Percussionist Daryl Pratt is originally from California (in the USA), emigrated to Australia in 1985,  and currently resides in Sydney.

He was the Head of Percussion, at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music (1991 – 2020) 

He has performed with the San Diego Symphony, Sydney Symphony, the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, The Australia Ensemble and The Australia Chamber Orchestra, and was the director/conductor of The Modern Music Ensemble (2005 – 2020).

Now all that sounds very classical in terms of his music, but he also plays jazz, and he has a new release of music with a stellar  jazz band, which we’ll hear tracks from when he joins me as my special studio guest on this edition of A Jazz Hour