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Barney McAll

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Barney McAll
McAll in New York City
Background information
Birth nameBarnaby Jonathan McAll
BornMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
GenresJazz
Occupation(s)Musician, composer, arranger
Instrument(s)Piano, keyboards, Bulbul tarang
LabelsABC Classics
Jazzhead
Transparent Music
Extra Celestial Arts
Websitebarneymcall.com

Barney McAll is a jazz pianist and composer who lives in Melbourne, Australia. McAll joined Gary Bartz's band in 1997, and has also played with the Josh Roseman Unit, Fred Wesley and the JB's, Groove Collective, and Kurt Rosenwinkel's "Heartcore".

Early life and education

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Barney McAll completed his Bachelor of Music at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne, and studied in New York and Cuba.[citation needed] He is the brother of pianist John McAll.[citation needed]

Career

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McAll's ensembles include M.O.D.A.S, GRAFT, ASIO (Australian Symbiotic Improvisers Orbit), and Non-Compliance. His most recent ensemble is Precious Energy, which features members from Hiatus Kaiyote, Laneous, and Rita Satch. He released a political Black Mirror pop album in 2018 called Global Intimacy under the pseudonym TQX which features Sia, Kool A.D., Cormega, and Sirah.

He worked as musical director for Australian vocalist Sia from 2011 to 2012.

He has played on over 100 albums as a sideman and has recorded or toured internationally with musicians such as Dewey Redman, Roy Ayers, Maceo Parker, Jimmy Cobb, Eddie Henderson, Aloe Blacc, Bernie Worrell, Peter Apfelbaum, Billy Harper, and Vernel Fournier.

Other activities

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McAll curated the APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards from 2019 to 2023.

Barney authored a book titled As The Flow Cries – 365 Music Maxims, which presents 365 insights into music drawn from his experience touring and exploring the world of improvised music.

Recognition and awards

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At the ARIA Music Awards of 2015 McAll won Best Jazz Album for Mooroolbark.[1]

AIR Awards

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The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as AIR Awards) is an annual awards night to recognize, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector.

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2012 Graft Best Independent Jazz Album Nominated
2015 Mooroolbark Best Independent Jazz Album Won
2023 Precious Energy Best Independent Jazz Album or EP Nominated [2][3]

APRA Awards

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The APRA Awards are held in Australia and New Zealand by the Australasian Performing Right Association to recognise songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1993 "Hindered On His Way to Heaven" (with Vince Jones) Best Jazz Composition Won

ARIA Music Awards

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The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
1996 Exit Best Jazz Album Nominated [4]
2012 Graft Best Jazz Album Nominated
2015 Mooroolbark Best Jazz Album Won
2018 Hearing the Blood Best Jazz Album Nominated
2019 Zephyrix Best Jazz Album Nominated
2022 Precious Energy Best Jazz Album Nominated [5]

Art Music Awards

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The Art Music Awards are presented each year by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and the Australian Music Centre (AMC) to recognise achievement in the composition, performance, education and presentation of Australian music. Art music covers activity across contemporary classical music, contemporary jazz and improvised music, experimental music and sound art.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2018 Hearing The Blood Excellence In Jazz Nominated

Australian Jazz Bell Awards

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The Australian Jazz Bell Awards (also known as the Bell Awards or The Bells), are annual music awards for the jazz music genre in Australia.[citation needed]

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2006 Mother of Dreams And Secrets Best Jazz Album Nominated
2010 "Flashback" Best Jazz Song Nominated
2010 Flashbacks Best Contemporary Jazz Album Nominated
2012 "Nostalgia for the Present" Best Jazz Song Nominated
2012 Graft Best Contemporary Jazz Album Nominated
2014 TRIO FERAL: DONT FEED Best Contemporary Jazz Album Nominated
2016 "ASIO" Best Ensemble Nominated
2016 Mooroolbark Best Jazz Album Won
2016 "Nectar Spur" Best Jazz Song Won
2017 ASIO Best Ensemble Won
2017 Hearing the Blood Best Album Won
2017 Hearing the Blood Best Produced Album Won
2017 "Love Is The Blood" Best Jazz Song Nominated
2019 Zephyrix Best Instrumental Jazz Album Nominated
2019 Zephyrix Best Produced Album Won

Australian Music Prize

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
2018 Zephyrix Best Album Nominated
2022 Precious Energy Best Album Nominated

Grammy Awards

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The Grammy Award (stylized as GRAMMY, originally called Gramophone Award), or just Grammy, is an award presented by the Recording Academy to recognize "Outstanding Achievement in the music industry" of the United States. [citation needed]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2007 People People, Music Music Best Independent Jazz Album (With Groove Collective) Nominated

Music Victoria Awards

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The Music Victoria Awards are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music. They commenced in 2006.

