Daryl McKenzie

Daryl McKenzie (born 1962) is an Australian musical director, composer and trombonist.

McKenzie has directed the Daryl McKenzie Jazz Orchestra since 1992 playing with artists such as Bill Watrous, James Morrison (musician), He was musical director for the television show Hey Hey It's Saturday (Nine Network) from 1992 to 1999 also returning for the 2010 reunion shows. He has directed the Australian Film Institute Awards for SBS television and episodes of Dancing with the Stars (Australian TV series) and the Good Friday Appeal for the Seven Network and was musical director of Australia's Got Talent Series 1. He has arranged for the television shows Australian Idol, Young Talent Time regularly adjudicates at the Melbourne School Bands Festival and has lectured in orchestration and arranging at the Victorian College of the Arts and the Defence Force School of Music (Australia).

Discography Albums Album Year Artist Category Phenomenon (Hammard) 1987 Young Talent Team Arranger/Assoc. Producer "Super Hits 88/89" (Hammard) 1991 Debra Byrne Arranger "Leading Lady" – (Columbia) 1998 Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra Orchestrator/Conductor "The Truman Show: Music from the Motion Picture" (Milan Records) 1998 Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra Orchestrator/Conductor "Two Hands" – soundtrack (Festival) 2000 Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra/ Daryl McKenzie Jazz Orchestra Orchestrator/Conductor/Trombone "Expressions" (Independent) 2003 Victorian Philharmonic OrchestraOrchestrator/Conductor "Black and White" soundtrack (ABC Classics) 2003 Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra Orchestrator/Conductor "Boots and All" (Sony) 2004 Victorian Philharmonic OrchestraOrchestrator/Conductor "Bluebird of Happiness" (Phantom) 2004 Victorian Philharmonic OrchestraOrchestrator/Conductor "Hating Alison Ashley" Soundtrack (Festval/Mushroom) 2003 Victorian Philharmonic OrchestraOrchestrator/Conductor "Songlines" (Sony) 2006Victorian Philharmonic OrchestraOrchestrator "The Swing Sessions" (Sony BMG) 2008 Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra/Daryl McKenzie Jazz Orchestra Orchestrator/Conductor/Trombone "Bran Nue Dae" soundtrack (Sony) 2010 Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra/Daryl McKenzie Jazz Orchestra Orchestrator/Conductor/Trombone "With a Little Help From Our Friends" 2010 Victoria Police Showband Producer/Arranger "Scallywag" (Independent) 2010 Daryl McKenzie Jazz Orchestra Producer/Composer/Trombone "Compass" (Sony) 2010 Mark Vincent Arranger "Filmworks" (Albert) 2010 Cezary Skubiszewski Orchestrator/Conductor "The Great Tenor Songbook" (Sony) 2010 Mark Vincent Arranger "The Spirit of Christmas" (Myer) 2010 Mark Vincent Arranger "Night and Day" (EMI) 2011 Steven Rossitto Arranger "Slammin' Joes" (Independent) 2011 Daryl McKenzie Jazz Orchestra Producer/Composer/Trombone