Ottaway~Bywater~Houston~Robb Quartet

'Salamanca Jazz' is Live in the Founders Room on Woobys Lane, with the
'Ottaway/Bywater/Houston/Robb' quartet

Saturday 27th April 2024
Doors & bar open at 7pm
Music from 7:30pm 

The Founders Room on Woobys Lane
Salamanca Arts Centre 

Jazz is all about improvisation, right?

As Louise Denson is unable to perform as scheduled this month, in her absence Kelly Ottaway has recast the band and the program, and will perform under the title of ‘Bywater Ottaway Houston Robb'.

But you're still in for a treat this month, when Kelly Ottaway (vibes / piano), Phil Bywater (saxophone), Hamish Houston (Double bass) and Tom Robb (drums), perform a collection of originals written by Phil and Kelly, focusing on the minimal and free aspects of jazz/improvised music.  

The quartet will also be playing a selection of time-honoured standards, where they will apply the same principles of minimal and delicate playing.We expect to be able to welcome Louise back to the stage in the Founders Room later in 2024.

Saxophonist and composer Phil Bywater has toured Europe, the USA, South East Asia and the South Pacific, has performed with an array of Australia's finest musicians, and recorded dozens of albums with acclaimed Australian and international bands, including his own ensembles Phil Bywater’s Buried Treasure,
Big Fela Afrobeat Orchestra and Fallingwater Trio. "Wonderfully big expressive tone on the tenor saxophone"
Mal Stanley ABC Jazztrack

"Wonderful saxophonist, a beautiful album"
Jessica Nicholas, RRRFM
His performance experience is diverse, encompassing jazz, reggae, funk, afrobeat, world music, free improv, punk, rock, musical theatre and contemporary classical music.
From 2014-2023, Phil led the Music Theory department at Collarts (the Australian College of the Arts). He has also lectured at the Victorian College of the Arts, the
University of Tasmania, the Australian Institute of Music, and JMC Academy. He has delivered Workshops and Masterclasses for the University of Fine Arts (Phnom Penh, Cambodia), The Music Place, and countless primary schools.
Phil plays Temby Australia saxophones and flutes.

Doors & Bar open at 7pm

Music begins at 7.30pm
The Founders Room on Woobys Lane
Salamanca Arts Centre

Please note that the Courtyard Lift is NOT Operating.  Salamanca Arts Centre understands that this will cause great inconvenience to some people, and we are awaiting an update from the Dept Natural Resources and Energy as to when the Lift will be operating again.
Until the Lift is repaired, please enter via the stairs off Wooby's lane.

Tickets are only $27 ea +BF, or buy two tix for $50 +BF, or buy four tix for only $88 +BF.

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