i found this old recording of "Forgetful" from when i was visiting NZ, way back in July 2011, we tried out this new tune i had written (originally called it "I forgot you" back then, (a contrafact of I Remember You).

pretty nostalgic so i thought I'd whack it up here!

the tunes' inspiration came from going to introduce Sydneys' great guitar dude - Carl Morgan to a friend of mine at the Sydney Jazz Festival (we were watching Kurt Rosenwinkel's band) and i went "this is....." and then totally forgot Carl's name for like 10 seconds hahaha and he had to say it himself, Hi i'm Carl... lol so embarrasing, anyway good idea for a tune so here it is.

recorded on a zoom device in Tom Dennison's bedroom!

Aaron Blakey - piano and composition
Tom Dennison - bass
Steven Webster - drums

Forgetful - Aaron Blakey , Tom Dennison, Steven Webster - july 2011

EBISU - TAKE 2! 

Aaron Blakey (piano)
Andrew Crago (alto sax)
Michael Avgenicos (tenor sax)
Peter Koopman (guitar) 
Tom Botting (bass)
Tim Firth (drums)

Recorded at Rancom St Studios - 18 June 2021.
Engineered and mixed by Brent Clark.

Ebisu (Take 2)

"On the Trail" - live at Miss Celies. April 2024

Michael Griffin (alto sax)
Aaron Blakey (piano)
Jacob Graham (bass)
George Greenhill (drums)

On The Trail

a composition of mine that we recorded in one of the rooms at the Sydney Conservatorium in 2011 - "Yuna's Lullaby"

Mike Rivett (tenor)
Aaron Blakey (piano)
Karl Dunnicliff (bass)
Paul Derricott (drums)

Yuna's Lullaby (feat. Mike Rivett) - Aug 2011

Little Person 

Aaron Blakey (piano)
Dave Groves (bass)
Andrew Gander (drums)                  composition: Aaron Blakey
recorded Dec 2015

Little Person

Aaron Blakey (piano)
Dave Groves (bass)
Andrew Gander (drums) composition: Aaron Blakey
recorded Dec 2015

$200 Fine

Akan Onsen

I found an old recording i did in Tokyo with my mates Koji Tetsui and Kaoru Suzuki from back in 2009.   "three days" written by myself.

http://www.aaronblakey.com 
instagram:  @aaron_blakey_

Three Days - nov 2009

a bit from our gig at Foundry616 in July 2016

Aaron Blakey (piano)
Nick Bowd (tenor sax)
Jonathan Zwartz (bass)
Hamish Stuart (drums)   

playing "Jonathan B" written by Aaron Blakey

Jonathan B - Live at Foundry616 - July 2016

a live recording of one of my compositions; "Little Person" at Foundry616 in Sydney; Australia

featuring:

Michael Avgenicos (tenor sax)
Andrew Crago (alto sax)
Tom Botting (bass)
Alex Hirlian (drums)
Aaron Blakey (piano)

recorded by Peter Nelson 
mixed by Jesse Spagnolo

Oct 2018

Little Person - Live at Foundry616 - Oct 2018

a live recording of Ugly Beauty - (by Thelonious Monk) at Foundry616 in Sydney; Australia

featuring:

Andrew Crago (alto sax)
Michael Avgenicos (tenor sax)
Tom Botting (bass)
Alex Hirlian (drums)
Aaron Blakey (piano)

recorded by Peter Nelson 
mixed by Jesse Spagnolo

Oct 2018

Ugly Beauty - Live at Foundry616 - Oct 2018

A live recording of one of my compositions; "One for Luke" at Foundry616 in Sydney; Australia

I wrote this piece of music for my friend Luke who passed away suddenly in September and is sorely missed by many.


featuring:

Michael Avgenicos (tenor sax)
Andrew Crago (alto sax)
Tom Botting (bass)
Alex Hirlian (drums)
Aaron Blakey (piano and second tenor sax)

recorded by Peter Nelson 
mixed by Jesse Spagnolo

Oct 2018

One For Luke - Live at Foundry616 - Oct 2018

a live recording of one of my compositions; "Forgetful" at Foundry616 in Sydney; Australia

featuring:

Michael Avgenicos (tenor sax)
Andrew Crago (alto sax)
Tom Botting (bass)
Alex Hirlian (drums)

Forgetful - live at Foundry616 - Oct 2018

a live recording of "Like Sonny" (written by John Coltrane) at Foundry616 in Sydney; Australia

featuring:

Michael Avgenicos (tenor sax)
Andrew Crago (alto sax)
Tom Botting (bass)
Alex Hirlian (drums)

Like Sonny - Live at Foundry616 - Oct 2018

a live recording of one of my compositions; "Haruka" at Foundry616 in Sydney; Australia

featuring:

Michael Avgenicos (tenor sax)
Andrew Crago (alto sax)
Tom Botting (bass)
Alex Hirlian (drums)

Haruka - Live at Foundry616 - Oct 2018

a live recording of one of my compositions; "Please Hold" at Foundry616 in Sydney; Australia

featuring:

Michael Avgenicos (tenor sax)
Andrew Crago (alto sax)
Tom Botting (bass)
Alex Hirlian (drums)

Please Hold - Live at Foundry616 - Oct 2018

a live recording of one of my compositions; "Griffo's Groove" at Foundry616 in Sydney; Australia

featuring:

Michael Avgenicos (tenor sax)
Andrew Crago (alto sax)
Tom Botting (bass)
Alex Hirlian (drums)

Griffo's Groove - Live at Foundry616 - Oct 2018

a live recording of one of my compositions; "For Fiona" at Foundry616 in Sydney; Australia

featuring:

Michael Avgenicos (tenor sax)
Andrew Crago (alto sax)
Tom Botting (bass)
Alex Hirlian (drums)

For Fiona - Live at Foundry616 - Oct 2018

Social Call (by Gigi Gryce)

Andrew Crago (alto sax)
Aaron Blakey (piano)
Tom Botting (bass)
Tim Firth (drums)

Social Call

Haruka - written by Aaron Blakey

Andrew Crago (alto sax)
Simon Ferenci (trumpet)
Aaron Blakey (piano)
Tom Botting (bass)
Tim Firth (drums)

Haruka

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