Barney McAll | |
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 McAll in New York City | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Barnaby Jonathan McAll |
| Born | 1966 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, arranger |
| Instrument(s) | Piano, Keyboards, Bul Bul Tarang, Chucky |
| Labels | ABC Classics Jazzhead Transparent Music Extra Celestial Arts |
| Website | barneymcall |
Barney McAll (born Melbourne, Australia, 1966) is a jazz pianist and composer who lives in Melbourne, Australia. McAll joined Gary Bartz's band in 1997, and has also played with the Josh Roseman Unit, Fred Wesley and the JB's, Groove Collective, and Kurt Rosenwinkel's "Heartcore". He completed his Bachelor of Music at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne, and studied in New York and Cuba. Barney is the brother of pianist John McAll.
His ensembles include M.O.D.A.S, GRAFT, ASIO (Australian Symbiotic Improvisers Orbit), and Non-Compliance. His most recent ensemble is Precious Energy, which features members from Hiatus Kaiyote, Laneous, and Rita Satch. He released a political Black Mirror pop album in 2018 called Global Intimacy under the pseudonym TQX which features Sia, Kool A.D., Cormega, Daniel Merriweather & Sirah
He was awarded the Australia Council Fellowship in 2007 and worked as musical director for Australian vocalist Sia from 2011 to 2012.
McAll is the 2015 recipient of the Peggy Glanville-Hicks composer residency in Sydney, Australia and has curated the APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards from 2019 to 2023.
He has played in over 100 albums as a sideman and has recorded or toured internationally with musicians such as Dewey Redman, Roy Ayers, Maceo Parker, Jimmy Cobb, Eddie Henderson, Aloe Blacc, Bernie Worrell, Peter Apfelbaum, Billy Harper, Daniel Merriweather and Vernel Fournier. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2015 McAll won Best Jazz Album for Mooroolbark.[1]
- ^ ARIA Music Awards for Barney McAll:
- Search Results 'Barney McAll': "Search Results for 'Barney McAll'". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- 1996 winners and nominees: "Winners by Year 1996". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- 2012 winners and nominees: "Winners By Year 2012". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- 2015 nominations: Baroni, Nastassia (7 October 2015). "Courtney Barnett, Hermitude, Tame Impala Lead 2015 ARIA Award Nominations". musicfeeds.com.au. Archived from the original on 7 October 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- 2015 winners: "And the ARIA Awards Goes to..." Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 27 November 2015. Archived from the original on 18 January 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2015.