Bryce Rohde

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Bryce Benno Rohde (born September 12, 1923 in Hobart , Tasmania , † January 26, 2016 ) was an Australian jazz pianist and composer , who first became known as the director of the Australian Jazz Quartet .

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Rohde began his career in Adelaide ; In 1953 he moved to Canada with Jack Brokensha . In the mid-1950s he co-founded the Australian Jazz Quartet / Quintet (AJQ), which also included Jack Brokensha, Errol Buddle and Dick Healey, and some with John Fawcett. The band recorded their first album in New York in 1955 for Bethlehem Records . During this time he also took part in the recording of George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess (Behlehem). After his return to Australia he worked a. a. as accompanist for singers Ken Chard and Jan Carter ; He also led his own quartet ( In Concert , 1960), with which he recorded a number of albums for the Australian branch of Columbia Records in the early 1960s and also accompanied singer Big Miller . From 1965 he lived mostly in San Francisco; In the following decades he worked in his home country and in the USA a. a. with Les Thompson , Larry Blackshere , Bruce Cale and Jenny Ferris . In 1994 there was a brief reunion of the Australian Jazz Quintet . The last recordings of his own compositions were made in 2001 in San Francisco ( Turn Right at New South Wales , with Bruce Cale and Lee Charlton). In the field of jazz he was involved in 33 recording sessions between 1955 and 2001.

Rohde, who was initially influenced by pianists such as Art Tatum and Nat King Cole , began to deal with George Russell's Lydian concept in the 1950s , which shaped his further work as a pianist and composer. In his late recordings he made reference to the music of Frederick Delius . The pianist also presented a book in which he combined his jazz compositions with his own black and white photography.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Announcement of death
  2. ↑ a b Obituary in Rifftides
  3. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed April 24, 2016)
personal data
SURNAME Rohde, Bryce
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rohde, Bryce Benno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian jazz musician (piano, composition)
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Hobart
DATE OF DEATH January 26, 2016