Way Out West

Dung Nguyen and Peter Knight perform together only rarely these days. Here they are with an amazing group presenting '1988' Adelaide Festival Centre for OzAsia Festival on 24th October.

1988 Led by Vietnamese-born virtuoso, Dung Nguyen, ‘1988’ takes the year he arrived in Australia as the starting point for an extraordinary musical and visual journey.

ABC Classic feature on '1988' created by Dung Nguyen with Peter Knight and a stellar ensemble of musicians. Recorded during premiere season of the work The Substation earlier this year

Australian Art Orchestra premieres Dung Nguyen and Peter Knight's '1988' - ABC Classic The Australian Art Orchestra is enriched by the distinctive sounds of traditional Vietnamese instruments in this cross-cultural musical journey.

https://www.theage.com.au/culture/music/where-were-you-in-1988-disparate-memories-fuel-a-new-musical-journey-20220228-p5a08k.html

Where were you in 1988? The new music taking us back in time The Australian Art Orchestra reimagines traditional Vietnamese sounds in a new work exploring nostalgia and displacement.

Dung Nguyen, founding member of Way Out West has co-composed and created a new work for Australian Art Orchestra called 1988. The title comes from the year that Dung came to Australia. The work features an extraordinary visual design by artist and archivist, Phuong Ngo, created with 6 vintage slide projectors. 1988 premieres at The Substation on April 1st with shows on April 2nd as well. Tickets on sale now.
The ensemble also features: Minh Ha Patmore, dan truong, Vanessa Tomlinson, percussion, Peter Knight, trumpet/electronics, Erik Griswold, piano, Helen Svoboda, bass/voice.
https://thesubstation.org.au/program/1988

1988 — 1–2 April 2022 — The Substation

Way Out West - Stonnington Jazz

Looking forward to this!!

stonningtonjazz.com.au Way Out West presents cross-cultural, uniquely Australian jazz. Their exotic sound is fuelled by a beautiful curiosity for African rhythms, jazz harmonies, Asian traditional instrumentation and the spirit of jazz improvisation. Based in the inner west of Melbourne, the ensemble, led by trumpeter/com...

The New York City Jazz Record

So nice to be included in a little wrap up of current Australian jazz directions in New York City Jazz Record
Particularly glad to see Ray Pereira's incredible contribution to this project highlighted
"Pereira’s exuberant playing transforms straightforward themes and harmonies into alpha-wave-inducing experiences"
It's on page 18
http://nycjazzrecord.com/
http://www.jazzhead.com/cms-…/way-out-west-peter-knight.phps

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Peter Knight album | John Shand | Music & Other Spheres

Lovely review from John Shand...
Stay tuned for Australian touring dates (coming soon)
http://www.johnshand.com.au/peter-knight-album/

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Way Out West

The Age Music Victoria Awards, Best Jazz Album to Way Out West. Very chuffed!

http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/musicnews/s4576170.htm

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"This is a superb album from an ensemble at the forefront of today’s contemporary improvised music revolution."
A lovely review of the new record from Jazz.org.au
http://jazz.org.au/way-west-peter-knight/

jazz.org.au CD review Way out West, Peter Knight

Thanks to Music Trust for this lovely, insightful review.
"This band has a unique ability to evoke raucous energy and forward momentum through harmony, rhythm and melody, but at the same time, the ‘moodiness’ of some of the parts of this album is a product of ‘the exotic’ nature of many of the instruments (exotic in the context of Australian jazz) in combination with the trumpet and saxophone. This tension, and the ability of Knight et al to harness it, is what makes Way Out West such a rewarding band to listen to.

It’s almost unsettling, but without seeming to try too hard."

http://musictrust.com.au/loudmouth/way-out-west/

musictrust.com.au

Nice to wake up to this Birdland newsletter describing our new album as 'an essential purchase'
If you want to pick up a copy and support the eminently sensible folk at Birdland here's your chance http://www.birdland.com.au/catalogue/category634/p71814

Out there

Thanks ABC Jazz! Listen up...
http://abcjazz.net.au/programs/new-releases/out-there

abcjazz.net.au Hear new music from Melbourne trumpet player and composer Peter Knight, leading his multi-faceted seven piece ensemble 'Way Out West.'

OK Jazz Episode 43 - Tokyo Jazz Site | Bars, Cafes, Clubs, Shops, People

Way Out West featured on Tokyo based podcast OK Jazz
Thanks Mr OK Jazz!
http://tokyojazzsite.com/podcasts/ok-jazz-podcasts/ok-jazz-episode-43/

tokyojazzsite.com Jorge Ben – ‘Comanche’, album Negro e Lindo (Brazil) Graveola – ‘Aurora’, album Camaleo Borboleta (Brazil) Bobby Womack – ‘It’s Gonna Rain’,

Peter Knight - 'Way Out West'

Nice to see the new album being supported on radio on venerable programs such as The Planet on RN. Thanks Lucky Oceans
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/dailyplanet/peter-knight---'way-out-west',-allen-toussaint,-van-dyke-parks/7567120

abc.net.au Innovative Melbourne trumpeter and his group mix Japanese, blues and jazz, African and Electronic sounds to make a unique, shifting soundscape on their fourth album.

SAVE BIG WEST

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Big West is being shut down by years end. The Board made this decision after NO consultation with with staff, arts workers or community members.