James McLean, a young musician from Melbourne, has already made a substantial contribution to creative music in Australia having recently committed to disc landmark accounts with Mark Hannaford and James Macauley among others.

Composer/Performer, Phil Treloar, has a creative history in Australian music that dates back to the early 1970s as co-founder of the benchmark Jazz Co/Op and from then, a continuous stream of exploratory initiatives through to the present.

Dispositions is the name James and Phil have given to their newly established collaboration; one planted firmly in egalitarian soil. Fundamentally a duo which investigates spontaneous possibilities to be experienced in performance, they explore their respective compositional interests to includes other like minded individuals as situations arise. Recent recipient of an Australia Council Grant, Dispositions will record in December this year and on this occasion extend their collaborative cast to include the artistry of saxophonist, Scott McConnachie, and bassist, Sam Pankhurst. Concert performances in Melbourne and Brisbane are also scheduled for December. Meanwhile, Dispositions, September 3 at Colbourne Ave, promises to whet the creative appetite for more in the future.

 Dispositions is supported by The Australia Council, Korogi marimbas and xylophones, and Just Percussion