17
Latin Jazz Opening Night Party feat ALLY + CaribeacuteA U S T R A L I A N I N S T I T U T E O F M U S I C 6 PM ndash 1 0 PM
Saxophonist and composer Gai Bryant has earnt a reputation as a Queen of Latin Jazz She is fascinated with all the rhythms that make us move particularly those blending Cuban Peruvian and Afro-Caribbean influences Gai brings together musicians dancers and communities across Sydney Gairsquos projects are brought to life by her passionate arrangements which integrate traditional dance and song with a modern jazz aesthetic Irresistible performances by her Afro-Peruvian sextet ALLY will open celebrations before her big band Caribeacute will tear down the house in a visual and aural display Vivid and frenetic it will be impossible to walk away from this event without a smile on your face
Fri
Oct
ober
30
ALLY
Gai Bryant (saxophone) Eamon Dilworth (trumpet) Jonathan Cohen (piano) Stan Valacos (bass) Steve Marin (percussion) Georgio Rojas (percussion) Dai Moret (spoken word) Melody Riviera (vocals)
Caribe
Adrian Medira (dancer) Gai Bryant (saxophones) Julian Gough (saxophones) Lee McIver (trumpet) Danny Carmichael (trombone) Ed Goyer (piano) Nick Henderson (bass) Tono Marquez (percussion) Giorgio Rojas (percussion) Steven Marin (percussion)
Check out this videoAnd this one too
SOLD OUT
Zela Margossian QuintetV E N U E 5 0 5 8 3 0 PMI N PA R T N E R S H I P W I T H T H E WA N G A R AT TA F E S T I VA L O F J A Z Z A N D B L U E S
Zela Margossian is a rare gem of Australian jazz classical and multi-cultural music
Margossian has lived and studied all over the world and in turn has soaked up many flavours during her training in classical and jazz piano Her ARIA-nominated LP lsquoTransitionsrsquo speaks to that itinerant history - combing ethnic melodies and percussion of her native Armenia with the improvisational attitude of contemporary jazz
This talented piano player grew up in modern Lebanon during the civil war studying at the Lebanese Higher State Conservatory before returning to her ancestral home in Yerevan to finish a Masterrsquos degree in Piano Performance at the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory
Zela Margossianrsquos debut release was favourably reviewed by DownBeat Magazine and received a four-star notice from the UKrsquos Jazzwise Zela appears regularly on SIMA stages and is an audience favourite
Come and immerse yourself in the rich polyrhythms melodies and flavours of Zela Margossian and her accomplished Quintet
Sat
Oct
31
Zela Margossian (piano) Stuart Vandegraaff (saxophones clarinet flute Arabic natildeys) Adem Yilmaz (percussion) Jacques Emery (double bass) Alexander Inman-Hislop (drums)
SOLD OUT
Emma PaskM A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
Award-winning artist Emma Pask has established herself as one of Australiarsquos favourite jazz vocalists Showcasing expert versatility Emma can swing through jazz standards ride Latin rhythms or pour her heart into tender ballads
Discovered at just 16 years of age Emmarsquos long and decorated career has seen her perform at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London with the BBC Concert Orchestra the Sydney Opera House with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and support 70rsquos disco and funk legend George Benson Emma is always surrounded by the cream of Australian jazz and these intimate festival performances are no different
S H O W O N E Doors 6pmSet One (630pm-7pm) Set Two (730pm-810pm)
S H O W T W O Doors 9pmSet One (930pm-10pm) Set Two (1030pm-1110pm)
Emma Pask (vocals) Kevin Hunt (piano) Phil Stack (double bass) Tim Firth (drums)
Sat
Oct
ober
31
Check out this video
Book now
Elysian Fields FIKA Album Launch with special support by Jo Truman
M A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
lsquoFIKArsquo is the new album by electric viola da gamba ensemble Elysian FieldsInspired by Scandinavia FIKA is rooted in the Swedish ancestry of Artistic Director Jenny Eriksson and her love of northern European jazz and Swedish baroque music This beautiful international project sings to the gathering of friends food and conversation through the prism of the idiosyncratic seven-stringed viola de gamba
Produced by saxophonist Matt Keegan and featuring the stunning vocals and violin of Susie Bishop lsquoFIKArsquo takes inspiration from the frozen landscapes of Scandinavia drawing on traditional folk music and language
Beautiful arrangements by multi award-winning jazz pianist Matt McMahon will be presented alongside the Australian premiere of lsquoLivingrsquo by Norwegian jazz pianist Jan Gunnar Hoff and lsquoBelieve Beleft Belowrsquo by influential Swedish jazz trio EST
Special support Jo Truman Josephine Truman is an artist who skirts the boundary of tradition and experimentation Her cross-pollination of traditional and experimental performance styles caught the ear of legendary composer theorist and artist John Cage with whom she collaborated on lsquoSong Booksrsquo Fans of music that tests the edges of improvisation and experimentation will love Jo Trumanrsquos performance as part of Sydney International Womenrsquos Jazz Festival Jo Truman (piano)
Sun
Nov
01
Elysian Fields
Jenny Eriksson (Ruby electric viola da ga gamba) Susie Bishop (voiceviolin) Matt Keegan (saxophones) Matt McMahon (Piano) Siebe Pogson (Bass guitar) Dave Goodman (drums)
Check out this videoAnd this one too
Book now
Anna Setton direct from Satildeo PauloF R E E O N L I N E E V E N T 8 PM
A 2019 festival favorite this Brazilian singerguitarist is a born samba MPB and choro performer Her style evokes the classics of the bossa nova tradition of greats Gilberto Jobim and Menescal
This beautiful Satildeo Paulo native modernises the rich history of Brazilian music sharing the stage with peers like Joatildeo Bosco and Toquinho
Imagine a gossamer curtain falling around floating chords from a nylon string guitar and you approach the tone of Settonrsquos hypnotic vocals
Setton has performed around the world in iconic theatres and jazz festivals like Parco Della Musica (Rome) Theatre Grec (Barcelona) San Javier (Spain) and Brazilian Summer Fest (New York)
A special festival exclusive not to be missed
Stream online
Anna Setton (nylon string guitarvocals)
Mon
Nov
02
Celebrating Sandy Evans lsquoAhimsa Meditations on Gandhirsquo F R E E D I G I TA L S C R E E N I N G 8 PM
This special screening features the premiere performance of Ahimsa shot at SIMA at the Sound Lounge in 2019 Join Australiarsquos leading jazz and Indian musicians for an entrancing evening of spectacular inter-cultral music
Ahimsa reflects on Gandhirsquos writings on non-violence showcasing the inspirational Sarangan Sriranganthan and the brilliant Bobby Singh in an innovative contemporary context with the inventor of the airsticks Alon Ilsar The program features excerpts from Gandhirsquos writings translated into Sanskrit by Chris Whiteman and Vasudevaycharya
Sandy Evans (tenor soprano saxophone composer musical director) Sarangan Sriranganathan (sitar vocals) Bobby Singh (tabla) Brett Hirst (bass) Alon Ilsar (airsticks drums)
Martin Fox (videographer) Guy Dickerson (sound engineer live) Peter Nelson (sound engineer recorded)
Tue
Nov
03
Stream online
Elana Stone Band with special support by INEcircS M A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
Singersongwriter Elana Stone is an ARIA Award-winning vocalist and songwriter whose style combines instrumental invention with quirk and inclines to write pop that is by turns exultant and introspective If Ella Fitzgerald met Dirty Projectors and Joni Mitchell yoursquod have an idea of how Elanarsquos band projects might sound but yoursquod be missing the country and folk influences
A National Jazz Award-winning vocalist Elana also performs as part of All Our Exes Live In Texas and appears as a member of Missy Higginsrsquo band and the John Butler Trio Reforming the band for a festival exclusive Elana will dive into her back catalogue and deliver free-range music that traverses jazz folk modern electronica indie pop and balladry underpinned by Stonersquos signature lyrical vulnerability and ear for melody
Check out this video
Special support INEcircS Born in Portugal Inecircs Vaz de Sousa grew up practising ballet and saxophone Singing became an obsession after an unexpected opportunity pushed her onto the stage compelling her to expand her repertoire to funk soul big band swing and improvised jazz Inecircs was soon performing across Sydney and to broaden her horizons Inecircs moved between New York and Sydney mdash an experience that brought a contemporary melting pot of influences to her live performances Expect a fiery mixture of style from some of Sydneyrsquos classiest young instrumentalists fronted with flash and sensuality by Inecircs
Check out this video
Wed
N
ov 0
4
Elana Stone Band
Elana Stone (vocals) Aaron Flower (guitarvocals) Zoe Hauptmann (electric bassvocals) Evan Mannell (drumsvocals)
INEcircS
Inecircs Vaz de Sousa (vocals) Godriguez (guitar) Andrew Bruce (pianokeys) Jan Bangma (bass) Miles Thomas (drums)
Book now
Festival double bill Hilary Geddes Quartet + Jodie Michael Trio F O U N D RY 6 1 6 8 3 0 PM + 1 0 PM
Hilary Geddes Quartet Winner of the Jann Rutherford Memorial Award in 2019 Hilary Geddes is a talented guitarist with a split personality - half of her musical life is spent making contemporary jazz and improvised music and half is spent in the popular indie band lsquoThe Buoysrsquo Graduating from Sydney Conservatorium of Music with First Class Honours studying under luminaries Carl Dewhurst and James Muller Hilary then spent a year abroad studying with esteemed guitarist Andreas Wahl at the Hochschule fuumlr Kuumlnste in Germany
As a jazz guitarist Hilary has become an in-demand collaborator with the likes of Barney McAll and Mike Nock while The Buoys are regularly featured on Triple J and on the Australian festival circuit A truly modern exceptional talent who will lead contemporary music in the direction she wants to see it go
Jodie Michaelrsquos Organ Situation Drummer Jodie Michael started her musical journey at just thirteen years of age before attending SIMArsquos improvisational workshops for young women Winner of the Jann Rutherford Memorial Award in 2013 Jodie gained experience playing in jazz ensembles at the Wollongong Conservatorium of Music where she earned multiple scholarships After touring the USA with the Wollongong Con Jazz Orchestra she immersed herself in the US jazz scene playing with world-class drummers like Michael Carvin Eric Harland and Kenny Washington going on to study in the Global Jazz Masterrsquos program at Berklee College of Music Jodie promises to bring her fluid sense of rhythm for this double bill not to be missed
Check out this video
Wed
N
ov 0
4
Hilary Geddes Quartet
Hilary Geddes (guitar) Matt Harris (piano) Max Alduca (bass) Alexander Inman-Hislop (drums)
Jodie Michaelrsquos Organ Situation
Jodie Michael (drums) Nish Manjunath (tenor saxophone) Steve Barry (organ)
Book now
Monica Trapaga + The Pocket Trio with special support by Tessie Overmyer TrioM A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
Monica Trapaga is a consummate performer Her warm and witty approach has been instrumental in her success as a jazz singer and entertainer where she has featured at major festivals across the world
She has described her ldquofairly crazy Latin familyrdquo as instrumental in her developing her musical taste citing her fatherrsquos love of Afro-Cuban jazz as an influence as she rose to fame in the 90rsquos with her popular outfit Monica and the Moochers She has worked extensively as an actor on Australian TV and is the current presenter of The Dinner Set on ABC Jazz
A born entertainer Monica promises to delight audiences Her latest venture featuring this high-energy classic piano trio evokes feel good jazz with tight arrangements and groovy pockets
Special Support Tessie Overmyer Trio Emerging saxophonist Tessie Overmyer brings a soulful late-night feel to her approach A strong sense of melody permeates Overmyerrsquos compositions with a maturity to her playing and phrasing that belies her youth
At just 19 years old Tessie earned a spot playing at the famous Newport Jazz Festival (2018) Wersquore thrilled to see her arrival at this yearsrsquo Sydney International Womenrsquos Jazz Festival
Thu
Nov
05
Monica Trapaga + The Pocket Trio
Monica Trapaga (vocals) Andrew Scott (piano) Max Alduca (bass) Tim Geldens (drums)
Tessie Overmyer Trio
Tessie Overmyer (alto saxophone) Harley Coleman (guitar) Harry Birch (bass)
Book now
Alice Terry Big BandF O U N D RY 6 1 6 7 3 0 PM + 9 3 0 PM
Dubbed lsquoSydneyrsquos first lady of bluesrsquo Alice Terry has the kind of voice you canrsquot ignore Powerful and emotive gritty and intense Alice Terryrsquos vocals evoke classic singers like Janis Joplin - the kind of singers who leave it all out on the stage
Alice began singing the blues at seventeen quickly being booked for gigs like Narooma Blues Thredbo Blues and Moruya Jazz Festivals She released her debut single lsquoEmotionrsquo and debut LP lsquoThe Fear Ofrsquo in 2018 both of which immediately charted in the top five of the iTunes blues charts
In the wake of great notices for her debut Terry has supported acts like Allen Stone Beth Hart Matt Corby The Waifs and Thirsty Merc and continues to tour with Matt Corby as part of his band Each of the acts above contain elements of a mixture of styles Terry calls her own - folk country and blues stewed together to create an individual feel American blues singer and Grammy nominee Beth Hart described Alice Terry as lsquothe real dealrsquo and we agree Donrsquot miss the opportunity to see this scalding hot vocal talent live with her all-star big band
Alice Terry (vocals) Harry Sutherland (piano) Mike Raper (trombone) James Loughnan (saxophone) Simon Ferenci (trumpet) Phil Stack (bass) Carlos Adura (drums)
