DISCOGRAPHY 1997-2021 (11CDs)
Jan Preston is a pianist, composer and songwriter, known as
Australasia's Queen of Boogie Piano due to her mastery of the 1930s
boogie boogie piano style. She has composed music for films, including
her sister Gaylene Prestons most recent film "My Year With Helen" and
the Theme to ABC TV's "Australian Story", which was used for the title
sequence from 2000 to 2006.
She has been a member of bands, including Midge Marsden's Country
Flyers, Coup D'Etat (with Harry Lyon) and, in Australia, The Tribe.
Originally classically trained, she has released over ten solo albums,
often featuring her boogie-woogie piano playing. She sang lead vocals
on the Coup D'Etat single No Music on my Radio.
She worked with theatre cooperative Red Mole, alongside their backing
band Red Alert. Her work was documented by Sam Neill in the film Red
Mole on the Road.
Preston has composed music for films such as Illustrious Energy and
Home by Christmas, as well as music for 'hundreds of documentaries'.
In 1988, she received the Best Music award at the New Zealand Listener
Film and Television Awards for her score for Illustrious Energy. She
has collaborated with her sister, filmmaker and director Gaylene
Preston, for example composing the score for Gaylene's film Home By
Christmas.
In 2016, Jan Preston broke both of her wrists in an accident, but
they have now healed and she continues to tour Australia and New
Zealand with her band Jan Preston's Boogie Circus.
