Doug de Vries (born 26 July 1960) is an Australian guitarist working in Melbourne, Victoria. He studied jazz guitar with Bruce Clarke and classical guitar under Jochen Schubert and began playing professionally at the age of 18. He undertook a degree in Music at La Trobe University between 1983 and 1987 joining the Australian Jazz Orchestra a year later. [1]
Bruce Clarke OAM was an Australian jazz guitarist, composer, and educator.
La Trobe University is an Australian, multi-campus, public research university with its flagship campus located in the Melbourne suburb of Bundoora. The university was established in 1964, becoming the third university in the state of Victoria and the twelfth university in Australia. La Trobe is one of the Australian verdant universities, which are also part of the country’s Innovative Research Universities group.
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de Vries performs in a variety of styles including jazz, choro, tango and bossa nova and is Australia's leading exponent of the Brazilian guitar repertoire. [2] He has recorded numerous albums of original works and classic Brazilian repertoire, along with performers including Australian artists James Morrison, Paul Grabowsky, Don Burrows, Kate Ceberano, and Judy Jacques, as well as international artists Yamandu Costa, Luciana Rabello, Jorginho do Pandeiro, Hermeto Pascoal, Mauricio Carrilho, Nailor Proveta and Lula Galvao. [3] He worked with Paul Grabowsky on the Channel 7 program 'Tonight Live with Steve Vizard' over three years in the 1990s In July 1991 he won the Australian Jazz & Blues Award for "Australia's Best Jazz Guitarist". [1]
James Lloyd Morrison AM is an Australian jazz musician. Although his main instrument is trumpet, he has also performed on trombone, tuba, euphonium, flugelhorn, saxophone, clarinet, double bass, guitar, and piano. He is a composer, writing jazz charts for ensembles of various sizes and proficiency levels.
Paul Atherstone Grabowsky is an Australian pianist and composer.
Donald Vernon Burrows AO MBE is an Australian jazz and swing musician, a multi-instrumentalist who is best known for playing the clarinet, but also plays the saxophone and flute. For his contribution to the arts he had a supper club named for him at The Regent Hotel in Sydney, Australia.
He established the Brazilian music course as part of the Bachelor of Australian Popular Music Degree at NMIT. [2] and teaches at Monash University, in the Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music, [4] and the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music at the University of Melbourne. [5]
He has performed on soundtracks for the films 'The Sapphires' (2012), 'Red Dog' 2011, and 'Under the Lighthouse Dancing ' (1997). [6] Other projects include producing the "It's About Time" album tour for Christine Sullivan, orchestrating film scores for The Last Days of Chez Nous , Lucky Break and Mushroom ; forming the New Tango Quintet playing original contemporary compositions writing the commissioned New Metamorphoses for the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra for the August 1996 "Metropolis Series" and performing as the Melbourne Samba School's lead player on the cavaquinho. [1]
The Sapphires were an American pop ensemble from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Their sound was comparable to much of the music released on Motown in the 1960s.
Red Dog is a 2011 Australian comedy-drama family film written by Daniel Taplitz, directed by Kriv Stenders and produced by Nelson Woss and Julie Ryan. It stars Koko as the title character, Josh Lucas, Rachael Taylor, and John Batchelor. The film is based on the true story of Red Dog and uses the novel Red Dog by Louis de Bernieres as the primary source. At the 2011 Inside Film Awards, Red Dog was nominated in nine categories and won seven, including best feature film. The film was also nominated for seven AACTA Awards and won for Best Film. The film was theatrically released on 4 August 2011 by Roadshow Film Distributors.
Under the Lighthouse Dancing is a 1997 Australian romantic drama film directed by Graeme Rattigan and starring Jack Thompson, Jacqueline McKenzie, and Naomi Watts. It is based on a true story.