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2015 Mooroolbark Best Jazz Album Won [6][7]
2018 Hearing The Blood Best Jazz Album Nominated
2022 Precious Energy Best Jazz Work Won [8][9]

Discography

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Albums

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List of albums with selected details
Title Details
Exit

(ft. Jimmy Cob & Vincent Herring)

  • Released: 1995
  • Format: CD
  • Label: ABC Jazz (4798192)
Widening Circles

(ft. Billy Harper, Ben Monder, Vincent Herring)

  • Released: 1998
  • Format: CD
  • Label: AIJA Recording (009)
Release the Day

(ft. Gary Bartz, Kurt Rosenwinkel & Joey Baron)

  • Released: 2000
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Jazzhead
Vivid

(with Badal Roy & Rufus Cappadocia)

  • Released: 2005
  • Format: CD, Digital
  • Label: Jazzhead (HEAD065)
Mother of Dreams and Secrets '

(ft. Kurt Rosenwinkel & Billy Harper)

  • Released: 2005
  • Format: CD, Digital
  • Label: Jazzhead (HEAD066)
Baby Winter
(with Genji Siraisi)
  • Released: 2005
  • Format: CD, Digital
  • Label: KUFALA Recordings (KUF0129)
Flashbacks

(ft. Kurt Rosenwinkel)

  • Released: 2009
  • Format: Digital
  • Label: Barney McAll
Blueprints
  • Released: 2011
  • Format: CD, Digital
  • Label: Jazzhead (HEAD113)
Recollections
  • Released: 2011
  • Format: CD, Digital
  • Label: Jazzhead (HEAD113)
Graft
  • Released: 2012
  • Format: CD, Digital
  • Label: Jazzhead (HEAD146)
Chucky Vol.1Swirl Cauldron Swirl
  • Released: 2013
  • Format: CD, Digital
  • Label: Extra Celestial Arts
Solo Piano Live
  • Released: 2013
  • Format: CD, Digital
  • Label: Extra Celestial Arts
Mooroolbark
  • Released: 2015
  • Format: CD, Digital
  • Label: ABC Jazz (473 1260)
Nourriture De L'Amour
  • Released: 2015
  • Format: Digital
  • Label: Extra Celestial Arts
Hearing the Blood
  • Released: October 2017
  • Format: CD, Digital
  • Label: Extra Celestial Arts
Zephyrix
(with The Monash Art Ensemble)
  • Released: 2018
  • Format: CD, Digital
  • Label: Extra Celestial Arts
An Extra Celestial Christmas
  • Released: December 2019
  • Format: CD, Digital
  • Label: Extra Celestial Arts
Lockdown Hard Drive Pearl Dive
  • Released: December 2020
  • Format: Digital
  • Label: Extra Celestial Arts
Third Wing
(with Robert Vincs)
  • Released: June 2020
  • Format: CD, Digital
  • Label: Extra Celestial Arts
Transitive Cycles
  • Released: August 2021
  • Format: LP
  • Label: Heavy Machinery Records (HEVMAC009)
Precious Energy

(ft. Gary Bartz & Hiatus Kaiyote)

  • Released: 2022
  • Format: LP,Digital
  • Label: Extra Celestial Arts (ExtraArts 004)
Precious Energy Re-Up

(ft. Gary Bartz, Steve Spacek, Hiatus Kaiyote, Sampology)

  • Released: 2023
  • Format: Digital
  • Label: Extra Celestial Arts (ExtraArts 005)
Piano Memoirs from Peggy Glanville-Hicks House
  • Released: 2023
  • Format: Digital
  • Label: Extra Celestial Arts (ExtraArts 006)
Emerald Hands
  • Released: 2023
  • Format: Vinyl LP
  • Label: Extra Celestial Arts (ExtraArts 007)