Thu
Nov
05
Book now
Mahalia Barnes amp the Soulmates with special support by Joy Yates and Dave MacRae
M A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
The daughter of one of Australiarsquos most famous rock vocalists Jimmy Barnes Mahalia Barnes started her career as a child star vocalist with her sibling band Growing up in the rough and tumble of the rock music industry Mahalia has experienced it all Shersquos recorded on her fatherrsquos albums since the age of eight and since then Mahalia has worked as a lead singer for her own band and as a backing singer for soul and RnB artists like Johnny Diesel and her father
Mahalia performed on the first season of the Australian version of The Voice covering the Tina Turner standard lsquoProud Maryrsquo and that fiery soulful energy is a good example of her style Expect energy brooding soul and live intensity from this veteran of Australian music backed by a rock-steady trio
Check out this video
Special support Joy Yates and Dave MacRae Joy Yates is a proud New Zealander of Maori heritage and a lifelong jazz singer who has shared stages with artists like Neil Sedaka Cat Stevens Cliff Richard Chaka Khan and Van Morrison
Dave MacRae is a legendary jazz musician brilliant pianist producer composer and arranger with outstanding jazz credentials These two artists are a lifelong couple supremely talented and cherished legends of Australian jazz
Fri
Nov
06
Mahalia Barnes amp the Soulmates
Mahalia Barnes (vocals) Ben Rogers (bass) Franco Raggatt (guitar) Evan Mannell (drums)
Joy Yates and Dave MacRae
Joy Yates (vocals) Dave Macrae (piano)
Book now
Pharos plays the music of Sandy EvansM A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
Pharos is a ten-member powerhouse big band formed in 2016 and led by bassist Hannah James Featuring a six-piece horn section this unique and electrifying collective merge the best of the big band with the flexibility creativity and genre-bending exploration expected in any modern ensemble
In the short life span of the group Pharos has worked with an incredible list of local and international artists like Lakecia Benjamin (USA) Helen Sung (USA) Ingrid and Christine Jensen (USACanada) and Silke Eberhardt (Ger)
In 2020 the festival Artist-In-Residence is esteemed multi award-winning saxophonist and composer Dr Sandy Evans In a world premiere Pharos will perform a new work commissioned especially for the festival before performing exclusive repertoire composed and arranged by Sandy
Sat
Nov
07
Check out this video
Hannah James (bass) Louise Horwood (trumpet) Ellen Kirkwood (trumpet) Alex Silver (trombone) Loretta Palmeiro (altosopclarinet) Laura Corney (tenor) Kali Gillen (baritone) Hilary Geddes (guitar) Zela Margossian (piano) Ali Foster (drums)
Book now
Lilith Night with special guest Miriam Lieberman and special support by Kenya Wilkins
F O U N D RY 6 1 6 8 3 0 PM
Lilith Night is an international celebration of diverse female composer-performers across a dizzying range of genres A network of women music-makers and culture creators directed by Australian musician Maryanne Piper Lilith Night will feature the global fusion of sounds created by vocalist and kora player Miriam Lieberman The ensemble will perform compositions from international composers Sunna Gunnlaugs (Iceland) Christina Fuchs (Ger) Elisa Thorn (Canada) and Eve Beglarian (US-Armenian) and Australian composers Jenna Cave Harri Harding and Sian Lindsay
Special support Kenya Wilkins Solo Piano Album Launch Kenya Wilkins will launch her third solo piano album ldquoSo What Bachrdquo a series of jams on JS Bach classics The ldquoso whatrdquo chord consists of three perfect fourth intervals followed by a major third interval It originates from Bill Evansrsquo piano ldquoamenrdquo response to the head of Miles Davisrsquo tune ldquoSo Whatrdquo
Keyna Wilkins is a pioneering AustralianBritish composer-musician solo-artist and leader of cutting-edge ensembles Her music has been described as arresting and genre-blurring She was one of three finalists in the Australian nation-wide APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards for Individual Excellence 2018 Her compositions are performed internationally and published by Wirripang
Sat
Nov
07
Maryanne Piper (clarinetist) Kenya Wilkins (piano) Rachel Drubetsky (trumpeter) Chloe Kim (drums) and special guest Miriam Lieberman (vocals and kora)
Book now
Postcards from the 2020 AnthropoceneAlbum LaunchF R E E O N L I N E E V E N T
In December 2019 Sydney was enveloped in a thick blanket of smoky haze It was on one of the worst days for bushfire smoke that Sandy Adam and Hamish recorded this series of improvisations at UNSW reflecting on photographs they had taken during the preceding period of crisis and devastation
This music is offered as a protest against environmental destruction and climate change The themes Mirage Embers Inferno Skyline Resistance and Aftermath inform these improvisations and reflections
The results are stunning - traversing ambient soundscapes spacious grooves troubled cries dissonances resolution surprise peaceful reflection and even humour It is not often that a project can genuinely speak of lsquooriginal soundsrsquo but this is one such project
The project was an extension of a concert that had been presented by Mark Hall of Eupcaccia Records at Dee Whyrsquos Halfback Books The combination of modular synthesiser saxophone and drums worked beautifully and Mark encouraged the musicians to record this album
Sat
Nov
07
Sandy Evans (tenor and soprano saxophones suling flax) Hamish Stuart (drums) Adam Hulbert (eurorack modular synthesiser with theremin and wind controller) Simon Trevaks (recording engineer) Rodrigo Barbosa (Mixing engineer) Mark Hall (executive producer and mastering engineer)
Stream live
Magic Music EvansElphickOdamuraV E N U E 5 0 5 3 PM + 5 3 0 PM
Closing the festival this special event features the talents of our 2020 Artist-in-Residence Dr Sandy Evans OAM alongside long-time collaborators Satsuki Odamura and Steve Elphick The project brings together three musicians whose inventiveness musicality sensitivity and responsiveness will open doors to magical musical places
A trail-blazer for women in contemporary music internationally renowned composer and saxophonist Sandy has a passion for improvisation and new music
She has played with and written for some of the most important groups in Australian jazz since the early 1980rsquos and leads the Sandy Evans Trio and Sextet and co-leads Clarion Fracture Zone and GEST8 Her work and research in intercultural music has led to international recognition Sandy recently won the Jazz Performance of the Year at the APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards for her international collaboration Bridge of Dreams featuring Shubha Mudgal Aneesh Pradhan Sudhir Nayak and Sirens Big Band
Satsuki Odamura is a master of the koto and shamisen She has pioneered awareness of these ancient Japanese instruments in her performances throughout Australia Satsuki began playing Koto at ten years old and joined the Sawai Koto School of Music in Tokyo when she was eighteen She has since collaborated with a wide variety of artists across a range of genres from jazz to Western classical to modern and Aboriginal music
ARIA winning bassist Steve Elphick has provided the backbone for artists like Roger Frampton and The Engine Room and Mark Simmonds He came from singing in the church choir to playing bass and has grown into one of Australiarsquos most in-demand bass players across a range of genres A spectacular festival finale to conjure a sense of peace uplift our spirits and enrich the soul
Sun
N
ov 0
8
Sandy Evans (saxophone) Steve Elphick (bass) Satsuki Odamura (koto)
Book now
Sponsors
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S U P P O R T I N G PA R T N E R S
V E N U E PA R T N E R S
Zela Margossian QuintetV E N U E 5 0 5 8 3 0 PMI N PA R T N E R S H I P W I T H T H E WA N G A R AT TA F E S T I VA L O F J A Z Z A N D B L U E S
Zela Margossian is a rare gem of Australian jazz classical and multi-cultural music
Margossian has lived and studied all over the world and in turn has soaked up many flavours during her training in classical and jazz piano Her ARIA-nominated LP lsquoTransitionsrsquo speaks to that itinerant history - combing ethnic melodies and percussion of her native Armenia with the improvisational attitude of contemporary jazz
This talented piano player grew up in modern Lebanon during the civil war studying at the Lebanese Higher State Conservatory before returning to her ancestral home in Yerevan to finish a Masterrsquos degree in Piano Performance at the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory
Zela Margossianrsquos debut release was favourably reviewed by DownBeat Magazine and received a four-star notice from the UKrsquos Jazzwise Zela appears regularly on SIMA stages and is an audience favourite
Come and immerse yourself in the rich polyrhythms melodies and flavours of Zela Margossian and her accomplished Quintet
Sat
Oct
31
Zela Margossian (piano) Stuart Vandegraaff (saxophones clarinet flute Arabic natildeys) Adem Yilmaz (percussion) Jacques Emery (double bass) Alexander Inman-Hislop (drums)
SOLD OUT
Emma PaskM A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
Award-winning artist Emma Pask has established herself as one of Australiarsquos favourite jazz vocalists Showcasing expert versatility Emma can swing through jazz standards ride Latin rhythms or pour her heart into tender ballads
Discovered at just 16 years of age Emmarsquos long and decorated career has seen her perform at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London with the BBC Concert Orchestra the Sydney Opera House with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and support 70rsquos disco and funk legend George Benson Emma is always surrounded by the cream of Australian jazz and these intimate festival performances are no different
S H O W O N E Doors 6pmSet One (630pm-7pm) Set Two (730pm-810pm)
S H O W T W O Doors 9pmSet One (930pm-10pm) Set Two (1030pm-1110pm)
Emma Pask (vocals) Kevin Hunt (piano) Phil Stack (double bass) Tim Firth (drums)
Sat
Oct
ober
31
Check out this video
Book now
Elysian Fields FIKA Album Launch with special support by Jo Truman
M A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
lsquoFIKArsquo is the new album by electric viola da gamba ensemble Elysian FieldsInspired by Scandinavia FIKA is rooted in the Swedish ancestry of Artistic Director Jenny Eriksson and her love of northern European jazz and Swedish baroque music This beautiful international project sings to the gathering of friends food and conversation through the prism of the idiosyncratic seven-stringed viola de gamba
Produced by saxophonist Matt Keegan and featuring the stunning vocals and violin of Susie Bishop lsquoFIKArsquo takes inspiration from the frozen landscapes of Scandinavia drawing on traditional folk music and language
Beautiful arrangements by multi award-winning jazz pianist Matt McMahon will be presented alongside the Australian premiere of lsquoLivingrsquo by Norwegian jazz pianist Jan Gunnar Hoff and lsquoBelieve Beleft Belowrsquo by influential Swedish jazz trio EST
Special support Jo Truman Josephine Truman is an artist who skirts the boundary of tradition and experimentation Her cross-pollination of traditional and experimental performance styles caught the ear of legendary composer theorist and artist John Cage with whom she collaborated on lsquoSong Booksrsquo Fans of music that tests the edges of improvisation and experimentation will love Jo Trumanrsquos performance as part of Sydney International Womenrsquos Jazz Festival Jo Truman (piano)
Sun
Nov
01
Elysian Fields
Jenny Eriksson (Ruby electric viola da ga gamba) Susie Bishop (voiceviolin) Matt Keegan (saxophones) Matt McMahon (Piano) Siebe Pogson (Bass guitar) Dave Goodman (drums)
Check out this videoAnd this one too
Book now
Anna Setton direct from Satildeo PauloF R E E O N L I N E E V E N T 8 PM
A 2019 festival favorite this Brazilian singerguitarist is a born samba MPB and choro performer Her style evokes the classics of the bossa nova tradition of greats Gilberto Jobim and Menescal
This beautiful Satildeo Paulo native modernises the rich history of Brazilian music sharing the stage with peers like Joatildeo Bosco and Toquinho
Imagine a gossamer curtain falling around floating chords from a nylon string guitar and you approach the tone of Settonrsquos hypnotic vocals
Setton has performed around the world in iconic theatres and jazz festivals like Parco Della Musica (Rome) Theatre Grec (Barcelona) San Javier (Spain) and Brazilian Summer Fest (New York)
A special festival exclusive not to be missed
Stream online
Anna Setton (nylon string guitarvocals)
Mon
Nov
02
Celebrating Sandy Evans lsquoAhimsa Meditations on Gandhirsquo F R E E D I G I TA L S C R E E N I N G 8 PM
This special screening features the premiere performance of Ahimsa shot at SIMA at the Sound Lounge in 2019 Join Australiarsquos leading jazz and Indian musicians for an entrancing evening of spectacular inter-cultral music
Ahimsa reflects on Gandhirsquos writings on non-violence showcasing the inspirational Sarangan Sriranganthan and the brilliant Bobby Singh in an innovative contemporary context with the inventor of the airsticks Alon Ilsar The program features excerpts from Gandhirsquos writings translated into Sanskrit by Chris Whiteman and Vasudevaycharya
Sandy Evans (tenor soprano saxophone composer musical director) Sarangan Sriranganathan (sitar vocals) Bobby Singh (tabla) Brett Hirst (bass) Alon Ilsar (airsticks drums)
Martin Fox (videographer) Guy Dickerson (sound engineer live) Peter Nelson (sound engineer recorded)
Tue
Nov
03
Stream online
Elana Stone Band with special support by INEcircS M A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
