Jack, Ben and Ned  is an arrangement of five traditional songs, probably all of Irish origin, that have a connection to three different bushrangers, who roamed the Australian landscape in earlier days.  These men held up coaches, banks, shops, and sometimes took hostages.  These acts were carried out with various degrees of violence, but many lost their lives because of these men and their gangs.  However, many of them were also championed by the common folk, who hated the corrupt police forces of the time as much as the bushranger did.

Jack, Ben And Ned

Eric Andersen is a conductor, teacher, wind chamber music player, and composer of quirky pieces for chamber winds, for band or for choir.  
His career as a musician in the Australian Army included his attendance at the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall, in London.  On his return to Australia he held appointments to lead the army bands in Perth, Sydney and Melbourne, and he led the Defence Force School of Music for  five years.
This music heard here is published by RicSand Music, and can be purchased through the Oxalis Wind Quintet site - hopefully your group will make them sound better than the midi sounds here!