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‘Collaborations’ tour 2009
The Andrea Keller Quartet (AKQ) embarks on their first national Australian tour in 2009. Collaborating with special guests Stephen Magnusson (Melbourne), Phil Slater (Sydney), Miroslav Bukovsky (Canberra), John Rodgers (Brisbane) and Jamie Oehlers (Perth), the AKQ will be presenting new works to feature these iconic creative improvisers.

‘Collaborations’ tour dates 2009:
Preview gig Monday 23rd February Melbourne: Lebowski’ 303 High St Northcote 9pm
Sunday 8th March Melbourne: Bennetts Lane Jazz Club 9.30pm 03 9663 2856
Tuesday 10th March Sydney: Excelsior Hotel Surry Hills 10pm www.jazzgroove.com
Thursday 12th March Wollongong: Conservatorium of Music Auditorium 6pm 02 4228 1122
Friday 13th March Canberra: Llewellyn Hall ANU 7.30pm 02 6125 5700
Sunday 5th April Brisbane: Brisbane Jazz Club 6pm 07 3391 2006
Monday 27th April Perth: Charles Hotel North Perth 5pm 08 9284 2578

"Andrea Keller has one of Australia's most consistently interesting musical minds."
Doug Spencer, August 2007

"A prayer of thanks seems appropriate. The meeting thirteen years ago of 20 year olds Eugene Ball (trumpet), Ian Whitehurst (tenor) and Andrea Keller (piano) has grown into a musical congregation of faith that has fulfilled musch hope and given us much to love."
Roger Mitchell, Herald Sun, Sunday August 19, 2007.

"visceral, lyrical..."
Downbeat August 2007.


Andrea Keller
b. 27th July 1973

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 five CD’s as leader winning her three Aria Awards for Best Jazz Album (2002, 2003 & 2008), 2 Bell Awards for Best Australian Contemporary Jazz Album (2003 , 2008) and was awarded the inaugural MCA/Freedman Foundation Jazz Fellowship (2001).

"one of the most original thinkers on the Australian scene... she has the priceless ability to think outside the square."
Review of 'Angels and Rascals' by Adrian Jackson, Rhythms, August, 2005.

"Pianist Andrea Keller is a major talent on the thriving Australian scene...
Apart from being an outstanding piano player, Keller has the gift for writing totally distinctive and engaging compositions. This recording stands as a marker of just how good Australian jazz is."
Review of 'Angels and Rascals' by Bev Stapleton, AllAboutJazz.com, January, 2006.

"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."
Review of 'Angels and Rascals' by Leon Gettler, The AGE, May 5, 2005.