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Ethno Funk, Chamber Jazz, Tibetan Dixie, Freedom Jazz, Hip Hop Bebop...
who cares! As long as the soul is sitting in the right pocket.
Received Australian awards "Best Jazz Composition" 1988 & 1991 and
" Best Trombonist" 1991 aswell as "Best Jazz Quintet 1991" with his
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Scala Magazine
(May/June 2000) writting about
the his recording "All For One". Modern Jazz
"The Australian trombonist, Adrian Mears is regarded by jazz insiders as
one of the most elite on his instrument on the international scene today
but never-the-less remains a relatively un-known talent for the greater
audience. A master of his instrument with a wonderful feeling for
melody, playing every tone precisely and with a well-grounded round
sound. On "Cookin with Marvin" he shows a love for humor and the blues
tradition with growls and harmonizing with his voice whilst playing. As
an introduction to "All for One" he plays the Didgeridoo, writing a
majestic horn section coral on top of it before taking the trombone to
conclude the song in Quintet. With the Tentet he builds up colorful
ensemble passages full of emotion without hindering the flow of his own
compositions. This recording increases in brilliance with every listen,
even for a greater audience.
Werner Stiefele
Music: Very Gut
Tone Quality; Good-Very Good
"The Musketier of Jazz"
The Australian, Adrian Mears, born in 1969, has playing references that
are most uncommon for jazz musicians of that age. He has performed with
McCoy Tyner`s Big Band, with Kalus Doldinger, Paquito D`Rivera, Barbara
Dennerlein and Johannes Enders. He was voted best Australian Trombonist
and teaches at the Conservatorium in both Mannheim and Cologne. As a
sort of 30th birthday present he has wished himself the opportunity to
realise some of his compositional possibilities and surrounded himself
with a wide selection of sounds. Whether in quartet or tentet he wanders
effortlessly through a variety of styles. Making the blues swing or
accents of funky bebop and next to all this he proves that the
instrument of the Australian Aboriginal, the Didgeridoo, has not only a
the function to create amazing sounds but also a intrigal complement to
the rhythm section. The two-part title piece "All For One" opens with a
prelude from the self founded "Australian Composers Ensemble"
accompanying them on the Didgeridoo in what could be described as a
exciting dialogue of melody and rhythm. How the songs are built together
is actually clear. Complexity is found within the form and in the vast
sound spectrum, in rhythmic displacement and the contours of
improvisation.
Ulrich Selich (Handelsblatt)
Germany
"His solos explode with emotion" - Süddeutsche Zeitung.
" Mears has the confidence, the prowess and the urge to entertain of a
James Morrison, with - it must be said - a lot more musical substance.
He doesn't show off on the instrument but plays with a natural
explosiveness and a high level of invention." - Gail Brennan, Sydney
Morning Herald.
"..Far removed from anything one can learn at the music academy, the
trio Babamadu establish a rare native craving between Ethno, Funk and
Jazz..."
****(4 STARS) Rolling Stone Magazine, July 96.
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"..Together (Babamadu) make a music not belonging to any category but
translating in every moment their untamed fun in the conquest of the
unknown...." WOM Journal, July 96.
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