''Mooroolbark'' is an album by Australian

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

pianist and composer

Barney McAll Barney McAll (born Melbourne, Australia, 1966) is a jazz pianist and composer who lives in Melbourne, Australia. McAll joined Gary Bartz's band in 1997, and has also played with the Josh Roseman Unit, Fred Wesley and the JB's, Groove Collective, ...

, released on the

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Label in May 2015. Other than the composition: "Apple Tree," which has a live and studio version on the album and "Sparkler'',''" all the tracks were recorded in

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, with additions made in Tokyo by

Shannon Barnett Shannon Barnett (born 1982) is an Australian trombonist and composer who was named Young Australian Jazz Artist of the Year at the 2007 Australian Jazz Bell Awards.Mino Cinelu Mino may refer to: Places in Japan * Mino, Gifu, a city in Gifu Prefecture * Mino, Kagawa, a former town in Kagawa Prefecture * Mino, Tokushima, a town in Tokushima Prefecture * Mino, an alternate spelling of Minoh, a city in Osaka Prefecture * Mi ...

. The name of the album, "''Mooroolbark''" is the

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ethnic name for the area where McAll grew up, which McAll says is "why I play music."

Background

After a 17 year long musical journey in New York (since 1989), Mooroolbark was recorded shortly after McAll's return to Australia. ABC Music refers to Mooroolbark as an "evocative series of tales gathered over years of travel and research" which "exhibit diverse colours and influences" surrounding the nucleus of McAll's unique compositional approach. Some of these "''tales"'' may be observed in the Album Note section and in the

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section.

Recording

Mooroolbark was recorded on the 17th and 18 June at ABC Studios in 2014. Some of the personnel on the album were not recorded at this time; Shannon Barnett was recorded by Aaron Choulai at Snap and Burn Studios in Tokyo while Mino Cinelu recorded himself in Brooklyn New York. The compositions on the album were all composed by Barney McAll who also produced the project. The album was engineered by Mitch Kenny, mixed and mastered by Hiroyuki Sanada (Command+Z Studios NYC). The executive producer of this album was Toby Chadd and the Assistant was Andre Shrimski.

Accolades

Mooroolbark was the 2015 winner of the

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for best jazz album. The album also won the 2015

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award for Best Jazz Album and the 2015 The Age Music Victoria award for Best Jazz Album. At the 2016

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), at ...

Mooroolbark also received the Best Jazz Album award and won the award for Best Song, "Necar Spur."

Track listing

According to ABC Music, tracks 10 and 11 are only available on Itunes. The other 9 tracks have been ascribed unique meanings on the official Barney McAll website...

Personnel

*Barney McAll – piano, chucky, vocals track 1 *Julien Wilson – tenor sax, bass clarinet *Steve Magnusson – guitars *Jonathan Zwartz – bass *Simon Barker – drums, percussion *Mino Cinelu – percussion tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 *Shannon Barnett – trombone tracks 6 & 7

References

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