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Alister Spence
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Australian jazz pianist and composer.\nAlister is recognized as one of Australia’s most original, distinctive pianists\u002Fcomposers. With a performing and composing career spanning more than 25 years, his wide-ranging talents have led him to perform with and compose for some of the world’s most respected artists in the areas of contemporary music, improvisation, film and theatre. \nIn recent years he has devoted his energy to writing and performing with his trio, The Alister Spence Trio with Lloyd Swanton (the Necks) on double bass and Toby Hall (formerly with pianist, Mike Nock) drums and glockenspiel. This celebrated group has recorded five CDs (Rufus Records) and has a growing international reputation.\nTheir most recent CD, Far Flung (Rufus Records 2012) received a 4 star review in Jazz Journal (June 2013) and was listed in Critics Poll 2013 (January 2014). It was also listed in The WIRE 2013 Rewind - Critics' reflections by Andy Hamilton as Album of the year. fit (Rufus Records 2009) was voted in the top 15 jazz\u002Fimprov releases worldwide for 2009 by The Wire, UK. Both Mercury (Rufus Records 2006) and Flux (Rufus Records 2003) received ARIA nominations (Australian Record Industry Awards) for 2004, 2007. The trio toured in U.K and Canada in 2006 and Japan in 2008. \nSince performing at The Vilnius Jazz Festival 2009, with bassist, Joseph Williamson (Tobias Delius Quartet, Alex Ward) and drummer, Chris Cantillo (Nils Berg Cinemascope, Lena Nyberg), Alister has returned to Europe and the UK on a regular basis to tour with this lineup. Also performing as a Quartet with saxophonist Raymond MacDonald (Marilyn Crispell, Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra).\nFestival performances for the Trio include: Vilnius Jazz Festival 2009, Luminous Festival, Sydney Opera House curated by Brian Eno 2009, Tokyo Jazz Festival 2008, International Festival de Jazz de Montreal and Vancouver Jazz Festival 2006.\nAlister is a founding member of Wanderlust and a long-standing member of The Australian Art Orchestra (AAO). Alister was also co-leader\u002Fcomposer with the internationally acclaimed group Clarion Fracture Zone for 15 years from 1990 – 2005.\nHis playing is featured on more than 30 CDs, many of which have either won or been nominated for Australian Record Industry (ARIA) Awards.\nOver the years he has played with many of the finest musicians in Australia including Bernie McGann, Sandy Evans, Chris Abrahams, Don Burrows, Dale Barlow, Peter O’Mara, Tony Buck, Phillip Slater, Paul Capsis, Archie Roach and Ed Kuepper (The Laughing Clowns). \nAlister has also performed with Satoko Fujii (Japan), Michiyo Yagi (Japan), Barre Phillips (US), Myra Melford (US), Mark Helias (US), Andy Sheppard (UK), Joe Williamson (SWE), Jim O’Rourke (Japan), Raymond MacDonald (Glasgow), Mark Helias (US), Karraikudi Mani (IND).\nOver the last 20 years, Alister has toured extensively in Europe, Asia and Canada with The Alister Spence Trio, Clarion Fracture Zone, Wanderlust and AAO, and has performed radio broadcasts for ABC (Australia), BBC (UK), and WDR (Germany). \nHis talents as a composer are well known in Australia. As well as his own trio and Clarion Fracture Zone, Alister composes for Wanderlust and has been commissioned several times to write for The Australian Art Orchestra and Ten Part Invention. \nIn 2010, The Australian Art Orchestra premiered his first major work, Soak, a suite in 4 movements, at the Melbourne International Arts Festival. Alister’s work is also featured on Passion (The Australian Art Orchestra-ABC Classics) and on his trio CDs, Wanderlust and Clarion Fracture Zone CDs. Several compositions are also featured on Bernie McGann’s 2001 ARIA winning CD Bundeena.\nFILM\nAlister also composes music for film and theatre. He has collaborated with film director Ivan Sen to write and record the soundtrack to Beneath Clouds, first screened in June 2002. The score for Beneath Clouds was nominated for the Best Score at The Film Critics Awards, and the Australian Film Industry Awards 2002. He has also written soundtracks for acclaimed directors, Tom Zubrycki (Molly and Mobarek), Allan Collins (Dhakiyarr Versus the King, Spirit Stones) and Tom Murray (Dhakiyarr Versus the King, In My Father’s Country).\nTHEATRE\nTheatre credits include the sound design for Angela’s Kitchen, featuring Paul Capsis directed by Julian Meyrick (2010) and Winterreise, A Winter’s Journey, directed by Matthew Lutton (2011).\nAlister is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at University of New South Wales in Jazz Performance and Composition.