Albums as a ideman

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  • 1993 – Vince Jones – It All Ends Up In Tears
  • 1993 – Bill Ware – Groove Thing (Eight Ball)
  • 1994 – Kate Ceberano and Friends – ABC
  • 1996 – Vince Jones – Trustworthy Little Sweethearts
  • 1996 – Dale Barlow – Dale Barlow
  • 1997 – Vince Jones – Future Girl
  • 1997 – Tim Rollinson – Cause + Effect Mercury Records
  • 1997 – Jack Lee – Poong-Un – Nuevo
  • 1998 – Vince Jones – Here's to the Miracles
  • 1998 – Slave Pianos – A Diagnosis Revolver Records
  • 1999 – David Rex – Collision Course
  • 1999 – Vince Jones – Virtue
  • 1999 – The Whitlams – Love This City
  • 1999 – Groove Collective – Declassified (Shanachie)
  • 1999 – Gary Bartz – Live At The Jazz Standard
  • 2000 – Phil Stack – Lucky You
  • 2000 – LIVE and Hard to Find Groove Collective
  • 2000 – Richard Worth – Rise (Giant Step)
  • 2000 – DET Live! Vol. 2: Exclusive Live Performances from WDET-FM 101.9 Detroit
  • 2001 – Vincent Herring – Save The World
  • 2001 – Ron Trent
  • 2001 – Groove Collective – Giant Step Record Sessions Vol.1 (Shanachie)
  • 2001 – Groove Collective– It's All in Your Mind (Shanachie)
  • 2002 – Groove Collective – Live And Hard To Find (live album) (Kufala Records)
  • 2002 – Gary Bartz – Live At The Jazz Standard Vol 2
  • 2002 – Ron Trent – Musical Reflections
  • 2002 – Wangaratta Live – Jazzhead
  • 2002 – Groove Collective – Brooklyn, NY 04.20.02 (live album) (Kufala Records)
  • 2003 – Red Lotus – Make Way
  • 2003 – Greg Gonzales – X=X
  • 2003 – Jacam Manricks – Skies the Limit
  • 2003 – Greta Gertler – The Baby That Brought Bad Weather
  • 2004 – Jay Rodriguez and Ron Trent Olájopé – Batidos
  • 2004 – DJ Jazzy Jeff – In The House
  • 2004 – Fred Wesley and The JB's – Wuda Cuda Shuda
  • 2004 – Paul Williamson's Hammond Combo – A Month Of Mondays
  • 2005 – The Modern Congress – The Hidden Soul of Harmony (Casa Del Discos)
  • 2005 – Fabio Morgera – The Voice Within
  • 2005 – The Jay Collins Band – Poem For You Today
  • 2006 – Jazzhead2006 – Jazzhead records compilation
  • 2006 – Josh Roseman – 'Treats for the Night Walker
  • 2006 – Groove Collective – People People Music Music Savoy Records
  • 2006 – Greta Gertler – Pecadillo vocal feature "i'm not a lizard"
  • 2006 – Ayla Napa Valley – Finest Ambient Tunes
  • 2008 – Jazzhead – Jazzhead Vol 7.
  • 2008 – Pamela Luss – Magnet
  • 2007 – Groove Collective – PS1 Warm Up:Brooklyn, NY, July 2, 2005 (live album) (Kufala)
  • 2007 – Umberto Echo – Dub Trail
  • 2007 – Jojo Kuo – No Kelen Kelen – Goin Native Records
  • 2008 – Josh Roseman – Constellations: live in Vienna (ENJA)
  • 2008 – Jo Lawry – I Want To be Happy
  • 2009 – Jonathan Zwartz – The Sea
  • 2009 – Julien Wilson / Steve Magnusson – Kaleidoscopic (Jazzhead)
  • 2009 – Sa-Ra – Nuclear Evolution: The Age of Love
  • 2010 – Umberto Echo – Dub the World
  • 2010 – Rebecca Barnard – Everlasting
  • 2010 – Blue Six – Noesis
  • 2010 – Tom Browne – S'Up (Pony Canyon)
  • 2010 – Sia – iTunes – Live in Sydney
  • 2011 – Andy Bey – Companions Of The Lost Ark – ILM Recordings
  • 2012 – Jazzhead12 – Jazzhead Records
  • 2012 – Gary Bartz – Coltrane Rules: Tao of a Music Warrior (OYO Records)
  • 2012 – Tim Rollinson – The Protagonist (The Modern Congress)
  • 2012 – Brad Jones – Avant Lounge (Ropeadope Records)
  • 2012 – Tim Clarkson – Evolution Of Beauty – Dangerous Music Records
  • 2012 – The Universal Thump – The Universal Thump
  • 2013 – Jonathan Zwartz – The Remembering and Forgetting Of The Air
  • 2013 – Julien Wilson – This Is Always ( Lionshare Records)
  • 2014 – Gary Bartz – Coltrane Rules: Tao of a Music Warrior Volume 2 (OYO Records)
  • 2014 – Sparkler – Peter Apfelbaum – I Colored It In For You EP M.O.D. Technologies Bill Laswell
  • 2014 – Aaron Comess – Aaron Comess Quintet
  • 2015 – Julien Wilson – This Narrow Isthmus ( Lionshare Records)
  • 2016 – Alice Bierhorst – The Beacon
  • 2016 – Umberto Echo – Elevator Dubs
  • 2016 – Jazztrack – Celebrating 40 Years – ABC
  • 2017 – Sara Valenzuela – Fulgor
  • 2018 – John Wesley Harding – Greatest Other Peoples Hits
  • 2018 – Mike Rivett Quartet – Live At Cottage Point
  • 2018 – Jonathan Zwartz – Animarum
  • 2019 – Kian – Bliss – EMI Music
  • 2019 – Laneous – Monstera Deliciosa- Soul Has No Tempo
  • 2019 – Michael Jordan – AIM
  • 2019 – How Much Is the Robot – Analog Bass Camp
  • 2019 – The Art Of Fighting – Luna Low
  • 2020 – Daniel Merriweather – "Rain" – (Rain Recordings)
  • 2020 – Jazz 100 selected Highlights – ABC
  • 2020 – Third Wing (with Rob Vincs)
  • 2020 – MIJF – These Digital Times Compilation
  • 2021 – Martha Marlow – Dont Want To Grow Up
  • 2021 – Gian Slater – Grey Is Ground
  • 2021 – Dewey Redman – Live In Chicago (Extracelestial Arts)
  • 2021 – Billy Harper Quartet – Live In Brooklyn (Extracelestial Arts)
  • 2023 – Jay Rodriegiez Sierra – Muthaflower (Jay Rodriguez Sierra)
  • 2023 - Emma Donovan - Til My Song Is Done

