Pianist BRYCE ROHDE Composer


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Bryce Rohde
CDs for SALE

Woolloomooloo

Short Way Home

Turn Right at New South Wales

Always Come Back Here



Turn Right at New South Wales:
The Compositions of Bryce Rohde



LP Discography

On Bethlehem Records:

Australian Jazz Quartet

Australian Jazz Quartet/Quintet

AJQ At The Varsity Drag

AJQ Plus 1

Threepenny Opera

AJQ In Freestyle

Porgy and Bess

(and various compilations)



On Nocturne Records:

Turn Right at New South Wales
with the Bryce Rohde Trio

Mouth Organ Madness
with Les Thompson

ONE
with the Gravity Adjuster's Expansion Band

Hole in The Sky
with the Gravity Adjuster's Expansion Band



On CBS Coronet:

Bryce Rohde Quartet In Concert at the University of New South Wales

Straight Ahead
Quartet

Bryce Rohde Quartet
with Big Miller, vocalist

Corners Suite

Bryce Rohde Quartet

Just Bryce
Quintet


On Other Labels:

Sonic Arts
Percussion Ensemble

Not So Long Ago
with Jenny Ferris, vocalist

Century of Steps
with bassist Bruce Cale



Favorite Links

The Lydian Chromatic Concept

George Russell

SonomaJazz

Nancy Wilson

Mary Stallings

Jazzcookin'

Richard Waters

Waterphones

Birdland

Artist Mark Stock

Jazz Critic Francis Davis



About Bix

Who Was
BIX Biederbecke?

His real name was Leon Bismarck Beiderbecke.

"Bix Beiderbecke played the cornet with a lovely vibrant sound. ...he developed an original conception of tone and phrasing at a time when nearly every other jazz musician was under the spell of Louis Armstrong. Bix lived in Chicago while Armstrong was playing there, heard Louis and loved his playing, but he went his own way and took a number of young admirers along with him."

Bill Crowe
in "Jazz Anecdotes"
Oxford Univ. Press
1990




Wilson's Grammy Win Has Real Class
GRAMMY® Award Winner: Congratulations to Jazz vocalist Nancy Wilson, who won a GRAMMY® Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album for Turned to Blue (MCGJazz 1022) . You'll find real class on her award-winning CD, in Knitting Class , an exquisite collaboration of Composer Bryce Rohde / Lyricist K. Lawrence Dunham , featuring tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath. Click here to listen to an MP3 clip of this soulful ballad. For more information on Turned to Blue , on the MCG Jazz label, visit mcgjazz.org.

Stallings Records a Stellar Rohde
New York CD Release: When jazz vocalist Mary Stallings recorded Why Should There Be Stars? a collaboration of Composer Bryce Rohde and Lyricist K. Lawrence Dunham , she created a treasure, by any measure. Released on her CD Remember Love at the Blue Note in New York City, this luminous recording enjoys Mary's rich, subtle phrasing, along with the brilliant musicianship of Geri Allen, Frank Wess, Wallace Roney, Vincent Herring, Daryl Hall and Billy Hart . Produced by Geri Allen on the Half Note label. Click here to learn more.
Jazzfest Reviews

Here is what reviewers Down Under had to say when Bryce Rohde and drummer Lee Charlton
joined the Trio's original bassist Bruce Cale for two fine performances in Victoria, Australia, 2003:


John Clare, (of SIMA) wrote:
"[Rohde's] is a milky, pearly sound, yet very
cleanly defined. The familiar tunes with their
distinctive bass lines ... their piano and bass
unisons, their brief contrapuntal interludes,
occasional time changes and implications of two
times held simultaneously, tap some quite magical
feelings. The solo lines run immaculately, yet
have many surprises. American drummer
Lee Charlton was perfect, clean,
shimmering, tactful yet energized
and inventive."



Peter Milne, Canberra (Australia) WROTE:
My musical journey with Bryce Rohde’s music began unexpectedly some years ago when I became entranced by the theme music on an FM jazz program I was listening to in the car. Time passed, and one day, out-of-the-blue, I was seized by the notion that I should try and get hold of a copy of this piece. Some detective work on the internet soon established that piece was the hauntingly beautiful “Windows of Arquez” available on the CD “Always Come Back Here” by the Bryce Rohde Duo. I ordered a copy of the CD basically just for this track! When the CD arrived I was delighted to discover that I very much enjoyed all the tracks on it. Since then this CD has become one of my favourites. Recently I purchased a second Bryce Rohde CD (Turn Right At New South Wales) and it too is well on the way to becoming a favorite too. The journey continues…



Jazz festivals in Wangaratta and Melbourne
are not to be missed!
And Jessica Nicholas, of the Sydney Morning Herald describes: "an alluring set that served as a showcase for Rohde's lyrical and light-filled compositions. The ballad Heuter Lane was especially moving, its tender beauty underscored by an exceptionally subtle use of space and phrasing."

