Peter Dasent & Phillip Johnston at Eight O'Clock Sharp
Schedule
Wed Jun 03 2026 at 09:00 am to 12:00 pm
UTC+10:00Location
280A King St, Newtown NSW 2042, Australia | Alexandria, NS
Advertisement
The piano & alto sax duo performs an unusual repertoire of Thelonius Monk tunes, film music, and their own original tunes, reflecting a love of the history of jazz. The music tonight will be swinging, bluesy and spiky, just as Monk would have liked it.Peter Dasent is widely known as a composer and performer of jazz, film music and children’s music. His band The Umbrellas has released a number of CDs, and he composed the score for Peter Jackson’s iconic Australian film Heavenly Creatures.
Phillip Johnston has released 25 CDs as a leader, composed music for film, television and theatre, and toured widely in Europe, Australia, Canada and the USA with his silent film scores and bands.
Peter and Phillip are co-leaders of the early jazz repertory band The Greasy Chicken Orchestra [https://phillipjohnston.com/the-greasy-chicken-orchestra/], who have released the highly regarded CD, I Cakewalked With A Zombie [https://phillipjohnston.bandcamp.com/album/i-cakewalked-with-a-zombie] (Earshift).
Video clip: Peter Dasent and Phillip Johnston play Monk’s Locomotive []
Web page: https://phillipjohnston.com/playing-with-monk/ [https://phillipjohnston.com/playing-with-monk/]
Jazz Goes To The Movies: https://phillipjohnston.com/playing-with-monk-jazz-goes-to-the-movies/ [https://phillipjohnston.com/playing-with-monk-jazz-goes-to-the-movies/]
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/phillip.johnston.92 [https://www.facebook.com/phillip.johnston.92] (PJ), https://www.facebook.com/peter.dasent [https://www.facebook.com/peter.dasent] (PD)
Advertisement
Where is it happening?
280A King St, Newtown NSW 2042, Australia, 10 Wilson St, Newtown NSW 2042, Australia, AlexandriaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
Know what’s Happening Next — before everyone else does.
