COMA's 20th Birthday Bash
Creative Original Music Adelaide (COMA) recently celebrated 20 years of presenting the very best of creative and original music at the Wheatsheaf Hotel in Adelaide. These two special events showcased a number of ECM jazz staff, students, and alumni.
Side A (Friday 4 July) featured the Enne R. Project (Enne Rignanese, bass, compositions; Reginald Ashman, drums; Dave McEvoy, keys; Thomas Voss, trombone; Jackson Faulkner, trumpet; Jackie Wilde, alto sax, bass clarinet; and Lachlan McGargill, tenor sax, clarinet); the PRT Ensemble (Adam Ritchie, electronics; Derek Pascoe, tenor saxophone; and Emily Tulloch, violin); and the Marmalade Trio (Mark Simeon Ferguson, keys, compositions; Shireen Khemlani, bass; and John McDermott, drums) in their original line-up.
Side B (Monday 7 July) featured the COMA Ensemble (Leah Dobson, voice; Emily Tulloch, violin, Hilary Kleinig, cello; Keira Simmons, flute; Jackie Wilde, clarinet, Triniti Canini, trumpet, flugelhorn, voice; Jasmine Hall, trombone; Alex Taylor, trombone; Ciara Ferguson, keys, voice; Sam Cagney, guitar; Bonnie Grynchuk, bass; and Bailey Hall, drums) performing a selection of unique tunes spanning two decades, along with a special commission of the original COMA anthem; Here Comes Everything (Derek Pascoe, saxophone, and Chris Martin, keys); and voiceROM (Dylan Marshall, sampler, and Jarrad Payne, drums).