Way Out West and Peter Knight 5tet gigs

Friday 24th November

Peter Knight (trumpet/laptop) with Ray Pereira (percussion)

"Off the Record"
A Music and Chat Show hosted by Ray Pereira
Ray’s guests in this series have included Doug De Vries and Kerry Simpson. This week he features composer and trumpet player Peter Knight who will talk about his compositions influenced by multicultural Footscray from Way Out West's acclaimed album, Footscray Station. As part of this Friday's program, Peter and Ray will do some on the spot composing and improvising with the help of the laptop.

The Dancing Dog 9pm Cost $10
Cnr Albert/Raleigh St
Footscray
Bookings essential (each of this series has been sold out) Ph 96892566

Friday 1st December

Way Out West

Way Out West has performed infrequently during the past year but has been working on material for a new album to be recorded in a few weeks. The new stuff grooves hard and exploits the driving rhythm section of Ray Pereira (percussion) and Dave Beck (drums) who create a perfect foil for the lightness of Dung Nguyen's array of stringed instruments (modified electric guitar, dan tranh, dan bau).
"Way Out West has a distinctly Asian flavour, thanks to the bubbling, ethereal sounds of Nguyen's instruments, yet at the same time Knight and Williamson introduce a clear Western touch while Pereira in places takes it all the way to Africa. Like its name, I simply think this captivating mixture is Australian.” Australian Financial Review October 2003
“The supple seamless vibes they produce easily transcend any glib notions of multicultural kitsch, the album delivering moments of shimmering beauty that have as much to do with ambient grooves as jazz.” Kenny Weir Sunday Herald Sun October 2003

www.myspace.com/wayoutwestmelbourne
Bennetts Lane 9.30PM
25 Bennetts Lane Melbourne City www.bennettslane.com
$15/12 conc

Sunday 3rd December
Peter Knight Quintet

All the Gravitation of Silence, the new release from trumpeter Peter Knight, presents an alluring collection of original compositions and improvised meanderings that explore and celebrate melody with some of the finest players on the Melbourne scene. Notably, the line-up assembled for All the Gravitation of Silence brings together the extraordinary talents of pianist, Colin Hopkins, and guitarist, Stephen Magnusson. The combination of these two highly original voices along with Knight, and rhythm section, Frank Di Sario (bass), and Tony Floyd (drums), has produced some startlingly beautiful results.
Adrian Jackson writes of All the Gravitation of Silence in the October issue of Rhythms Magazine, "It’s a gem, one that seeks to explore a relatively narrow range of moods and colours and succeeds brilliantly. A key ingredient is the choice of personnel: in Colin Hopkins (piano) and Stephen Magnusson (guitar), Knight has two of the most distinctive stylists on the Melbourne scene. They are fully attuned to Knight’s approach, which here is all about melody – melodic statement, variation and development. Knight’s own playing, whether he is using a mute (or more often) an open horn, is richly expressive; he is a ‘less is more’ trumpeter in the Miles Davis tradition. As much as the notes played, the emphasis is on the expression conveyed in those notes, the tone used, the feeling of space surrounding each note, which gives it extra weight. It’s about nuance, rather than brashness or drama."

www.peterknightmusic.com
www.myspace.com/peterknightquartet
THE FAMOUS SPIEGELTENT 3.00 to 4.30 PM
Melbourne 2006 • 12 October to 17 December
the Arts Centre Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne
$10 at the door or book through Ticketmaster Ph: 1300 136 166 or www.ticketmaster.com.au or www.spiegeltent.net