NEWS
'Galumphing Round the Nation' Collaborations Project CD OUT NOW through JazzHead
The Andrea Keller Quartet (AKQ) release their 3rd CD. Celebrating the music of their 2009 national Australian tour with special guests Stephen Magnusson (guitar), Phil Slater (trumpet), Miroslav Bukovsky (trumpet), John Rodgers (violin) Bernie McGann (alto) and Jamie Oehlers (tenor).
Sydney and Melbourne launch dates August 2010 (see gig guide for details).
‘Place’ New Work for the Andrea Keller Quartet with strings
Easter 2010 saw the premier of this commissioned work at the 4 Winds Festival BermaguiNSW60 minutes duration 'Place' blends many musical worlds and was inspired by the area surrounding Bermagui NSW. It explores the notion of identity and belonging.
"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
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 six 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).
She is currently on a 2 year Australia Council Fellowship to create a large body of work. New projects involving solo piano, cross-genre ensembles and big bands are to come!
"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.