Jamie Oehlers is an Australian jazz saxophonist.[1][2] Winner of the World Saxophone competition in 2005,[3] Jamie is recognised as one of Australia's leading jazz artists, performing at festivals and clubs around the globe. He was nominated for ARIA Awards for Best Jazz Album in 1999 (Jamie Oehlers - Strut), in 2005 (Oehlers & Keevers - Grace) and in 2008 (Oehlers, Grabowsky & Beck - Lost And Found) and has won multiple Australia Jazz Bell Awards for Best Jazz Release, as well as Australian Jazz Artist of the Year. Jamie is also the Head of Jazz Studies at the prestigious Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.[4]
Discography
Albums
Title
Details
Strut
Released: 1999
Label: Sunset Records
Format: CD
Velocity
Released: 2000
Label: Newmarket Records (NEW3076.2)
Format: CD
Grace (with Sam Keeves)
Released: April 2004
Label: Jamie Oehlers
Format: DD
The Assemblers
Released: 2004
Label: Jazzhead (HEAD045)
Format: CD
You R Here Session One (as Jamie Oehlers Double Drummer Group)
Released: 2006
Label: Jazzhead (HEAD074)
Format: CD, DD
You R Here Session Two (as Jamie Oehlers Double Drummer Group)
The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as AIR Awards) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector.
The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. Oehlers has been nominated for three awards.
The Australian Jazz Bell Awards, (also known as the Bell Awards or The Bells), are annual music awards for the jazz music genre in Australia. They commenced in 2003.[8]
Year
Nominee / work
Award
Result
2006
The Assemblers by Jamie Oehlers
Best Australian Contemporary Jazz Album
Won
2007
Jamie Oehlers
Australian Jazz Artist of the Year
Won
2007
You R Here - Session 2 – Jamie Oehlers Double Drummer Group
