Alister Spence is an Australian jazz pianist and composer.
Spence leads the Alister Spence Trio with Lloyd Swanton and Toby Hall. They were nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Jazz Album in 2004 for Flux and in 2007 for Mercury.
Bands and artists he has recorded with include the Raymond MacDonald International Big Band, Clarion Fracture Zone, Wanderlust, Australian Art Orchestra, Andrew Robson, and Carl Orr.
He was a composer for numerous Ivan Sen films including Journey, Tears, Vanish, Wind, Dust, Shifting Shelter, Yellow Fella, A Sister's Love and Beneath Clouds. For the latter Sen and Spence were nominated for the 2002 AFI Award for Best Original Music Score and the FCCA Award for Best Music Score. Other films he has composed for include Molly and Mobarak, Dakiyarr versus the King, Spirit Stones, and In My Father's Country.
Discography Albums Title Details Three is a Circle Released: 2000 Label: Rufus (RF055) Format: CD Flux Released: 2003 Label: Rufus (RF065) Format: CD Mercury Released: 2006 Label: Rufus (RF075) Format: CD Fit Released: August 2009 Label: Rufus Format: CD, DD Stepping Between the Shadows Released: April 2012 Label: Rufus (RF95) Format: CD, DD Far Flung Released: November 2012 Label: Rufus (RF105) Format: CD, DD Everything Here is Possible Released: June 2014 Label: Alister Spence Music (ASM002) Format: CD, DD Begin Released: February 2015 Label: Alister Spence, Joe Williamson, Christopher Cantillo (ASM003) Format: CD, DD Alister Spence Trio Live Released: 2015 Label: Alister Spence Music (ASM004) Format: CD, DD Not Everything But Enough Released: August 2017 Label: Alister Spence Music (ASM005) Format: CD, DD Sound Hotel Released: March 2018 Label: Alister Spence & Raymond MacDonald (ASM006) Format: CD, DD Intelsat Released: September 2018 Label: Alister Spence (ASM007) Format: CD Imagine Meeting You Here Released: January 2019 Label: Alister Spence (ASM008) Format: CD Whirlpool Released: 2020 Label: Alister Spence (ASM009) Format: CD
Awards and nominations AIR Awards The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as AIR Awards) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector.
| 2010 |Fit | Best Independent Jazz Album
ARIA Music Awards The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.
! |- | 2004 | Flux (Alister Spence Trio) | Best Jazz Album | |rowspan="2"| ARIA Award previous winners. |- | 2007 | Mercury (Alister Spence Trio) | Best Jazz Album
References
External links Official site