Principal players of The Metropolitan Orchestra (TMO) hailing from Sydney, along with international jazz sensation Josh Kyle, will join award-winning boutique winery Skillogalee in a first for the Clare Valley region when they present an evening of matched music, food and wine under the stars on October 29th, 2016. In what is being tipped as a truly unique musical and … Continue reading
The Sydney Improvised Music Association (SIMA) will launch its unique secondary school jazz education program Cool for School on August 5 at Riverside Theatres, Parramatta. In its seventh year, the 2016 program will also run at SIMA’s resident venue, the Sound Lounge Seymour Centre on September 16. As unforgettable as hearing your first symphony orchestra … Continue reading
“Wolfgang Muthspiel is shining light of the contemporary jazz-guitar generation” – The New Yorker “Muthspiel combines a flawless technique honed by classical training with a restless musical imagination as likely to derive inspiration from Bach as from the Blues or the Beatles” – London On Tuesday 9 August, renowned jazz master Wolfgang Muthspiel returns to Sydney for … Continue reading
Celebrated trumpeter Scott Tinkler and composer Andy Fiddes have teamed up with Australia’s leading jazz orchestra to create a superb new album for Rattle Jazz. Further affirming it’s artistic mission, the Sydney-based Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra has produced a recording that highlights the exceptional depth and breadth of talent at the cutting edge of the Australian … Continue reading
For this performance, Loueke will be collaborating with Sydney-based world-roots-jazz outfit The Vampires. Audiences can expect to hear a heady mix of jazz infused with Afro-Cuban, Afro-Peruvian, Caribbean, Brazilian and Balkan brass. Their performance will be supported by a short opening set by Miriam Lieberman who performs on a 21 string African harp, the kora, and guitar. Described by Herbie … Continue reading
Grammy Award winner Kurt Elling is among the world’s foremost jazz vocalists. He has won the DownBeat Critics Poll for 14 consecutive years and was named Male Singer of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association on eight occasions. A truly international jazz award winner, he has also been Grammy nominated a dozen times. Kurt Elling has … Continue reading
Album Title: Just as you are (out now thru MGM distribition) Musicians: Greg Coffin (piano), Carl Morgan (guitar), Brett Hirst (bass), Tim Firth (drums), except where ** , then Nic Cecire on drums www.kristinberardi.com Kristin Berardi takes her all star band on a national tour highlighting the release of her brand new album just as … Continue reading
Randwick Town Hall, 90 Avoca St, Randwick May 13, 7pm – 8pm. Tickets $22 ($20 conc.) Continuing on from a mighty 2015 which featured performances with Maria Schneider (Sydney Festival), Miguel Zenon Quartet (Melbourne International Jazz Festival), Dave Panichi (Foundry 616), Scott Tinkler (CD release due in July with Rattle) plus an east coast tour with James … Continue reading
On Monday 13 June, the father of jazz invention, ten-time Grammy Award-winning saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter, will bring Vivid LIVE to a euphoric close as part of Vivid Sydney, the world’s largest festival of light, music and ideas. Hailed as the “greatest living improviser” by The New York Times, the 82-year-old virtuoso is the … Continue reading
Francesca Prihasti is an emerging Sydney pianist/composer with great promise. Originally from Indonesia, now based in Sydney, Francesca is a remarkably gifted musician. A graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Francesca has studied with the likes of Judy Bailey, Kevin Hunt, Mike Nock, Greg Coffin, John Harkins and Matt McMahon. In September of 2015 … Continue reading
