CURRENT PROJECTS

Artists in music ensemble

2020 - Collaboration with Arun Roberts (Dirt Hand) and Anastasia La Fey (her work is pictured above)

A new creative ensemble directed by saxophonist, composer, and arranger Sam Boon. Artists in Music Ensemble draws on Melbourne’s diverse music scene to bring together a community of inspired and passionate musicians across disparate genres and scenes, providing them with an opportunity to collaborate and experiment. Consisting of a broad range of established artists with backgrounds and experience in many different genres, including, jazz, rock, soul, avant-garde, popular and classical, Artists in Music Ensemble aims to give each of its members a safe space to collaborate, compose, create and transcend boundaries, both as individuals and as a collective body developing new work.

Sam boon quintet

Olaf Scott - Piano

Nic Ryan Glenie - Trumpet

Adam Spiegl - Bass

Damien Ellis - Drums

The Sam Boon Quintet comprises some of the most sort after session musicians in Australia. Having all met when studying together at institutions such as the VCA and NMIT around 10 years ago, each member has forged a strong individual career in their own right with members having toured and studied extensively including in New York and the USA, Europe, The UK and Asia. 

Son of a gunzel

Olaf Scott - Organ

Lincoln McKenzie - Guitar

Matt Gibson - Drums

A new band of old mates, coming together to play loose-times soul, blues and party jazz to make you feel good (and possibly hungover the next day). These ‘Sons of Gunzels’ have collectively brought the ruckus over the years in bands such as Saskwatch, The Woohoo Revue, Guy Sebastian, The Teskey Brothers, Fulton Street, Dorsal Fins and many more. So come down, skull a pint and get loose to the sweet dulcet tones of Son of a Gunzel.

Guy Sebastian “Madness” arena tour 2015, Sydney.