Tim Rollinson
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Timothy Robert "Tim" Rollinson (born 1959) from Bolton, England is an Australian jazz guitarist and composer who was a founder of Sydney
-based acid jazz
group Directions in Groove
(D.I.G.) (1991–1998, 2008) as well as his own trio, quartets and studio project, The Modern Congress. His work for D.I.G. included winning two APRA Awards
for song writing, 1994 'Best Jazz Composition' for "Favourite" and 1996 'Most Performed Jazz Work' for "Futures". As well as two ARIA Music Award nominations, 1994
'Breakthrough Artist – Single' for "Re-Invent Yourself" and 1995
'Breakthrough Artist – Album' for Deeper. He released two solo albums, Cause and Effect in 1997 and You Tunes in 2010.
(ex-Chad's Tree
). Both were recruited to perform and record with The Blackeyed Susans
from late 1990 to early 1991. That group had formed in Perth, Western Australia
in 1989 and relocated to Sydney and collected new members.
In 1991 Rollinson was the founding guitarist for acid jazz
group Directions in Groove
(D.I.G.). He contributed song writing to the group's three albums. Rollinson released a solo album, Cause and Effect in 1997 on Mercury Records
. The third album for D.I.G., Curvystrasse, followed in 1998 and the group disbanded thereafter. They briefly reformed in 2008 for the Remixed Live Tour. His work for D.I.G. included winning two APRA Awards
for song writing, 1994 'Best Jazz Composition' for "Favourite" and 1996 'Most Performed Jazz Work' for "Futures". As well as two ARIA Music Award nominations, 1994
'Breakthrough Artist – Single' for "Re-Invent Yourself" and 1995
'Breakthrough Artist – Album' for Deeper.
Rollinson has performed with Vince Jones
, Louis Tillett
, Tim Hopkins
, Tony Buck
, Joe Lane, Barney McAll
and David Watson
.
Rollinson has written music for theatre, short films, two features and for television. He released his second solo album, You Tunes, on Rufus Records in June 2010.
Guest musician
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
-based acid jazz
Acid jazz
Acid jazz is a musical genre that combines elements of jazz, funk and hip-hop, particularly looped beats. It developed in the UK over the 1980s and 1990s and could be seen as tacking the sound of jazz-funk onto electronic dance: jazz-funk musicians such as Roy Ayers, Donald Byrd and Grant Green are...
group Directions in Groove
Directions In Groove
Directions In Groove were a popular Australian acid jazz band originally from the suburb of Redfern in Sydney, who produced several distinctive acid-jazz / groove / funk albums in the 1990s....
(D.I.G.) (1991–1998, 2008) as well as his own trio, quartets and studio project, The Modern Congress. His work for D.I.G. included winning two APRA Awards
APRA Awards
The APRA Music Awards are several award ceremonies run in Australia and New Zealand by Australasian Performing Right Association to recognise songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually....
for song writing, 1994 'Best Jazz Composition' for "Favourite" and 1996 'Most Performed Jazz Work' for "Futures". As well as two ARIA Music Award nominations, 1994
ARIA Music Awards of 1994
The Eighth Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards was held on 30 March 1994 at the State Theatre in Sydney...
'Breakthrough Artist – Single' for "Re-Invent Yourself" and 1995
ARIA Music Awards of 1995
The Ninth Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards was held on 20 October 1995 at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre. There had been a 19-month gap since the previous award ceremony which was moved to be "closer to the business end of the music industry's year"...
'Breakthrough Artist – Album' for Deeper. He released two solo albums, Cause and Effect in 1997 and You Tunes in 2010.
Biography
Timothy Robert Rollinson was born in 1959 in Bolton, England. He joined cabaret band Pressed Meat & the Smallgoods in Sydney in mid-1989 on guitar which included Kathy WemyssKathy Wemyss
Kathy Wemyss is a multi-instrumentalist from Australia who was a member of Chad's Tree and The Jackson Code.-Biography:Wemyss was classically trained, due to her Salvation Army upbringing, but in the 1980s and 1990s performed in post punk and rock bands, playing live gigs in inner Sydney...
(ex-Chad's Tree
Chad's Tree
Chad's Tree are an Australian rock band, formed in Perth in 1983. The band's brittle, off-kilter sound evoked the sense of distance, desolation, harshness and loneliness of the Nullarbor Plain , much in the same fashion as fellow Perth outfit The Triffids.-Biography:The Snarskis were born in...
). Both were recruited to perform and record with The Blackeyed Susans
The Blackeyed Susans
The Blackeyed Susans are an Australian rock band, formed in Perth in 1989, based in Melbourne since 1992.-Perth 1989-1990:The original line-up consisted of David McComb on vocals and guitar, Alsy MacDonald on drums , Phil Kakulas on bass guitar , Rob Snarski on vocals and guitar, and...
from late 1990 to early 1991. That group had formed in Perth, Western Australia
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
in 1989 and relocated to Sydney and collected new members.
In 1991 Rollinson was the founding guitarist for acid jazz
Acid jazz
Acid jazz is a musical genre that combines elements of jazz, funk and hip-hop, particularly looped beats. It developed in the UK over the 1980s and 1990s and could be seen as tacking the sound of jazz-funk onto electronic dance: jazz-funk musicians such as Roy Ayers, Donald Byrd and Grant Green are...
group Directions in Groove
Directions In Groove
Directions In Groove were a popular Australian acid jazz band originally from the suburb of Redfern in Sydney, who produced several distinctive acid-jazz / groove / funk albums in the 1990s....
(D.I.G.). He contributed song writing to the group's three albums. Rollinson released a solo album, Cause and Effect in 1997 on Mercury Records
Mercury Records
Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal...
