Dave Halls writes and performs contemporary jazz, flavoured by other styles such as funk, blues, Latin, hip hop beatbox, and more.
You can catch Dave's band live at venues like The Basement in Sydney. Or listen to his music from his albums Burning Time and Walking Home.
"Delivering a mixture of exciting contemporary piano-led compositions with a distinct world music tinge, a show by Mr Halls and his colleagues is always a sonic treat. " - City Hub / City News
- New Jazz influenced music
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1 Burning Time - the album
Charlie "Bird" Parker said It's either good music or it's not. Well, Burning Time ...is much more than just good
Serge Ermoll, jazz pianist, composer and arranger
Every so often a new CD appears which is exceptional. Burning time fits into this rare category...
Susan Gai Dowling - Jazz singer and Radio Presenter
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2 Walking Home - the album
Walking Home is a great album with both original music by Dave Halls, and jazz standards with Dave's tasteful interpretation. It includes musical styles such as latin, funk and jazz.
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1 Burning Time - the album
Charlie "Bird" Parker said It's either good music or it's not. Well, Burning Time ...is much more than just good
Serge Ermoll, jazz pianist, composer and arranger
Every so often a new CD appears which is exceptional. Burning time fits into this rare category...
Susan Gai Dowling - Jazz singer and Radio Presenter
Recent Posts
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In memory of Serge Ermoll (1943 – 2010)
During a set break at my recent Basement show, an older gentleman who had been following Sydney jazz over many decades came up and thanked me. I wasn’t sure at first what he was thanking me for, but then it came out. “It was good that you acknowledged Serge Ermoll, because it seems that everyone [...]
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What an exciting show!
It’s hard to believe that the Basement show is over, particularly as the adrenalin is still running high from it! The show went so fast that there wasn’t enough time to publicly thank the many people who made the show a success. So I thought I would do this now. Firstly, the musicians who performed [...]