Barney McAll | |
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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]
Title | Details |
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Exit
(ft. Jimmy Cob & Vincent Herring) |
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Widening Circles
(ft. Billy Harper, Ben Monder, Vincent Herring) |
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Release the Day
(ft. Gary Bartz, Kurt Rosenwinkel & Joey Baron) |
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Vivid
(with Badal Roy & Rufus Cappadocia) |
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Mother of Dreams and Secrets '
(ft. Kurt Rosenwinkel & Billy Harper) |
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Baby Winter (with Genji Siraisi) |
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Flashbacks
(ft. Kurt Rosenwinkel) |
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Blueprints |
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Recollections |
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Graft |
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Chucky Vol.1Swirl Cauldron Swirl |
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Solo Piano Live |
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Mooroolbark |
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Nourriture De L'Amour |
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Hearing the Blood
(ft Daniel Merriweather) |
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Zephyrix (with The Monash Art Ensemble) |
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An Extra Celestial Christmas |
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Lockdown Hard Drive Pearl Dive |
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Third Wing (with Robert Vincs) |
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Transitive Cycles |
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Precious Energy
(ft. Gary Bartz & Hiatus Kaiyote) |
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Precious Energy Re-Up
(ft. Gary Bartz, Steve Spacek, Hiatus Kaiyote, Sampology) |
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Piano Memoirs from Peggy Glanville-Hicks House |
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Emerald Hands |
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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.
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
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2012 | Graft | Best Independent Jazz Album | Nominated | |
2015 | Mooroolbark | Best Independent Jazz Album | Won | |
2023 | Precious Energy | Best Independent Jazz Album or EP | Nominated | [2][3] |
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.
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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1993 | "Hindered On His Way to Heaven" (with Vince Jones) | Best Jazz Composition | Won |
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.
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
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1996 | Exit | Best Jazz Album | Nominated | [4] |
2012 | Graft | Best Jazz Album | Nominated | |
2015 | Mooroolbark | Best Jazz Album | Won | |
2018 | Hearing the Blood | Best Jazz Album | Nominated | |
2019 | Zephyrix | Best Jazz Album | Nominated | |
2022 | Precious Energy | Best Jazz Album | Pending | [5] |
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.
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2018 | Hearing The Blood | Excellence In Jazz | Nominated |
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.[citation needed]
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
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2006 | Mother of Dreams And Secrets | Best Jazz Album | Nominated | |
2010 | "Flashback" | Best Jazz Song | Nominated | |
2010 | Flashbacks | Best Contemporary Jazz Album | Nominated | |
2012 | "Nostalgia for the Present" | Best Jazz Song | Nominated | |
2012 | Graft | Best Contemporary Jazz Album | Nominated | |
2014 | TRIO FERAL: DONT FEED | Best Contemporary Jazz Album | Nominated | |
2016 | "ASIO" | Best Ensemble | Nominated | |
2016 | Mooroolbark | Best Jazz Album | Won | |
2016 | "Nectar Spur" | Best Jazz Song | Won | |
2017 | ASIO | Best Ensemble | Won | |
2017 | Hearing the Blood | Best Album | Won | |
2017 | Hearing the Blood | Best Produced Album | Won | |
2017 | "Love Is The Blood" | Best Jazz Song | Nominated | |
2019 | Zephyrix | Best Instrumental Jazz Album | Nominated | |
2019 | Zephyrix | Best Produced Album | Won |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2018 | Zephyrix | Best Album | Nominated |
2022 | Precious Energy | Best Album | Nominated |
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.[citation needed]
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2007 | People People, Music Music | Best Independent Jazz Album (With Groove Collective) | Nominated |
The Music Victoria Awards are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music. They commenced in 2006.
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
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2015 | Mooroolbark | Best Jazz Album | Won | [6][7] |
2018 | Hearing The Blood | Best Jazz Album | Nominated | |
2022 | Barney McAll | Best Jazz Work | Won | [8][9] |