Australian jazz pianist and composer.\nAlister is recognized as one of Australia’s most original, distinctive pianists\u002Fcomposers. With a performing and composing career spanning more than 25 years, his wide-ranging talents have led him to perform with and compose for some of the world’s most respected artists in the areas of contemporary music, improvisation, film and theatre. \nIn recent years he has devoted his energy to writing and performing with his trio, The Alister Spence Trio with Lloyd Swanton (the Necks) on double bass and Toby Hall (formerly with pianist, Mike Nock) drums and glockenspiel. This celebrated group has recorded five CDs (Rufus Records) and has a growing international reputation.\nTheir most recent CD, Far Flung (Rufus Records 2012) received a 4 star review in Jazz Journal (June 2013) and was listed in Critics Poll 2013 (January 2014). It was also listed in The WIRE 2013 Rewind - Critics' reflections by Andy Hamilton as Album of the year. fit (Rufus Records 2009) was voted in the top 15 jazz\u002Fimprov releases worldwide for 2009 by The Wire, UK. Both Mercury (Rufus Records 2006) and Flux (Rufus Records 2003) received ARIA nominations (Australian Record Industry Awards) for 2004, 2007. The trio toured in U.K and Canada in 2006 and Japan in 2008. \nSince performing at The Vilnius Jazz Festival 2009, with bassist, Joseph Williamson (Tobias Delius Quartet, Alex Ward) and drummer, Chris Cantillo (Nils Berg Cinemascope, Lena Nyberg), Alister has returned to Europe and the UK on a regular basis to tour with this lineup. Also performing as a Quartet with saxophonist Raymond MacDonald (Marilyn Crispell, Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra).\nFestival performances for the Trio include: Vilnius Jazz Festival 2009, Luminous Festival, Sydney Opera House curated by Brian Eno 2009, Tokyo Jazz Festival 2008, International Festival de Jazz de Montreal and Vancouver Jazz Festival 2006.\nAlister is a founding member of Wanderlust and a long-standing member of The Australian Art Orchestra (AAO). Alister was also co-leader\u002Fcomposer with the internationally acclaimed group Clarion Fracture Zone for 15 years from 1990 – 2005.\nHis playing is featured on more than 30 CDs, many of which have either won or been nominated for Australian Record Industry (ARIA) Awards.\nOver the years he has played with many of the finest musicians in Australia including Bernie McGann, Sandy Evans, Chris Abrahams, Don Burrows, Dale Barlow, Peter O’Mara, Tony Buck, Phillip Slater, Paul Capsis, Archie Roach and Ed Kuepper (The Laughing Clowns). \nAlister has also performed with Satoko Fujii (Japan), Michiyo Yagi (Japan), Barre Phillips (US), Myra Melford (US), Mark Helias (US), Andy Sheppard (UK), Joe Williamson (SWE), Jim O’Rourke (Japan), Raymond MacDonald (Glasgow), Mark Helias (US), Karraikudi Mani (IND).\nOver the last 20 years, Alister has toured extensively in Europe, Asia and Canada with The Alister Spence Trio, Clarion Fracture Zone, Wanderlust and AAO, and has performed radio broadcasts for ABC (Australia), BBC (UK), and WDR (Germany). \nHis talents as a composer are well known in Australia. As well as his own trio and Clarion Fracture Zone, Alister composes for Wanderlust and has been commissioned several times to write for The Australian Art Orchestra and Ten Part Invention. \nIn 2010, The Australian Art Orchestra premiered his first major work, Soak, a suite in 4 movements, at the Melbourne International Arts Festival. Alister’s work is also featured on Passion (The Australian Art Orchestra-ABC Classics) and on his trio CDs, Wanderlust and Clarion Fracture Zone CDs. Several compositions are also featured on Bernie McGann’s 2001 ARIA winning CD Bundeena.\nFILM\nAlister also composes music for film and theatre. He has collaborated with film director Ivan Sen to write and record the soundtrack to Beneath Clouds, first screened in June 2002. The score for Beneath Clouds was nominated for the Best Score at The Film Critics Awards, and the Australian Film Industry Awards 2002. He has also written soundtracks for acclaimed directors, Tom Zubrycki (Molly and Mobarek), Allan Collins (Dhakiyarr Versus the King, Spirit Stones) and Tom Murray (Dhakiyarr Versus the King, In My Father’s Country).\nTHEATRE\nTheatre credits include the sound design for Angela’s Kitchen, featuring Paul Capsis directed by Julian Meyrick (2010) and Winterreise, A Winter’s Journey, directed by Matthew Lutton (2011).\nAlister is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at University of New South Wales in Jazz Performance and Composition.
