{{For|the bird|White-cheeked pintail}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = Galapagos Duck | image = | caption = | image_size = | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = [[Sydney]], [[Australia]] | genre = [[Jazz-funk]], [[jazz-rock]] | years_active = 1969–present | label = [[Philips]]<br />[[Polygram]]<br />[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC Music]]<br />Aim Records<br />Pintail Productions | associated_acts = | website = | current_members = John Conley<br />Rodney Ford<br />Adam Thomas<br />David Spicer<br />Malcolm Wood | past_members = Tom Hare<br />Chris Qua<br />Des Windsor<br />Willy Qua<br />[[Roger Frampton]]<br />Bob Egger<br />Col Nolan<br />Ray Alldridge<br />Marty Mooney<br />Paul McNamara<br />Tony Ansell<br />Glenn Henrich<br />John Helman<br />Len Barnard AM<br />Greg Foster<br />Adrian Cunningham<br />Matt Baker }}
'''Galapagos Duck''' is an [[Australian jazz]] band. Formed in 1969, they have an extensive history of international touring,<ref name="AS_review">[http://www.australianstage.com.au/201207125595/reviews/sydney/galapagos-duck.html Lloyd Bradford Syke, (12 July 2012 22:28), Sydney » Reviews » Galapagos Duck, ''Australian Stage'']</ref> including: * [[Montreux Jazz Festival]], [[Switzerland]] * Jazz Yatra Festival, [[Bombay, India]] * American Musexpo * Singapore International Jazz Festival * Queenstown Jazz Festival, [[New Zealand]] * Vanuatu International Jazz Festival, [[Vanuatu]]
The band formed in 1969 for the winter season at "The Kosciusko Ski Chalet, [[Charlotte Pass, New South Wales|Charlotte Pass]]".<ref name="AS_review"/>
Before it moved to The Rocks Push jazz club in Sydney, the band in 1969 was Marty Mooney and Tom Hare (reeds), [[Chris Qua]] (bass and trumpet), and Des Windsor (piano and organ).
Bruce Viles (owner of the Rocks Push) established The Basement jazz club at [[Circular Quay]] in 1973 and Galapagos Duck opened there as the house band. At that time, the personnel was Marty Mooney and Tom Hare (reeds), Chris Qua (bass and trumpet), Willie Qua (drums and reeds) and Doug Robson (piano).<ref>[http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?docID=news950810_0144_9322 Leon Gettler, (10 August 1995), The Ducks sure have stamina, ''The Age'', Melbourne, p. 19]</ref>
Some of the top names in Australian jazz have worked with the band at one time or another, including Dave Levy, [[Roger Frampton]], Col Nolan, Paul McNamara and Warren Daly (ex-[[Daly-Wilson Big Band]]).
==Discography== * 1974, ''Ebony Quill'' * 1974, ''The Removalists (Original Soundtrack)'' * 1976, ''St. James'' * 1976, ''Moomba Jazz'', live recording of various artists * 1977, ''Magnum'' * 1978, ''Right On Cue'' * 1979, ''In Flight'' * 1981, ''This Time'' * 1983, ''The Voyage of The Beagle'' * 1985, ''Endangered Species'' * 1989, ''Habitat'' * 1997, ''Lonely George'' * 2006, ''Out Of The Blue'' * 2015, ''The Other Side of the Mirror''
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Sources== * Johnson, Bruce (1987), ''[[The Oxford Companion To Australian Jazz]]'', Oxford University Press {{ISBN|0-19-554791-8}}
==External links== * [http://www.galapagosduck.net/ Galapagos Duck website] * [http://www.myspace.com/peterboothman A Story of Jazz in Sydney - by Peter Boothman]
{{Authority control}} [[Category:Australian jazz ensembles]] [[Category:Musical groups established in 1969]]