Palacio de la Rumba News
Palacio de la Rumba and Gai’s Quintet will be joined by acclaimed Cuban percussionist Roman Justo Pelladito Hernandez in October. Gai and Justo will also be appearing with EMO Big Band […]
Gai Bryant Quintet dates
The Quintet is out and about again! Sunday Sept 22nd 3pm we are playing at Brisbane Festival Spiegeltent located at the Cultural Forecourt South Bank, Brisbane. Tickets: $25 Monday Sept […]
Australian Jazz.net interviews Gai
Australian Jazz.net’s Phil Sandford sat down with Gai Bryant to hear about her latest big-band project and the traditional Cuban music that has inspired her. You can check out the interview on the Australian Jazz.net website.
Snippets of things to come
The following two snippets are from my Cuban project with performances scheduled for October. I played recording engineer at a recent reading session by the Sydney Conservatorium student big band. Many more grabs of rehearsals by Palacio de la Rumba Big Band, Auckland Jazz Orchestra and Brisbane’s EMO Big Band and interviews with players will be posted in August and September. For now here are two of my attempts at editing.
Talking in Cuban
The Girl with the Moon in her Eyes
Free Sax Quintet by Bill Motzing
Bill has retired from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and relocated to wonderful New York! To celebrate his move Spare Parts is making his saxophone quintet “Aphorism” available for free […]
Ernie Watts Quartet at VJ’s
Two-time Grammy Award winner Ernie Watts is coming to Australia and will be playing at VJ’s in Chatswood.
Compositions: from Bird & Dizzy to Lennon & McCartney, with everything jazz in between.
From boundless every to ballads, it’s an OASIS.
Wednesday, May 29th 7.30pm
VJ’s-$30/$25 conc.
28 Chatswood Ave, Chatswood
www.vjs.org.au
What’s new for Spare Parts!
Welcome to the new look Spare Parts website! Now you can buy large or small ensemble arrangements plus study scores and download them immediately. There is a new look scores […]
Cuba
Gai recently visited Cuba and met acclaimed rumbero Roman Justo Pelladito Hernandez. Pelladito will be here performing with a big band sourced from Sydney’s jazz and Latin music communities playing […]
Jazz for school ensembles / arrangements and resource by Gai Bryant
In collaboration with the Australian Music Centre, Gai has compiled a jazz kit for use in high schools – Jazz for school ensembles / arrangements and resource by Gai Bryant. The kit provides a resource […]
Gai Bryant Quintet
Sydney-based alto/soprano saxophonist Gai Bryant’s quintet features the energy and creativity of well respected jazz musicians ... » Learn more about the Quintet