The Nolan-Buddle Quartet was an Australian jazz ensemble that made one album, The Odd Couple, in 1976 on M7 Records. That same year, keyboardist/co-leader Col Nolan released another album on said label with his own namesake quartet. Members: Col Nolan (keyboards), Errol Buddle (saxophone), Dieter Vogt (bass), Warren Daly (drums) Background The Nolan-Buddle Quartet formed […]
Rob Thomsett is an Australian musician and composer who self-released the 1975 symphonic-folk/psych album Yaraandoo on Kubernete. He formed a namesake jazz group for the album Hara, released in 1978 on Glo Audio. Background Rob Thomsett was born in Brisbane in 1947 and received piano lessons as a child. He entered a naval college at […]
The Johnny Rocco Band was an Australian jazz-funk ensemble from Sydney that released the 1975 album Rocco on the Ritz Gramophone Company. Members: Mark Punch (guitar, vocals, 1974-75), Tony Buchanan (saxophone), Tim Partridge (bass), Russell Dunlop (drums), Leo De Castro (vocals, 1974-76), Mick Kenny (keyboards, 1974-76), Harris Campbell (guitar, 1975-76) Background Johnny Rocco Band formed […]
Ray Warleigh (Sept. 28, 1938 — Sept. 21, 2015) was an Australian-born alto saxophonist and flutist from Sydney who proliferated on the U.K. blues-rock/jazz-rock circuit for four decades, starting in the mid-Sixties. As a post-bop bandleader, he cut a 1969 self-titled album on Philips, followed by the 1978 Vinyl Records release Reverie. Warleigh worked with […]
The Daly-Wilson Big Band was an Australian hard-bop/jazz-funk ensemble led by drummer Warren Daly and trumpeter–trombonist Ed Wilson. The band debuted with the 1971 Columbia release Live at the Cellblock, followed by five albums through 1978 on Festival, Reprise, and Hammard. Members: Warren Daly (drums), Ed Wilson (trumpet, trombone, arranger), Dieter Vogt (bass), Ray Alridge […]
Col Nolan is an Australian keyboardist and bandleader, active for two decades on the national jazz scene. He fronted his own quartet and co-led a simultaneous quartet with saxophonist Errol Buddle, which both released albums in 1976 on M7 Records. Members: Col Nolan (clavinet, piano, electric piano, organ), Laurie Bennett (drums), Bob Bertles (alto saxophone, […]
Galapagos Duck was an Australian jazz-funk band from Sydney that released a string of albums on Philips, Phonogram, and 44 Records between 1974 and 1979, followed by another round of albums on AIM and ABC during the 1980s. Members: Matt Baker, John Conley, Adrian Cunningham, Rodney Ford, Greg Foster Background Galapagos Duck formed in Sydney […]
The Bruce Clarke Quintet was an Australian jazz-rock band that released the 1974 album Stratusphunk on Cumquat Records. Members: Bruce Clarke (electric guitar, Moog synthesizer, arranger), Ted White (saxophone, flute, woodwind), Keith Stirling (trumpet, flugelhorn), Ian Grattidge (bass), Ron Sandilands (drums, percussion), Bruce Barber (conga drum) Background Bruce Clarke Quintet formed in Melbourne in the […]
