Internationally acclaimed australian saxophonist

Keep it on the down-low, bro, but internationally acclaimed saxophonist and educator Paul 'Pax' Andrews is possibly Perth's best-kept jazz secret. Latest career highlights?

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There have been so many great times, from meeting Dizzy Gillespie at the Monterey Jazz Festival in , to receiving an artist development grant with Masonik from the Department of Culture and the Arts to go to Greece and research Rebetika, the 'Greek blues', to writing and performing the score for Solomon's Shadow, a live cinema event for Fringe World Personal jazz god?

Thelonious Monk has amazed me for my whole listening life, and still I listen as though for the first time. Monk: genius composer, band leader, pianist… Timeless! Fantasy funeral playlist? Perth's jazz forecast? Perth is a great place for the young player to study, and the Institution WAAPA has now become the jam session, replacing clubs, bars and late-night dives.

World-class players abound here, and with a tweak to the venue thing — more small bars and late-night venues, and less formal — we will have a thriving scene.