Jan Preston

Jan Preston is an Australian domiciled New Zealand musician. She has been a member of bands, including Midge Marsden's Country Flyers, Coup D'Etat (with Harry Lyon) and, in Australia, The Tribe. Originally classically trained[1][2], she has released over ten solo albums, often featuring her boogie-woogie piano playing. She sang lead vocals on the Coup D'Etat single No Music on my Radio.[3]

She worked with theatre cooperative Red Mole [3], alongside their backing band Red Alert[4]. Her work was documented by Sam Neill in the film Red Mole on the Road[5]

Preston has composed music for films such as Illustrious Energy and Home by Christmas, as well as music for 'hundreds of documentaries'.[6] In 1988, she received the Best Music award at the New Zealand Listener Film and Television Awards for her score for Illustrious Energy.[7] She has collaborated with her sister, filmmaker and director Gaylene Preston, for example composing the score for Gaylene's film Home By Christmas.[8]

In 2017, Jan Preston broke both of her wrists in an accident, but has now healed and toured New Zealand with her band Jan Preston's Boogie Circus. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Award winning musician Jan Preston: My Life as a Piano | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz. 5 August 2013. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
  2. ↑ Fotakis, Nikos (11 August 2016). "Jan Preston: ": Life is for learning! - AustralianJazz.net". AustralianJazz.net. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
  3. 1 2 Newman, Keith (24 November 2015). "Jan Preston - AudioCulture". www.audioculture.co.nz. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
  4. ↑ "The Drongos - AudioCulture". www.audioculture.co.nz. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
  5. ↑ "Red Mole on the Road | Short Film | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. NZ On Screen. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
  6. ↑ "Jan Preston | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. NZ On Screen. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
  7. ↑ "Jan Preston - Awards | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. NZ On Screen. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
  8. ↑ "Jan Preston's life put to music". Stuff. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
  9. ↑ Mays, Richard (19 April 2017). "Boogie woogie piano player Jan Preston makes full recovery after breaking wrists". Stuff. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
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