Barney McAll - Exit (2018)

McAll (well known initially as Vince Jones's pianist), recorded this impressive debut in three cities on two continents with 19 musicians, with crews from Melbourne, Sydney and New York.

Matching McAll's flowing, elegant piano are many outstanding players, including Lloyd Swanton, Phillip Rex (bass), Dale Barlow (tenor), David Rex (alto), Russell Smith, James Greening (trombone), Scott Tinkler (trumpet) and Allan Browne (drums).

Americans Vincent Herring (alto) and legendary drummer Jimmy Cobb make significant contributions. “The session with Vincent and Jimmy - recorded while they were here with Nat Adderley in '94 - was very special. It seemed surreal cramming them into my small St Kilda flat to rehearse.” McAll.

McAll's imaginative and distinctive composing is captured in Exit. McAll wrote seven (and co-wrote two) of the twelve tracks and features an interpretation of New Yorker, Billy Harper's Destiny Is Yours.