. The third album for D.I.G., Curvystrasse, followed in 1998 and the group disbanded thereafter. They briefly reformed in 2008 for the Remixed Live Tour. His work for D.I.G. included winning two APRA Awards
APRA Awards
The APRA Music Awards are several award ceremonies run in Australia and New Zealand by Australasian Performing Right Association to recognise songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually....
for song writing, 1994 'Best Jazz Composition' for "Favourite" and 1996 'Most Performed Jazz Work' for "Futures". As well as two ARIA Music Award nominations, 1994
ARIA Music Awards of 1994
The Eighth Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards was held on 30 March 1994 at the State Theatre in Sydney...
'Breakthrough Artist – Single' for "Re-Invent Yourself" and 1995
ARIA Music Awards of 1995
The Ninth Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards was held on 20 October 1995 at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre. There had been a 19-month gap since the previous award ceremony which was moved to be "closer to the business end of the music industry's year"...
'Breakthrough Artist – Album' for Deeper.
Rollinson has performed with Vince Jones
Vince Jones
Vince Jones is an Australian jazz artist. He is a singer, songwriter, and trumpet/flugelhorn player. His music includes both original music and new contemporary versions of jazz standards. His themes are often love, inequity, injustice, peace and anti-greed.He attributes his love of jazz to...
, Louis Tillett
Louis Tillett
Louis Tillett is an Australian singer-songwriter, keyboard player and saxophonist. He was the frontman in Australian bands The Wet Taxis, Paris Green and The Aspersion Caste...
, Tim Hopkins
Tim Hopkins
Tim Hopkins, is an Australian jazz musician who won the Australian National Jazz Award at the Wangaratta Festival of Jazz in 1993.-Career:...
, Tony Buck
Tony Buck
Tony Buck is a drummer and percussionist. He graduated from the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music , becoming involved in the Australian jazz scene....
, Joe Lane, Barney McAll
Barney McAll
Barney McAll is a jazz pianist and composer.Barney McAll completed a Bachelor of Music at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne, studying with pianists Paul Grabowsky, Tony Gould and Mike Nock and with guitarist Doug Devries.He moved to New York City from Australia in 1997 to join...
and David Watson
David Watson
David Watson may refer to:*Dave Watson , actor and playwright*David Watson , anarchist author*David Watson *David Watson , Australian Senator...
.
Rollinson has written music for theatre, short films, two features and for television. He released his second solo album, You Tunes, on Rufus Records in June 2010.
Albums
Band member, solo projects| Year | Title | Artist | Label | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Directions in Groove | D.I.G. (Directions in Groove) Directions In Groove Directions In Groove were a popular Australian acid jazz band originally from the suburb of Redfern in Sydney, who produced several distinctive acid-jazz / groove / funk albums in the 1990s.... |
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| 1995 | Deeper | D.I.G. | Verve/ID 5 186092 | March 1995 |
| Speakeasy | D.I.G. | Verve Forecast 5285392 | June 1995 | |
| 1996 | Crime | D.I.G. | Verve Forecast 852942 | |
| 1997 | Cause and Effect | Tim Rollinson | Mercury Records Mercury Records Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal... 5329072 |
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| 1998 | Curvystrasse | D.I.G. | EMI 97196 | September 1998 |
| 2003 | D.I.G. Live | D.I.G. | Watt003 | Live at Milton Theatre and The Basement in January 1999 |
| 2005 | The Hidden Soul of Harmony | The Modern Congress | CDD006 | |
| 2010 | You Tunes | Tim Rollinson | Rufus Records/UMA | 1 June 2010 |
Guest musician
- Anchor Me (EP) – The Blackeyed SusansThe Blackeyed SusansThe Blackeyed Susans are an Australian rock band, formed in Perth in 1989, based in Melbourne since 1992.-Perth 1989-1990:The original line-up consisted of David McComb on vocals and guitar, Alsy MacDonald on drums , Phil Kakulas on bass guitar , Rob Snarski on vocals and guitar, and...
(March 1991, Waterfront Records) - 1991 Peter Dasent Dir: Peter Jackson Meet The Feebles Q.D.K Media
- 1991 Grant McLennan (Go-Betweens) Watershed White Label
- Welcome Stranger – The Blackeyed Susans (August 1992, Waterfront)
- 1992 Caroline Loftus Sugar Larrikin
- 1993 Ian CooperIan Cooper (violinist)Ian Cooper is an Australian Violinist. He was commissioned to compose the "Tin Symphony" for the opening ceremony of the Games of the XXVII Olympiad in Sydney and is proficient in many musical styles including Classical, Gypsy, Jazz, Irish & Country music...
Soundpost Larrikin - 1994 Tim Hopkins Pandora’s Box ABC
- 1994 Peggy Van Zalm Shine / Soul Magic
- 1997 Zeek’s Beek Zeek’s Beek ABC Jazz
- 2004 Inga Liljestrom Elk
- 2007 Steve Morrison and Jeff Duff So Quiet
- 2007 Dave Mason (The Reels) Reelsville
- 2007 Betty Vale Red
- 2009 Steve Morrison Live at the Basement
- 2009 Gerard Masters Spin (EP)
Compilation albums
- 2005 Australia Select 3 National Gallery Of Victoria
- 2005 Lazy Days & Sundays 2 Instinctive Travels
- 2005 Bondi Calling 3 Vitamin
- 2005 Vine Time Instinctive Travels
- 2005 Mi Casa Tu Casa Casa Del Discos
- 2001 State Of The Union EMF (US release)
- 1998 Groove Hip Hop Blue Note
- 1995 The Soul Of Jazz Volume 3 Verve (Europe)
- 1993 Triple J Live At The Wireless 3 ABC
- 1991 Triple J Live At The Wireless Mushroom