Singersongwriter Elana Stone is an ARIA Award-winning vocalist and songwriter whose style combines instrumental invention with quirk and inclines to write pop that is by turns exultant and introspective If Ella Fitzgerald met Dirty Projectors and Joni Mitchell yoursquod have an idea of how Elanarsquos band projects might sound but yoursquod be missing the country and folk influences
A National Jazz Award-winning vocalist Elana also performs as part of All Our Exes Live In Texas and appears as a member of Missy Higginsrsquo band and the John Butler Trio Reforming the band for a festival exclusive Elana will dive into her back catalogue and deliver free-range music that traverses jazz folk modern electronica indie pop and balladry underpinned by Stonersquos signature lyrical vulnerability and ear for melody
Check out this video
Special support INEcircS Born in Portugal Inecircs Vaz de Sousa grew up practising ballet and saxophone Singing became an obsession after an unexpected opportunity pushed her onto the stage compelling her to expand her repertoire to funk soul big band swing and improvised jazz Inecircs was soon performing across Sydney and to broaden her horizons Inecircs moved between New York and Sydney mdash an experience that brought a contemporary melting pot of influences to her live performances Expect a fiery mixture of style from some of Sydneyrsquos classiest young instrumentalists fronted with flash and sensuality by Inecircs
Check out this video
Wed
N
ov 0
4
Elana Stone Band
Elana Stone (vocals) Aaron Flower (guitarvocals) Zoe Hauptmann (electric bassvocals) Evan Mannell (drumsvocals)
INEcircS
Inecircs Vaz de Sousa (vocals) Godriguez (guitar) Andrew Bruce (pianokeys) Jan Bangma (bass) Miles Thomas (drums)
Book now
Festival double bill Hilary Geddes Quartet + Jodie Michael Trio F O U N D RY 6 1 6 8 3 0 PM + 1 0 PM
Hilary Geddes Quartet Winner of the Jann Rutherford Memorial Award in 2019 Hilary Geddes is a talented guitarist with a split personality - half of her musical life is spent making contemporary jazz and improvised music and half is spent in the popular indie band lsquoThe Buoysrsquo Graduating from Sydney Conservatorium of Music with First Class Honours studying under luminaries Carl Dewhurst and James Muller Hilary then spent a year abroad studying with esteemed guitarist Andreas Wahl at the Hochschule fuumlr Kuumlnste in Germany
As a jazz guitarist Hilary has become an in-demand collaborator with the likes of Barney McAll and Mike Nock while The Buoys are regularly featured on Triple J and on the Australian festival circuit A truly modern exceptional talent who will lead contemporary music in the direction she wants to see it go
Jodie Michaelrsquos Organ Situation Drummer Jodie Michael started her musical journey at just thirteen years of age before attending SIMArsquos improvisational workshops for young women Winner of the Jann Rutherford Memorial Award in 2013 Jodie gained experience playing in jazz ensembles at the Wollongong Conservatorium of Music where she earned multiple scholarships After touring the USA with the Wollongong Con Jazz Orchestra she immersed herself in the US jazz scene playing with world-class drummers like Michael Carvin Eric Harland and Kenny Washington going on to study in the Global Jazz Masterrsquos program at Berklee College of Music Jodie promises to bring her fluid sense of rhythm for this double bill not to be missed
Check out this video
Wed
N
ov 0
4
Hilary Geddes Quartet
Hilary Geddes (guitar) Matt Harris (piano) Max Alduca (bass) Alexander Inman-Hislop (drums)
Jodie Michaelrsquos Organ Situation
Jodie Michael (drums) Nish Manjunath (tenor saxophone) Steve Barry (organ)
Book now
Monica Trapaga + The Pocket Trio with special support by Tessie Overmyer TrioM A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
Monica Trapaga is a consummate performer Her warm and witty approach has been instrumental in her success as a jazz singer and entertainer where she has featured at major festivals across the world
She has described her ldquofairly crazy Latin familyrdquo as instrumental in her developing her musical taste citing her fatherrsquos love of Afro-Cuban jazz as an influence as she rose to fame in the 90rsquos with her popular outfit Monica and the Moochers She has worked extensively as an actor on Australian TV and is the current presenter of The Dinner Set on ABC Jazz
A born entertainer Monica promises to delight audiences Her latest venture featuring this high-energy classic piano trio evokes feel good jazz with tight arrangements and groovy pockets
Special Support Tessie Overmyer Trio Emerging saxophonist Tessie Overmyer brings a soulful late-night feel to her approach A strong sense of melody permeates Overmyerrsquos compositions with a maturity to her playing and phrasing that belies her youth
At just 19 years old Tessie earned a spot playing at the famous Newport Jazz Festival (2018) Wersquore thrilled to see her arrival at this yearsrsquo Sydney International Womenrsquos Jazz Festival
Thu
Nov
05
Monica Trapaga + The Pocket Trio
Monica Trapaga (vocals) Andrew Scott (piano) Max Alduca (bass) Tim Geldens (drums)
Tessie Overmyer Trio
Tessie Overmyer (alto saxophone) Harley Coleman (guitar) Harry Birch (bass)
Book now
Alice Terry Big BandF O U N D RY 6 1 6 7 3 0 PM + 9 3 0 PM
Dubbed lsquoSydneyrsquos first lady of bluesrsquo Alice Terry has the kind of voice you canrsquot ignore Powerful and emotive gritty and intense Alice Terryrsquos vocals evoke classic singers like Janis Joplin - the kind of singers who leave it all out on the stage
Alice began singing the blues at seventeen quickly being booked for gigs like Narooma Blues Thredbo Blues and Moruya Jazz Festivals She released her debut single lsquoEmotionrsquo and debut LP lsquoThe Fear Ofrsquo in 2018 both of which immediately charted in the top five of the iTunes blues charts
In the wake of great notices for her debut Terry has supported acts like Allen Stone Beth Hart Matt Corby The Waifs and Thirsty Merc and continues to tour with Matt Corby as part of his band Each of the acts above contain elements of a mixture of styles Terry calls her own - folk country and blues stewed together to create an individual feel American blues singer and Grammy nominee Beth Hart described Alice Terry as lsquothe real dealrsquo and we agree Donrsquot miss the opportunity to see this scalding hot vocal talent live with her all-star big band
Alice Terry (vocals) Harry Sutherland (piano) Mike Raper (trombone) James Loughnan (saxophone) Simon Ferenci (trumpet) Phil Stack (bass) Carlos Adura (drums)
Thu
Nov
05
Book now
Mahalia Barnes amp the Soulmates with special support by Joy Yates and Dave MacRae
M A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
The daughter of one of Australiarsquos most famous rock vocalists Jimmy Barnes Mahalia Barnes started her career as a child star vocalist with her sibling band Growing up in the rough and tumble of the rock music industry Mahalia has experienced it all Shersquos recorded on her fatherrsquos albums since the age of eight and since then Mahalia has worked as a lead singer for her own band and as a backing singer for soul and RnB artists like Johnny Diesel and her father
Mahalia performed on the first season of the Australian version of The Voice covering the Tina Turner standard lsquoProud Maryrsquo and that fiery soulful energy is a good example of her style Expect energy brooding soul and live intensity from this veteran of Australian music backed by a rock-steady trio
Check out this video
Special support Joy Yates and Dave MacRae Joy Yates is a proud New Zealander of Maori heritage and a lifelong jazz singer who has shared stages with artists like Neil Sedaka Cat Stevens Cliff Richard Chaka Khan and Van Morrison
Dave MacRae is a legendary jazz musician brilliant pianist producer composer and arranger with outstanding jazz credentials These two artists are a lifelong couple supremely talented and cherished legends of Australian jazz
Fri
Nov
06
Mahalia Barnes amp the Soulmates
Mahalia Barnes (vocals) Ben Rogers (bass) Franco Raggatt (guitar) Evan Mannell (drums)
Joy Yates and Dave MacRae
Joy Yates (vocals) Dave Macrae (piano)
Book now
Pharos plays the music of Sandy EvansM A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
Pharos is a ten-member powerhouse big band formed in 2016 and led by bassist Hannah James Featuring a six-piece horn section this unique and electrifying collective merge the best of the big band with the flexibility creativity and genre-bending exploration expected in any modern ensemble
In the short life span of the group Pharos has worked with an incredible list of local and international artists like Lakecia Benjamin (USA) Helen Sung (USA) Ingrid and Christine Jensen (USACanada) and Silke Eberhardt (Ger)
In 2020 the festival Artist-In-Residence is esteemed multi award-winning saxophonist and composer Dr Sandy Evans In a world premiere Pharos will perform a new work commissioned especially for the festival before performing exclusive repertoire composed and arranged by Sandy
Sat
Nov
07
Check out this video
Hannah James (bass) Louise Horwood (trumpet) Ellen Kirkwood (trumpet) Alex Silver (trombone) Loretta Palmeiro (altosopclarinet) Laura Corney (tenor) Kali Gillen (baritone) Hilary Geddes (guitar) Zela Margossian (piano) Ali Foster (drums)
Book now
Lilith Night with special guest Miriam Lieberman and special support by Kenya Wilkins
F O U N D RY 6 1 6 8 3 0 PM
Lilith Night is an international celebration of diverse female composer-performers across a dizzying range of genres A network of women music-makers and culture creators directed by Australian musician Maryanne Piper Lilith Night will feature the global fusion of sounds created by vocalist and kora player Miriam Lieberman The ensemble will perform compositions from international composers Sunna Gunnlaugs (Iceland) Christina Fuchs (Ger) Elisa Thorn (Canada) and Eve Beglarian (US-Armenian) and Australian composers Jenna Cave Harri Harding and Sian Lindsay
Special support Kenya Wilkins Solo Piano Album Launch Kenya Wilkins will launch her third solo piano album ldquoSo What Bachrdquo a series of jams on JS Bach classics The ldquoso whatrdquo chord consists of three perfect fourth intervals followed by a major third interval It originates from Bill Evansrsquo piano ldquoamenrdquo response to the head of Miles Davisrsquo tune ldquoSo Whatrdquo
Keyna Wilkins is a pioneering AustralianBritish composer-musician solo-artist and leader of cutting-edge ensembles Her music has been described as arresting and genre-blurring She was one of three finalists in the Australian nation-wide APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards for Individual Excellence 2018 Her compositions are performed internationally and published by Wirripang
Sat
Nov
07
Maryanne Piper (clarinetist) Kenya Wilkins (piano) Rachel Drubetsky (trumpeter) Chloe Kim (drums) and special guest Miriam Lieberman (vocals and kora)
Book now
Postcards from the 2020 AnthropoceneAlbum LaunchF R E E O N L I N E E V E N T
In December 2019 Sydney was enveloped in a thick blanket of smoky haze It was on one of the worst days for bushfire smoke that Sandy Adam and Hamish recorded this series of improvisations at UNSW reflecting on photographs they had taken during the preceding period of crisis and devastation
This music is offered as a protest against environmental destruction and climate change The themes Mirage Embers Inferno Skyline Resistance and Aftermath inform these improvisations and reflections
The results are stunning - traversing ambient soundscapes spacious grooves troubled cries dissonances resolution surprise peaceful reflection and even humour It is not often that a project can genuinely speak of lsquooriginal soundsrsquo but this is one such project
The project was an extension of a concert that had been presented by Mark Hall of Eupcaccia Records at Dee Whyrsquos Halfback Books The combination of modular synthesiser saxophone and drums worked beautifully and Mark encouraged the musicians to record this album
Sat
Nov
07
Sandy Evans (tenor and soprano saxophones suling flax) Hamish Stuart (drums) Adam Hulbert (eurorack modular synthesiser with theremin and wind controller) Simon Trevaks (recording engineer) Rodrigo Barbosa (Mixing engineer) Mark Hall (executive producer and mastering engineer)
Stream live
Magic Music EvansElphickOdamuraV E N U E 5 0 5 3 PM + 5 3 0 PM
Closing the festival this special event features the talents of our 2020 Artist-in-Residence Dr Sandy Evans OAM alongside long-time collaborators Satsuki Odamura and Steve Elphick The project brings together three musicians whose inventiveness musicality sensitivity and responsiveness will open doors to magical musical places
A trail-blazer for women in contemporary music internationally renowned composer and saxophonist Sandy has a passion for improvisation and new music
She has played with and written for some of the most important groups in Australian jazz since the early 1980rsquos and leads the Sandy Evans Trio and Sextet and co-leads Clarion Fracture Zone and GEST8 Her work and research in intercultural music has led to international recognition Sandy recently won the Jazz Performance of the Year at the APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards for her international collaboration Bridge of Dreams featuring Shubha Mudgal Aneesh Pradhan Sudhir Nayak and Sirens Big Band
Satsuki Odamura is a master of the koto and shamisen She has pioneered awareness of these ancient Japanese instruments in her performances throughout Australia Satsuki began playing Koto at ten years old and joined the Sawai Koto School of Music in Tokyo when she was eighteen She has since collaborated with a wide variety of artists across a range of genres from jazz to Western classical to modern and Aboriginal music
