Galapagos Duck

Galapagos Duck is an Australian jazz band. Formed in 1969, they have an extensive history of international touring, including: Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland Jazz Yatra Festival, Bombay, India American Musexpo Singapore International Jazz Festival Queenstown Jazz Festival, New Zealand Vanuatu International Jazz Festival, Vanuatu The band formed in 1969 for the winter season at "The Kosciusko Ski Chalet, Charlotte Pass". Before it moved to The Rocks Push jazz club in Sydney, the band in 1969 was Marty Mooney and Tom Hare (reeds), Chris Qua (bass and trumpet), and Des Windsor (piano and organ). Bruce Viles (owner of the Rocks Push) established The Basement jazz club at Circular Quay in 1973 and Galapagos Duck opened there as the house band. At that time, the personnel was Marty Mooney and Tom Hare (reeds), Chris Qua (bass and trumpet), Willie Qua (drums and reeds) and Doug Robson (piano). Some of the top names in Australian jazz have worked with the band at one time or another, including Dave Levy, Roger Frampton, Col Nolan, Paul McNamara and Warren Daly (ex-Daly-Wilson Big Band). 1974, Ebony Quill 1974, The Removalists (Original Soundtrack) 1976, St. James 1976, Moomba Jazz, live recording of various artists 1977, Magnum 1978, Right On Cue 1979, In Flight 1981, This Time 1983, The Voyage of The Beagle 1985, Endangered Species 1989, Habitat 1997, Lonely George 2006, Out Of The Blue 2015, The Other Side of the Mirror Lloyd Bradford Syke, (12 July 2012 22:28), Sydney » Reviews » Galapagos Duck, Australian Stage Leon Gettler, (10 August 1995), The Ducks sure have stamina, The Age, Melbourne, p. 19 Johnson, Bruce (1987), The Oxford Companion To Australian Jazz, Oxford University Press ISBN 0-19-554791-8 Galapagos Duck website A Story of Jazz in Sydney - by Peter Boothman