No Dice + Damon Poppleton Quartet – Wednesday, 1st of March 2023:
Damon Poppleton Quartet
Damon Poppleton – alto sax
Harley Coleman – guitar
James Burgess – bass
Matt Simmonds – drums
Damon Poppleton is a 20-year-old alto saxophonist, arranger, composer, and bandleader. He is the 2019 James Morrison Scholarship winner selected by Joey DeFrancesco and Rickey Woodard, a member of the Sydney Conservatorium Jazz Orchestra, and has played with bands such as John Morrison’s Swing City as well as the Andrew Dickeson Quartet.
In 2022, he had one of his big band compositions “Foster Eyes” performed by Andrew Robertson’s Big Band on many occasions at Foundry616 and Manly Jazz Festival. James Morrison said about Damon: “Occasionally a musician comes along who plays way beyond their years. We then usually say how good they are for their age…but at only 16 years of age, Damon Poppleton would be called great if he played like that at 50!”
No Dice
Tessie Overmyer – alto sax
Matt Harris – piano
Tomas Ford – bass
Ryu Kodama – drums
One night only, four cats a-bangin’ and a-pipin’ on tunes original and standard. Tessie shreds, Tomas shreds, Ryu shreds, and Matt also is there – what more could you want? Take a chance on “No Dice”! Be there.