ARIA winning bassist Steve Elphick has provided the backbone for artists like Roger Frampton and The Engine Room and Mark Simmonds He came from singing in the church choir to playing bass and has grown into one of Australiarsquos most in-demand bass players across a range of genres A spectacular festival finale to conjure a sense of peace uplift our spirits and enrich the soul
Sun
N
ov 0
8
Sandy Evans (saxophone) Steve Elphick (bass) Satsuki Odamura (koto)
Book now
Sponsors
M A J O R PA R T N E R S
S U P P O R T I N G PA R T N E R S
V E N U E PA R T N E R S
Emma PaskM A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
Award-winning artist Emma Pask has established herself as one of Australiarsquos favourite jazz vocalists Showcasing expert versatility Emma can swing through jazz standards ride Latin rhythms or pour her heart into tender ballads
Discovered at just 16 years of age Emmarsquos long and decorated career has seen her perform at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London with the BBC Concert Orchestra the Sydney Opera House with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and support 70rsquos disco and funk legend George Benson Emma is always surrounded by the cream of Australian jazz and these intimate festival performances are no different
S H O W O N E Doors 6pmSet One (630pm-7pm) Set Two (730pm-810pm)
S H O W T W O Doors 9pmSet One (930pm-10pm) Set Two (1030pm-1110pm)
Emma Pask (vocals) Kevin Hunt (piano) Phil Stack (double bass) Tim Firth (drums)
Sat
Oct
ober
31
Check out this video
Book now
Elysian Fields FIKA Album Launch with special support by Jo Truman
M A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
lsquoFIKArsquo is the new album by electric viola da gamba ensemble Elysian FieldsInspired by Scandinavia FIKA is rooted in the Swedish ancestry of Artistic Director Jenny Eriksson and her love of northern European jazz and Swedish baroque music This beautiful international project sings to the gathering of friends food and conversation through the prism of the idiosyncratic seven-stringed viola de gamba
Produced by saxophonist Matt Keegan and featuring the stunning vocals and violin of Susie Bishop lsquoFIKArsquo takes inspiration from the frozen landscapes of Scandinavia drawing on traditional folk music and language
Beautiful arrangements by multi award-winning jazz pianist Matt McMahon will be presented alongside the Australian premiere of lsquoLivingrsquo by Norwegian jazz pianist Jan Gunnar Hoff and lsquoBelieve Beleft Belowrsquo by influential Swedish jazz trio EST
Special support Jo Truman Josephine Truman is an artist who skirts the boundary of tradition and experimentation Her cross-pollination of traditional and experimental performance styles caught the ear of legendary composer theorist and artist John Cage with whom she collaborated on lsquoSong Booksrsquo Fans of music that tests the edges of improvisation and experimentation will love Jo Trumanrsquos performance as part of Sydney International Womenrsquos Jazz Festival Jo Truman (piano)
Sun
Nov
01
Elysian Fields
Jenny Eriksson (Ruby electric viola da ga gamba) Susie Bishop (voiceviolin) Matt Keegan (saxophones) Matt McMahon (Piano) Siebe Pogson (Bass guitar) Dave Goodman (drums)
Check out this videoAnd this one too
Book now
Anna Setton direct from Satildeo PauloF R E E O N L I N E E V E N T 8 PM
A 2019 festival favorite this Brazilian singerguitarist is a born samba MPB and choro performer Her style evokes the classics of the bossa nova tradition of greats Gilberto Jobim and Menescal
This beautiful Satildeo Paulo native modernises the rich history of Brazilian music sharing the stage with peers like Joatildeo Bosco and Toquinho
Imagine a gossamer curtain falling around floating chords from a nylon string guitar and you approach the tone of Settonrsquos hypnotic vocals
Setton has performed around the world in iconic theatres and jazz festivals like Parco Della Musica (Rome) Theatre Grec (Barcelona) San Javier (Spain) and Brazilian Summer Fest (New York)
A special festival exclusive not to be missed
Stream online
Anna Setton (nylon string guitarvocals)
Mon
Nov
02
Celebrating Sandy Evans lsquoAhimsa Meditations on Gandhirsquo F R E E D I G I TA L S C R E E N I N G 8 PM
This special screening features the premiere performance of Ahimsa shot at SIMA at the Sound Lounge in 2019 Join Australiarsquos leading jazz and Indian musicians for an entrancing evening of spectacular inter-cultral music
Ahimsa reflects on Gandhirsquos writings on non-violence showcasing the inspirational Sarangan Sriranganthan and the brilliant Bobby Singh in an innovative contemporary context with the inventor of the airsticks Alon Ilsar The program features excerpts from Gandhirsquos writings translated into Sanskrit by Chris Whiteman and Vasudevaycharya
Sandy Evans (tenor soprano saxophone composer musical director) Sarangan Sriranganathan (sitar vocals) Bobby Singh (tabla) Brett Hirst (bass) Alon Ilsar (airsticks drums)
Martin Fox (videographer) Guy Dickerson (sound engineer live) Peter Nelson (sound engineer recorded)
Tue
Nov
03
Stream online
Elana Stone Band with special support by INEcircS M A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
Singersongwriter Elana Stone is an ARIA Award-winning vocalist and songwriter whose style combines instrumental invention with quirk and inclines to write pop that is by turns exultant and introspective If Ella Fitzgerald met Dirty Projectors and Joni Mitchell yoursquod have an idea of how Elanarsquos band projects might sound but yoursquod be missing the country and folk influences
A National Jazz Award-winning vocalist Elana also performs as part of All Our Exes Live In Texas and appears as a member of Missy Higginsrsquo band and the John Butler Trio Reforming the band for a festival exclusive Elana will dive into her back catalogue and deliver free-range music that traverses jazz folk modern electronica indie pop and balladry underpinned by Stonersquos signature lyrical vulnerability and ear for melody
Check out this video
Special support INEcircS Born in Portugal Inecircs Vaz de Sousa grew up practising ballet and saxophone Singing became an obsession after an unexpected opportunity pushed her onto the stage compelling her to expand her repertoire to funk soul big band swing and improvised jazz Inecircs was soon performing across Sydney and to broaden her horizons Inecircs moved between New York and Sydney mdash an experience that brought a contemporary melting pot of influences to her live performances Expect a fiery mixture of style from some of Sydneyrsquos classiest young instrumentalists fronted with flash and sensuality by Inecircs
Check out this video
Wed
N
ov 0
4
Elana Stone Band
Elana Stone (vocals) Aaron Flower (guitarvocals) Zoe Hauptmann (electric bassvocals) Evan Mannell (drumsvocals)
INEcircS
Inecircs Vaz de Sousa (vocals) Godriguez (guitar) Andrew Bruce (pianokeys) Jan Bangma (bass) Miles Thomas (drums)
Book now
Festival double bill Hilary Geddes Quartet + Jodie Michael Trio F O U N D RY 6 1 6 8 3 0 PM + 1 0 PM
Hilary Geddes Quartet Winner of the Jann Rutherford Memorial Award in 2019 Hilary Geddes is a talented guitarist with a split personality - half of her musical life is spent making contemporary jazz and improvised music and half is spent in the popular indie band lsquoThe Buoysrsquo Graduating from Sydney Conservatorium of Music with First Class Honours studying under luminaries Carl Dewhurst and James Muller Hilary then spent a year abroad studying with esteemed guitarist Andreas Wahl at the Hochschule fuumlr Kuumlnste in Germany
As a jazz guitarist Hilary has become an in-demand collaborator with the likes of Barney McAll and Mike Nock while The Buoys are regularly featured on Triple J and on the Australian festival circuit A truly modern exceptional talent who will lead contemporary music in the direction she wants to see it go
Jodie Michaelrsquos Organ Situation Drummer Jodie Michael started her musical journey at just thirteen years of age before attending SIMArsquos improvisational workshops for young women Winner of the Jann Rutherford Memorial Award in 2013 Jodie gained experience playing in jazz ensembles at the Wollongong Conservatorium of Music where she earned multiple scholarships After touring the USA with the Wollongong Con Jazz Orchestra she immersed herself in the US jazz scene playing with world-class drummers like Michael Carvin Eric Harland and Kenny Washington going on to study in the Global Jazz Masterrsquos program at Berklee College of Music Jodie promises to bring her fluid sense of rhythm for this double bill not to be missed
Check out this video
Wed
N
ov 0
4
Hilary Geddes Quartet
Hilary Geddes (guitar) Matt Harris (piano) Max Alduca (bass) Alexander Inman-Hislop (drums)
Jodie Michaelrsquos Organ Situation
Jodie Michael (drums) Nish Manjunath (tenor saxophone) Steve Barry (organ)
Book now
Monica Trapaga + The Pocket Trio with special support by Tessie Overmyer TrioM A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
Monica Trapaga is a consummate performer Her warm and witty approach has been instrumental in her success as a jazz singer and entertainer where she has featured at major festivals across the world
She has described her ldquofairly crazy Latin familyrdquo as instrumental in her developing her musical taste citing her fatherrsquos love of Afro-Cuban jazz as an influence as she rose to fame in the 90rsquos with her popular outfit Monica and the Moochers She has worked extensively as an actor on Australian TV and is the current presenter of The Dinner Set on ABC Jazz
A born entertainer Monica promises to delight audiences Her latest venture featuring this high-energy classic piano trio evokes feel good jazz with tight arrangements and groovy pockets
Special Support Tessie Overmyer Trio Emerging saxophonist Tessie Overmyer brings a soulful late-night feel to her approach A strong sense of melody permeates Overmyerrsquos compositions with a maturity to her playing and phrasing that belies her youth
At just 19 years old Tessie earned a spot playing at the famous Newport Jazz Festival (2018) Wersquore thrilled to see her arrival at this yearsrsquo Sydney International Womenrsquos Jazz Festival
Thu
Nov
05
Monica Trapaga + The Pocket Trio
Monica Trapaga (vocals) Andrew Scott (piano) Max Alduca (bass) Tim Geldens (drums)
Tessie Overmyer Trio
Tessie Overmyer (alto saxophone) Harley Coleman (guitar) Harry Birch (bass)
Book now
Alice Terry Big BandF O U N D RY 6 1 6 7 3 0 PM + 9 3 0 PM
Dubbed lsquoSydneyrsquos first lady of bluesrsquo Alice Terry has the kind of voice you canrsquot ignore Powerful and emotive gritty and intense Alice Terryrsquos vocals evoke classic singers like Janis Joplin - the kind of singers who leave it all out on the stage
Alice began singing the blues at seventeen quickly being booked for gigs like Narooma Blues Thredbo Blues and Moruya Jazz Festivals She released her debut single lsquoEmotionrsquo and debut LP lsquoThe Fear Ofrsquo in 2018 both of which immediately charted in the top five of the iTunes blues charts
In the wake of great notices for her debut Terry has supported acts like Allen Stone Beth Hart Matt Corby The Waifs and Thirsty Merc and continues to tour with Matt Corby as part of his band Each of the acts above contain elements of a mixture of styles Terry calls her own - folk country and blues stewed together to create an individual feel American blues singer and Grammy nominee Beth Hart described Alice Terry as lsquothe real dealrsquo and we agree Donrsquot miss the opportunity to see this scalding hot vocal talent live with her all-star big band
Alice Terry (vocals) Harry Sutherland (piano) Mike Raper (trombone) James Loughnan (saxophone) Simon Ferenci (trumpet) Phil Stack (bass) Carlos Adura (drums)
Thu
Nov
05
Book now
Mahalia Barnes amp the Soulmates with special support by Joy Yates and Dave MacRae
M A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
The daughter of one of Australiarsquos most famous rock vocalists Jimmy Barnes Mahalia Barnes started her career as a child star vocalist with her sibling band Growing up in the rough and tumble of the rock music industry Mahalia has experienced it all Shersquos recorded on her fatherrsquos albums since the age of eight and since then Mahalia has worked as a lead singer for her own band and as a backing singer for soul and RnB artists like Johnny Diesel and her father
Mahalia performed on the first season of the Australian version of The Voice covering the Tina Turner standard lsquoProud Maryrsquo and that fiery soulful energy is a good example of her style Expect energy brooding soul and live intensity from this veteran of Australian music backed by a rock-steady trio
Check out this video
Special support Joy Yates and Dave MacRae Joy Yates is a proud New Zealander of Maori heritage and a lifelong jazz singer who has shared stages with artists like Neil Sedaka Cat Stevens Cliff Richard Chaka Khan and Van Morrison
Dave MacRae is a legendary jazz musician brilliant pianist producer composer and arranger with outstanding jazz credentials These two artists are a lifelong couple supremely talented and cherished legends of Australian jazz
Fri
Nov
06
Mahalia Barnes amp the Soulmates
Mahalia Barnes (vocals) Ben Rogers (bass) Franco Raggatt (guitar) Evan Mannell (drums)
Joy Yates and Dave MacRae
Joy Yates (vocals) Dave Macrae (piano)
Book now
Pharos plays the music of Sandy EvansM A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
Pharos is a ten-member powerhouse big band formed in 2016 and led by bassist Hannah James Featuring a six-piece horn section this unique and electrifying collective merge the best of the big band with the flexibility creativity and genre-bending exploration expected in any modern ensemble
In the short life span of the group Pharos has worked with an incredible list of local and international artists like Lakecia Benjamin (USA) Helen Sung (USA) Ingrid and Christine Jensen (USACanada) and Silke Eberhardt (Ger)
