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Bart Stenhouse | |
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| File:Bart Stenhouse at the Void, Brisbane, Australia 2015.jpg Stenhouse performing (seated) The Void, Brisbane, October 2015 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Bart John R Stenhouse |
| Born | 15 February 1984 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Genres | Jazz fusion, jazz, world fusion, progressive rock, roots, blues |
| Occupation(s) | Teacher, musician |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, electric mandolin, bass guitar, double bass |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Labels | Stenhouse |
| Website | bartstenhouse |
Bart John R Stenhouse (born 15 February 1984, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) is an Australian jazz fusion musician and teacher. He fuses jazz with elements of rock, flamenco, blues and Indian classical music. He formed the Bart Stenhouse Group to perform his work. In 2014 he issued a studio album, Blue Benares, with Abe Stewart, a percussionist. Stenhouse followed, in 2015, with two solo albums, Five Days in Granada and The Best of Times. He also teaches music and is a record producer.
Style
Bart Stenhouse is a jazz fusion musician from the Queensland–Northern New South Wales area of Australia. Stenhouse cites John McLaughlin as a major influence. He composes, produces and mixes his own music. His music is described as a technical and complex style which fuses electric jazz and rock with Indian and Spanish influences. It is cited by fellow band members as an attractant to play his music with him in the Bart Stenhouse Group. The group has included in its performances Cleon Barraclough,[1] Trent Bryson-Dean,[2] James Whiting,[3] David Galea,[4] Ben Byrne[5] and Par Farrell.[6]
Biography
Bart Stenhouse studied trumpet at primary school and for three years of high school he continued with the trumpet and started playing guitar eventually dropping the trumpet and focusing entirely on guitar. This early training in brass gave him an understanding of the complexities of brass instruments and an ear to hear what he is after. From 2002 to 2004 he studied Jazz Guitar at the Queensland Conservatorium.[7] After being a member of a number of groups in his teenage and early twenties, he played with various bands ranging from rock, blues, roots, country thru to Jazz. Notable amongst these was Alysium, a Brisbane based band with Bart Stenhouse lead guitar, Nick Quigley (now CEO, Jazz Music Institute[8]) and Dane Pulvirenti on drums (Kidney Theaves, Osaka Punch[9] as its members.
Stenhouse teaches music and is a record producer, in addition to composing and performing his own work and playing with other groups and doing session work(Guitar, Electric bass).
Stenhouse released Blue Benares together with Abe Stewart, a percussionist, in 2014.[10] In January 2015 he produced an album, Are We There Yet, for the band, Timbah.[11] It was launched in Toowoomba in July.[12] In October, The Bart Stenhouse Group released two albums, Five Days in Granada and The Best of Times.[13] In January 2016 Stenhouse performed at the Indian International Guitar Festival.[14]
References
- ^ Cleon Barraclough | Australian Pianist & Composer
- ^ Trent Bryson-Dean | Sakae Artist
- ^ James Whiting [Jazz Vibraphonist / Percussionist / Musical Director]
- ^ David Galea Music
- ^ Ben Byrne - Saxophone Lessons - Music Teachers Online
- ^ www.pwfarrell.com — Bassist. Artist. Teacher. Manager
- ^ Jazz - Griffith University
- ^ http://www.jazz.qld.edu.au/about/
- ^ https://osakapunch.bandcamp.com/
- ^ Blue Benares by Bart Stenhouse & Abe Stewart on iTunes
- ^ timbahband
- ^ Timbah's Album Launch | What's On | Chronicle
- ^ Bart Stenhouse | CD Baby Music Store
- ^ "India International Guitar Festival 2016".