ambrosia :: jacqueline gawler band (debut solo album)
released Australia 2010 and Brazil 2011

'Gawler shows her love for her craft in every song, effortlessly gliding around the notes in her substantial vocal range with full and sumptuous backing band along for the ride'.
(4 star review) Cherrie Magazine

Jacqueline Gawler’s debut solo album Ambrosia is a sumptuous and electrifying feast of indie/jazz/rock/ vocal adventure featuring original songs of incandescent beauty - stories of humanness, the end of the world, sweaty men & singing flight attendants. Featuring an all-star line-up of: Jacqueline Gawler (voice, keys, percussion & random objects), Fran Swinn (guitars, loops), Christopher Hale (electric bass, acoustic bass guitar, lap steel guitar, mandolin & percussion), Ben Hendry (drums, percussion) plus special guests Anthony Schultz (piano accordion), Ben Gillespie (trombone, voice), Eugene Ball (trumpet) Tamara Murphy (double bass) & Simone Lang (cajôn) with additional programming by Hadyn Buxton. Engineered, mixed, mastered and co-produced by Hadyn Buxton, funded by an Arts Victoria grant.
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stoneflower :: self-titled (released 2010)

A gentle, magical sonic journey of jazz, bossa nova & dreamy pop covers played in the stripped-back trio line-up of Jacqueline Gawler (voice), Stephen Magnusson (guitars) & Tamara Murphy (double bass & back up vocals). Featuring songs in Portuguese, quirky pop material & moody jazz explorations.

‘Original, spontaneous and magical interpretations of jazz, Brazilian bossanova & pop classics…’ MX 2010.

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blueprint :: coco’s lunch (released 2007)

Nominated for Best World Music Album in the 2007 ARIA awards, Blueprint is a stunning original album by iconic award-winning vocal/percussion ensemble Coco’s Lunch featuring Jacqueline Gawler, Gabrielle MacGregor, Lisa Young, Nicola Eveleigh & Sue Johnson. Funded by an Australia Council grant.

‘This group of 5 women is a national treasure…’ Herald Sun

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summer samba :: bossa negra (to be released 2011)

Bossa Negra’s Brazil Pop album release features vocals in English, Portuguese and Mandarin. To be released in Australia, Brazil and Asia in 2011. Featuring Jacqueline Gawler (voice) & Joanna Dong (voice) plus Brazilian heavyweights: João Castilho (guitar), Sergio Brandão (electric bass), Renato Fonseca (keyboards), Armando Marçal (percussion), Paolo Levi (saxophone) & João Viana (drums).

Recorded with the assistance of an Arts Victoria (Victoria Rocks) grant, the debut EP release by AFö features four of Melbourne's finest exponents of the West African drumming tradition. Documenting repertoire of the Malinke tradition, 'Speak' is an exciting exploration of the polyrhythms that make this music so engaging. Featuring Simone Lang (djembe), Federico Martinengo (djembe), Jacqueline Gawler (dununs), Peta Minter (dununs).

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