Blue Shift 1990
Clarion Fracture Zone
Rufus Records RF040
ARIA Award Best Jazz Album 1990
5 Stars JAZZTHETIK Magazine (GER)
Voted top 10 jazz albums 1990 The Jazz Times (USA) and Coda Magazine (CAN)
Blue Shift was released in 1990 by ABC Records and subsequently re-released by Rufus Records in 1998.
Clarion Fracture Zone has been described as the band that helped launch a new wave of fine Australian contemporary jazz in the 1990s.
Sandy Evans - tenor, soprano saxes
Tony Gorman - tenor, alto saxes, clarinet, percussion
Alister Spence - piano and sampler
Steve Elphick - acoustic bass
Andrew Dickeson - drums, percussion
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Zones on Parade 1993
Clarion Fracture Zone
Rufus Records RF001
Voted Editor’s Choice 1994 Cadence USA Record Poll
Zones on Parade followed an eventful 1990 tour of the former Soviet Union, the Baltic States and Europe. This was a period of historical upheaval.The music reflects the energy and excitement of the experience ranging from cubist boogie woogies, beautiful ballads, swinging contemporary jazz and exuberant marching band references.
Sandy Evans - tenor, soprano sax
Tony Gorman - alto, tenor sax, clarinet
Alister Spence - piano and sampler
Steve Elphick - double bass, tuba
Louis Burdett - drums
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What This Love Can Do 1994
Clarion Fracture Zone
Rufus Records RF010
A suite of music written by Sandy Evans, winner of the APRA Award for Jazz Composition of the Year 1995.
Sandy Evans - tenor and soprano saxophones
Tony Gorman - alto saxophone, alto and B flat clarinet
Alister Spence - piano and sampler
Lloyd Swanton - acoustic bass
Toby Hall - drums
Special guest on Track 3: Greg Sheehan - percussion
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Less Stable Elements 1996
Clarion Fracture Zone
Rufus Records RF020
Finalist ARIA-Award Best Jazz Album 1996
Less Stable Elements acknowledges its roots in traditional, mainstream and bop, with streams from funk to contemporary classical.
Sandy Evans - tenor and soprano saxes
Tony Gorman - alto sax, Bb and alto clarinet
Alister Spence - piano and sampler
Lloyd Swanton - acoustic bass
Toby Hall - drums and glockenspiel
Special guest on Track 4: Daryl Pratt - percussion solo
Thanks to Time Dunn for spoons on Track 6
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Canticle 2002
Clarion Fracture Zone
Rufus Records RF060
Clarion Fracture Zone with the Martenitsa Choir
Canticle is a major work of passion and originality, written for jazz sextet and Bulgarian women’s choir. It features the Martenitsa Choir directed by Mara Kiek.
Based on an excerpt from the biblical love poem “Song of Songs”, Canticle was commissioned in 1997 by the Eastside Parish Uniting Church.
Sandy Evans - co-leader, composer, tenor and soprano saxophone
Tony Gorman - co-leader, composer, tenor and alto saxophone, clarinet
Alister Spence - co-leader, composer, piano and sampler
Lloyd Swanton - double bass
Toby Hall - drums
Special guest: Paul Cutlan tenor and alto saxophone, bass clarinet
The Martenitsa Choir - 24-voice Bulgarian Women’s choir directed by Mara and Llew Kiek
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