At the Pinball Whizz I heard a local alto player who blew me right away!
Bernie Mcgann is the angel of the alto saxophone according to John Clare. (We all agree) Speaking of joy, Bernie is one sweet voice. At first, I couldnt believe his tone and the way he sings on the horn. No one sounds like him. So beautiful so dry and so --- I never heard alto like this before! One and only. He played a Link mouthpiece on alto What a sound. Inimitable. Bernie Mcgann turned my head right around.
bernie is king, full stop! there's no one who plays better. i live in the states and played with bernie in sydney in the '60s, went to hear him last year on a visit there and he's still the best.
Totally just watched the fotty with Bernie Mcgann tonight in Marrickville, he and his partner were lovely.
evolutionofmind 9 months ago
whoa! Bernie is an old mate from way way way back! His style is so much more mellow now but it's still HIS style!
TheFranjy 1 year ago
At the Pinball Whizz I heard a local alto player who blew me right away!
Bernie Mcgann is the angel of the alto saxophone according to John Clare. (We all agree) Speaking of joy, Bernie is one sweet voice. At first, I couldnt believe his tone and the way he sings on the horn. No one sounds like him. So beautiful so dry and so --- I never heard alto like this before! One and only. He played a Link mouthpiece on alto What a sound. Inimitable. Bernie Mcgann turned my head right around.
paxandrews 1 year ago
Bernie is king!
(well of Australia) ...
paxandrews 2 years ago
@paxandrews
bernie is king, full stop! there's no one who plays better. i live in the states and played with bernie in sydney in the '60s, went to hear him last year on a visit there and he's still the best.
1druigh 1 year ago
i walked in on this gig briefly about half way through but had to leave to catch my train, crazy melbourne memories
nympho665 2 years ago
Im not lying wen i tell you this but bernie mcgann is actually my next door neighbour...lovely guy
ktulujamesorion 2 years ago
you should tell your neighbour he made my night :) and that was the best music gig i've seen so far in melbs
lainieyeoh 2 years ago
i will do indeed haha :P
ktulujamesorion 2 years ago
Hey, took me a while to figure out it was Bernie McGann, and apparently, even more time to update my video's info :)
Cheers for letting me know the line-up, appreciate it much -- don't think I could have figured out who played in the Quartet so easily.
This gig totally made my night, and just a week or so into Australia too :)
lainieyeoh 2 years ago
i was going to go to this gig... however plans changed... and... some of it is on youtube... so totally cheers for that.
Bernie McGann from sydney did a gig there the night before... so he was a special guest with the Andrea Keller Quartet on this night.
so the lineup from that gig was, by the looks of it
Bernie McGann - alto saxophone
Eugene Ball - trumpet
Ian Whitehurst - tenor saxophone
Andrea Keller - Piano
Joe Talia - drums
tristanhallsvids 2 years ago