Straight Ahead (18)

[from https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbfruyf60_32LABnRReL9ZA/about] Straight Ahead is an Australian band based in Canberra which formed in 1990 and spent that decade touring and performing at most major Folk and Jazz festivals before the band all moved on to other endeavours in 2000. [Releases included: Folked Up Jazz (1994); Living In The Past Lane (1996)] The band consisted of: Cicilia Kemezys - Flutes and Vocals, Bruce Packard - Bass, Mandocello and Vocals, Dave O'Neill - Guitar, Fiddle, Mandolin and Vocals and Tony Hunter - Mandolin, Mandola, Guitar and Vocals Straight Ahead played a mix of music so diverse that trying describe their style was impossible, their concert repertoire consisted of moving seamlessly from genre to genre blending Folk, Jazz, Blues, Swing, Bossa and other influences, their unpredictable performances made them popular with Folk audiences and Jazz audiences alike, for Jazz lovers they blended Jazz with Folk, for Folk lovers they blended Folk with Jazz. In their final years together Straight Ahead included Jon Jones on Percussion and they were a headline act at festivals they attended.