NEWS
'Affectations' wins the Art Award for Jazz Work of the year (2012)
Composed by Keller as part of her current two year Australia Council Fellowship program, the 20 minute, four part suite 'Affectations' for prepared big band wins Jazz Work of the Year at the 2012 Art Music Awards.
The Andrea Keller Quartet win the Australian Jazz Bell Award for Best Australian Jazz ensemble 2012
Debut CD from Keller's new trio 'Three Lanes' available for sale March 2nd, 2012 through Keller's website and all good CD and digital stores
check out andreakeller.bandcamp.com for preview purchases Stand-alone extended track 'Boy' available only through digital release. See andreakeller.bandcamp.com to purchase performance by Three Lanes with string quartet
Three Lanes was formed by Melbourne based jazz pianist and composer Andrea Keller as an opportunity to create new music with two of her most admired, intriguing and broad-minded musical colleagues, Genevieve Lacey on recorders, and Joe Talia on revox B77, electronics and percussion.
Stepping outside of her usual working environment, this trio combines acoustic, electronic, prepared, improvised and composed elements, allowing the unique and distinctive contribution of each of these three celebrated Australian musicians to be given voice, while facilitating meeting points and establishing a shared language for rewarding musical communication.
This project forms part of Keller’s two-year Australia Council Fellowship program (2010-2012).
ANDREA KELLER Piano
GENEVIEVE LACEY Recorders
JOE TALIA Revox B77, electronics & percussion
Recorded October 26 & 27 2011 in studio 345 @ ABC Southbank
'Boy' the extended work composed by Keller (2011) for Three Lanes with string quartet was recorded on October 28, 2011 @ ABC Southbank, Melbourne, Australia and features:
Andrea Keller – piano
Genevieve Lacey – recorders
Joe Talia – revox B77, electronics & percussion
Cameron Hill – violin
Roger Young – violin
Helen Ireland – viola
Zoe Knighton – cello
Three Lanes will debut in Melbourne on June 1st at the Melbourne Recital Centre.
“It’s not surprising that this foray out of Keller’s comfort zone works so well – after all, her work is always lit brightly by the spark of originality… Acoustic, electronic, prepared, improvised and composed elements are interwoven with subtlety, so that there is no feel of artificiality or domination by devices.
Review of ‘Three Lanes’ by Roger Mitchell, Ausjazz Blog, April 16, 2012.
“An avant garde, post modern exploration of jazz music. An incredibly innovative and ambitious project.”
Review of ‘Three Lanes’ Eastside897fm, April, 2012.
Andrea Keller
Composer, pianist and improviser Andrea Keller is a leading light in Australian Contemporary music. Living in Melbourne, she performs with many ensembles at the forefront of the jazz scene and receives commissions from festivals and musicians throughout Australia.
She has released many CD’s as leader winning her three Aria Awards for Best Jazz Album (2002, 2003 & 2008), an Art Music Award for Jazz Work of the year for 'Affectations' (2012), two Bell Awards for Best Australian Contemporary Jazz Album (2003 , 2008), and was awarded the inaugural MCA/Freedman Foundation Jazz Fellowship (2001), and an Australia Council Fellowship (2010).
Current Projects:
Solo Piano originals & other repertoire
Tim Wilson & Andrea Keller duo Saxophone & piano; originals by Wilson & Keller
Eugene Ball & Andrea Keller duo Trumpet & piano; originals & standards
Geoff Hughes & Andrea Keller duo Guitar & piano; originals by Hughes & Keller
Keller/Murphy/Browne Piano, bass & drums; originals & standards
Three Lanes Trio Piano, recorder & percussion/electronics; originals by Keller
Andrea Keller Quartet Trumpet, tenor saxophone, piano & drums; originals by Keller
Works for contemporary big band
"one of the most original thinkers on the Australian scene... she has the priceless ability to think outside the square."
Adrian Jackson, August 2005.
"Andrea Keller has one of Australia's most consistently interesting musical minds."
Doug Spencer, August 2007
"One of this country's most daring and fascinating composers, she produces work that bristles with surprises, a powerful blend of European lyricism with space and improvisation."
Leon Gettler, May 2005.