Clarion Fracture Zone (band)

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OriginSydney, New South Wales, Australia
GenresJazz
Years active1988 -
MembersSandy Evans
Clarion Fracture Zone
OriginSydney, New South Wales, Australia
GenresJazz
Years active1988 -
MembersSandy Evans
Past members
  • Steve Elphick
  • Andrew Dickeson
  • Louis Burdett
  • Tony Buck

Clarion Fracture Zone is an Australian contemporary jazz ensemble.[1] Their debut album Blue Shift (1990), released through ABC Records,[2] won the 1991 ARIA Award for Best Jazz Album.[3][4] It was recorded by the line-up of Sandy Evans on tenor and soprano saxophones; Tony Gorman on alto and tenor saxophones, clarinet and percussion; Alister Spence on piano and keyboards; Steve Elphick on bass guitar; Andrew Dickeson on drums and percussion.[5] They were also nominated in the same category in 1997 for their fourth album, Less Stable Elements (1996).[6][7]

Former
  • Steve Elphick: bass
  • Andrew Dickeson: drums
  • Louis Burdett: drums
  • Tony Buck: drums

Discography

Albums

List of albums, with selected details
Title Details
Blue Shift
  • Released: 1990
  • Format: LP, CD
  • Label: ABC Records (846 221-2)
Zones On Parade
  • Released: 1993
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Rufus Records (RF001)
What This Love Can Do
  • Released: 1994
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Rufus Records (RF010)
Less Stable Elements
  • Released: 1996
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Rufus Records (RF020)
Canticle
(with the Martenitsa Choir)
  • Released: 2001
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Rufus Records (RF060)

Awards

References

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