Scott Tinkler (born 1965,

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, Australia) is an Australian trumpeter and composer. Tinkler has done a range of projects with the composer and violinist John Rodgers, working in ensembles such as Ellision, Hydromus Krysogast and the Antripodean Collective. Notably, Rodgers composed ''Glass'', a concerto featuring Tinkler as soloist performed with the

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, which premiered at the 2010

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. He plays regularly in Australia in duos, trios and quartets with musicians including Marc Hannaford, Simon Barker,

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, Erkki Veltheim, Ken Eadie and Carl Dewhurst. Tinkler is also involved in an ongoing solo project that uses extended and prepared techniques; his first solo trumpet album called Backwards was released by Extreme in 2007. He is a founding member and previous Associate Artistic Director of the Australian Art Orchestra

Career

1990s

In the early 1990s, Tinkler performed and studied with Australian tenor saxophonist, Mark Simmonds, who had studied with

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in New York. Simmonds introduced Tinkler to extended practice on the cycle of 5ths using many harmonic substitutions involving the diminished substitution theory, rhythm cycles and

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as a basis for his highly fuelled

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-based music, which can be traced to earlier developments by

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. Throughout Tinkler's career he has been interested in not only exploring and developing improvised music stemming from jazz, but also other forms of music and the cultures they come from. This has led to musical collaborations with Indian and Korean musicians, as well as with indigenous musicians from Australia. Beginning in 1995, Tinkler's involvement with Indian Carnatic musicians (led by Guru Kaaraikkudi) has evolved into a longstanding and deep association. Tinkler has travelled to India five times for performances, as well as touring Australia and Europe with the project.

2000s

Tinkler has collaborated with a range of international artists over the past decade including Jason Moran,

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, Mark Helias, Anthony Burr, Tony Buck, Oscar Noriega and

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. In 2003 Tinkler travelled with his longtime associate

to New York to record an album of Grabowsky's original music with

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, Ed Schuller and Jeff "Tain" Watts. ''Tales of Time and Space'' was released on the Warner label to stunning reviews, many highlighting Tinkler's unique contribution to Grabowsky's music. In 2006 Tinkler attended the Garma Festival, which celebrates the cultural inheritance of the Yolngu People, the indigenous Australians of Northeast Arnhem Land. The festival is held at Gulkula, near Yirrkala in the Australian outback. At this festival Tinkler collaborated with musicians from the Wagalik group, performing and workshopping. Tinkler has since been involved in touring and performing with these musicians in collaboration with the Australian Art Orchestra.

Personal life

Tinkler is married to the Australian artist Veronica Kent. They live on a remote island in

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, Australia.

Discography

Albums

Awards

ARIA Music Awards

The

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is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of

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. They commenced in 1987. ! , - ,

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

, ''Dance of Delulian'' (as Scott Tinkler Trio) , rowspan="3", Best Jazz Album , , rowspan="3", ARIA Award previous winners. , - ,

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

, ''In Future Today'' (as Chaplin, Tinkler, Rex, Lambie) , , - ,

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

, ''Sofa King'' (as Scott Tinkler Trio) , , -

References

Other sources

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