: Artisans Workshop - Artisans Workshop

Artisans Workshop is a Brisbane-based group of young jazz musicians who have worked together for years. Their ease of working together shows and the sparks fly throughout this astounding debut CD. The CD features John Rodgers who has to be one of the most exciting violin improvisers anywhere in the world.

Elliott Dalgleish (saxophones)
Jonathan Dimond (bass guitar and trombone)
John Rodgers (violin)
Ken Edie (percussion)

"Youth and exceptional ability virtually guarantee that their music will offer listening experiences akin to the gravity-defying configurations of skaters on a tall ramp…this music is full of fresh shapes and exhilarations …There is scarcely a better band in Australia than this Brisbane quartet, and I doubt that there have been more than one or two better records made here." - Sydney Morning Herald, 1993