In 2020 the festival Artist-In-Residence is esteemed multi award-winning saxophonist and composer Dr Sandy Evans In a world premiere Pharos will perform a new work commissioned especially for the festival before performing exclusive repertoire composed and arranged by Sandy
Sat
Nov
07
Check out this video
Hannah James (bass) Louise Horwood (trumpet) Ellen Kirkwood (trumpet) Alex Silver (trombone) Loretta Palmeiro (altosopclarinet) Laura Corney (tenor) Kali Gillen (baritone) Hilary Geddes (guitar) Zela Margossian (piano) Ali Foster (drums)
Book now
Lilith Night with special guest Miriam Lieberman and special support by Kenya Wilkins
F O U N D RY 6 1 6 8 3 0 PM
Lilith Night is an international celebration of diverse female composer-performers across a dizzying range of genres A network of women music-makers and culture creators directed by Australian musician Maryanne Piper Lilith Night will feature the global fusion of sounds created by vocalist and kora player Miriam Lieberman The ensemble will perform compositions from international composers Sunna Gunnlaugs (Iceland) Christina Fuchs (Ger) Elisa Thorn (Canada) and Eve Beglarian (US-Armenian) and Australian composers Jenna Cave Harri Harding and Sian Lindsay
Special support Kenya Wilkins Solo Piano Album Launch Kenya Wilkins will launch her third solo piano album ldquoSo What Bachrdquo a series of jams on JS Bach classics The ldquoso whatrdquo chord consists of three perfect fourth intervals followed by a major third interval It originates from Bill Evansrsquo piano ldquoamenrdquo response to the head of Miles Davisrsquo tune ldquoSo Whatrdquo
Keyna Wilkins is a pioneering AustralianBritish composer-musician solo-artist and leader of cutting-edge ensembles Her music has been described as arresting and genre-blurring She was one of three finalists in the Australian nation-wide APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards for Individual Excellence 2018 Her compositions are performed internationally and published by Wirripang
Sat
Nov
07
Maryanne Piper (clarinetist) Kenya Wilkins (piano) Rachel Drubetsky (trumpeter) Chloe Kim (drums) and special guest Miriam Lieberman (vocals and kora)
Book now
Postcards from the 2020 AnthropoceneAlbum LaunchF R E E O N L I N E E V E N T
In December 2019 Sydney was enveloped in a thick blanket of smoky haze It was on one of the worst days for bushfire smoke that Sandy Adam and Hamish recorded this series of improvisations at UNSW reflecting on photographs they had taken during the preceding period of crisis and devastation
This music is offered as a protest against environmental destruction and climate change The themes Mirage Embers Inferno Skyline Resistance and Aftermath inform these improvisations and reflections
The results are stunning - traversing ambient soundscapes spacious grooves troubled cries dissonances resolution surprise peaceful reflection and even humour It is not often that a project can genuinely speak of lsquooriginal soundsrsquo but this is one such project
The project was an extension of a concert that had been presented by Mark Hall of Eupcaccia Records at Dee Whyrsquos Halfback Books The combination of modular synthesiser saxophone and drums worked beautifully and Mark encouraged the musicians to record this album
Sat
Nov
07
Sandy Evans (tenor and soprano saxophones suling flax) Hamish Stuart (drums) Adam Hulbert (eurorack modular synthesiser with theremin and wind controller) Simon Trevaks (recording engineer) Rodrigo Barbosa (Mixing engineer) Mark Hall (executive producer and mastering engineer)
Stream live
Magic Music EvansElphickOdamuraV E N U E 5 0 5 3 PM + 5 3 0 PM
Closing the festival this special event features the talents of our 2020 Artist-in-Residence Dr Sandy Evans OAM alongside long-time collaborators Satsuki Odamura and Steve Elphick The project brings together three musicians whose inventiveness musicality sensitivity and responsiveness will open doors to magical musical places
A trail-blazer for women in contemporary music internationally renowned composer and saxophonist Sandy has a passion for improvisation and new music
She has played with and written for some of the most important groups in Australian jazz since the early 1980rsquos and leads the Sandy Evans Trio and Sextet and co-leads Clarion Fracture Zone and GEST8 Her work and research in intercultural music has led to international recognition Sandy recently won the Jazz Performance of the Year at the APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards for her international collaboration Bridge of Dreams featuring Shubha Mudgal Aneesh Pradhan Sudhir Nayak and Sirens Big Band
Satsuki Odamura is a master of the koto and shamisen She has pioneered awareness of these ancient Japanese instruments in her performances throughout Australia Satsuki began playing Koto at ten years old and joined the Sawai Koto School of Music in Tokyo when she was eighteen She has since collaborated with a wide variety of artists across a range of genres from jazz to Western classical to modern and Aboriginal music
ARIA winning bassist Steve Elphick has provided the backbone for artists like Roger Frampton and The Engine Room and Mark Simmonds He came from singing in the church choir to playing bass and has grown into one of Australiarsquos most in-demand bass players across a range of genres A spectacular festival finale to conjure a sense of peace uplift our spirits and enrich the soul
Sun
N
ov 0
8
Sandy Evans (saxophone) Steve Elphick (bass) Satsuki Odamura (koto)
Book now
Sponsors
M A J O R PA R T N E R S
S U P P O R T I N G PA R T N E R S
V E N U E PA R T N E R S
Elysian Fields FIKA Album Launch with special support by Jo Truman
M A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
lsquoFIKArsquo is the new album by electric viola da gamba ensemble Elysian FieldsInspired by Scandinavia FIKA is rooted in the Swedish ancestry of Artistic Director Jenny Eriksson and her love of northern European jazz and Swedish baroque music This beautiful international project sings to the gathering of friends food and conversation through the prism of the idiosyncratic seven-stringed viola de gamba
Produced by saxophonist Matt Keegan and featuring the stunning vocals and violin of Susie Bishop lsquoFIKArsquo takes inspiration from the frozen landscapes of Scandinavia drawing on traditional folk music and language
Beautiful arrangements by multi award-winning jazz pianist Matt McMahon will be presented alongside the Australian premiere of lsquoLivingrsquo by Norwegian jazz pianist Jan Gunnar Hoff and lsquoBelieve Beleft Belowrsquo by influential Swedish jazz trio EST
Special support Jo Truman Josephine Truman is an artist who skirts the boundary of tradition and experimentation Her cross-pollination of traditional and experimental performance styles caught the ear of legendary composer theorist and artist John Cage with whom she collaborated on lsquoSong Booksrsquo Fans of music that tests the edges of improvisation and experimentation will love Jo Trumanrsquos performance as part of Sydney International Womenrsquos Jazz Festival Jo Truman (piano)
Sun
Nov
01
Elysian Fields
Jenny Eriksson (Ruby electric viola da ga gamba) Susie Bishop (voiceviolin) Matt Keegan (saxophones) Matt McMahon (Piano) Siebe Pogson (Bass guitar) Dave Goodman (drums)
Check out this videoAnd this one too
Book now
Anna Setton direct from Satildeo PauloF R E E O N L I N E E V E N T 8 PM
A 2019 festival favorite this Brazilian singerguitarist is a born samba MPB and choro performer Her style evokes the classics of the bossa nova tradition of greats Gilberto Jobim and Menescal
This beautiful Satildeo Paulo native modernises the rich history of Brazilian music sharing the stage with peers like Joatildeo Bosco and Toquinho
Imagine a gossamer curtain falling around floating chords from a nylon string guitar and you approach the tone of Settonrsquos hypnotic vocals
Setton has performed around the world in iconic theatres and jazz festivals like Parco Della Musica (Rome) Theatre Grec (Barcelona) San Javier (Spain) and Brazilian Summer Fest (New York)
A special festival exclusive not to be missed
Stream online
Anna Setton (nylon string guitarvocals)
Mon
Nov
02
Celebrating Sandy Evans lsquoAhimsa Meditations on Gandhirsquo F R E E D I G I TA L S C R E E N I N G 8 PM
This special screening features the premiere performance of Ahimsa shot at SIMA at the Sound Lounge in 2019 Join Australiarsquos leading jazz and Indian musicians for an entrancing evening of spectacular inter-cultral music
Ahimsa reflects on Gandhirsquos writings on non-violence showcasing the inspirational Sarangan Sriranganthan and the brilliant Bobby Singh in an innovative contemporary context with the inventor of the airsticks Alon Ilsar The program features excerpts from Gandhirsquos writings translated into Sanskrit by Chris Whiteman and Vasudevaycharya
Sandy Evans (tenor soprano saxophone composer musical director) Sarangan Sriranganathan (sitar vocals) Bobby Singh (tabla) Brett Hirst (bass) Alon Ilsar (airsticks drums)
Martin Fox (videographer) Guy Dickerson (sound engineer live) Peter Nelson (sound engineer recorded)
Tue
Nov
03
Stream online
Elana Stone Band with special support by INEcircS M A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
Singersongwriter Elana Stone is an ARIA Award-winning vocalist and songwriter whose style combines instrumental invention with quirk and inclines to write pop that is by turns exultant and introspective If Ella Fitzgerald met Dirty Projectors and Joni Mitchell yoursquod have an idea of how Elanarsquos band projects might sound but yoursquod be missing the country and folk influences
A National Jazz Award-winning vocalist Elana also performs as part of All Our Exes Live In Texas and appears as a member of Missy Higginsrsquo band and the John Butler Trio Reforming the band for a festival exclusive Elana will dive into her back catalogue and deliver free-range music that traverses jazz folk modern electronica indie pop and balladry underpinned by Stonersquos signature lyrical vulnerability and ear for melody
Check out this video
Special support INEcircS Born in Portugal Inecircs Vaz de Sousa grew up practising ballet and saxophone Singing became an obsession after an unexpected opportunity pushed her onto the stage compelling her to expand her repertoire to funk soul big band swing and improvised jazz Inecircs was soon performing across Sydney and to broaden her horizons Inecircs moved between New York and Sydney mdash an experience that brought a contemporary melting pot of influences to her live performances Expect a fiery mixture of style from some of Sydneyrsquos classiest young instrumentalists fronted with flash and sensuality by Inecircs
Check out this video
Wed
N
ov 0
4
Elana Stone Band
Elana Stone (vocals) Aaron Flower (guitarvocals) Zoe Hauptmann (electric bassvocals) Evan Mannell (drumsvocals)
INEcircS
Inecircs Vaz de Sousa (vocals) Godriguez (guitar) Andrew Bruce (pianokeys) Jan Bangma (bass) Miles Thomas (drums)
Book now
Festival double bill Hilary Geddes Quartet + Jodie Michael Trio F O U N D RY 6 1 6 8 3 0 PM + 1 0 PM
Hilary Geddes Quartet Winner of the Jann Rutherford Memorial Award in 2019 Hilary Geddes is a talented guitarist with a split personality - half of her musical life is spent making contemporary jazz and improvised music and half is spent in the popular indie band lsquoThe Buoysrsquo Graduating from Sydney Conservatorium of Music with First Class Honours studying under luminaries Carl Dewhurst and James Muller Hilary then spent a year abroad studying with esteemed guitarist Andreas Wahl at the Hochschule fuumlr Kuumlnste in Germany
As a jazz guitarist Hilary has become an in-demand collaborator with the likes of Barney McAll and Mike Nock while The Buoys are regularly featured on Triple J and on the Australian festival circuit A truly modern exceptional talent who will lead contemporary music in the direction she wants to see it go
Jodie Michaelrsquos Organ Situation Drummer Jodie Michael started her musical journey at just thirteen years of age before attending SIMArsquos improvisational workshops for young women Winner of the Jann Rutherford Memorial Award in 2013 Jodie gained experience playing in jazz ensembles at the Wollongong Conservatorium of Music where she earned multiple scholarships After touring the USA with the Wollongong Con Jazz Orchestra she immersed herself in the US jazz scene playing with world-class drummers like Michael Carvin Eric Harland and Kenny Washington going on to study in the Global Jazz Masterrsquos program at Berklee College of Music Jodie promises to bring her fluid sense of rhythm for this double bill not to be missed
Check out this video
Wed
N
ov 0
4
Hilary Geddes Quartet
Hilary Geddes (guitar) Matt Harris (piano) Max Alduca (bass) Alexander Inman-Hislop (drums)
Jodie Michaelrsquos Organ Situation
Jodie Michael (drums) Nish Manjunath (tenor saxophone) Steve Barry (organ)
Book now
Monica Trapaga + The Pocket Trio with special support by Tessie Overmyer TrioM A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
Monica Trapaga is a consummate performer Her warm and witty approach has been instrumental in her success as a jazz singer and entertainer where she has featured at major festivals across the world
She has described her ldquofairly crazy Latin familyrdquo as instrumental in her developing her musical taste citing her fatherrsquos love of Afro-Cuban jazz as an influence as she rose to fame in the 90rsquos with her popular outfit Monica and the Moochers She has worked extensively as an actor on Australian TV and is the current presenter of The Dinner Set on ABC Jazz
A born entertainer Monica promises to delight audiences Her latest venture featuring this high-energy classic piano trio evokes feel good jazz with tight arrangements and groovy pockets
