Brendan Fitzgerald

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0 TAKE FIVE returns to Adelaide, Saturday 24th September for one show only at Brighton Performing Arts Centre!

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We are bringing back our tribute to the music and life of the greatest cool jazz musician of the 50’s and 60’s Dave Brubeck, for its only Adelaide show of 2016 on Saturday 24th September. This follows our recent double bill at Glen Street Theatre, Sydney and forthcoming Melbourne show at Knox Community Centre Theatre on 3rd September.

Once again, Satomi Ohnishi, drums, Quinton Dunne, double bass and Peter Raidel, alto sax perform this seminal music with Brendan at the piano, recreating for you the indelible melodies and colliding rhythms of the Dave Brubeck Quartet.

Don’t miss this opportunity to see a show that has enjoyed rave responses from audiences in its previous outings in Adelaide and interstate.

To be staged in the theatre at Brighton Performing Arts Centre, Brighton Secondary School, 305 Brighton Road, North Brighton.

7:30 pm start for the two hour show including 20 minute interval. Doors open at 6pm with a bar open for beverages and pre-show entertainment.

Tickets: $39 adult, $35 concession, $33 groups (6+), $25 children and $99 family at https://www.trybooking.com/222059

0 SWING Fringe reviews are listed here: The Advertiser – 5 stars; InDaily – 4.5 stars; Broadway World

“An inspired combination of music, song, theatre, dance and screen stills which successfully transports an audience back to a unique period of the 20th century.” 5 stars John McBeath, The Advertiser, 12th February, 2016

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/adelaide-fringe/music/swing–brendan-fitzgerald-jazz-ensemble/news-story/5e7fef8277cf68a08be472f6bb7eb867

“This great show deserves to be seen by a wider audience than just swing fans and will reward anyone who appreciates quality music presented by excellent musicians.” 4.5 stars. Steve Horne, InDaily 17th February, 2016

http://indaily.com.au/arts-and-culture/adelaide-fringe/2016/02/17/review-swing-the-beat-that-shook-the-world/

“Two hours of some of the greatest dance music ever written, played brilliantly.” Barry Lenny, Broadway World, 10th February, 2016

http://www.broadwayworld.com/adelaide/article/BWW-Review-ADELAIDE-FRINGE-2016-SWING-Superbly-Recreates-The-Big-Band-Era-20160210

Three more shows in the Adelaide Fringe: Sunday 6th and Thursday 10th March at The Arkaba Hotel Top Room; Saturday 12th March at Brighton Performing Arts Centre, Brighton High School. 7:30pm all shows, 120 minutes including interval.

https://www.adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/swing/6ef656ea-caa6-464c-a510-6f118592b849

1 Early Bird Tickets to “SWING” are now on sale. Don’t miss out!

The creators of TAKE FIVE – The Dave Brubeck Story return with a Jumpin’ Jive journey through the smashing years of SWING!

Brendan Fitzgerald Trio expands to a septet adding a four-piece horn section, and joined by sensational vocalists, Charmaine Jones and Ben Gatehouse for seven shows in the 2016 Adelaide Fringe Festival. Two further shows will be held at The Sutherland Entertainment Centre, Sydney on 23rd April and a special 26th January Australia Day music-only preview at The Southern Jazz Club, Highway Inn, corner Marion Road and Anzac Highway.

Check our Facebook page for further announcements:

https://www.facebook.com/swingmusicshow

EARLY BIRD TICKET OFFER
To book tickets from a limited number on offer at the reduced Early Bird price of $39, please click on this link to the Fringetix website and enter the PROMO code: SWING (all uppercase).

https://www.adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/swing/6ef656ea-caa6-464c-a510-6f118592b849

Enquiries: swingshow@yahoo.com

1 2015 Adelaide Fringe Festival “Take Five – The Dave Brubeck Story” tickets and video promo clip

2015 Adelaide Fringe Festival show, “Take Five – The Dave Brubeck Story” – promo clip and ticket links

We are excited to be in the 2015 Adelaide Fringe Festival program with a four-date season at the brilliant new Brighton Concert Hall at Brighton Secondary School Performing Arts Centre. Our Fringe shows will be held on Thursday 19th, Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd February, with one final show on Saturday 14th March. in between we will be taking the show to two major venues in Sydney, The Basement on Friday 6th March and Sutherland Entertainment Centre the following night.

Tickets are selling fast and opening night may well be a full house. To have a 30-second glimpse of what you might expect to see (and hear) in this show, click on this Youtube link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d33tXAPENjk

To purchase tickets, go to this link at Fringetix

Looking forward to seeing you in February/March!

