Barney McAll explained

Barney McAll
Birth Name:Barnaby Jonathan McAll
Birth Date:1966
Birth Place:Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Instrument:Piano, Keyboards, Bul Bul Tarang, Chucky
Genre:Jazz
Occupation:Musician, composer, arranger
Label:ABC Classics
Jazzhead
Transparent Music
Extra Celestial Arts
Associated Acts:Sylent Running, MODAS, ASIO (Australian Symbiotic Improvisers Orbit) TQX

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]

Discography

Albums

List of albums with selected details! Title! Details
Exit(ft. Jimmy Cob & Vincent Herring)
  • Released: 1995
  • Format: CD
  • Label: ABC Jazz (4798192)
Widening Circles (ft. Billy Harper, Ben Monder, Vincent Herring)
  • Released: 1998
  • Format: CD
  • Label: AIJA Recording (009)
Release the Day (ft. Gary Bartz, Kurt Rosenwinkel & Joey Baron)
  • Released: 2000
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Jazzhead
Vivid (with Badal Roy & Rufus Cappadocia)
  • Released: 2005
  • Format: CD, Digital
  • Label: Jazzhead (HEAD065)
Mother of Dreams and Secrets ' (ft. Kurt Rosenwinkel & Billy Harper)
  • Released: 2005
  • Format: CD, Digital
  • Label: Jazzhead (HEAD066)
Baby Winter
(with Genji Siraisi)
  • Released: 2005
  • Format: CD, Digital
  • Label: KUFALA Recordings (KUF0129)
Flashbacks(ft. Kurt Rosenwinkel)
  • Released: 2009
  • Format: Digital
  • Label: Barney McAll
Blueprints
  • Released: 2011
  • Format: CD, Digital
  • Label: Jazzhead (HEAD113)
Recollections
  • Released: 2011
  • Format: CD, Digital
  • Label: Jazzhead (HEAD113)
Graft
  • Released: 2012
  • Format: CD, Digital
  • Label: Jazzhead (HEAD146)
Chucky Vol.1Swirl Cauldron Swirl
  • Released: 2013
  • Format: CD, Digital
  • Label: Extra Celestial Arts
Solo Piano Live
  • Released: 2013
  • Format: CD, Digital
  • Label: Extra Celestial Arts
Mooroolbark
  • Released: 2015
  • Format: CD, Digital
  • Label: ABC Jazz (473 1260)
Nourriture De L'Amour
  • Released: 2015
  • Format: Digital
  • Label: Extra Celestial Arts
Hearing the Blood (ft Daniel Merriweather)
  • Released: October 2017
  • Format: CD, Digital
  • Label: Extra Celestial Arts
Zephyrix
(with The Monash Art Ensemble)
  • Released: 2018
  • Format: CD, Digital
  • Label: Extra Celestial Arts
An Extra Celestial Christmas
  • Released: December 2019
  • Format: CD, Digital
  • Label: Extra Celestial Arts
Lockdown Hard Drive Pearl Dive
  • Released: December 2020
  • Format: Digital
  • Label: Extra Celestial Arts
Third Wing
(with Robert Vincs)
  • Released: June 2020
  • Format: CD, Digital
  • Label: Extra Celestial Arts
Transitive Cycles
  • Released: August 2021
  • Format: LP
  • Label: Heavy Machinery Records (HEVMAC009)
Precious Energy(ft. Gary Bartz & Hiatus Kaiyote)
  • Released: 2022
  • Format: LP,Digital
  • Label: Extra Celestial Arts (ExtraArts 004)
Precious Energy Re-Up(ft. Gary Bartz, Steve Spacek, Hiatus Kaiyote, Sampology)
  • Released: 2023
  • Format: Digital
  • Label: Extra Celestial Arts (ExtraArts 005)
Piano Memoirs from Peggy Glanville-Hicks House
  • Released: 2023
  • Format: Digital
  • Label: Extra Celestial Arts (ExtraArts 006)
Emerald Hands
  • Released: 2023
  • Format: Vinyl LP
  • Label: Extra Celestial Arts (ExtraArts 007)

Albums As A Sideman

Collaborator

Arranger

Producer

Solo Albums Producer

Film Score Credits

Compositional Works

Awards and nominations

AIR Awards

The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as AIR Awards) is an annual awards night to recognize, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector.! |-|2012|Graft |Best Independent Jazz Album||-|2015|Mooroolbark |Best Independent Jazz Album||-| 2023| Precious Energy| Best Independent Jazz Album or EP| | [2] [3]

APRA Awards

The APRA Awards are held in Australia and New Zealand by the Australasian Performing Right Association to recognise songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually. |-! scope="row" rowspan="2"| 1993| rowspan="2"| "Hindered On His Way to Heaven" (with Vince Jones)| Best Jazz Composition| |-

