Bobby Gebert
John Robert Gebert is an Australian jazz pianist. The Bobby Gebert Trio was nominated for the 1995 ARIA Award for Best Jazz Album with The Sculptor.
Biography
John Robert Gebert was born in 1944 in Adelaide. He was trained on piano and studied at London's College of Music before returning to Australia to start his career as a jazz musician. In 1987 he was the pianist for Bernie McGann Quartet for the album, Kindred Spirits, alongside McGann on saxophone, John Pochee on drums and Jonathan Zwartz on double bass.In 1992 Gebert, Zwartz and Andrew Dickeson on drums backed visiting English saxophonist, Ronnie Scott, for his performances in Australia. Michael Foster of The Canberra Times felt Scott, "was obviously as comfortable with Bobby Gebert's trio as the three Sydney musicians were with him, even on first encounter. This made for a great evening..."
In 1994 Bobby Gebert Trio issued a studio album, The Sculptor, via ABC Music. Foster noticed that Gebert, "can play in many idioms, but is particularly appealing, to me at least, in this mode and mood." He described the tracks, " opens with Gebert's own 'The Sculptor' and he seamlessly blends his own tunes,
'MD. Waltz for Helen' and 'Mo' Blues', with Monk's 'Off Minor', Strayhorn's 'Lotus Blossum', Ellington's 'Reflections in D' and 'Come Sunday', and Hope's 'Something for Kenny'." At the ARIA Music Awards of 1995 it was nominated for Best Jazz Album.