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Having recently released their exciting third album “Spark” to capacity audiences throughout Australia, the multi award-winning Daniel Susnjar Afro-Peruvian Jazz Group pushes forward with culturally diverse musical performances and workshops which openly welcome community participation and inclusion.

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The Daniel Susnjar Afro-Peruvian Jazz Group is an award-winning 7 piece ensemble which presents original compositions influenced by Afro-Peruvian rhythms, and fresh, unique arrangements of traditional Peruvian folk songs. Founded in Miami in 2011, and driven by Susnjar's extensive touring and research in Peru, USA and the Caribbean (culminating in a Doctoral drumming dissertation), the ensemble continually pushes forward with innovative ways to express artistic sensibilities from the Afro-Peruvian and Jazz musical traditions.

The results include multiple award wins (2017 APRA/AMCOS Art Music Awards WA State Award, 2017 WAM award, 2 x 2016 WAM awards, 2 x 2015 Australian Jazz Bell Awards, 2015 WAMI Jazz Song of the Year), the release of 3 full-length albums (“Su Su Nje,” “Moth to a Flame” and the brand new offering “Spark”), extensive touring throughout the USA and Australia (including the “Moth to a Flame” Australian tour in March/April 2017), and collaborations with world class musicians including Grammy award-winning trumpeter Brian Lynch (Art Blakey), percussion legend Sammy Figueroa (Miles Davis) and Peruvian cajon icon Freddy "Huevito" Lobaton.

The Daniel Susnjar Afro-Peruvian Jazz Group features:
Ricki Malet – trumpet
Luke Minness – saxophone
Harry Mitchell – piano
Jeremy Thomson – guitar
Zac Grafton – bass
Iain Robbie – percussion
Daniel Susnjar – drums/compositions

A short list of recent performances includes:
2018 Melbourne International Jazz Festival
2018 Jazz By The Bay Festival
2018 King Street Corner Pocket Festival
2018 Bunuru Welcome Festival
2017 Perth International Arts Festival
2017 Perth International Jazz Festival
2017 Fairbridge Folk Festival
March/April 2017 Australian tour (Perth, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Wollongong, Newcastle)
2016 Jazz Education Network conference (Louisville, KY, USA)
2016 Etnia Latina Festival (Perth, WA)
2015 Wangaratta Jazz and Blues Festival

Combining infectious grooves, emotive melodies, risk-taking improvisation and extreme dynamics, the Daniel Susnjar Afro-Peruvian Jazz Group “radiates a joyful energy that infects not just the band members but the entire auditorium” – Sydney Morning Herald

“A brilliant breakout percussion display from Susnjar”
John McBeath – The Australian

“Filled with energy, exemplary musicianship and toe-tapping beats” Roger Mitchell – ausjazz.net

“Refreshing, danceable and lively”
Euan Dixon –JazzViews.net

“Susnjar has created a fresh and bright thing”
John Hardaker – AustralianJazz.Net

“Impossibly beautiful drumming and performance by the core ensemble and stellar guests”
Raul Da Gama – Latin Jazz Network

“Susnjar’s Australian septet showed that Afro-Peruvian jazz is far more than just a Latin-style beat.”
John McBeath – The Australian

“The Daniel Susnjar Afro-Peruvian Jazz Group’s high energy performance was a highlight”
– Australian Book Review

The multi award-winning Daniel Susnjar Afro-Peruvian Jazz Group presents original music inspired by Afro-Peruvian rhythms and fresh arrangements of traditional Peruvian folk songs. They have won multiple awards, released three full-length albums, toured extensively throughout the USA and Australia, and have collaborated with music greats including Grammy award-winning trumpeter Brian Lynch.