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Nick Abbey
Late-night jazz sessions: THE FIX // The Ellington Jazz Club
The Ellington Jazz Club
191 Beaufort St
Apr 29, 2022
11:00 PM GMT+8
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From 2004 until the onset of the pandemic, THE FIX ran a legendary late-night jazz session on Thursdays at The Moon Café. If you’ve ever been out in Northbridge, chances are you’ve stumbled upon this excellent, tight-knit, and spontaneous group doing their thing!
Ricki Malet: trumpet
Chris Foster: piano
Nick Abbey: bass
Peter Evans: drums
Hankering to play together once more, this iteration of the quartet recently relaunched on The Ellington Jazz Club’s late-night stage. Their sold-out and celebrated March show marks the beginning of a new regular event on the last Friday of each month.
These shows will be impromptu jazz at its finest: a great way to see off the work week or to wind down post-gig. Expect the core quartet to bring their high-energy, trademark take on hard bop, featuring tunes made popular by classic groups like Art Blakey, Wayne Shorter, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, and Lee Morgan, as well as a few original compositions.
Their long-running residency frequently featured drop-ins by national and international jazz luminaries (such as Aaron Choulai, Alex Norris, Troy Roberts, Linda May Han Oh, Sam Anning, Emiliano Sampaio, Carl Mackey, Brandon Allen, Mat Jodrell, and Mariel Bildsten, to name a few!), so don’t be surprised if you catch them collaborating on-the-fly with a heavy-hitting special guest or two, especially in the second set!
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Nick Abbey Biography
Well known for holding down the low end in many a Perth jazz group and for his contribution to the original music of TRISK and Abbey|Foster|Falle, upright/electric bassist and composer Nick Abbey has become an integral fixture of the jazz and contemporary music scenes in WA since arriving from Melbourne in 2006. Nick is a PhD recipient, current 2020 Freedman Jazz Fellowship nominee, and was a finalist at the 2015 National Jazz Awards. His compositions have also repeatedly drawn accolades, including the 2018/2019 WAM Jazz Song of the Year award for Song for The Days When as well as a further nomination in 2020 (for The Constant), which followed three consecutive wins of the same award in 2012 (Maelstrom), 2013 (Avina), and 2014/2015 (Charon).
As a performer, Nick has regularly featured with the likes of Troy Roberts, Paul Grabowsky, Jamie Oehlers, Tal Cohen, and Tom O’Halloran, and has performed with international luminaries Veronica Swift, Peter Bernstein, Vivian Sessoms, George Garzone, John Scofield, Paul Bollenback, Alex Norris, Jim Pugh, and Howard Levy. Nick has previously appeared on TRISK Speedrun (2015), Abbey|FosterlFalle Brotherhood (2013), Fiona-Lawe Davies Imaginary Grace (2016), Ryan Daunt Fragile Information (2016), Ecila (2012), Det Nopsus (2009), Glyn MacDonald Group Live (2011), _motion Presence (2009), ATM15 Big Band Reborn (2010) and the Johannes Luebbers Dectet’s The Exquisite Corpse of Beethoven (2010) and Make Some Noise (2008). Nick is lecturer at the WA Academy of Performing Arts, where he has recently completed his PhD research, which explored the challenges and processes facing the modern day Australian jazz bassist.
Read MoreAs a performer, Nick has regularly featured with the likes of Troy Roberts, Paul Grabowsky, Jamie Oehlers, Tal Cohen, and Tom O’Halloran, and has performed with international luminaries Veronica Swift, Peter Bernstein, Vivian Sessoms, George Garzone, John Scofield, Paul Bollenback, Alex Norris, Jim Pugh, and Howard Levy. Nick has previously appeared on TRISK Speedrun (2015), Abbey|FosterlFalle Brotherhood (2013), Fiona-Lawe Davies Imaginary Grace (2016), Ryan Daunt Fragile Information (2016), Ecila (2012), Det Nopsus (2009), Glyn MacDonald Group Live (2011), _motion Presence (2009), ATM15 Big Band Reborn (2010) and the Johannes Luebbers Dectet’s The Exquisite Corpse of Beethoven (2010) and Make Some Noise (2008). Nick is lecturer at the WA Academy of Performing Arts, where he has recently completed his PhD research, which explored the challenges and processes facing the modern day Australian jazz bassist.
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