Video 18 May 2012

Scott Tinkler Quartet: Red Door

Scott Tinkler Quartet at Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne on April Fools Day, 2005

Interviews 17 May 2012

Rai Thistlethwayte – a bit mongrel-ish

‘I guess maybe I can’t decide what I like, I just like it all, and although that is hard to ‘market’ to the world, it’s true to me, so I’m a mongrel.’

Interviews 16 May 2012

Gian Slater receives Creative Fellowship

Musician Gian Slater receieved an early career fellowship in the first round of creative fellowships under the new Federal Government’s Creative Australia Artist Grants initiative.

Festivals 13 May 2012

Barney McAll’s creeping unease

Barney McAll’s Graft is a suite of music that looks at technology and the bizarre affect it is having on human connection. It is a wild musical sound painting reflecting the ever increasing ambiguity between virtual and real.

News 12 May 2012

ANU School of Music – changes cause concern

Recent changes to the ANU School of Music in Canberra have created a dismayed buzz in the Australian jazz and [...]

Friday Video 11 May 2012

Gian Slater sings Belinda Moody’s ‘Sleepy Head’

‘Slumber’ composed and arranged by Belinda Moody, performed by Moody on bass, Gian Slater on vocals, Colin Hopkins on piano, Phil Collings on drums, and string quartet.