Sassafras Quartet plus Emily Gelineau

Sassafras Quartet returns to the stage at The Ellington Jazz Club on Thursday May 12th featuring talented violinist Emily Gelineau.

Repertoire for this show will feature some gypsy jazz classics from Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli alongside music from modern masters such as Gonzalo Bergara, Les Doigts De L’Homme and others. You can also expect to hear contemporary arrangements of classic and lesser-known jazz standards as well as some original works, all with a progressive leaning.

There’ll be toe-tapping jazz, high-octane gypsy classics, bebop, western swing, latin and a whole lot more in between.
Join us for a great night of engaging and eclectic music that is guaranteed to please.

Pete Jeavons – double bass
Emily Gelineau – violin
Adrian Galante – clarinet
Lachlan Gear – acoustic guitar
Aaron Deacon – acoustic guitar

SASSAFRAS QUARTET
Formed in mid 2015, Sassafras has now established a reputation as one of Perth’s premier gypsy jazz groups. Perhaps best known for their work with the quintet version of the group (“Sassafras” – featuring vocalist Jessie Gordon), the four instrumentalists have also been steadily developing their sound as a tight-knit and energetic instrumental group: Sassafras Quartet. In their own right, Sassafras Quartet has performed at numerous venues around Perth (such as Kidogo Arthouse, The Ellington Jazz Club, The Duke of George, The Moon Cafe among others) and also at festivals including The Oz Manouche Festival (Brisbane, 2018), The King Street Corner Pocket Festival (2018) and The Perth Festival (2021). The band features Lachlan Gear and Aaron Deacon (acoustic guitars), Adrian Galante (clarinet) and Pete Jeavons (double bass).

EMILY GELINEAU
Classically trained on Piano and Violin from the age of 3, Emily Gelineau is a creative modern musician who is known for playing and interpreting many styles of music from jazz to pop, rock, world styles, and the classical western-art tradition. She has performed at festivals such as the Newport Folk Festival, Freshgrass Festival, and has played and recorded with many artists, including recording Violin on the recent 2022 Grammy-winning arrangement “Metaknight’s Revenge” by the 8-Bit Big Band whilst in New York. After living for 4 years in Boston, USA, Emily has been back in Australia for almost 2 years, and is a recent graduate from the Berklee College of Music in Boston, USA; earning herself a Bachelor of Music dual majoring in Film Scoring and Violin Performance whilst on a 5-year Asia Pacific Full-Tuition scholarship. In June of 2022, Emily is excited to return to the United States to undertake a scholarship to New York University’s summer Film/TV Scoring programs.

R E V I E W S

” Acoustic gypsy jazz band Sassafras presented a world-class musical performance to the capacity audience that filled (the) Ellington Jazz Club…” - Steve Baitz, Seesaw Mag, Jan 26th 2019

” What a truly extraordinary group of talented performers… 4 of the most enigmatic musicians you’ll ever see.” - Amanda Lancaster, Fourth Wall Media, Jan 31st 2018

” A clear French theme with familiar swing classics and gypsy jazz radiating with attitude” - Jess Ammon, Fringefeed, Jan 30th 2018

” The (Perth) International Jazz Festival is a serious affair… there was, however, a moment of joyous gypsy-style jazz from Sassafras, a local group who took the audience on a pleasure-filled journey, aided by brilliant gypsy guitarists…” - Ron Banks, The West Australian Newspaper, June 2017

” Lead soloist Galante is routinely given a run for his money by Jeavons’s bass solos, Deacon’s strumming and Gear’s fantastically fast and accurate picking. Altogether, it makes for a first-rate performance.” - Brandon Taylor, The Australia Times, Jan 31st 2016