Special Support Tessie Overmyer Trio Emerging saxophonist Tessie Overmyer brings a soulful late-night feel to her approach A strong sense of melody permeates Overmyerrsquos compositions with a maturity to her playing and phrasing that belies her youth
At just 19 years old Tessie earned a spot playing at the famous Newport Jazz Festival (2018) Wersquore thrilled to see her arrival at this yearsrsquo Sydney International Womenrsquos Jazz Festival
Thu
Nov
05
Monica Trapaga + The Pocket Trio
Monica Trapaga (vocals) Andrew Scott (piano) Max Alduca (bass) Tim Geldens (drums)
Tessie Overmyer Trio
Tessie Overmyer (alto saxophone) Harley Coleman (guitar) Harry Birch (bass)
Book now
Alice Terry Big BandF O U N D RY 6 1 6 7 3 0 PM + 9 3 0 PM
Dubbed lsquoSydneyrsquos first lady of bluesrsquo Alice Terry has the kind of voice you canrsquot ignore Powerful and emotive gritty and intense Alice Terryrsquos vocals evoke classic singers like Janis Joplin - the kind of singers who leave it all out on the stage
Alice began singing the blues at seventeen quickly being booked for gigs like Narooma Blues Thredbo Blues and Moruya Jazz Festivals She released her debut single lsquoEmotionrsquo and debut LP lsquoThe Fear Ofrsquo in 2018 both of which immediately charted in the top five of the iTunes blues charts
In the wake of great notices for her debut Terry has supported acts like Allen Stone Beth Hart Matt Corby The Waifs and Thirsty Merc and continues to tour with Matt Corby as part of his band Each of the acts above contain elements of a mixture of styles Terry calls her own - folk country and blues stewed together to create an individual feel American blues singer and Grammy nominee Beth Hart described Alice Terry as lsquothe real dealrsquo and we agree Donrsquot miss the opportunity to see this scalding hot vocal talent live with her all-star big band
Alice Terry (vocals) Harry Sutherland (piano) Mike Raper (trombone) James Loughnan (saxophone) Simon Ferenci (trumpet) Phil Stack (bass) Carlos Adura (drums)
Thu
Nov
05
Book now
Mahalia Barnes amp the Soulmates with special support by Joy Yates and Dave MacRae
M A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
The daughter of one of Australiarsquos most famous rock vocalists Jimmy Barnes Mahalia Barnes started her career as a child star vocalist with her sibling band Growing up in the rough and tumble of the rock music industry Mahalia has experienced it all Shersquos recorded on her fatherrsquos albums since the age of eight and since then Mahalia has worked as a lead singer for her own band and as a backing singer for soul and RnB artists like Johnny Diesel and her father
Mahalia performed on the first season of the Australian version of The Voice covering the Tina Turner standard lsquoProud Maryrsquo and that fiery soulful energy is a good example of her style Expect energy brooding soul and live intensity from this veteran of Australian music backed by a rock-steady trio
Check out this video
Special support Joy Yates and Dave MacRae Joy Yates is a proud New Zealander of Maori heritage and a lifelong jazz singer who has shared stages with artists like Neil Sedaka Cat Stevens Cliff Richard Chaka Khan and Van Morrison
Dave MacRae is a legendary jazz musician brilliant pianist producer composer and arranger with outstanding jazz credentials These two artists are a lifelong couple supremely talented and cherished legends of Australian jazz
Fri
Nov
06
Mahalia Barnes amp the Soulmates
Mahalia Barnes (vocals) Ben Rogers (bass) Franco Raggatt (guitar) Evan Mannell (drums)
Joy Yates and Dave MacRae
Joy Yates (vocals) Dave Macrae (piano)
Book now
Pharos plays the music of Sandy EvansM A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
Pharos is a ten-member powerhouse big band formed in 2016 and led by bassist Hannah James Featuring a six-piece horn section this unique and electrifying collective merge the best of the big band with the flexibility creativity and genre-bending exploration expected in any modern ensemble
In the short life span of the group Pharos has worked with an incredible list of local and international artists like Lakecia Benjamin (USA) Helen Sung (USA) Ingrid and Christine Jensen (USACanada) and Silke Eberhardt (Ger)
In 2020 the festival Artist-In-Residence is esteemed multi award-winning saxophonist and composer Dr Sandy Evans In a world premiere Pharos will perform a new work commissioned especially for the festival before performing exclusive repertoire composed and arranged by Sandy
Sat
Nov
07
Check out this video
Hannah James (bass) Louise Horwood (trumpet) Ellen Kirkwood (trumpet) Alex Silver (trombone) Loretta Palmeiro (altosopclarinet) Laura Corney (tenor) Kali Gillen (baritone) Hilary Geddes (guitar) Zela Margossian (piano) Ali Foster (drums)
Book now
Lilith Night with special guest Miriam Lieberman and special support by Kenya Wilkins
F O U N D RY 6 1 6 8 3 0 PM
Lilith Night is an international celebration of diverse female composer-performers across a dizzying range of genres A network of women music-makers and culture creators directed by Australian musician Maryanne Piper Lilith Night will feature the global fusion of sounds created by vocalist and kora player Miriam Lieberman The ensemble will perform compositions from international composers Sunna Gunnlaugs (Iceland) Christina Fuchs (Ger) Elisa Thorn (Canada) and Eve Beglarian (US-Armenian) and Australian composers Jenna Cave Harri Harding and Sian Lindsay
Special support Kenya Wilkins Solo Piano Album Launch Kenya Wilkins will launch her third solo piano album ldquoSo What Bachrdquo a series of jams on JS Bach classics The ldquoso whatrdquo chord consists of three perfect fourth intervals followed by a major third interval It originates from Bill Evansrsquo piano ldquoamenrdquo response to the head of Miles Davisrsquo tune ldquoSo Whatrdquo
Keyna Wilkins is a pioneering AustralianBritish composer-musician solo-artist and leader of cutting-edge ensembles Her music has been described as arresting and genre-blurring She was one of three finalists in the Australian nation-wide APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards for Individual Excellence 2018 Her compositions are performed internationally and published by Wirripang
Sat
Nov
07
Maryanne Piper (clarinetist) Kenya Wilkins (piano) Rachel Drubetsky (trumpeter) Chloe Kim (drums) and special guest Miriam Lieberman (vocals and kora)
Book now
Postcards from the 2020 AnthropoceneAlbum LaunchF R E E O N L I N E E V E N T
In December 2019 Sydney was enveloped in a thick blanket of smoky haze It was on one of the worst days for bushfire smoke that Sandy Adam and Hamish recorded this series of improvisations at UNSW reflecting on photographs they had taken during the preceding period of crisis and devastation
This music is offered as a protest against environmental destruction and climate change The themes Mirage Embers Inferno Skyline Resistance and Aftermath inform these improvisations and reflections
The results are stunning - traversing ambient soundscapes spacious grooves troubled cries dissonances resolution surprise peaceful reflection and even humour It is not often that a project can genuinely speak of lsquooriginal soundsrsquo but this is one such project
The project was an extension of a concert that had been presented by Mark Hall of Eupcaccia Records at Dee Whyrsquos Halfback Books The combination of modular synthesiser saxophone and drums worked beautifully and Mark encouraged the musicians to record this album
Sat
Nov
07
Sandy Evans (tenor and soprano saxophones suling flax) Hamish Stuart (drums) Adam Hulbert (eurorack modular synthesiser with theremin and wind controller) Simon Trevaks (recording engineer) Rodrigo Barbosa (Mixing engineer) Mark Hall (executive producer and mastering engineer)
Stream live
Magic Music EvansElphickOdamuraV E N U E 5 0 5 3 PM + 5 3 0 PM
Closing the festival this special event features the talents of our 2020 Artist-in-Residence Dr Sandy Evans OAM alongside long-time collaborators Satsuki Odamura and Steve Elphick The project brings together three musicians whose inventiveness musicality sensitivity and responsiveness will open doors to magical musical places
A trail-blazer for women in contemporary music internationally renowned composer and saxophonist Sandy has a passion for improvisation and new music
She has played with and written for some of the most important groups in Australian jazz since the early 1980rsquos and leads the Sandy Evans Trio and Sextet and co-leads Clarion Fracture Zone and GEST8 Her work and research in intercultural music has led to international recognition Sandy recently won the Jazz Performance of the Year at the APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards for her international collaboration Bridge of Dreams featuring Shubha Mudgal Aneesh Pradhan Sudhir Nayak and Sirens Big Band
Satsuki Odamura is a master of the koto and shamisen She has pioneered awareness of these ancient Japanese instruments in her performances throughout Australia Satsuki began playing Koto at ten years old and joined the Sawai Koto School of Music in Tokyo when she was eighteen She has since collaborated with a wide variety of artists across a range of genres from jazz to Western classical to modern and Aboriginal music
ARIA winning bassist Steve Elphick has provided the backbone for artists like Roger Frampton and The Engine Room and Mark Simmonds He came from singing in the church choir to playing bass and has grown into one of Australiarsquos most in-demand bass players across a range of genres A spectacular festival finale to conjure a sense of peace uplift our spirits and enrich the soul
Sun
N
ov 0
8
Sandy Evans (saxophone) Steve Elphick (bass) Satsuki Odamura (koto)
Book now
Sponsors
M A J O R PA R T N E R S
S U P P O R T I N G PA R T N E R S
V E N U E PA R T N E R S
Anna Setton direct from Satildeo PauloF R E E O N L I N E E V E N T 8 PM
A 2019 festival favorite this Brazilian singerguitarist is a born samba MPB and choro performer Her style evokes the classics of the bossa nova tradition of greats Gilberto Jobim and Menescal
This beautiful Satildeo Paulo native modernises the rich history of Brazilian music sharing the stage with peers like Joatildeo Bosco and Toquinho
Imagine a gossamer curtain falling around floating chords from a nylon string guitar and you approach the tone of Settonrsquos hypnotic vocals
Setton has performed around the world in iconic theatres and jazz festivals like Parco Della Musica (Rome) Theatre Grec (Barcelona) San Javier (Spain) and Brazilian Summer Fest (New York)
A special festival exclusive not to be missed
Stream online
Anna Setton (nylon string guitarvocals)
Mon
Nov
02
Celebrating Sandy Evans lsquoAhimsa Meditations on Gandhirsquo F R E E D I G I TA L S C R E E N I N G 8 PM
This special screening features the premiere performance of Ahimsa shot at SIMA at the Sound Lounge in 2019 Join Australiarsquos leading jazz and Indian musicians for an entrancing evening of spectacular inter-cultral music
Ahimsa reflects on Gandhirsquos writings on non-violence showcasing the inspirational Sarangan Sriranganthan and the brilliant Bobby Singh in an innovative contemporary context with the inventor of the airsticks Alon Ilsar The program features excerpts from Gandhirsquos writings translated into Sanskrit by Chris Whiteman and Vasudevaycharya
Sandy Evans (tenor soprano saxophone composer musical director) Sarangan Sriranganathan (sitar vocals) Bobby Singh (tabla) Brett Hirst (bass) Alon Ilsar (airsticks drums)
Martin Fox (videographer) Guy Dickerson (sound engineer live) Peter Nelson (sound engineer recorded)
Tue
Nov
03
Stream online
Elana Stone Band with special support by INEcircS M A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
Singersongwriter Elana Stone is an ARIA Award-winning vocalist and songwriter whose style combines instrumental invention with quirk and inclines to write pop that is by turns exultant and introspective If Ella Fitzgerald met Dirty Projectors and Joni Mitchell yoursquod have an idea of how Elanarsquos band projects might sound but yoursquod be missing the country and folk influences
A National Jazz Award-winning vocalist Elana also performs as part of All Our Exes Live In Texas and appears as a member of Missy Higginsrsquo band and the John Butler Trio Reforming the band for a festival exclusive Elana will dive into her back catalogue and deliver free-range music that traverses jazz folk modern electronica indie pop and balladry underpinned by Stonersquos signature lyrical vulnerability and ear for melody
Check out this video
Special support INEcircS Born in Portugal Inecircs Vaz de Sousa grew up practising ballet and saxophone Singing became an obsession after an unexpected opportunity pushed her onto the stage compelling her to expand her repertoire to funk soul big band swing and improvised jazz Inecircs was soon performing across Sydney and to broaden her horizons Inecircs moved between New York and Sydney mdash an experience that brought a contemporary melting pot of influences to her live performances Expect a fiery mixture of style from some of Sydneyrsquos classiest young instrumentalists fronted with flash and sensuality by Inecircs
Check out this video
Wed
N
ov 0
4
Elana Stone Band
Elana Stone (vocals) Aaron Flower (guitarvocals) Zoe Hauptmann (electric bassvocals) Evan Mannell (drumsvocals)
INEcircS
Inecircs Vaz de Sousa (vocals) Godriguez (guitar) Andrew Bruce (pianokeys) Jan Bangma (bass) Miles Thomas (drums)
Book now
Festival double bill Hilary Geddes Quartet + Jodie Michael Trio F O U N D RY 6 1 6 8 3 0 PM + 1 0 PM
Hilary Geddes Quartet Winner of the Jann Rutherford Memorial Award in 2019 Hilary Geddes is a talented guitarist with a split personality - half of her musical life is spent making contemporary jazz and improvised music and half is spent in the popular indie band lsquoThe Buoysrsquo Graduating from Sydney Conservatorium of Music with First Class Honours studying under luminaries Carl Dewhurst and James Muller Hilary then spent a year abroad studying with esteemed guitarist Andreas Wahl at the Hochschule fuumlr Kuumlnste in Germany
