{"identifier":"EX-CONJAZZ11_6311369613112","browse_author":"Kostas Metaxas (Editor (film or video)), Jex Saarelaht (Performed by), Kostas Metaxas (Producer) and Exero (Proprietor (Publisher Bloomsbury Video))","subscription_list":["bvl_musicsch"],"titleByTitle":"Yes","isbn":9781350904446,"description":"In 1986 Jex supported Dizzy Gillespie at Melbourne's Dallas Brookes Hall and his trio was selected to be the support act for legendary jazz vocalist Betty Carter's performance in June '95. Residing in London, June '87 to July '88, Jex played a year long solo piano residency, as well as presenting his trio with Steve Rose, bass, and Winston Clifford, drums, at the original Jazz Café, Newington Green. Spending the last three months of 1995 in New York, Jex took formal lessons with Joanne Brackeen and Don Friedman, among others, and lessons by way of example from Geri Allen, Kenny Barron, John Hicks, Cedar Walton, Marilyn Crispell, Bobby Hutcherson, Dr. John, the Meters, the Skatalites. Jex Saarelaht, piano; Steve Rose, double bass; Winston Clifford, drums. Melbourne pianist-composer Jex Saarelaht, best known as the leader of a long-running trio, debuted his quartet with saxophonist Julien Wilson at the 2007 Wangaratta Jazz Festival. Since then the personnel has settled to include Jonathan Zwartz (bass) and Niko Schäuble (drums). Since the mid \u201880s, Jex has performed and recorded with an impressive list of Australian and international musicians, from Dale Barlow and Bernie McGann to Vince Jones and Chris Wilson, from Renee Geyer and Kate Ceberano to Sheila Jordan and Steve Lacy. Key international performances include the Edinburgh Festival, Birmingham International Jazz Festival, London\u2019s Jazz Café and Southbank, and the Aarhus International Jazz Festival, Denmark. A founding member of legendary Melbourne bands, Dianna Kiss and Doug de Vries\u2019 New Tango Quintet, Jex has also led his own bands, including the Jextet in the mid \u201880s. His trio played its first gig in 1993 with the same line-up (Philip Rex and Niko Schäuble) remaining to this day. They released a superb 2-CD set, \u2018Fridays, Late\u2019 (Bennetts Lane) in 1999. In March 2006, Jex was awarded the Melbourne Jazz Fringe Festival\u2019s inaugural composer commission, resulting in the 30-minute piece \u2018For Love of Ivor\u2019, performed at Federation Square. Language - English","videoId":6311369613112,"browse_view":"contentTypeBrowsePageIndexView","subscription":"bvl_musicsch","title":"Jex Saarelaht: BMW EDGE","xml_source":"bvl_musicsch_video-vra.xml","browse_search":"EX-CONJAZZ11","videoPoster":"https://cf-images.eu-west-1.prod.boltdns.net/v1/static/4171818645001/744ebbc0-aecc-49cc-bac1-d0865fe24040/57c61eff-e9db-4a9a-9be9-60748ac91626/1280x720/match/image.jpg","series_id":"series_inConcert","facets":"concertsAndMusicalPerformances , Concerts and musical performances , jazzAndBluesMusic , Jazz and blues music , music , Music , audience , Audience , backstage , Backstage , experimental , Experimental , popularCulture , Popular culture , schoolsMovementsAndStyles , Schools, movements and styles , made_20002009 , 2000\u20132009 , english , English , origin_australia , Australia , video , Video , artsAndLiterature , Arts and literature , origin_oceania , Oceania , made_2000Present , 2000\u2013present , genresOfMusic , Genres of music ,","contenttypeorder":3,"series":"In Concert","date_of_publication":2006,"publisher":"Exero","productname":"bvl_all","id_search":"EX-CONJAZZ11","facet":["artsAndLiterature","audience","backstage","concertsAndMusicalPerformances","english","experimental","genresOfMusic","jazzAndBluesMusic","made_20002009","made_2000Present","music","origin_australia","origin_oceania","popularCulture","schoolsMovementsAndStyles","video"],"contentType":"video","authors":"Kostas Metaxas~Jex Saarelaht~Kostas Metaxas~Exero"}