ALL THAT JAZZ

'TAKE FIVE' WAS MADE BECAUSE I WANTED TO CAPTURE THE FEELING OF THE WELL KNOWN JAZZ NUMBER WAS COMPOSED AND PLAYED BY SAXAPHONE SOLOIST PAUL DESMOND WITH THE DAVE BRUBECK GROUP.

MY HUSBAND AND I ARE BOTH JAZZ LOVERS AND WE HAVE THESE QUILTS HUNG IN OUR HOME TO SHOW OUR APPRECIATION OF JAZZ MUSIC.

"JAZZ RED HOT AND COOL" IS THE SECOND OF MY JAZZ QUILTS THAT REFLECT THE MUSIC OF DAVE BRUBECK, ONE OF MY FAVOURITE JAZZ ARTISTS. THE TITLE COMES FROM BRUCECK'S ALBUM OF THE SAME NAME.

I WANTED TO EXPRESS THE FEELING THE MUSIC GAVE ME WHEN I DESIGNED AND MADE THE QUILT.

THIS QUILT WAS FIRST EXHIBITED AT THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE IN 1994.

BILLY STRAYHORN, A TALENTED COMPOSER, ARRANGER AND PIANIST WANTED TO WORK WITH DUKE ELLINGTON. THE DUKE SUGGESTED HE COME TO HIS HOME TO DISCUSS IT. THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOW TO GET THERE WERE 'TAKE THE A TRAIN AND GET OFF AT SUGAR HILL IN HARLEM".

IN THE TRAIN, ON THE WAY TO DUKE'S HOUSE, STRAYHORN WROTE THE JAZZ CLASSIC 'TAKE THE A TRAIN'.

HE WORKD WITH THE DUKE FOR MANY YEARS UNTIL HE DIED AND THE DUKE REFERRED TO HIM AS HIS RIGHT AND LEFT HANDS.

I MADE THE QUILT BECAUSE 'TAKE THE A TRAIN' HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF MY FAVOURITE JAZZ NUMBERS.

IF YOU CLICK ON THE TREBLE CLEFF ON THE LEFT BOTTOM OF THE QUILT OR THE RIGHT BOTTOM GREY AREA IT WILL BRING UP MORE DETAILS OF THAT SECTION.

JAM SESSION (RIGHT)

A GIFT FROM OUR DAUGHTER AND FAMILY TO MY HUSBAND AND ME, JAM SESSION IS A THREE DIMENSIONAL PICTURE SCULPTURED FROM CLAY AND PAINTED.

UNFORTUNATELY, YOU DON'T GET THE FULL IMPACT OF THE WORK FROM A FLAT PHOTOGRAPH. FROM THE CIGARETTE HANGING OUT OF THE BASIST'S MOUTH TO THE SHADES, THEY ARE REAL JAZZ MUZOS.

THE ARTIST IS LANA MASON OF PANTON HILL, VIC.