John McAll
John McAll (born Melbourne, Australia, 1960) is a pianist, composer, arranger and producer with experience ranging from jazz, pop, blues, contemporary classical, afrobeat and theatre.
John McAll graduated with a Diploma of Arts from the Victorian College of the Arts in 1983 and has worked predominantly as a live musician ever since.
John McAll launched his debut recording as band leader and composer in June 2009 with Black Money on independent label Audacity Media. The band performed at the Wangaratta Festival of Jazz in October that year,[1] and the album was rated number three Album of the Year by Herald-Sun Jazz reviewer Roger Mitchell in December.[2]
As a founding member of the acclaimed David Chesworth Ensemble[3], John McAll has performed internationally in New York City, Slovenia and Paris, France. He regularly tours Australia with Ross Wilson as part of the Urban Legends, appears at a diverse range of music festivals with the Public Opinion Afro Orchestra, performs corporate gigs with Eugene Hamilton and the Money, and performs live jazz regularly in Melbourne with Brian Abrahams' District 6, the B# Big Band, Hetty-Kate Pakenham, Nichaud Fitzgibbon, Alyce Platt, Rebecca Barnard and Jane Clifton.
He has worked with David Campbell, Debra Byrne, Bobby Valentine, Renee Geyer, Nina Ferro, Ruby Carter and Vince Jones. For a time he was part of 1980s pop group I'm Talking.
John McAll is the elder brother of New York based jazz pianist and composer Barney McAll.
Selected discography
- Black Money - John McAll 2009
- 5 Decades of Cool (DVD) - Ross Wilson 2008
- Tributary - Ross Wilson 2007
- Bakelite Radio Volume IV - Joe Camilleri 2007
- Roarin' Town - Black Sorrows 2006
- Go Bongo, Go Wild - Ross Wilson 2003
- Badlands - David Chesworth Ensemble2001
- Exotica suite - David Chesworth Ensemble 1997
Chesworth Ensemble touring and performance highlights
- 2009 Performances at Melbourne Recital Centre[4]
- 2009 Five Decades of Cool, Ross Wilson, Palais Theater Melbourne Musical Director[5]
- 2008 Performances in Sydney, Brisbane & on ABC TV Sunday Arts [4]
- 2007 The Big Chill Festival, Ledbury Castle, England[4]
- 2007 Paris Quartier d'Ete Festival France
- 2006 Performance at Classical Music Awards Sydney (Award winner for Instrumental Work of the Year for Panopticon)
- 2005 Music to See Through CD launch performances in Melbourne and Sydney
- 2004 Ensemble members perform Cosmonaut an opera composed by David Chesworth for the Melbourne International Arts Festival
- 2003 Performances in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Performance at the AFI Awards broadcast nationally on ABC TV
- 2002 Performance with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds at the Forum, Melbourne
- 2001 BAM Next Wave Festival[4]
- 2001 Bang on a Can Marathon, New York and Kennedy Centre, Washington.[6]
- 2001 Australian East Coast tour including "10 Days on the Island" Festival
- 2000 ABC TV Arts Show Special "Live at the Night Cat"
- 1999 Live-to air-concert, New Music Show, ABC Classic FM[7]
- 1997 Melbourne International Festival of the Arts
- 1996 Port Fairy Spring Music Festival
- 1995 Melbourne International Festival of the Arts[4]
- 1995 Winterarts, Victorian Arts Centre
- 1994 Sydney Spring Festival of Music[4]
- 1992 Wendy HarmerLove gone Wrong Australian tour
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