Music
The West End Composers Collective has 2 CDs released on the Brisbane label Pinnacles, Downstream, released in 2004, and Driving Hat, released in 2008.
DRIVING HAT
The West End Composers Collective plays the music of Rafael Karlen.
1. Driving Hat (MP3)
2. Introduction to Ten Years
3. Ten Years
4. Coffee Dance
5. Water and Time
6. Curve
7. Eat Better, Sleep More
8. Abstract Gloom
9. Five for Now
10. Ballad for songs and places
Megan Washington (Voice on 5)
Hannah Macklin (Voice on 1)
Rafael Karlen (Tenor Sax and Flutes)
Mark Spencer (Alto Saxophone)
Graeme Norris (Baritone Saxophone)
Shannon Marshall (Trumpet)
Mikael Strand (Trombone)
Steve Newcomb (Piano)
James Sherlock (Guitar)
Georgia Weber (Bass)
Joe Marchisella (Drums)
DOWNSTREAM
1. Zinc
2. Lighter Skies
3. Tiny Dance
4. Tomato Stake
5. The Last Time (MP3)
6. Trane of Blue-Green
7. Amber (MP3)
8. Smalls
9. Tale of the Snail
10. Bus Stop Blues
Laura Kahle (Composition, Flugel on 9,10)
Kristin Berardi (Composition, Voice on 2,5, 7)
Shannon Marshall (Trumpet, Flugel)
Shane Hooten (Trumpet on 4,9)
Mikael Strand (Trombone on all except 5)
Sam Denning (Trombone on 5,6,9)
Phil Noy (Alto Saxophone)
Isaac Hurren (Tenor Saxophone)
Graeme Norris (Baritone Saxophone)
Steve Newcomb (Piano, Rhodes on 1,7)
James Sherlock (Guitar)
Eugene Romaniuk (Bass)
Joe Marchisella (Drums)
Downstream featured original music by Laura Kahle, Kristin Berardi, Kimba Fatiaki and Isaac Hurren written especially for the 10 piece jazz/improvising ensemble. Tracks 2 and 7 were commissioned by the Pinnacles Festival of Music 2000 and 2002.
The regular configuration of the band is 1 trumpet, 1 trombone, 3 saxes (alto, tenor, bari) and a 4 piece rhythm section (piano, bass, drums and guitar) and vocals. Since 2003 WECC have premiered works by Laura Kahle, Isaac Hurren, Kristin Berardi, Rafael Karlen, Mikael Strand, Steve Newcomb, John Smallcombe, Nathan Langford, Damian Sim, James Sherlock, Hannah Macklin, Parmis Rose and Wade Gregory.
If you are interested in sponsoring a commission, or writing a piece especially for WECC, contact Steve Newcomb.
