Before Time Could Change Us
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| Studio album by Paul Grabowsky and Katie Noonan | ||||
| Released | 15 August 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 2003-2004 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 76:45 | |||
| Label | Paul Grabowsky & Katie Noonan | |||
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Before Time Could Change Us is the collaborative studio album by Australian jazz writer/singer and composer Paul Grabowsky and singer-songwriter Katie Noonan. The album was released in August 2005. and peaked at number 65 on the ARIA Charts for the week commencing 22 August 2005.
The songs on the album are set to love lyrics by the late poet, Dorothy Porter. Grabowsky said; "Dot’s words are magnificent: she always had the power to compress complex ideas into a few well chosen – and musical – lines, or even just single explosive words. The music runs the gamut from jazz and latin-informed structures to something more approaching art-song. Katie Noonan, who possesses rare and exquisite vocal talents, sings them beautifully, and the band, in which I am joined by Scott Tinkler, trumpet, Philip Rex, bass and Simon Barker on drums, play up a storm."
At the ARIA Music Awards of 2005, it won 'Best Jazz Album'.
The two toured the album nationally.
Noonan meet Paul Grabowsky dressed in a garbage bag at the Woodford Folk Festival sometime in the early noughties. Paul came and heard Elixir sing and soon after asked Noonan to join the Australian Art Orchestra on a European tour.
Shortly after this, Lyndon Terracini commissioned Paul to write a song cycle for the Queensland Music Festival with the late poet Dorothy Porter. Written for Noonan and a quartet featuring some of Australia’s most fearless jazz musicians (namely Scott Tinkler – trumpet, Philip Rex – double bass and Simon Barker – drums/cymbals), the two recorded the album. Noonan said; "This album was one of the hardest albums I have ever made! Not only musically challenging but I was babe in the woods with this intense band!! I remember doing one of our first live takes and going outside and have a good cry in the gutter, nevertheless, I came out the other side relatively unscathed and am extremely proud of this album and we had a great time touring Australia with this music".
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