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Leonard Arthur Barnard was born on April 23, 1929 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Before forming his own traditional jazz band in the late 40s he played drums in the family band. This band, one of the earliest Australian groups to make jazz records, was so popular that it remained active for more than two decades.
During this same period Barnard played with other groups ranging from jazz to dance music. He gigged and recorded with Ade Monsbourgh and Dave Dallwitz. In the early 1970s his relocation to Sydney, Australia saw him playing with many of the country’s leading musicians including Errol Buddle and John Sangster. Then he joined Galapagos Duck, a band led by Tom Hare.
On occasion Len played with bands led by his younger brother, Bob Barnard. By the late 90s he remained active playing and recording with a variety of artists including Janet Seidel. His playing and able use of brushes made him an accomplished mainstream drummer.
Drummer Len Barnard, whose playing was forceful yet had a discreet and propulsive swing, died on November 5, 2005 in Sydney.
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Czesław Kazimierz Bartkowski was born April 19, 1943 in Łódź, Poland. He has been involved in music since he was six years old. He graduated from the Secondary Music School in Wrocław, Poland in percussion class. He made his official debut in 1960 as a drummer in Jerzy Pakulski’s Far Quartet.
In 1963 he started working with Zbigniew Namysłowski Quartet and also played with Czesław Niemen’s Niemen Enigmatic, and Michał Urbaniak’s Grupa .
He has played in a variety of trios with pianists Adam Makowicz, Wojciech Karolak, Artur Dutkiewicz, Andrzej Jagodziński, tenor saxophonist Tomasz Szukalski, guitarist Marek Bliziński, trumpeter Tomasz Stańko, and double bassists Andrzej Cudzich, Zbigniew Wegehaupt, Adam Cegielski.
Moreover, he took part in the recording of such singers as Ewa Bem, Urszula Dudziak and Stanisław Sojka, and American musicians Freddie Hubbard, Clark Terry, Joe Newman, Art Farmer, Ben Webster, and the Polish band Novi Singers.
He has collaborated with the Polish Radio Jazz Studio and with Sławomir Kulpowicz’s Mainstream and InFormation bands. He has performed in Poland, India, United States, New Zealand, Australia and numerous European countries. He has been a lecturer and participated in jazz workshops.
Drummer and teacher Czesław Bartkowski continues to perform, record and educate..
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The Jazz Voyager
Returning from abroad the Jazz Voyager is landing in Miami, Florida and heading to Coral Gables for a little bit of jazz at Sanctuary of the Arts. Known to present world-class national and international talent, they support and strengthen existing small and medium arts organizations, and support the next generation of young artists with an array of mentorship opportunities, including strategic planning, development, production, rehearsal and performance space.
This week, presented for our pleasure is drummer and composer Ari Hoenig. After his university matriculation he soon found himself playing for legendary Philadelphia organist Shirley Scott and working regularly in New York City. He has gone on to record several albums as a leader and sideman and is an educator in his own right.
The Sanctuary is located at 410 Andalusia Avenue, 33134. For more information contact the venue at https://www.sanctuaryofthearts.org.
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Wally Schnalle was born on March 30, 1957 in Santa Clara, California. Graduating from San Jose State University he recorded early on with Francis Wong and performed with the Nova Vista and San Jose Symphonies.
In 1994 Wally recorded his debut set as a leader for the small Tree Fort label and he soon formed a regularly working quintet although the drummer had been leading groups on and off since 1989. His quintet with tenor saxophonist Dann Zinn and trumpeter John Worley appeared at the Monterey Jazz Festival.
He recorded for Retlaw in 1997 and played often in northern California. In addition to his work as a drummer, Schnalle has been the music editor for the International Drum! magazine and has been active as a teacher.
Drummer and bandleader Wally Schnalle continues to perform and record.
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Jon Ivar Christensen was born March 20, 1943 in Oslo, Norway. In the late 1960s he played alongside Jan Garbarek on several recordings by the composer George Russell. He also was a central participant in the jazz band Masqualero, with Arild Andersen, and they reappeared in 2003 for his 60th anniversary.
He appears on many recordings on the ECM label with such artists as Keith Jarrett, Jan Garbarek, Terje Rypdal, Bobo Stenson, Eberhard Weber, Ralph Towner, including the seminal 1975 Solstice, Barre Phillips, Arild Andersen, Enrico Rava, John Abercrombie, Michael Mantler, Miroslav Vitous, Rainer Brüninghaus, Charles Lloyd, Dino Saluzzi Jakob Bro, and Tomasz Stanko.
Christensen was a member of the Keith Jarrett “European Quartet” of the 1970s, along with Jan Garbarek and Palle Danielsson, which produced five jazz recordings on ECM Records.
Drummer Jon Christensen died on February 18, 2020, at the age of 76 in his hometown.
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