DATE: Saturday 5 October
MASTERCLASS: 1 – 3pm
CONCERT: 7 – 9pm / Bar Fom 6pm
SHOW: $45 / $38
Pat Powell in the House
The Jazz Haus Canberra and Tuggeranong Arts Centre are delighted to present one of Australia’s most accomplished yet hidden vocal talents, Jamaican singer Pat Powell. Described as the artist that everyone wants to work with, and a singer’s singer, Pat is currently a member of some 15 bands – including the ARIA award-winning Melbourne Ska Orchestra.
For his Tuggeranong concert Pat will be joined by bassist Nick Hoorweg, drummer Colin Hoorweg and pianist Damien Slingsby. Pat will perform a carefully crafted set of Jazz, Soul, Funk and Blues. Check out this fabulous short film by filmmaker Fiona Cochrane (Strange Tenants: Ska’d For Life) who got behind the man and his music, to craft a personalised portrait of Pat Powell’s life and loves.
Pat will also be offer a vocal workshop exploring contemporary vocal stylings. Open to all singers, The Black Music Sung with Edge and Feeling, not Pop workshop is a wonderful opportunity to explore Soul, R&B and Jazz styles in a contemporary music context. This practical group masterclass will focus on improvisation and interpretation.
About the Artists
Pat Powell
From ska to blues, Hip-hop to soul and RnB to reggae, multi award winning vocalist Pat Powell is one of Australia’s most accomplished vocal talents. Patou’s genius as a vocalist – a unique combination of soulful understatement and compelling passion combined with an extraordinary depth of musical versatility, and empowering lyrics have been delivering messages of joy and social justice to audiences all over the world for over four decades.
Hailing from the close-knit and highly musical Jamaican community of 1960s/70s Bristol, Patou’s songs were seeded in him as a young man. Persecuted by the cops on the streets throughout his teens, Patou would find solace in the Jamaican dance tunes played by his folks, and in the RnB clubs that he snuck out of home to DJ in. Pat left the racism of the UK as soon as he could, although ‘stupidly’ found his way to Australia with its own racism issues. Father to four children from different mothers with varying ethnic backgrounds, Pat’s children all identify differently and raise a discussion about racism and where identity comes from.
He has supported James Brown, Queen, The Eurhythmics, Boy George, Crowded House, Spit Enz, Horace Andy and Luciano, Tina Arena, George Benson and more. In the late eighties & nineties he toured Australia, Asia & Europe as Kylie Minogue’s primary backing vocalist and since then in more recent years he’s toured extensively throughout Australia, Canada, America, Turkey and the UK.
Pat has recorded over 18 singles, featured on over seven albums, his debut album “About Time” was released in June of 2018. His current projects include: The Melbourne Ska Orchestra, The Pat Powell Band, The Protesters, Illya Szwec’s Groove Depot, Jazrie Sound System, Chocolate Jazz: From the blues to bebop. Pat Powell singing for The Melbourne Ska Orchestra has been nominated for 5 Aria’s and taken 2 of them home, plus 4 nominations for The Victorian Age Music Awards and won 3.
Nick Hoorweg (Bass)
A Canberra native and graduate of the ANU School Of Music, Nick Hoorweg has been living in Sydney since 2005. As a full time freelance professional bassist and vocalist he is comfortable performing in many different musical genres, but has a particular love for the soul and R&B music of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. Nick performs regularly with Sydney-based artists: Monsieur Camembert, Pat Powell, Jo Fabro, and Adam Pringle.
Damien Slingsby (Piano)
A graduate of the ANU school of Music (jazz), Damien has played with some of Australia’s best Musicians in a variety of ensembles and at numerous festivals in the UK and European. Since returning to Canberra in 2014, Damien has been teaching at the Canberra Institute of Technology and the School of Music at the ANU. Damien is joined on the Piano by some fantastic local musicians, who help to to bring the music to life.
Colin Hoorweg (Drums)
Notes
*The Tuggeranong Arts Centre Theatre is raked steeply. People with mobility issues are advised that the top two and bottom two rows are the most easily accessible. Please advise us if you have mobility issues and we can direct you to your seats.