Event
Jex Saarelaht Quartet
- Date: Saturday, 13 February 2010, 8:30pm
- Venue: The Sound Lounge — Seymour Theatre Centre, Cnr City Rd and Cleveland St, Chippendale, NSW
- Tickets: $20/$15/$12 — Tickets can be purchased online
Event Details
Melbourne pianist-composer Jex Saarelaht, best known as the leader of a long-running trio, debuted his quartet with saxophonist Julien Wilson at the 2007 Wangaratta Jazz Festival. Since then the personnel has settled to include Jonathan Zwartz (bass) and Niko Schäuble (drums).
A founding member of legendary Melbourne bands Dianna Kiss and Doug de Vries’ New Tango Quintet, Jex has also led his own bands, including the Jextet in the mid ‘80s. His trio played its first gig in 1993 with the same line-up (Philip Rex and Niko Schäuble) remaining to this day. They released a superb 2-CD set, Fridays, Late (Bennetts Lane) in 1999.
Across his impressive career, Jex has performed and recorded with a vast array of Australian and international musicians, from Dale Barlow and Bernie McGann to Vince Jones, Renee Geyer, Kate Ceberano, Sheila Jordan and Steve Lacy. Key international performances include the Edinburgh Festival, Birmingham International Jazz Festival, London’s Jazz Café and Southbank and the Aarhus International Jazz Festival, Denmark.
In March 2006, Jex was awarded the Melbourne Jazz Fringe Festival’s inaugural composer commission, resulting in the 30-minute piece For Love of Ivor, performed at Federation Square.
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website
Featured artists
- Jazz/improvisation by Jex Saarelaht
- Jazz/improvisation by Julien Wilson
- Jazz/improvisation by Jonathan Zwartz
- Jazz/improvisation by Niko Schauble
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