| Andrew Speight Quartet | |
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| Released | October 1998 |
| Recorded | 1997 |
| Studio | ABC Ultimo Studio, Sydney |
| Label | ABC Jazz/EMI |
Andrew Speight Quartet is a self-titled studio album by an Australian jazz group, led by Andrew Speight, which was released in October 1998. [1] [2] [3] The line-up was Speight on alto saxophone, Andrew Dickeson on drums, John Harkins on piano and David Rosin on bass guitar. [4] At the ARIA Music Awards of 1999 it won Best Jazz Album. [5] [6]
Andrew Speight Quartet ABC Music/EMI (7243 497778 28) [7]
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