Galapagos Duck

Galapagos Duck
Origin	Sydney, Australia
Genres	Jazz-funk, jazz-rock
Years active	1969–present
Labels	Philips Polygram ABC Music Aim Records Pintail Productions

Members	Greg Foster John Conley Adrian Cunningham Rodney Ford Matt Baker

Past members	Len Barnard AM Tom Hare Chris Qua Des Windsor Willy Qua Roger Frampton Bob Egger Col Nolan Ray Alldridge Marty Mooney Paul McNamara Tony Ansell Glenn Henrich John Helman

Galapagos Duck is an Australian jazz band. Formed in 1969, they have an extensive history of international touring,^[1] including:

Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland
Jazz Yatra Festival, Bombay, India
American Musexpo
Singapore International Jazz Festival
Queenstown Jazz Festival, New Zealand
Vanuatu International Jazz Festival, Vanuatu

The band formed in 1969 for the winter season at "The Kosciusko Ski Chalet, Charlotte Pass".^[1]

Before it moved to The Rocks Push jazz club in Sydney, the band in 1969 was Marty Mooney and Tom Hare (reeds), Chris Qua (bass and trumpet), and Des Windsor (piano and organ).

Bruce Viles (owner of the Rocks Push) established The Basement jazz club at Circular Quay in 1973 and Galapagos Duck opened there as the house band. At that time, the personnel was Marty Mooney and Tom Hare (reeds), Chris Qua (bass and trumpet), Willie Qua (drums and reeds) and Doug Robson (piano).^[2]

Some of the top names in Australian jazz have worked with the band at one time or another, including Dave Levy, Roger Frampton, Col Nolan, Paul McNamara and Warren Daly (ex-Daly-Wilson Big Band).

Discography

1974, Ebony Quill
1974, The Removalist
1976, St. James
1976, Moomba Jazz, live recording of various artists
1977, Magnum
1978, Right On Cue
1979, In Flight
1981, This Time
1983, Voyage of The Beagle
1985, Endangered Species
1989, Habitat
1997, Lonely George
2006, Out Of The Blue

References

^ ^a ^b Lloyd Bradford Syke, (12 July 2012 22:28), Sydney » Reviews » Galapagos Duck, Australian Stage
^ Leon Gettler, (10 August 1995), The Ducks sure have stamina, The Age, Melbourne, p. 19