As a jazz guitarist Hilary has become an in-demand collaborator with the likes of Barney McAll and Mike Nock while The Buoys are regularly featured on Triple J and on the Australian festival circuit A truly modern exceptional talent who will lead contemporary music in the direction she wants to see it go
Jodie Michaelrsquos Organ Situation Drummer Jodie Michael started her musical journey at just thirteen years of age before attending SIMArsquos improvisational workshops for young women Winner of the Jann Rutherford Memorial Award in 2013 Jodie gained experience playing in jazz ensembles at the Wollongong Conservatorium of Music where she earned multiple scholarships After touring the USA with the Wollongong Con Jazz Orchestra she immersed herself in the US jazz scene playing with world-class drummers like Michael Carvin Eric Harland and Kenny Washington going on to study in the Global Jazz Masterrsquos program at Berklee College of Music Jodie promises to bring her fluid sense of rhythm for this double bill not to be missed
Check out this video
Wed
N
ov 0
4
Hilary Geddes Quartet
Hilary Geddes (guitar) Matt Harris (piano) Max Alduca (bass) Alexander Inman-Hislop (drums)
Jodie Michaelrsquos Organ Situation
Jodie Michael (drums) Nish Manjunath (tenor saxophone) Steve Barry (organ)
Book now
Monica Trapaga + The Pocket Trio with special support by Tessie Overmyer TrioM A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
Monica Trapaga is a consummate performer Her warm and witty approach has been instrumental in her success as a jazz singer and entertainer where she has featured at major festivals across the world
She has described her ldquofairly crazy Latin familyrdquo as instrumental in her developing her musical taste citing her fatherrsquos love of Afro-Cuban jazz as an influence as she rose to fame in the 90rsquos with her popular outfit Monica and the Moochers She has worked extensively as an actor on Australian TV and is the current presenter of The Dinner Set on ABC Jazz
A born entertainer Monica promises to delight audiences Her latest venture featuring this high-energy classic piano trio evokes feel good jazz with tight arrangements and groovy pockets
Special Support Tessie Overmyer Trio Emerging saxophonist Tessie Overmyer brings a soulful late-night feel to her approach A strong sense of melody permeates Overmyerrsquos compositions with a maturity to her playing and phrasing that belies her youth
At just 19 years old Tessie earned a spot playing at the famous Newport Jazz Festival (2018) Wersquore thrilled to see her arrival at this yearsrsquo Sydney International Womenrsquos Jazz Festival
Thu
Nov
05
Monica Trapaga + The Pocket Trio
Monica Trapaga (vocals) Andrew Scott (piano) Max Alduca (bass) Tim Geldens (drums)
Tessie Overmyer Trio
Tessie Overmyer (alto saxophone) Harley Coleman (guitar) Harry Birch (bass)
Book now
Alice Terry Big BandF O U N D RY 6 1 6 7 3 0 PM + 9 3 0 PM
Dubbed lsquoSydneyrsquos first lady of bluesrsquo Alice Terry has the kind of voice you canrsquot ignore Powerful and emotive gritty and intense Alice Terryrsquos vocals evoke classic singers like Janis Joplin - the kind of singers who leave it all out on the stage
Alice began singing the blues at seventeen quickly being booked for gigs like Narooma Blues Thredbo Blues and Moruya Jazz Festivals She released her debut single lsquoEmotionrsquo and debut LP lsquoThe Fear Ofrsquo in 2018 both of which immediately charted in the top five of the iTunes blues charts
In the wake of great notices for her debut Terry has supported acts like Allen Stone Beth Hart Matt Corby The Waifs and Thirsty Merc and continues to tour with Matt Corby as part of his band Each of the acts above contain elements of a mixture of styles Terry calls her own - folk country and blues stewed together to create an individual feel American blues singer and Grammy nominee Beth Hart described Alice Terry as lsquothe real dealrsquo and we agree Donrsquot miss the opportunity to see this scalding hot vocal talent live with her all-star big band
Alice Terry (vocals) Harry Sutherland (piano) Mike Raper (trombone) James Loughnan (saxophone) Simon Ferenci (trumpet) Phil Stack (bass) Carlos Adura (drums)
Thu
Nov
05
Book now
Mahalia Barnes amp the Soulmates with special support by Joy Yates and Dave MacRae
M A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
The daughter of one of Australiarsquos most famous rock vocalists Jimmy Barnes Mahalia Barnes started her career as a child star vocalist with her sibling band Growing up in the rough and tumble of the rock music industry Mahalia has experienced it all Shersquos recorded on her fatherrsquos albums since the age of eight and since then Mahalia has worked as a lead singer for her own band and as a backing singer for soul and RnB artists like Johnny Diesel and her father
Mahalia performed on the first season of the Australian version of The Voice covering the Tina Turner standard lsquoProud Maryrsquo and that fiery soulful energy is a good example of her style Expect energy brooding soul and live intensity from this veteran of Australian music backed by a rock-steady trio
Check out this video
Special support Joy Yates and Dave MacRae Joy Yates is a proud New Zealander of Maori heritage and a lifelong jazz singer who has shared stages with artists like Neil Sedaka Cat Stevens Cliff Richard Chaka Khan and Van Morrison
Dave MacRae is a legendary jazz musician brilliant pianist producer composer and arranger with outstanding jazz credentials These two artists are a lifelong couple supremely talented and cherished legends of Australian jazz
Fri
Nov
06
Mahalia Barnes amp the Soulmates
Mahalia Barnes (vocals) Ben Rogers (bass) Franco Raggatt (guitar) Evan Mannell (drums)
Joy Yates and Dave MacRae
Joy Yates (vocals) Dave Macrae (piano)
Book now
Pharos plays the music of Sandy EvansM A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
Pharos is a ten-member powerhouse big band formed in 2016 and led by bassist Hannah James Featuring a six-piece horn section this unique and electrifying collective merge the best of the big band with the flexibility creativity and genre-bending exploration expected in any modern ensemble
In the short life span of the group Pharos has worked with an incredible list of local and international artists like Lakecia Benjamin (USA) Helen Sung (USA) Ingrid and Christine Jensen (USACanada) and Silke Eberhardt (Ger)
In 2020 the festival Artist-In-Residence is esteemed multi award-winning saxophonist and composer Dr Sandy Evans In a world premiere Pharos will perform a new work commissioned especially for the festival before performing exclusive repertoire composed and arranged by Sandy
Sat
Nov
07
Check out this video
Hannah James (bass) Louise Horwood (trumpet) Ellen Kirkwood (trumpet) Alex Silver (trombone) Loretta Palmeiro (altosopclarinet) Laura Corney (tenor) Kali Gillen (baritone) Hilary Geddes (guitar) Zela Margossian (piano) Ali Foster (drums)
Book now
Lilith Night with special guest Miriam Lieberman and special support by Kenya Wilkins
F O U N D RY 6 1 6 8 3 0 PM
Lilith Night is an international celebration of diverse female composer-performers across a dizzying range of genres A network of women music-makers and culture creators directed by Australian musician Maryanne Piper Lilith Night will feature the global fusion of sounds created by vocalist and kora player Miriam Lieberman The ensemble will perform compositions from international composers Sunna Gunnlaugs (Iceland) Christina Fuchs (Ger) Elisa Thorn (Canada) and Eve Beglarian (US-Armenian) and Australian composers Jenna Cave Harri Harding and Sian Lindsay
Special support Kenya Wilkins Solo Piano Album Launch Kenya Wilkins will launch her third solo piano album ldquoSo What Bachrdquo a series of jams on JS Bach classics The ldquoso whatrdquo chord consists of three perfect fourth intervals followed by a major third interval It originates from Bill Evansrsquo piano ldquoamenrdquo response to the head of Miles Davisrsquo tune ldquoSo Whatrdquo
Keyna Wilkins is a pioneering AustralianBritish composer-musician solo-artist and leader of cutting-edge ensembles Her music has been described as arresting and genre-blurring She was one of three finalists in the Australian nation-wide APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards for Individual Excellence 2018 Her compositions are performed internationally and published by Wirripang
Sat
Nov
07
Maryanne Piper (clarinetist) Kenya Wilkins (piano) Rachel Drubetsky (trumpeter) Chloe Kim (drums) and special guest Miriam Lieberman (vocals and kora)
Book now
Postcards from the 2020 AnthropoceneAlbum LaunchF R E E O N L I N E E V E N T
In December 2019 Sydney was enveloped in a thick blanket of smoky haze It was on one of the worst days for bushfire smoke that Sandy Adam and Hamish recorded this series of improvisations at UNSW reflecting on photographs they had taken during the preceding period of crisis and devastation
This music is offered as a protest against environmental destruction and climate change The themes Mirage Embers Inferno Skyline Resistance and Aftermath inform these improvisations and reflections
The results are stunning - traversing ambient soundscapes spacious grooves troubled cries dissonances resolution surprise peaceful reflection and even humour It is not often that a project can genuinely speak of lsquooriginal soundsrsquo but this is one such project
The project was an extension of a concert that had been presented by Mark Hall of Eupcaccia Records at Dee Whyrsquos Halfback Books The combination of modular synthesiser saxophone and drums worked beautifully and Mark encouraged the musicians to record this album
Sat
Nov
07
Sandy Evans (tenor and soprano saxophones suling flax) Hamish Stuart (drums) Adam Hulbert (eurorack modular synthesiser with theremin and wind controller) Simon Trevaks (recording engineer) Rodrigo Barbosa (Mixing engineer) Mark Hall (executive producer and mastering engineer)
Stream live
Magic Music EvansElphickOdamuraV E N U E 5 0 5 3 PM + 5 3 0 PM
Closing the festival this special event features the talents of our 2020 Artist-in-Residence Dr Sandy Evans OAM alongside long-time collaborators Satsuki Odamura and Steve Elphick The project brings together three musicians whose inventiveness musicality sensitivity and responsiveness will open doors to magical musical places
A trail-blazer for women in contemporary music internationally renowned composer and saxophonist Sandy has a passion for improvisation and new music
She has played with and written for some of the most important groups in Australian jazz since the early 1980rsquos and leads the Sandy Evans Trio and Sextet and co-leads Clarion Fracture Zone and GEST8 Her work and research in intercultural music has led to international recognition Sandy recently won the Jazz Performance of the Year at the APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards for her international collaboration Bridge of Dreams featuring Shubha Mudgal Aneesh Pradhan Sudhir Nayak and Sirens Big Band
Satsuki Odamura is a master of the koto and shamisen She has pioneered awareness of these ancient Japanese instruments in her performances throughout Australia Satsuki began playing Koto at ten years old and joined the Sawai Koto School of Music in Tokyo when she was eighteen She has since collaborated with a wide variety of artists across a range of genres from jazz to Western classical to modern and Aboriginal music
ARIA winning bassist Steve Elphick has provided the backbone for artists like Roger Frampton and The Engine Room and Mark Simmonds He came from singing in the church choir to playing bass and has grown into one of Australiarsquos most in-demand bass players across a range of genres A spectacular festival finale to conjure a sense of peace uplift our spirits and enrich the soul
Sun
N
ov 0
8
Sandy Evans (saxophone) Steve Elphick (bass) Satsuki Odamura (koto)
Book now
Sponsors
M A J O R PA R T N E R S
S U P P O R T I N G PA R T N E R S
V E N U E PA R T N E R S
Celebrating Sandy Evans lsquoAhimsa Meditations on Gandhirsquo F R E E D I G I TA L S C R E E N I N G 8 PM
This special screening features the premiere performance of Ahimsa shot at SIMA at the Sound Lounge in 2019 Join Australiarsquos leading jazz and Indian musicians for an entrancing evening of spectacular inter-cultral music
Ahimsa reflects on Gandhirsquos writings on non-violence showcasing the inspirational Sarangan Sriranganthan and the brilliant Bobby Singh in an innovative contemporary context with the inventor of the airsticks Alon Ilsar The program features excerpts from Gandhirsquos writings translated into Sanskrit by Chris Whiteman and Vasudevaycharya
Sandy Evans (tenor soprano saxophone composer musical director) Sarangan Sriranganathan (sitar vocals) Bobby Singh (tabla) Brett Hirst (bass) Alon Ilsar (airsticks drums)
Martin Fox (videographer) Guy Dickerson (sound engineer live) Peter Nelson (sound engineer recorded)
Tue
Nov
03
Stream online
Elana Stone Band with special support by INEcircS M A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
Singersongwriter Elana Stone is an ARIA Award-winning vocalist and songwriter whose style combines instrumental invention with quirk and inclines to write pop that is by turns exultant and introspective If Ella Fitzgerald met Dirty Projectors and Joni Mitchell yoursquod have an idea of how Elanarsquos band projects might sound but yoursquod be missing the country and folk influences
