5 August 2022
Helpmann Academy are thrilled to announce jazz bassist Dylan Paul, University of Adelaide graduate, as the 2022 Helpmann Academy Langley Award for Jazz recipient. Dylan will be undertaking a pivotal career development project, due to the substantial $7,500 award.
Dylan received the Helpmann Academy Langley Award for Jazz at the 2022 Helpmann Academy Jazz Awards event, where he performed a one-hour set with jazz vocalist Vince Jones.
Valued at $7,500 and generously supported by the K&S Langley Fund, this substantial award supports emerging jazz musicians to undertake pivotal career development projects as they establish themselves as professionals in their respective fields.
Dylan will be using the Helpmann Academy Langley Award for Jazz to develop, write, record and produce a series of new works to be released online through professionally filmed and edited live music videos. With limited access to funding, this will be the first time Dylan will be able to film his work in this manner.
Self-described as someone who staddles the line between “sideman and bandleader, improvisation and composition, and acoustic and electronic,” Dylan says that the compositions he has created for this project have been influenced by the likes of Donny McCaslin, Wayne Krantz, and Tim Lefebvre.
A regular in the gigging scene in Adelaide, Dylan invests a lot of his professional time as a band member for friend’s ensembles. He says that this opportunity allows him to invest in his own development at a crucial time.
“The awards and grants that the Helpmann Academy provide serve as vital opportunities for emerging musicians as they establish their career and mature their artistic voice. The support they offer to so many artists across multiple disciplines is invaluable. For my own career, this assistance could not have come at a better time in my development as a musician, improviser, and bandleader and I am extremely grateful to both the Helpmann Academy and the K&S Langley Fund.”
Dylan Paul
This article is an extract. Click here to read the full article written by Mahalia Tanner, published in our 2022 Annual Magazine.
Dylan’s Helpmann Academy Langley Award for Jazz was generously supported by the K&S Langley Fund.