Dan Papirany Trio

Dan Papirany Trio

The trio at MLC, from left: Gibson, McGregor, Papirany
Background information
Origin Auckland,
Genres Jazz
Years active 1995–present
Labels Ode Records
Website Dan's website

The Dan Papirany Trio is a jazz trio based in Brisbane, Australia. The Trio repertoire consists of jazz standards, ballads, bebop and Dan Papirany's own compositions[1] which includes references and ideas borrowed from contemporary tunes and standard harmonies.

While studying jazz piano at Massey University in Wellington Dan formed his first trio and played in local venues and mainly at "Bar Bodega". In 2002 Dan formed his Auckland trio with Pete McGregor on bass and Owen Kneebone on drums, the trio recorded their first album titled Session one on March 2, 2004, this album comprises standard tunes and was nominated for New Zealand music awards[2] and was released by Ode Records.[3]

The second album titled Session Two — Originals, recorded on April 27, 2004 comprises original tunes only. The third, fourth and fifth albums are live albums recorded with Frank Gibson, Jr. on drums and McGregor on bass at their residency venue The "MLC Café & Bar".

Dan Recorded his 6th album titled "2011" in 2011, and has released his latest album titled "2014" which includes the original tune "Bargara" which won 2nd place in the Australia Jazz Convention Original tunes competition December 2011.[4]

Discography

External links

Media

Dan Papirany interview on Concert FM talking about the album "Session one - December 9th 2004"

Dan Papirany being interviewed about his career at Coral Coast FM 94.7 Bundaberg, Australia - April 15 2014

Autumn Leaves by Dan Papirany trio found on the album MLC VOL 1

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References

  1. "Compositions on sounz".
  2. "Jazz Album Of The Year Finalists Announced, New Zealand Musician Magazine".
  3. "Ode Records news".
  4. "Bundaberg Jazz Waves" (PDF).