Jan Kuplis – author of the newly released “Ian Pearce PIANOMAN” will be giving a talk at the Australian Jazz Museum 26 November at 7pm.

Jan writes:

“Ian Pearce was quite possibly the most respected and loved jazz musician in Australia. Remembered as a shy, genial musician who would rather hide behind an upright piano than parade his talent up front, Ian’s contribution to jazz was, nevertheless, vast and his importance as a consummate musician in his own right indisputable.

His original compositions span the musical spectrum from orchestral pieces to jingle writing and his jazz performances – solo and ensemble – are well documented. But Ian was not just a jazz pianist, he was an all-round jazz expert with a prodigious knowledge of the genre and of its exponents.

His legendary fifty four-year musical partnership with Tom Pickering is part of Australian jazz history, but there is so much more to Ian, “both as a musician and as a person, that is revealed in the book.”

Jan will be happy to autograph copies of “Ian Pearce PIANOMAN”, which is now available at the AJM gift shop.

Gold coin donation to the Australian Jazz Museum: $1 for members, $2 for guests.