Roger Frampton
Roger Frampton’s free improvisations on prepared and unprepared piano open worlds of gamelan, cracked chimes, industrial ticks and sudden melody. As pianist, saxophonist and composer he brought the same searching heat to live Australian jazz quartets that still sound urgent decades on.
On Totally Prepared he works his own method of piano preparation until the instrument suggests reluctant machinery, distant clocks or a full gamelan; Two Pianos One Mind sets that altered world against a clean grand under the same pair of hands, drama and humour intact. Pure Piano finds him alone at the keyboard, moods swinging from brooding sound-examinations to melodic statements of real beauty. With trumpeter Don Rader he strips the rhythm section away so piano, sopranino and recorder can colour lyrical standards and studio inventions. Live with the Bruce Cale Quartet his percussive two-handed attack locks with Phil Treloar’s drums inside tightly structured originals, the rapport still startling. His own pieces—Offering, Tara, Double Dreaming, Meditation and Celebration—carry the same uninhibited line whether scored for cello or blown on alto beside Dale Barlow.
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Roger Frampton: Pure Piano
Another in the series featuring this major jazz pianist. In free improvisations he shapes moods that hold the listener’s imagination, inviting comparison with the solo work of Keith Jarrett.
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Two Pianos One Mind
Roger Frampton improvises on two instruments at once: prepared piano and grand piano, setting two contrasting tonal worlds in dialogue.
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Roger Frampton: Totally Prepared
Roger Frampton plays a world first: free improvisations on prepared piano. One of Australia's leading jazz pianists and composers, he brought broad, eclectic contemporary interests to this solo recording.
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Off the Beaten Track
A rare chance to hear such beautiful horn playing without the distraction of bass and drums. Rader and Frampton work beautifully together on original compositions, standards and new work improvised in the studio.
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On Fire: The Sydney Concert
Tall Poppies is proud to release this fine recording of the Bruce Cale Quartet: Dale Barlow (flute and saxophones), Roger Frampton (piano), Bruce Cale (bass) and Phil Treloar (drums), each an exceptional creative musician. Recorded in 1980 at the Sydney Musicians’ Club, these performances document a unique musical journey.
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Performing as Bruce Cale Quartet
The Bruce Cale Quartet was a short-lived Australian jazz ensemble of the early 1980s, led by bassist and composer Bruce Cale. Its music joined post-bop structure with free improvisation of rare intensity and collective rapport.
Bruce Cale Quartet Live
Tall Poppies releases a fine live document of the Bruce Cale Quartet: Dale Barlow (flute and saxophones), Roger Frampton (piano), Bruce Cale (bass) and Phil Treloar (drums). Captured at the 1980 Adelaide Festival of Arts, the set traces a distinctive creative path.
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Viva Sax!
Margery Smith is a Sydney-based saxophonist whose virtuosity meets the full range of this Australian programme, from mid-century sonatas to later works that lean into jazz, improvisation and ensemble colour.
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Uluru: New Solo Cello Works for David Pereira
Twelve new Australian solo cello works written for David Pereira, celebrating the handing back of Uluru to its traditional Indigenous owners. Responses range from didgeridoo-like sonorities in Hopkins to the modernism of Dean.
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Bruce Cale Quartet
The Bruce Cale Quartet was a short-lived Australian jazz ensemble of the early 1980s, led by bassist and composer Bruce Cale. Its music joined post-bop structure with free improvisation of rare intensity and collective rapport.