Every dream you’ve ever had of stepping back to the 1930’s dimly lit theatre lobby, listening to live jazz piano while you sip a martini or glass of wine, come to life at the Piano Parlour.
Avalon DOWNSTAIRS presents an evening of cool music by two young Blue Mountains piano virtuosos - Matthew Dennett and Robbie Mann - in the charming art-deco Savoy Theatre foyer. This week the music will be provided by Matt Dennett.
It’s the perfect spot to socialise with friends as our menu of small plates is designed to share, or perhaps just drop in for a drink before or after dinner.
Join us for the Piano Parlour DOWNSTAIRS at Avalon, Saturdays from 7pm-10pm.
(excluding the 2nd Saturday of the month)
MATTHEW DENNETT
Matthew Dennett is a Blue Mountains pianist, accordionist, educator, composer and improviser who draws inspiration from the jazz, blues and classical repertoire. Matt’s compositions and improvisations are diversely influenced by the gypsy jazz repertoire, Vince Guaraldi’s jazz piano music and the romantic piano works of Chopin and Mendelssohn to name a few.
Matt has performed with a variety of Sydney and international acts including; Monsieur Camembert, The Spyglass Gypsies, Il Divo (featuring John Foreman and Marina Prior), Rebecca Neville, Cameron Jones, Brittanie Shipway, The Squeezebox Trio, Le Hot Club de Katoomba and many more. Currently, Matt spends his time composing, studying a Bachelor of music at WSU (Western Sydney University), running his own teaching studio Just Piano Lessons and performing regularly in Katoomba and the Blue Mountains surrounds.
ROBBIE MANN
Robbie Mann is an exciting young piano virtuoso who specialises in an early jazz piano idiom known as 'Stride'. It is a technically demanding and dazzling piano style, with the pianist expected to undertake the role of a rhythm section in the left hand alone!
Robbie is a recently returned Blue Mountains local and released his debut solo album, recorded in Wentworth Falls at Underwood Studios, at the end of 2019. He has studied Classical piano at the Australian National University, played with the Canberra Symphony Orchestra, conducted musicals, performed with comedy, cabaret and burlesque acts whilst regularly working with the finest early jazz musicians around the country.