Peter Dasent & Phillip Johnston

The piano & alto sax duo performs an unusual repertoire of Thelonius Monk tunes, film music, and their own original tunes, reflecting a love of the history of jazz. The music tonight will be swinging, bluesy and spiky, just as Monk would have liked it.

Peter Dasent is widely known as a composer and performer of jazz, film music and children’s music. His band The Umbrellas has released a number of CDs, and he composed the score for Peter Jackson’s iconic Australian film Heavenly Creatures.

Phillip Johnston has released 25 CDs as a leader, composed music for film, television and theatre, and toured widely in Europe, Australia, Canada and the USA with his silent film scores and bands.

Peter and Phillip are co-leaders of the early jazz repertory band The Greasy Chicken Orchestra, who have released the highly regarded CD, I Cakewalked With A Zombie (Earshift).

Video clip: Peter Dasent and Phillip Johnston play Monk’s Locomotive

Web page: https://phillipjohnston.com/playing-with-monk/

Jazz Goes To The Movies: https://phillipjohnston.com/playing-with-monk-jazz-goes-to-the-movies/

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/phillip.johnston.92 (PJ), https://www.facebook.com/peter.dasent (PD)