Kevin Hunt (musician)

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Kevin Hunt
OriginAustralia
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Pianist, composer

Kevin Hunt[1] is an Australian jazz pianist and composer.[2][3] Hunt trained at The Sydney Conservatorium of Music, alongside Don Burrows, James Morrison, George Golla and other, his first teacher was his father Ellis Hunt, the teachers included Chuck Yates, John Speight and David Levy. He has been a regular on the Jazz music scene since 1979, and has led his ow ensembles performing his own compositions, but all those of classical composers like Johann Bach, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel and Leonard Bernstein. He had a successful trio called the JS Bach Trio with Laurie Thompson and Gary Holgate, which won ABC FMs listeners choice award in 1998 for the recording Kevin Hunt plays JS Bach. From 1984 until 1988 he worked with the Kinetic Theatre company, an wa assistant musical director of for Pope John PaulII Youth Celebration. in 1990 , he received the MO AWARD , for "Jazz Musician of the Year" in more recent years he has been associated with Simon Tedeschi whom he met in 1990 when both artist where accompanying Larry Adler on his farewell tour. in 2001 he was awarded the Australian Elizabeth Theatre Trust Jazz Scholarship to study in New York, in pain and composition. He briefly worked at theAstralain International Conservatorium of Music and has also spoke at lecture on music. H his currently performing with the Kevin Hunt Trio consisting of Simon Tedeschi, Emma Pask and Marie Wilson. He was nominated for ARIA Awards for Best Jazz Album with Kevin Hunt - Plays JS Bach in 1998[4] and with Kevin Hunt Trio - Love Walked In in 2003.[5]

Discography (selected)[]

Kevin Hunt

  • Plays JS Bach - ABC Records[6][7]

Kevin Hunt Trio

  • Love Walked In (2002) - La Brava[8]

Marie Wilson and the Kevin Hunt Trio

  • The Magic of Hoagy Carmichael (2002)[9]

Tree (Kevin Hunt, Steve Hunter, David Jones)

  • Tree (1996) - Birdland[10]
  • Love & Logic (1999) - ABC Music[11]

Kevin Hunt and Simon Tedeschi

  • Duelling Schimmels (2008) - Schimmel
  • Woodlands (2010) - ABC Classics Jazz[12]

Kevin Hunt and Don Burrows

  • Eye to Eye: Volume 1 (2007)
  • Eye to Eye: Volume 2 (2007)[13]

References[]

  1. ^ "Kevin Hunt".
  2. ^ Schwartzkoff, Louise (9 July 2008), "Bach to improvising and all that jazz", The Sydney Morning Herald
  3. ^ Jackson, Andra (13 May 2000), "He's Bach in the hunt", Sunday Herald Sun
  4. ^ "ARIA Awards nominations", Illawarra Mercury, 20 October 1998
  5. ^ "ARIA Awards nominations", The Sydney Morning Herald, 22 September 2003
  6. ^ Best, Pete (28 June 1998), "Kevin Hunt Plays J.S. Bach(ABC Jazz)", Sunday Herald Sun
  7. ^ Shand, John (29 June 1998), "Jazz", The Sydney Morning Herald
  8. ^ Shand, John (19 September 2003), "Also out", The Sydney Morning Herald
  9. ^ Foster, Michael (12 April 2004), "Appealing for its music and history", The Canberra Times
  10. ^ Shand, John (12 May 1997), "Jazz", The Sydney Morning Herald
  11. ^ Gettler, Leon (6 May 1999), "Jazz", The Age
  12. ^ Kelly, Patricia (23 October 2010), "Music Reviews", Courier Mail
  13. ^ Sharpe, John (15 June 2007), "JAZZ. Eye to Eye The Don Burrows and Kevin Hunt Duo", The Canberra Times

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