Galapagos Duck
Galapagos Duck is an Australian jazz band. Formed in 1969, they have an extensive history of international touring, 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
Before it moved to The Rocks Push jazz club in Sydney, the band in 1969 was Marty Mooney and Tom Hare, Chris Qua, and Des Windsor.
Bruce Viles 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, Chris Qua, Willie Qua and Doug Robson.
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.
Discography
- 1974, Ebony Quill
- 1974, The Removalists
- 1976, St. James
- 1976, Moomba Jazz, live recording of various artists
- 1977, Magnum
- 1978, Right On Cue
- 1979, In Flight
- 1981, This Time
- 1983, The Voyage of The Beagle
- 1985, Endangered Species
- 1989, Habitat
- 1997, Lonely George
- 2006, Out Of The Blue
- 2015, ''The Other Side of the Mirror''