Afternoon Delights: Gary Daley & James Greening
James Greening (trombone/trumpet) & Gary Daley (keys) have performed together in multiple musical settings for many years, most notably, The Catholics.
They have, however, discovered a unique connection playing as a duo. Sharing a deep love for improvisation and a wide ranging repertoire these highly respected musicians will take you on a beautiful and at times energetic journey.
Trombone, pocket trumpet, accordion, piano, melodica combined in surprising ways by two of Australia’s finest. Intimate, interactive, immersive music. Not to be missed.
Tickets $50 - includes complimentary drink
DOWNSTAIRS at Avalon Restaurant - 18 Katoomba St, Katoomba 2780
Bar and event menu available (mulled wine and hot toddies recommended)
Avalon and Music Hunter presents Afternoon Delights - a season of intimate musical performances, designed for adventurous audiences.
Join us each Saturday afternoon at 3pm in the charming DOWNSTAIRS lounge, where you’ll enjoy a complementary drink on arrival, before experiencing a two set LIVE performance by a brilliant featured musician, performing for a small audience.
About Gary Daley
Gary Daley is best known as a musician playing in some of the elite bands of Australian jazz, currently James Greening’s band Greening from Ear to Ear and the jazz-world music band The Catholics. He leads the quartet Bungarribee which features his own compositions and interpretations from the classical repertoire. Gary plays acoustic and electric piano, organ and also the piano accordion.
Another side to Gary is his appearances weekdays on the ABC TV children’s pre-school show Lah Lah’s Adventures. Sanctuary is the recording of the latest album which was supported by the Australia Council. Psalm from ‘In the Palm of Your Hand’ is a five part gospel-jazz work commissioned by the St Paul’s Grammar School, Cranebrook in 2004. Performed by Gary Daley, Steve Clisby (solo voice), Toby Hall, Jess Ciampa, Richard Maegraith, Ben Waples, Ben Daley, Voice Mail (choir of St Paul’s Grammar), Cathy Jarman. In 2002 Gary’s then band Heavy Weather recorded World View, which was sponsored by ABC Jazz Track.
About James Greening
“I can’t think of anyone in the entire country who touched so many different musicians in so many different ways” – John Shand The Sydney Morning Herald.
Search JAMES GREENING TROMBONE and a plethora of projects past and present will hit the screen. James Greening has been a leading voice in the music scene in Sydney and Australia for more than thirty years. Trombones, pocket trumpet, slide trumpet, tuba, sousaphone and diddly bow bass add to James' diversity as a performer. His roots are in any music that grooves, expressed more often in jazz as a founding member of seminal Australian jazz bands such as Ten Part Invention, Wanderlust, The Catholics, The Umbrellas and the Australian Art Orchestra.
The World According to James, formed in 1992, saw James step forward as a bandleader and composer, presenting music with all the qualities of wit, creativity and exuberance that have long been associated with his work as a soloist. In 2012, James Greening launched a new 7-piece project, Greening from Ear to Ear and composed a new suite of original music, Tam O’Shanter Tales. This CD has received rave reviews. A significant part of his playing has been in funk, and one of James Greening‘s major musical influences was friend and mentor, the late Jackie Orszaczky and with whom he's accompanied on many projects. James trombone has frequently taken him around the world, Too many to list, he is a regular recording artist on ground breaking new recordings with groups of all styles around the country.