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Quentin Bryan Angus was born in Mount Pleasant, South Australia on 17 August 1987. Quentin holds a PhD (Doctor of Philosophy), awarded with a 'Deans Commendation', a Master of Music Degree (Jazz Performance) under the tutelage of jazz great John Abercrombie, awarded 'Summa Cum Laude', and a Bachelor of Music Degree (Jazz Performance), awarded with 'First Class Honours' from the Elder Conservatorium, University of Adelaide. Now living in New York, he has produced two independently released albums, "Retrieval Structure" (2011)〔Blanco, Edward. ("Quentin Angus Quintet: Retrieval Structure (2012) " ). ''All About Jazz''.〕 and "Perception" (2013). He is the inaugural winner of the APRA Art Music Award for Excellence In Jazz in 2012.〔http://abcjazz.net.au/news/2012-art-music-awards-announced〕 Since moving to New York, Quentin has formed his own band, "The Quentin Angus Quintet", which has now appeared at various shows and festivals worldwide. This has included appearances at Jazz Hoeilaart in Belgium〔Jazz in Belgium〕 and Europafest in Romania where they received the Directors award for "Most Popular Band". Other performances, tours and festival appearances have seen Quentin perform in the United States, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Europe and Turkey. Quentin has received numerous awards and scholarships since he began studying and performing. These have included The Helpmann Academy's Keith Michell Award〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.artshub.com.au/au/news-article/news/performing-arts/quentin-angus-wins-keith-michell-performing-award-182826 )〕 in 2010, The first time a jazz musician had ever won the award. He has also won Downbeat Jazz Awards for 'Jazz Soloist' (2012)〔http://www.downbeat.com/defaultl.asp?sect=education〕 and 'Jazz Composition' (2011 and 2012).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.downbeat.com/digitaledition/2011/DB201106/_art/DB201106.pdf )〕 He has also been part of The Betty Carter Jazz Ahead residency at the Kennedy Center, Washington DC in 2011 and 2013. Quentin is the author of three transcription books of Gilad Hekselman's Improvisations from all of his albums; 'Split-Life', 'Words Unspoken' and 'Hearts Wide Open', has been published by MelBay Publications, JazzHeaven, the NZMiC music journal, and has presented research papers on his transcriptions of Hekselman and John Abercrombie at music conferences in New Zealand and Australia. ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Quentin Angus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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