About
Based in Melbourne, Australia, Sam Anning has been a major player in Australian jazz, regularly performing with jazz greats such as the late Allan Browne, Barney McAll, Andrea Keller, Aaron Choulai, Paul Grabowsky, and Jamie Oehlers.
After completing a Masters of Music at the prestigious Manhattan School of Music, Anning relocated to New York City, quickly becoming an in-demand bassist in one of the world’s most competitive cities. Anning has toured extensively throughout North America and internationally, with performances at the Montreal, Vancouver, Detroit, Jazz a Vienne, Copenhagen, Port au Prince, and Panama Jazz Festivals.
He has been fortunate to perform with Joe Lovano, Kenny Werner, Ari Hoenig, George Garzone, Gilad Hekselman, Greg Osby, and Charlie Haden, among many others.
Returning to Melbourne in 2015, Anning has made a significant contribution to the jazz scene and won multiple awards for his recent release ‘across a field as vast as one’.
Awards
- Toyota Scholarship for Jazz (2001)
- Finalist in the James Morrison Scholarship (2000/2001)
- 2005 Perth Jazz Society ‘Group of the Year’ Award
- Finalist in the 2006 Freedman Fellowship
- Finalist in the 2007 Melbourne Prize for Music
- 3rd place in the 2008 National Jazz Awards
- 2008 Bell Award for Young Jazz Musician of the Year
- 2009 ARIA Award nomination for ‘Best Jazz Album’ (Treat Me Gently)
- 2009 AIR Award nomination (Homage)
- 2010 Bell Award for Classic Jazz Album of the Year (‘Homage’- Anning, Hannaford, Browne-Jazzhead)
- 2014 Bell Award nominations for Sweethearts (Best Song and Best Trad. Album)
- winner of the 2015 National Jazz Award
- 2017 nomination for The Age Music Victoria Award Best Jazz Album ‘We Have Moved’ (Speedball)
- nomination for the 2018 Bell Award ‘We Have Moved’ (Speedball)
- winner of the 2018 Age Music Victoria award for Jazz Album of the Year ‘across a field as vast as one’ (Sam Anning)
- shortlisted for the 14th Australian Music Prize Album of the Year ‘across a field as vast as one’ (Sam Anning)
- 2019 Bell Award: Best Australian Instrumental Jazz Album of the Year ‘across a field as vast as one’