1 SYDNEY “TAKE FIVE” shows on sale – 6th and 7th March at The Basement and Sutherland Entertainment Centre

Take Five - The Dave Brubeck Story at Adelaide Fringe 2015 — Take Five – The Dave Brubeck Story at Adelaide Fringe 2015

Following our Adelaide Fringe shows on 19th, 21st and 22nd February, we head over to Sydney to perform at iconic Australian jazz venue, The Basement on Friday, 6th March. We then perform one show at The Sutherland Entertainment Centre, Southwest Sydney, the next evening, Saturday, 7th March. Andy Firth will feature on alto saxophone. Both shows can be purchased as dinner plus show tickets or show only. See the venue websites for further details.

The Basement tickets can be purchased at Moshtix while The Sutherland Entertainment Centre tickets can be purchased at their secure in-house ticketing site.

We return for one final Adelaide Fringe Show at Brighton Performing Arts Centre on Saturday, 14th March. Limited early bird tickets are available for all four Adelaide fringe shows until Australia Day, 26th January using the promo code, BRUBECK (all upper case).

Looking forward to seeing you in Sydney or Adelaide!

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1 Andy Firth – alto saxophone and clarinet player for “Take Five: The Dave Brubeck Story”

Andy Firth is one of a small number of Australian artists to have performed a concert under their own name at Carnegie Hall. In March 2008, he played a concert billed as “Goodman & Beyond” to a standing ovation, with guest artist, the living jazz legend, Buddy DeFranco. Andy also performed at the Australian Consulate General, New York, the concert being described by officials as one of the best and well attended ever. He gave a master class and performed at the University of Florida, then at Il Moro Club, Los Angeles with guitarist, Jim Fox.

Andy has performed with some of the world’s finest musicians: Buddy DeFranco, Ingrid Jensen, Diana Krall, Wynton Marsalis, B.B. King, Lee Konitz, Jay Hungerford, Bud Shank, James Moody, Kenny Ball and His Jazz Men, Acker Bilk and many more.

Australian artists include: Anthony Warlow, Marina Prior, Julie Anthony, Don Burrows, Tommy Emmanuel, George Golla, James Muller, Ray Aldridge, Galapagos Duck, Tony Gould, Little Pattie, Bob Barnard, Graeme Bell, Tom Baker, Vince Jones, Jonathan Wade, Anita Wardel, The Society Syncopators, John Foreman, James & John Morrison, late greats Ricky May and Bobby Limb.

Andy has performed with many of Australia’s symphony orchestras as a jazz and classical soloist where maestro, Tommy Tycho, often featured him as a soloist. In 2006, Andy received a MO Award for “Best Jazz Instrumentalist”. Andy has recently been honoured with an award for his outstanding services to jazz in South Australia.

The late Maestro Tommy Tycho, D.Mus. AM. MBE:

“Once in a blue moon, along comes an artist whose talent, musicianship and expertise is awesome. Such a man is Andy Firth, whose reputation as a brilliant performer is Australia wide and acknowledged Internationally as well. He is sought after as a wonderful teacher, a lecturer of “good music” and a fine composer. I am privileged to be associated with him and also call him a friend.”

Jimmy Abato, USA sax legend:

“’I have never heard anything like this guy; he is a one in a million! His musicality and playing is totally unique! Andy Firth is, in my opinion, one of our greatest artists and musicians like him pass this way but once. I am thrilled to have met and heard him perform!’”

0 Satomi Ohnishi – drum kit, percussion for “Take Five”

Satomi started playing orchestral percussion at the age of 12, then studied jazz drumming with maestro, Takeshi Inomata in Tokyo. She has played extensively in Japan with the Soulful Unity Jazz Orchestra and her groups, Vivace and Jackpot, the latter winning two major jazz contests. Satomi won the Best Player Award at the 1993 Asakusa Jazz Contest and her group was then twice invited to perform at the Manley Jazz Festival. In Adelaide, she plays regularly with Black Fedora Jazz as well as with several other ensembles covering blues, Latin and Bulgarian music styles. She joined the Brendan Fitzgerald Trio in 2012 and performed with the group in Beijing, Shanghai and at the Hong Kong Performing Arts Centre Street Concert. Satomi has appeared twice at The Hoot!, Adelaide Hills Jazz Festival and at 2014 The Clare Valley Carnival of Music performing with Brendan Fitzgerald and Svilen Panayatov accordian duo, Latin-jazz group Ah Hum! and holding her own multi-cultural percussion session/workshop.

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