Tribute fund set up for Melbourne musician Sean Baxter
Sean Baxter
Drummer and improvisor died on 15 March
Australian musician Sean Baxter died on 15 March. Part of Melbourne's improv scene, he is described by musician Anthony Pateras as possessing “a unique aesthetic vision and intellectual depth, mixing highbrow philosophical concepts with punk sensibilities in how he lived, spoke and played. He was pure energy.”
Baxter was involved in many collaborations and was drummer for groups The Throwaways, Bucketrider, Lazy, SxSxSx and Terminal Hz. He also play in a trio alongside Pateras and David Brown.
In order to pay for a memorial concert for Baxter, Brown and Pateras have set up a tribute fund with all proceeds of sales of Pateras/Baxter/Brown’s 2019 release Bern / Melbourne / Milan–which comes as two full length albums and a 32-page essay by Sean on free improvisation–donated to the fund. Details of the concert will be confirmed once Covid-19 restrictions have been lifted in Australia.