The Last Straw (band)

Last updated

The Last Straw
Origin Australia
Genres Jazz
Years active1974–1999
Past members John Pochée
Bernie McGann
Lloyd Swanton
Ken James
Jack Thorncraft
Dave Levy
Tony Esterman
Ron Philpott
David Seidel

The Last Straw is an Australian jazz ensemble formed in 1974. [1] They won the 1991 ARIA Award for Best Jazz Album for their self-titled album. [2]

Contents

Members

Discography

Albums

List of albums, with selected details
TitleDetails
The Last Straw [3] [4]
  • Released: 1990
  • Format: LP
  • Label: Spiral Scratch

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
1991 The Last Straw Best Jazz Album Won [5]

References

  1. ↑ Shand, John (2009). Jazz: The Australian Accent. UNSW Press. p. 41. ISBN   978-1921410147.
  2. ↑ Jackson, Adrian (13 September 1991), "The Last Straw, the first gig and the long hard-luck story", The Age
  3. ↑ Jackson, Adrian (6 June 1991), "McGann is magnificent in Straw", The Age
  4. ↑ Brennan, Gail (5 March 1991), "Innovation has a proud history", The Sydney Morning Herald
  5. ↑ Date, Margot (26 March 1991), "Oils LP scoops record awards", The Sydney Morning Herald
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.