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BannerBreak.com - Banner Maker - Banners - MySpace Layouts HEAR ME TALKING TO YA’ Bob Sedergreen's book IS AVAILABLE at GIGS or from IDENTITY PROMOTIONS PO BOX 2384 KEW 3101 $22 plus $5 postage Bob Sedergreen is a recipient of the Don Banks Music Award - a prestigious Australia Council award that publicly honours "a senior artist of high distinction who has made an outstanding and sustained contribution to music in Australia". This idiosyncratic book is full of wonderful anecdotes and experiences by one of Australia's National Living Treasures. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Jazz: The Australian Accent by John Shand (2008) is a beautifully written and presented snapshot of the contemporary jazz scene in Australia. With index, bibliography and source notes, it will also be useful as a reference for years to come, (a CD is included, with selected tracks composed and played by the musicians in the book, taken from recent Australian jazz CD releases.) Jazz: The Australian Accent by John Shand is available at all good bookshops and online at www.unireps.com.au Recommended Retail Price is AUS $34.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------- I WANTED TO BE A JAZZ MUSICIAN by John Sharpe-2008 JOHN SHARPE is a Canberra based musician, jazz historian and author.He received a Research Fellowship from the Centre for Scholarly and Archival Research to publish this book based on oral histories and interviews of prominent Australian jazz musicians and singers. Copies can be purchased from johnsharpe@grapevine.com.au or +61 2 62861728.

BannerBreak.com - Banner Maker - Banners - MySpace Layouts Miriam Zolin publisher and managing editor of extempore, a new Australian journal of art and writing that is about, inspired by and responding to jazz and improvised music. www.extempore.com.au