The Jazz Social With Joe O'connor, The Dorchester Trio And The Hauptmann Duo at The Jazz Social

Joe O'Connor:
Joe is a Melbourne-based pianist acclaimed for his distinctive approach to jazz piano and composition, with music drawing from jazz, experimental and contemporary classical traditions. He's won the National Jazz Award (2013) and the Bell Award for Young Australian Jazz Musician of the Year (2014), and has received multiple nominations and finalist placings in Australia's most prestigious jazz award programs.
http://www.josephoconnormusic.com/

The Dorchester Trio:
Featuring two members of one of Australia's most acclaimed Manouche jazz ensembles, Cigány Weaver, and one third of Brisbane's favourite gypsy-jazz trio Gypsy.Cats, this household of amazing young musicians (Gareth Mewes - violin, Conor MacDonald - guitar, and Dany Avanzini - guitar) will share a rollicking set of some of their favourite Manouche classics....

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Joe O'Connor:
Joe is a Melbourne-based pianist acclaimed for his distinctive approach to jazz piano and composition, with music drawing from jazz, experimental and contemporary classical traditions. He's won the National Jazz Award (2013) and the Bell Award for Young Australian Jazz Musician of the Year (2014), and has received multiple nominations and finalist placings in Australia's most prestigious jazz award programs.
http://www.josephoconnormusic.com/

The Dorchester Trio:
Featuring two members of one of Australia's most acclaimed Manouche jazz ensembles, Cigány Weaver, and one third of Brisbane's favourite gypsy-jazz trio Gypsy.Cats, this household of amazing young musicians (Gareth Mewes - violin, Conor MacDonald - guitar, and Dany Avanzini - guitar) will share a rollicking set of some of their favourite Manouche classics.

The Hauptmann Duo:
Having grown up on an apple orchard , the Hauptmann siblings Zoe and Ben have gone on to become 2 of the most in-demand musicians in the country . With a musical background based heavily in Jazz they both share a deep love for the tradition of the music having listened to the genre since birth.
The duo have collectively played with an impressive and eclectic range of iconic Australian Artists, including industry heavy weights Paul Kelly, Dr G Yuinpingu, Neil Finn, Missy Higgins,Joss Stone, Ian Moss, Justine Clarke and Katie Noonan along with many others.
In their set tonight the duo will select a program of tunes from the great American song book and play some of their favourite standards.

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