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987. ! |-| 1996| Exit| Best Jazz Album| |rowspan="5"| [4] |-| 2012| Graft| Best Jazz Album| |-| 2015| Mooroolbark| Best Jazz Album| |-| 2018| Hearing the Blood| Best Jazz Album| |-| 2019| Zephyrix| Best Jazz Album| |-| 2022| Precious Energy| Best Jazz Album| | [5] |-

Art Music Awards

The Art Music Awards are presented each year by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and the Australian Music Centre (AMC) to recognise achievement in the composition, performance, education and presentation of Australian music. Art music covers activity across contemporary classical music, contemporary jazz and improvised music, experimental music and sound art.

|-| 2018| Hearing The Blood|Excellence In Jazz| |-

Australian Jazz Bell Awards

The Australian Jazz Bell Awards (also known as the Bell Awards or The Bells), are annual music awards for the jazz music genre in Australia. ! |-| 2006| Mother of Dreams And Secrets| Best Jazz Album| ||-| 2010| "Flashback"| Best Jazz Song| ||-| 2010| Flashbacks| Best Contemporary Jazz Album| ||-| 2012| "Nostalgia for the Present"| Best Jazz Song| ||-| 2012| Graft| Best Contemporary Jazz Album|

|-| 2014| TRIO FERAL: DONT FEED| Best Contemporary Jazz Album| ||-| 2016| "ASIO"| Best Ensemble| ||-| 2016| Mooroolbark| Best Jazz Album| ||-| 2016| "Nectar Spur"| Best Jazz Song| ||-| 2017| ASIO| Best Ensemble | ||-| 2017| Hearing the Blood| Best Album| ||-| 2017| Hearing the Blood| Best Produced Album| ||-| 2017| "Love Is The Blood"| Best Jazz Song| ||-| 2019| Zephyrix| Best Instrumental Jazz Album| ||-| 2019| Zephyrix| Best Produced Album| ||-|}

Australian Music Prize

|-| 2018| Zephyrix| Best Album| |-|-| 2022| Precious Energy| Best Album| |-

Grammy Awards

The Grammy Award (stylized as GRAMMY, originally called Gramophone Award), or just Grammy, is an award presented by the Recording Academy to recognize "Outstanding Achievement in the music industry" of the United States. |-|2007|People People, Music Music |Best Independent Jazz Album (With Groove Collective)||-

Music Victoria Awards

The Music Victoria Awards are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music. They commenced in 2006.! |-| 2015| Mooroolbark| Best Jazz Album| |rowspan="2"| [6] [7] |-| 2018| Hearing The Blood| Best Jazz Album| |-| 2022| Precious Energy| Best Jazz Work| | [8] [9] |-

Other Awards

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. ARIA Music Awards for Barney McAll:
    • Search Results 'Barney McAll': Web site: Search Results for 'Barney McAll' . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . 23 December 2015 .
    • 1996 winners and nominees: Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20071214142950/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-year.php?year=1996 . Winners by Year 1996 . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . 14 December 2007 . 23 December 2015 . dead .
    • 2012 winners and nominees: Web site: Winners By Year 2012 . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . 23 December 2015 .
    • 2015 nominations: News: Baroni . Nastassia . 7 October 2015 . https://www.webcitation.org/6c5aT9Kwd?url=http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/courtney-barnett-hermitude-tame-impala-lead-2015-aria-award-nominations/ . Courtney Barnett, Hermitude, Tame Impala Lead 2015 ARIA Award Nominations . musicfeeds.com.au . 7 October 2015 . 23 December 2015 . dead .
    • 2015 winners: Web site: And the ARIA Awards Goes to... . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . 27 November 2015 . 23 December 2015 . 18 January 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160118102200/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/news/2015/and-the-aria-award-goes-to%E2%80%A6 . dead .
  2. Web site: Nominees Announced for the Australian Independent Music Awards 2023 . Music Feeds. 31 May 2023. 31 May 2023.
  3. Web site: King Stingray and Genesis Owusu Win Big at 2023 AIR Awards . Music Feeds. 4 August 2023. 5 August 2023.
  4. ARIA Award previous winners. Web site: ARIA Awards Best Jazz Album. Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 26 June 2022.
  5. Web site: Rüfüs Du Sol Leads 2022 ARIA Awards Nominees (Full List). The Music Network. 12 October 2022. 12 October 2022. Lars Brandle.
  6. Web site: Previous Nominess. Music Victoria. 13 August 2020. 19 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200919214225/https://www.musicvictoria.com.au/musicvictoriaawards/previous-nominees. dead.
  7. Web site: Previous Winners. Music Victoria. 13 August 2020. 31 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190731040330/https://musicvictoria.com.au/musicvictoriaawards/previous-winners. dead.
  8. Web site: Music Victoria Awards 2022 Nominees for Industry-Voted Categories Announced. Music Victoria. 27 October 2022. 29 October 2022. 27 October 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221027053532/https://www.musicvictoria.com.au/music-victoria-awards-2022-nominees-for-industry-voted-categories-announced/. dead.
  9. Web site: Music Victoria Awards 2022 Winners. Scenestr. 13 December 2022. 15 December 2022.