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Barney Mcall at Bird's Basement Jazz Club
Courtesy of Laura Hutchins | Posted on April 8, 2018
Where
Bird's Basement Jazz Club
11 Singers Lane
Melbourne
Map
+61 1300 225 299
When
Thu, April 19, 2018
19:30
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Musicians
Barney McAll
pianoAbout
Barney McAll is a grammy nominated musician who has played on over 100 recordings and has released 13 highly acclaimed solo albums. Join the critically acclaimed Monash Art Ensemble as they perform Barney McAll's six-part suite, Zephyrix.
"I was commissioned by the Monash Art Ensemble to compose this piece during my residency at the Peggy Glanville-Hicks composer house in 2015. Whilst there, I had flashes of an image... half man, half bird with one large wing on its right side, dressed in business attire.
Following the abstract advice of this image I decided to fuse the Greek God Zephyr with the mythical Phoenix to create a new beast; the Zephyrix. It’s a hybrid creature which, for me, symbolizes the bridging of tensions that occur between our mundane struggles and the evils of life, and the liberating creative expression of our true selves....