Collaborator

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  • 1998 – Jonathan Zwartz, Hamish Stuart, Barney McAll – Zeeks Beek ABC/EMI
  • 2005 – Jody Watley, Ron Trent, Barney McAll – Saturday Night Experience
  • 2005 – Barney McAll, Genji Siraisi – Baby Winter
  • 2006 – Barney McAll, Badal Roy, Rufus Cappadocia – Vivid
  • 2008 – George Schuller, Barney McAll, Matt Pavolka – That Trio This
  • 2009 – Sylent Running – Empathy Chip
  • 2014 – Trio Feral – Don't Feed
  • 2020 – Seven Wonders Compilation – Wondercore Island/Plug Seven
  • 2020 – WatArtists Compilation – At Clouds Length
  • 2020 – Third Wing (with Rob Vincs)
  • 2021 – Sex On Toast – Take Your Mask Off
  • 2022 - King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard - Omnium Gatherum

Arranger

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  • 1996 – Vince Jones – Trustworthy Little Sweethearts
  • 1997 – Vince Jones – Future Girl
  • 1998 – Vince Jones – Here's to the Miracles
  • 1999 – Vince Jones – Virtue
  • 2000 – Vince Jones – Live
  • 2006 – Pamela Luss – There's Something About You I Don't Know
  • 2007 – Pamela Luss – Your Eyes
  • 2008 – Pamela Luss – Magnet
  • 2008 – Paulette McWilliams – Flow
  • 2010 – Tom Scott with Paulette McWilliams – Telling Stories
  • 2010 – Rebecca Barnard – Everlasting

Producer

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  • 1997 – Vince Jones – Future Girl
  • 1998 – Vince Jones – Here's to the Miracles
  • 2006 – Barney McAll, Badal Roy, Rufus Cappadocia – Vivid
  • 2009 – Jacam Manricks – Labyrinths (co-producer)
  • 2009 – Sylent Running – Empathy Chip
  • 2010 – Rebecca Barnard – Everlasting (co-producer)
  • 2012 – Brad Jones – Avant Lounge (Ropeadope Records) (co-producer)
  • 2018 – Global Intimacy – TQX (Extra Celestial Arts)
  • 2019 – Michael Jordan – AIM (co-producer)
  • 2019 – An Extra Celestial Christmas –(Extra Celestial Arts)
  • 2020 – Daniel Merriweather – "Rain" – (Rain Recordings) (co-producer)
  • 2021 – Gian Slater – Grey Is Ground
  • 2021 – Sex On Toast – Take Your Mask Off (Co-Producer, Co-Composer)
  • 2022 – Precious Energy – (Extra Celestial Arts)
  • 2024 – Daniel Merriweather – “Love” – (New Dawn)

