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Upcoming events
Updated regularly as artists, performance and location details
become available. For further information email: henk@henk.com.au
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October 2011 |
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DIANA CLARK TRIO - DC3 - featuring Doug
de Vries (Australia)
- Performing in
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Diana Clark Trio - featuring Doug de Vries

Diana Clark Trio -
vocals, guitar, piano-accordion
Diana Clark's rich and mellifluous alto voice & songs
reflect the cosmopolitan scene of music making in Melbourne
and her background growing up in the Northern Territory,
while embracing the powerful rhythms of Brazil, the
intensity and subtle beauty of Rio. Diana's collaborations
with master guitarist Doug de Vries have established
her as a persuasive interpreter of Brazilian Popular Song -
and the pair have immersed themselves in the traditions of
the bossa, samba, and choro revealing an emotive power and
sophistication that is given full flight in the company of
her sublime accompanists - Doug de Vries, and all round
musical virtuoso, accordionist Stephen Grant.
www.dianaclark.com.au -
www.dougdevries.com
YouTube Videos
YouTube: Corcovado
YouTube: Cry No More (Canto de Ossanha)
YouTube: 3 shadows of Blue
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"Singing in alternating English
& Portuguese, Diana's light, melifluous voice
perfectly compliments de Vries' virtuosity on the 7
string guitar. Marrying old and new sounds, they
manage to remain faithful to the 'musica brasileira'
genre while retaining a strong Australian
sensibility." - Lily Bragg, The Age [Melbourne]
“De Vries and Clark feel the music of Brazil down
to their bones. His guitar is full of romance and
her voice is so intimate it could make you blush.
Australia may be halfway around the world from
Brazil but you’d never know it from listening to
their CDs.” - Cadence Magazine [USA]
“Diana’s voice…seductive & engaging…with de Vries
improvising, using an impressive finger-style
technique on 7 string guitar…also complementing Di’s
voice by singing counterpoint melodies while Grant
uplifted the music further still with his
transcendental accompanying…truly a night of
splendour from three of this country’s finest
musicians.” - President Albury-Wodonga Jazz
Society
“…Buoyed by gently vibrant Afro-Brazilian
rhythms, Clark’s warm vocals can soften the
melancholy of a yearning lyric, or coax the vibrant
rhythms around her into a dance of celebration.”
- The Age

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DOUG de VRIES (Australia) - Solo Guitar - CD Launch |
Doug de Vries

Doug de Vries guitar
Australia’s world class guitarist Doug de Vries
releases his first Solo CD –
on 25 November in the Salon at the Melbourne Recital
Centre
A unique solo guitar concert at the prestigious Melbourne
Recital Centre will be the platform for the launch of Doug
de Vries’ new solo CD on Friday 25 November. |
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Doug de
Vries - ranks high at the forefront of international
guitarists and is a musician of world class. He is
Australia's foremost experienced and versatile jazz
guitarist and composer, excelling in many musical genres
from jazz and swing to choro, samba and bossa nova, and is a
leading exponent of South American music, particularly in
the Brazilian guitar repertoire. In November 2010 - Doug
featured at the Adelaide International Guitar Festival in
collaboration with his Brazilian colleague, guitar master
Jamandu Costa. In 2012 Doug will perform in Rio de
Janeiro in a concert series featuring composers of
contemporary choro -The Salon concert will be the Melbourne
launch of Doug's new CD 'DdV Solo ' album. Over the years Doug has featured on a number of CDs
under his own name, but this is his first solo project CD.
www.dougdevries.com
‘Melbourne guitarist Doug de Vries has long
been revered for his magical playing and willingness
to explore new sounds and styles…His artistry is
eloquent, joyous and exuberant …” - Herald Sun
[Melbourne]
“…De Vries' playing always offers musicality and
emotion ahead of technique…with originality, vitality and
finesse in equal measure…” - Shane Nichols, Financial
Review
"We are indeed fortunate that Doug de Vries likes
living in Melbourne..." - Mike Daly, The AGE [Melbourne]
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CONCERT DETAILS
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Friday 25 November 2011 - 8.00 pm - Melbourne
Recital Centre, The Salon, 31 Sturt Street, Southbank. Bookings
Tel. 9699 3333 -
www.melbournerecital.com.au |
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November 2011 |
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MICHELLE NICOLLE QUARTET (Australia) - Performing in
Australia
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MICHELLE NICOLLE Quartet - (Australia)
Winner: 2001, 2003 and 2004 - Australian Jazz Vocalist of
the Year Mo Award - Melbourne based, arranger, band leader
and jazz vocalist Michelle Nicolle is Australia's first
lady of jazz. With a full ranging and marvellous voice, her
profile has been rapidly rising and Michelle has become
known as Australia's finest jazz singer. Michelle has
released 5 beautiful albums, all of which were received
with high acclaim, and her 6th CD 'The Loviest Night' will
be out on ABC Records at the end of March 2009. In 1998 at
the Wangaratta International Jazz Festival (Melbourne),
Michelle won the prestigious National Jazz Award and the
judges included the legendary bebop singer Sheila Jordon
(USA), and the current Blue Note vocal star Kurt Elling
(USA). - "Australian jazz singing doesn't come any
better than this" - (The Weekend Australian).
In 2003 and 2006 Michelle Nicolle toured around Australia
and in 2004 she toured Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and
Thailand. In 2005 the Michelle Nicolle Quartet featured at
the Java Jazz Festival in Indonesia and performed at the
North Sea Jazz Festival in Holland, as well as at
Singapore's Ozmosis Festival. In 2007 tourings included New
Zealand, Turkey, Estonia, Finland and Singapore, and in
November 2008 the JakJazz festival in Jakarta was included
in Michelle's international touring destinations.
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"..an exceptional singer... who deserves attention as an
original and inspiring Jazz artist." - Cadence Magazine
(USA), June 2003
"Michelle Nicolle stands above any other jazz singer in the
country."- Weekend Australian, Dec. 2003
"...Michelle impressed from the start with her talents, not
only as a vocalist with a very wide octave range but also
as an excellent improviser." - Bangkok Post, October
2004
"..an album that confirms Nicolle's place as Australia's
best jazz singer." - Sunday Herald Sun, June 2001 (After
the Rain review)
"..I can think of no one else who finds, in the modern jazz
repertoire, such a sense of pure song." Gilbert Haisman,
Evening Post, NZ, Oct'01.
".formidable technique and a staggering range......more
interesting than most other jazz vocalists in the country."Rolling Stone
Line-up:
Michelle Nicolle - vocals
Geoff Hughes - guitar
Tom Lee - bass
Ronny Ferella - drums
www.michellenicolle.com
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For all media information, interviews and tour contacts:Henk van
Leeuwen - Australia Northern Europe Liaisons
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