The Ryley Duncan Quartet featuring Ava McDermott

Sassy Swings the Tivoli

The Ryley Duncan Quartet featuring Ava McDermott play the music of Sarah Vaughan

Sassy Swings the Tivoli is one of the most renowned albums in jazz history, showcasing Sarah Vaughn's artistry and technical brilliance, while highlighting her amazing band and crowd activity. Any lover of not only Sarah Vaughn, but live jazz must come see this, performing the greats of the album with an enticingly, hard-hitting swinging quartet featuring some of Melbourne's best young musicians.

Ryley Duncan is an award-winning composer, contemporary/jazz pianist, a graduate of The Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music (BMus) and a current Honours student at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. Ryley has performed at many venues nationally as both a headliner and an accompanist, he has curated shows at Melbourne Recital Centre, Paris Cat, Tempo Rubato, Ellington Jazz Club (WA), The Jazzlab, Duke of George (WA) and many more. He brings the love of music and excitement on stage, with contagious energy and raw honestly in every performance.

Ava McDermott is a vocalist from Naarm (Melbourne). Proficient in both classical and jazz styles, Ava is a versatile musician, drawing from a range of musical traditions and techniques with a significant focus on improvisation. Ava began studying classical voice with Timothy Reynolds and Dermott Tutty at the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School. Whilst attending there she also received lessons for jazz vocal studies from Michelle Nicolle, whom she still studies under.

Ava was awarded the Margaret Schofield Memorial Scholarship in 2022 for her high-achieving VCE performance results and dedication to a career in music performance. Now studying a Bachelor of Music in Jazz & Improvisation at the Victorian College of the Arts, Ava works to integrate her musical backgrounds and teachings through her improvisation. derived from a wide scope of musical practices and vocal techniques, often working in small groups of duos and trios.

Ava McDermott - Vocals

Ryley Duncan - Piano

Nama Rangachari - Bass

Jordan Warwick - Drums

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