Bob Sedergreen (born 1943) is an

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pianist. Sedergreen has worked with

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, and Brian Brown and supported

Nat Adderley Nathaniel Carlyle Adderley (November 25, 1931 – January 2, 2000) was an American jazz trumpeter. He was the younger brother of saxophonist Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, whom he supported and played with for many years. Adderley's composition ...

, Dizzy Gillespie, and Milt Jackson.

Biography

Sedergreen was born in

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in 1943 to Seamus "Jim" Sedergreen, a British Warrant Officer First Class, and Leah Erlichman, a

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. In 1947, the British government sent the P&O steam ship ''Otranto'' to evacuate all British families, as the British Mandate was coming to an end and Palestine would become

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. Bob, together with his mother, and his sisters Joyce and Millie, settled in London and his father followed in 1948. Bob moved to Australia in November 1951, where he lived in

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and briefly attended Armadale State School before transferring to

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, a

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school for boys. Pianist Steve Sedergreen and saxophonist Mal Sedergreen are Bob’s sons. Bob played with the Fred Bradshaw Quartet (1962–70), Ted Vining Trio (1971–present), Alan Lee's Plant (1973), Brian Brown's Quintet (1974) and Brian Brown's Quartet (1977–79). In the 1980s, he worked with the Australian Jazz Ensemble, Onaje and Peter Gaudion's Blues Express and the popular Blues on the Boil. Bob has toured extensively both around Australia and overseas, including Montreal, Malaysia and Europe. He has been advisor to the Montsalvat International Jazz Festival and involved in the introduction of new talent as well as negotiating and supervising the

Quintet and the

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Trio. As an educator, Bob has lectured at the

Victorian College of the Arts The Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) is the arts school at the University of Melbourne in Australia. It is part of the university's Faculty of Fine Arts and Music. It is located near the Melbourne city centre on the Southbank campus of the ...

and the

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's Faculty of Music. He has also been an artist-in-residence at many Victorian secondary schools. Bob has also toured with the popular rock band Led Zeppelin playing the bagpipes. Sedergreen began hourly sets in

, Australia, in 2007, where he has taken to narration while performing the music of his life, taking time for comments, while still playing in chronological order to entertain the public in a one-man jazz show, called, "Hear Me Talking to Ya" named after a Nat and Cannonball Adderley tune. He has worked as a band director at

Blackburn High School Blackburn High School is a public secondary school for both girls and boys in years 7 to 12 in Blackburn North, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, founded in 1956. The school has performed in prestigious music events such as The Victo ...

, and also has dome work at Ringwood Secondary College with his wife of 69 years Rae Sedergreen.

Discography

Albums

Awards

* 1990, Inaugural Jazz Award for Australia's Best Keyboardist. * 2006, Kenneth Myers Medallion for contributions to the arts, the first musician to receive the award

Australian Jazz Bell Awards

The

Australian Jazz Bell Awards Australian Jazz Bell Awards, also known as the Bell Awards or The Bells, are annual music awards for the jazz music genre in Australia. They were named in honour of Australian jazz pianist, composer and band leader, Graeme Bell (1914–2012), a ...

, (also known as the Bell Awards or The Bells), are annual music awards for the jazz music genre in Australia. They commenced in 2003. , - , 2018 , Bob Sedergreen , Hall of Fame , , -

Don Banks Music Award

The

Don Banks Music Award The Don Banks Music Award was established in 1984 to publicly honour a senior artist of high distinction who has made an outstanding and sustained contribution to music in Australia. It was founded by the Australia Council in honour of Don Banks, ...

was established in 1984 to publicly honour a senior artist of high distinction who has made an outstanding and sustained contribution to music in Australia. It was founded by the

Australia Council The Australia Council for the Arts, commonly known as the Australia Council, is the country's official arts council, serving as an arts funding and advisory body for the Government of Australia. The council was announced in 1967 as the Austr ...

in honour of

Don Banks Donald Oscar Banks (25 October 19235 September 1980) was an Australian composer of concert, jazz, and commercial music. Early life and education Jazz was Banks' earliest and strongest musical influence. He learned the saxophone as a boy in Aust ...

, Australian composer, performer and the first chair of its music board. , - , 2008'Sedergreen Wins Don Banks Award', Jazz Australia
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References

External links

Bob Sedergreen
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sedergreen, Bob 1943 births Living people Australian jazz pianists British emigrants to Australia 21st-century pianists