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Sun

Band,
Jazz and Rock

Sun were formed in 1971 in Sydney with the line-up of George Alamanza on piano, Correy on bass guitar, Renee Geyer on lead vocals, Garry Norwell on drums, Steve Phillipson on guitar, and Keith Shadwick on sax, flute, clarinet and backing vocals. Phillipson was soon replaced by Chris Sonnenberg on guitar. They evolved into a jazz rock band that played the wine bars and other major venues during the early 1970s. Sun's live repertoire was a mixture of jazz, psychedelic rock and blues, inspired by John Coltrane, Archie Shepp and the Art Ensemble of Chicago. All these styles were played with varying degrees of success but with much enthusiasm and peer interest. They were one of the first jazz-rock groups in Australia, challenging musical moulds of the day and garnering critical acclaim from the arts world. As a result, they appeared on ABC TV's arts show, GTK. Early in 1972 the group signed with RCA Records' Australian subsidiary RCA Victor and started on their debut album, Sun 1972, which is their only commercial recording. It has all original material by the band members (and one past member). It was released in August 1972 by the Australian subsidiary of and produced by jazz entrepreneur, Horst Liepolt. Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, opined that it is a, "collectable, progressive jazz-rock album."

Members

	Renee Geyer voc, bvoc *1953 AU
	George Almanza p
	Tony Slavich key, voc AU
	Keith Shadwick sax, voc
	Starlee Ford
	Garry Norwell dr
	Henry Correy voc, eb, b
	Chris Sonnenberg

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