Solo albums producer

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  • 1996 – Exit (Jazzhead)
  • 2000 – Release the Day (Transparent Music/Jazzhead)
  • 2005 – Mother of Dreams and Secrets (Jazzhead)
  • 2009 – Flashbacks (Extracelestial Arts)
  • 2011 – Blueprints (Jazzhead)
  • 2011 – Recollections – Best Of (Jazzhead)
  • 2012 – Graft (Jazzhead)
  • 2013 – Swirl Cauldron Swirl (Extra Celestial Arts)
  • 2013 – Solo Piano Live (Extra Celestial Arts)
  • 2015 – Mooroolbark (ABC Jazz)
  • 2017 – Hearing The Blood (Extra Celestial Arts)
  • 2018 – Zephyrix with Monash Art Ensemble (Extra Celestial Arts)
  • 2018 – Global Intimacy – TQX (Extra Celestial Arts)
  • 2022 – Precious Energy – (Extra Celestial Arts)

Film scores

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  • The Forgotten Australians – SBS Broadcasting Group
  • Pushing The Elephant – PBS
  • The Position – Second Act Films
  • We All Fall Down – The American Mortgage Crisis
  • Overhere – Documentary – Reelworks/ Chanel Thirteen
  • Bayshore – A Small Piece of The World
  • Water Flowing Together – Gwendolen Cates/ PBS
  • I Am Ahmed Ahmed
  • Motherland Afghanistan – Aubin Pictures/ Independent Lens
  • Hide and Seek – 20th Century Fox
  • Kathy Griffin – Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
  • Face Value
  • Sacco and Vanzetti – Documentary by Peter Miller/ Ken Burns Florentine Films
  • Peter Berner's Loaded Brush – Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  • Liberia: An Uncivil War – Discovery/Times
  • Brother to Brother – Rodney Evans- Independent Lens
  • Freaks Like Me – Giraffe Partners
  • Solstice
  • Homecoming- Edwina Throsby
  • Otto and Lumilla – John C Williams
  • Necesidades- Fernando de France
  • Facing The Dragon- Sedika Mojadidi
  • Gertie's Law – Supreme Court Podcast

Compositional works

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  • 1993 "Diminuet" Exploring the possibilities of the miniature (La Mama, Carlton, VIC)
  • 1999 ¡¡EMANCIPATE THE DISSONANCE!! with Slave Pianos (Lombard-Freid Fine Arts NYC)
  • 2004 Two lives in flux – and vice versa Vilnius, Lithuania
  • 2009 "Vanishing Point" collaboration with video artist Janet Biggs (Claire Oliver Gallery NYC)
  • 2015 "The Unanswered Question (once touched, remains unknown) " The University of Houston Choral Chorale Choir with Janet Biggs
  • 2016 Zephyrix – Monash Art Ensemble
  • 2016 Transitive Cycles – Federation Bells Commission, City Of Melbourne
  • 2017 "Attrocity Slave" – Slave Pianos – Moscow Stations / Last Stop East – Part II – Continent of Sorrow
  • 2018 "Trilogy Of Cycles" – Federation Bells Commission, City Of Melbourne
  • 1999 ¡¡EMANCIPATE THE DISSONANCE!! with Slave Pianos (Lombard-Freid Fine Arts NYC)
  • 2004 Two lives in flux – and vice versa Vilnius, Lithuania
  • 2009 "Vanishing Point" collaboration with video artist Janet Biggs (Claire Oliver Gallery NYC)
  • 2015 "The Unanswered Question" for UH Chorale Choir with Janet Biggs
  • 2015 ZEPHYRIX for Monash Art Ensemble

References

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  1. ^ ARIA Music Awards for Barney McAll:
    • Search Results 'Barney McAll': "Search Results for 'Barney McAll'". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 23 December 2015.
    • 1996 winners and nominees: "Winners by Year 1996". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
    • 2012 winners and nominees: "Winners By Year 2012". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 23 December 2015.
    • 2015 nominations: Baroni, Nastassia (7 October 2015). "Courtney Barnett, Hermitude, Tame Impala Lead 2015 ARIA Award Nominations". musicfeeds.com.au. Archived from the original on 7 October 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
    • 2015 winners: "And the ARIA Awards Goes to..." Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 27 November 2015. Archived from the original on 18 January 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Nominees Announced for the Australian Independent Music Awards 2023". Music Feeds. 31 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  3. ^ "King Stingray and Genesis Owusu Win Big at 2023 AIR Awards". Music Feeds. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  4. ^ ARIA Award previous winners. "ARIA Awards Best Jazz Album". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  5. ^ Lars Brandle (12 October 2022). "Rüfüs Du Sol Leads 2022 ARIA Awards Nominees (Full List)". The Music Network. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Previous Nominess". Music Victoria. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Previous Winners". Music Victoria. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Music Victoria Awards 2022 Nominees for Industry-Voted Categories Announced". Music Victoria. 27 October 2022. Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Music Victoria Awards 2022 Winners". Scenestr. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
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