Lisa Young Quartet
The Lisa Young Quartet is a jazz-world music quartet from Melbourne, Australia, led by a vocal artist and composer Lisa Young.
Background
Lisa Young is a prominent musician on the Melbourne jazz scene, known for the use of wordless vocals and the use of voice as an instrument with Konnakol influences (the South Indian vocal percussion technique).[1]
The quartet is composed of Young, Stephen Magnusson (guitar), Ben Robertson (double bass) and Dave Beck (drums). Their most recent work, The Eternal Pulse, is a wordless song-cycle featuring the intoned rhythmic recitation of konnakol, varieties of meter and subdivision, layering Indian elements, rhythmic textures and ensemble dialogue, in an evocative journey of sound and song.
Young is also a member of an a cappella group, Coco's Lunch, which has recorded six albums of original music.[2] In 2003, Coco's Lunch won the award for 'Best Folk/World Song' at the Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards, in the United States.[2] At the ARIA Music Awards of 2007, Coco's Lunch received nominations in the category 'Best Children's Album' for Rat Trap Snap and in 'Best World Music Album' for Blueprint.[3]
Discography
Albums
- Transformation (1991)
- Speak (1999)
- Grace (2007)[4]
- The Eternal Pulse (2012)[5]
- Grace Special Edition (2014)[6]
Awards
| Year | Nominee/Work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | "Thulele Mama Ya" | Best Folk/World Song in the Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards | Won |
| 2007 | Grace | Bell Award for Best Australian Jazz Vocal Album 2007 | Won[7][8][9] |
| 2008 | Lisa Young | Project Fellowship Grant from the Australia Council for the Arts | Awarded |
| 2010 | Lisa Young's PhD candidature at Monash University | Monash-Pratt Post Graduate Award | Won |
| 2012 | Lisa Young's PhD research presentation, "The Evolving Nature of Konnakol in Contemporary Performance" | Best Paper at the 2012 Musicological Society of Australia's Victorian Chapter Conference | Won |
| 2012 | The Eternal Pulse | Bell Award for Best Australian Jazz Vocal Album | Nominated[7][8][9] |
References
- ↑ "Asialink - India". University of Melbourne. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
- 1 2 "Coco's Lunch". cellensis - Festival Geistlicher Musik. 11 August 2006. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
- ↑ "Winners by Year 2007: 21st Annual ARIA Awards". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 January 2011.
- ↑ Nicholas, Jessica (2 July 2007). "Remarkable grace in amazing voice". The Age. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ↑ Patterson, Ian (21 May 2013). "Lisa Young Quartet: The Eternal Pulse (2012)". All About Jazz. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- ↑ Bailey, C. Michael (1 March 2014). "Lisa Young Quartet: Grace (2014)". All About Jazz. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
- 1 2 "Lisa Young Quartet 'The Eternal Pulse' (AUS) - World Premiere & Magnet (AUS/Argentina) - World Premiere". Melbourne International Jazz Festival. 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- 1 2 Jackson, Andra (3 May 2007). "For jazz Hall of Fame, it's plain and simple: is Don, is good". The Age. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- 1 2 "The Australian Jazz Bell Awards 2007". The Australian Jazz Bell Awards Limited. Retrieved 22 September 2009.