John Robert Gebert was born in 1944 in Adelaide. He was trained on piano and studied at London's
College of Music before returning to Australia to start his career as a jazz musician. In 1992 Gebert, Zwartz and Andrew Dickeson on drums backed visiting English saxophonist,
Ronnie Scott, for his performances in Australia. Michael Foster of
The Canberra Times felt Scott, "was obviously as comfortable with Bobby Gebert's trio as the three Sydney musicians were with him, even on first encounter. This made for a great evening..." Foster noticed that Gebert, "can play in many idioms, but is particularly appealing, to me at least, in this mode and mood." He described the tracks, "[it] opens with Gebert's own 'The Sculptor' and he seamlessly blends his own tunes, 'MD. Waltz for Helen' and 'Mo' Blues', with Monk's 'Off Minor', Strayhorn's 'Lotus Blossum', Ellington's 'Reflections in D' and 'Come Sunday', and Hope's 'Something for Kenny'." At the
ARIA Music Awards of 1995 it was nominated for
Best Jazz Album. ==Discography==