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Departure 9: THIRD FLOOR DIXIE (TONY HICKS + NIKO SCHAUBLE)

Tony Hicks and Niko Schauble are both members of the Australian Art Orchestra and highly regarded musical improvisers. Tony has played saxophones, flutes and clarinets with big and little names including Stevie Wonder, Billy Cobham and Melbourne’s Make-it-up Club. Niko is a percussionist and composer with Sam Rivers, Lee Konitz, Trilok Gurtu, Wynton Marsalis amongst his collaborators.
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5 Jan 2007 photos Karen Trist

Ever heard a saxaphone croon with the electromagnetic hum of a tram’s power system? Or the accelerating and decelerating motion and of a moving tram informing the rhythmic language of percussion? These guys lapped the city like only the best of improvised jazz can do, and a wee nod to Phantom of the Opera as we pass by her Majesty’s on Spring St.

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