WINDOWS of ARQUES


The Bryce Rohde Trio


Bryce Rohde Trio Reunion.
Live In concert.
Wangaratta Jazz Festival.
All Bryce Rohde original compositions.
Released 8.09–
Lee Charlton drums.
Bruce Cale bass.
Bryce Rohde piano

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Woolloomooloo will stretch your jazz imagination
as it roams new, interpretive terrain

.
Order it online today!

WOOLLOOMOOLOO

* Bryce Rohde, piano, tennis balls, mallets, 7-inch reel boxes
* Kelly Bryan, bass
* Tom Beeson, bass
* Lee Charlton, drums, tympani, gong, saw
* and Featuring Ron Dewar on tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, mouthpiece and ocharina

A wild wonderful foray into outside interpretations of Bryce Rohde's compositions. Treat yourself to some fun.

THE STORY BEHIND WOOLLOOMOOLOO -- In the magical year of 1967, experimental music having been my interest for some time, I wanted in this recording to meld traditional instruments with any other instruments that might be at hand. A spontaneous situation arose in which we were able to take the intros, themes, interludes and codas of my original works, and all go for a kind of 'lucky dip' in which each of us could feel free to use any of them at any time. This approach allowed us to simply listen and respond-in a disciplined freedom, drawing on our collective jazz/improvising experience. -- Bryce Rohde
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SHORT WAY HOME

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SHORT WAY HOME
The Bryce Rohde Trio
Live! at Davood's
Rated 5 Stars by allmusic.com
Bryce Rohde, piano
Joe Carroll, bass
Lee Charlton, drums


With wit and verve, composer Rohde's masterful fingers alight on each piano key, inspiring Joe Carroll's liquid bass and Lee Charlton's deft percussion to at once delight the mind and feed the heart. Hailed as " an exemplary jazz performance " by allmusic.com .


Book of Compositions:
Turn Right at New South Wales.
160 pps., spiral bound, 8x10 piano style lead sheets including some commercial tunes including the composer's black and white photographs. All of the jazz comps have been recorded on the accompanying CDs. US price $25 plus postage.

TURN RIGHT
AT
NEW SOUTH WALES


" Remarkable, brilliant, original.
.It's will startle, amaze, surprise
and charm you."
Jim McLeod, ABC Radio

  • Bryce Rohde, piano
  • Bruce Cale, bass
  • Lee Charlton, drums

Recommended by Dave Nathan

 

lmusic.com

The Lydian Concept was integral at the composition stage as well, for Stop the Bus, Short Way Home, Dumbrille Was No Greek , plus the title song, each influenced by what Bruce Cale calls, "a fearless approach to writing music."
This remarkable recording is highly influenced by jazz maverick George Russell's seminal.The Lydian
The Lydian Concept was integral at the composition stage as well, for Stop the Bus, Short Way Home, Dumbrille Was No Greek , plus the title song, each influenced by what Bruce Cale calls, "a fearless approach to writing music."
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CHARTS: TURN RIGHT AT NEW SOUTH WALES
The Compositions of Bryce Rohde

his distinguished volume is the definitive work of pianist-composer Bryce Rohde. For discriminating artists, it is the perfect companion to the CD by the same title. Original photographs included.



ALWAYS COME BACK HERE


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ALWAYS COME BACK HERE

Bryce Rohde, piano

Bruce Cale, bass



About Bryce Rohde
Born in Hobart, Tasmania, Bryce Rohde began studying classical piano at age eleven, in Adelaide, South Australia. In his twenties, exposure to Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw inspired him to begin arranging for big bands and small group jazz. In 1953, Rohde helped found the Australian Jazz Quartet/Quintet , which recorded ten albums and toured widely in Canada and the U.S. with Oscar Peterson, Miles Davis, Stan Getz, Woody Herman, Count Basie, Art Blakey, George Shearing, Dave Brubeck and many others. Rohde was recognized as one of the most influential jazz artists Down Under, when he formed the critically acclaimed Bryce Rohde Quartet in Sydney in 1958.

Since moving to the States permanently in '65, Rohde has performed widely and composed over 60 jazz originals. Long recognized by an international following for his unique compositions and refined, sophisticated performances, Rohde has now made both available on the CDs listed on this page.


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