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A band whose nucleus meets early in high school and whose line-up firms up at university - it’s an Australian classic but this one with a mod Oz fusion twist. The Seen’s bassist Brendan Clark and guitarist James Manson met in the music room in Year 7 at Model Farms High School and played in various outfits, later meeting country boy drummer James Jennings when he moved to Sydney. Independently and collectively they soon became known as some of the hottest young jazz players in Sydney. Not sounding very grassroots yet, is it? Wait – it gets weirder…..they all end up at the Conservatorium Of Music where they meet Vietnamese Australian classical piano virtuoso Van-Anh Nguyen, who is already tiring of the structures and pre-ordained “career path” required of someone wanting to play classical music – so she starts playing around with beatboxes and DJs. There was much of wringing of hands in the Nguyen family. Now throw in Melbourne ring-in Thanh Bui, another Viet Australian kid, with a