A National Jazz Award-winning vocalist Elana also performs as part of All Our Exes Live In Texas and appears as a member of Missy Higginsrsquo band and the John Butler Trio Reforming the band for a festival exclusive Elana will dive into her back catalogue and deliver free-range music that traverses jazz folk modern electronica indie pop and balladry underpinned by Stonersquos signature lyrical vulnerability and ear for melody
Check out this video
Special support INEcircS Born in Portugal Inecircs Vaz de Sousa grew up practising ballet and saxophone Singing became an obsession after an unexpected opportunity pushed her onto the stage compelling her to expand her repertoire to funk soul big band swing and improvised jazz Inecircs was soon performing across Sydney and to broaden her horizons Inecircs moved between New York and Sydney mdash an experience that brought a contemporary melting pot of influences to her live performances Expect a fiery mixture of style from some of Sydneyrsquos classiest young instrumentalists fronted with flash and sensuality by Inecircs
Check out this video
Wed
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ov 0
4
Elana Stone Band
Elana Stone (vocals) Aaron Flower (guitarvocals) Zoe Hauptmann (electric bassvocals) Evan Mannell (drumsvocals)
INEcircS
Inecircs Vaz de Sousa (vocals) Godriguez (guitar) Andrew Bruce (pianokeys) Jan Bangma (bass) Miles Thomas (drums)
Book now
Festival double bill Hilary Geddes Quartet + Jodie Michael Trio F O U N D RY 6 1 6 8 3 0 PM + 1 0 PM
Hilary Geddes Quartet Winner of the Jann Rutherford Memorial Award in 2019 Hilary Geddes is a talented guitarist with a split personality - half of her musical life is spent making contemporary jazz and improvised music and half is spent in the popular indie band lsquoThe Buoysrsquo Graduating from Sydney Conservatorium of Music with First Class Honours studying under luminaries Carl Dewhurst and James Muller Hilary then spent a year abroad studying with esteemed guitarist Andreas Wahl at the Hochschule fuumlr Kuumlnste in Germany
As a jazz guitarist Hilary has become an in-demand collaborator with the likes of Barney McAll and Mike Nock while The Buoys are regularly featured on Triple J and on the Australian festival circuit A truly modern exceptional talent who will lead contemporary music in the direction she wants to see it go
Jodie Michaelrsquos Organ Situation Drummer Jodie Michael started her musical journey at just thirteen years of age before attending SIMArsquos improvisational workshops for young women Winner of the Jann Rutherford Memorial Award in 2013 Jodie gained experience playing in jazz ensembles at the Wollongong Conservatorium of Music where she earned multiple scholarships After touring the USA with the Wollongong Con Jazz Orchestra she immersed herself in the US jazz scene playing with world-class drummers like Michael Carvin Eric Harland and Kenny Washington going on to study in the Global Jazz Masterrsquos program at Berklee College of Music Jodie promises to bring her fluid sense of rhythm for this double bill not to be missed
Check out this video
Wed
N
ov 0
4
Hilary Geddes Quartet
Hilary Geddes (guitar) Matt Harris (piano) Max Alduca (bass) Alexander Inman-Hislop (drums)
Jodie Michaelrsquos Organ Situation
Jodie Michael (drums) Nish Manjunath (tenor saxophone) Steve Barry (organ)
Book now
Monica Trapaga + The Pocket Trio with special support by Tessie Overmyer TrioM A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
Monica Trapaga is a consummate performer Her warm and witty approach has been instrumental in her success as a jazz singer and entertainer where she has featured at major festivals across the world
She has described her ldquofairly crazy Latin familyrdquo as instrumental in her developing her musical taste citing her fatherrsquos love of Afro-Cuban jazz as an influence as she rose to fame in the 90rsquos with her popular outfit Monica and the Moochers She has worked extensively as an actor on Australian TV and is the current presenter of The Dinner Set on ABC Jazz
A born entertainer Monica promises to delight audiences Her latest venture featuring this high-energy classic piano trio evokes feel good jazz with tight arrangements and groovy pockets
Special Support Tessie Overmyer Trio Emerging saxophonist Tessie Overmyer brings a soulful late-night feel to her approach A strong sense of melody permeates Overmyerrsquos compositions with a maturity to her playing and phrasing that belies her youth
At just 19 years old Tessie earned a spot playing at the famous Newport Jazz Festival (2018) Wersquore thrilled to see her arrival at this yearsrsquo Sydney International Womenrsquos Jazz Festival
Thu
Nov
05
Monica Trapaga + The Pocket Trio
Monica Trapaga (vocals) Andrew Scott (piano) Max Alduca (bass) Tim Geldens (drums)
Tessie Overmyer Trio
Tessie Overmyer (alto saxophone) Harley Coleman (guitar) Harry Birch (bass)
Book now
Alice Terry Big BandF O U N D RY 6 1 6 7 3 0 PM + 9 3 0 PM
Dubbed lsquoSydneyrsquos first lady of bluesrsquo Alice Terry has the kind of voice you canrsquot ignore Powerful and emotive gritty and intense Alice Terryrsquos vocals evoke classic singers like Janis Joplin - the kind of singers who leave it all out on the stage
Alice began singing the blues at seventeen quickly being booked for gigs like Narooma Blues Thredbo Blues and Moruya Jazz Festivals She released her debut single lsquoEmotionrsquo and debut LP lsquoThe Fear Ofrsquo in 2018 both of which immediately charted in the top five of the iTunes blues charts
In the wake of great notices for her debut Terry has supported acts like Allen Stone Beth Hart Matt Corby The Waifs and Thirsty Merc and continues to tour with Matt Corby as part of his band Each of the acts above contain elements of a mixture of styles Terry calls her own - folk country and blues stewed together to create an individual feel American blues singer and Grammy nominee Beth Hart described Alice Terry as lsquothe real dealrsquo and we agree Donrsquot miss the opportunity to see this scalding hot vocal talent live with her all-star big band
Alice Terry (vocals) Harry Sutherland (piano) Mike Raper (trombone) James Loughnan (saxophone) Simon Ferenci (trumpet) Phil Stack (bass) Carlos Adura (drums)
Thu
Nov
05
Book now
Mahalia Barnes amp the Soulmates with special support by Joy Yates and Dave MacRae
M A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
The daughter of one of Australiarsquos most famous rock vocalists Jimmy Barnes Mahalia Barnes started her career as a child star vocalist with her sibling band Growing up in the rough and tumble of the rock music industry Mahalia has experienced it all Shersquos recorded on her fatherrsquos albums since the age of eight and since then Mahalia has worked as a lead singer for her own band and as a backing singer for soul and RnB artists like Johnny Diesel and her father
Mahalia performed on the first season of the Australian version of The Voice covering the Tina Turner standard lsquoProud Maryrsquo and that fiery soulful energy is a good example of her style Expect energy brooding soul and live intensity from this veteran of Australian music backed by a rock-steady trio
Check out this video
Special support Joy Yates and Dave MacRae Joy Yates is a proud New Zealander of Maori heritage and a lifelong jazz singer who has shared stages with artists like Neil Sedaka Cat Stevens Cliff Richard Chaka Khan and Van Morrison
Dave MacRae is a legendary jazz musician brilliant pianist producer composer and arranger with outstanding jazz credentials These two artists are a lifelong couple supremely talented and cherished legends of Australian jazz
Fri
Nov
06
Mahalia Barnes amp the Soulmates
Mahalia Barnes (vocals) Ben Rogers (bass) Franco Raggatt (guitar) Evan Mannell (drums)
Joy Yates and Dave MacRae
Joy Yates (vocals) Dave Macrae (piano)
Book now
Pharos plays the music of Sandy EvansM A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
Pharos is a ten-member powerhouse big band formed in 2016 and led by bassist Hannah James Featuring a six-piece horn section this unique and electrifying collective merge the best of the big band with the flexibility creativity and genre-bending exploration expected in any modern ensemble
In the short life span of the group Pharos has worked with an incredible list of local and international artists like Lakecia Benjamin (USA) Helen Sung (USA) Ingrid and Christine Jensen (USACanada) and Silke Eberhardt (Ger)
In 2020 the festival Artist-In-Residence is esteemed multi award-winning saxophonist and composer Dr Sandy Evans In a world premiere Pharos will perform a new work commissioned especially for the festival before performing exclusive repertoire composed and arranged by Sandy
Sat
Nov
07
Check out this video
Hannah James (bass) Louise Horwood (trumpet) Ellen Kirkwood (trumpet) Alex Silver (trombone) Loretta Palmeiro (altosopclarinet) Laura Corney (tenor) Kali Gillen (baritone) Hilary Geddes (guitar) Zela Margossian (piano) Ali Foster (drums)
Book now
Lilith Night with special guest Miriam Lieberman and special support by Kenya Wilkins
F O U N D RY 6 1 6 8 3 0 PM
Lilith Night is an international celebration of diverse female composer-performers across a dizzying range of genres A network of women music-makers and culture creators directed by Australian musician Maryanne Piper Lilith Night will feature the global fusion of sounds created by vocalist and kora player Miriam Lieberman The ensemble will perform compositions from international composers Sunna Gunnlaugs (Iceland) Christina Fuchs (Ger) Elisa Thorn (Canada) and Eve Beglarian (US-Armenian) and Australian composers Jenna Cave Harri Harding and Sian Lindsay
Special support Kenya Wilkins Solo Piano Album Launch Kenya Wilkins will launch her third solo piano album ldquoSo What Bachrdquo a series of jams on JS Bach classics The ldquoso whatrdquo chord consists of three perfect fourth intervals followed by a major third interval It originates from Bill Evansrsquo piano ldquoamenrdquo response to the head of Miles Davisrsquo tune ldquoSo Whatrdquo
Keyna Wilkins is a pioneering AustralianBritish composer-musician solo-artist and leader of cutting-edge ensembles Her music has been described as arresting and genre-blurring She was one of three finalists in the Australian nation-wide APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards for Individual Excellence 2018 Her compositions are performed internationally and published by Wirripang
Sat
Nov
07
Maryanne Piper (clarinetist) Kenya Wilkins (piano) Rachel Drubetsky (trumpeter) Chloe Kim (drums) and special guest Miriam Lieberman (vocals and kora)
Book now
Postcards from the 2020 AnthropoceneAlbum LaunchF R E E O N L I N E E V E N T
In December 2019 Sydney was enveloped in a thick blanket of smoky haze It was on one of the worst days for bushfire smoke that Sandy Adam and Hamish recorded this series of improvisations at UNSW reflecting on photographs they had taken during the preceding period of crisis and devastation
This music is offered as a protest against environmental destruction and climate change The themes Mirage Embers Inferno Skyline Resistance and Aftermath inform these improvisations and reflections
The results are stunning - traversing ambient soundscapes spacious grooves troubled cries dissonances resolution surprise peaceful reflection and even humour It is not often that a project can genuinely speak of lsquooriginal soundsrsquo but this is one such project
The project was an extension of a concert that had been presented by Mark Hall of Eupcaccia Records at Dee Whyrsquos Halfback Books The combination of modular synthesiser saxophone and drums worked beautifully and Mark encouraged the musicians to record this album
Sat
Nov
07
Sandy Evans (tenor and soprano saxophones suling flax) Hamish Stuart (drums) Adam Hulbert (eurorack modular synthesiser with theremin and wind controller) Simon Trevaks (recording engineer) Rodrigo Barbosa (Mixing engineer) Mark Hall (executive producer and mastering engineer)
Stream live
Magic Music EvansElphickOdamuraV E N U E 5 0 5 3 PM + 5 3 0 PM
Closing the festival this special event features the talents of our 2020 Artist-in-Residence Dr Sandy Evans OAM alongside long-time collaborators Satsuki Odamura and Steve Elphick The project brings together three musicians whose inventiveness musicality sensitivity and responsiveness will open doors to magical musical places
A trail-blazer for women in contemporary music internationally renowned composer and saxophonist Sandy has a passion for improvisation and new music
She has played with and written for some of the most important groups in Australian jazz since the early 1980rsquos and leads the Sandy Evans Trio and Sextet and co-leads Clarion Fracture Zone and GEST8 Her work and research in intercultural music has led to international recognition Sandy recently won the Jazz Performance of the Year at the APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards for her international collaboration Bridge of Dreams featuring Shubha Mudgal Aneesh Pradhan Sudhir Nayak and Sirens Big Band
Satsuki Odamura is a master of the koto and shamisen She has pioneered awareness of these ancient Japanese instruments in her performances throughout Australia Satsuki began playing Koto at ten years old and joined the Sawai Koto School of Music in Tokyo when she was eighteen She has since collaborated with a wide variety of artists across a range of genres from jazz to Western classical to modern and Aboriginal music
ARIA winning bassist Steve Elphick has provided the backbone for artists like Roger Frampton and The Engine Room and Mark Simmonds He came from singing in the church choir to playing bass and has grown into one of Australiarsquos most in-demand bass players across a range of genres A spectacular festival finale to conjure a sense of peace uplift our spirits and enrich the soul
Sun
N
ov 0
8
Sandy Evans (saxophone) Steve Elphick (bass) Satsuki Odamura (koto)
Book now
Sponsors
M A J O R PA R T N E R S
S U P P O R T I N G PA R T N E R S
V E N U E PA R T N E R S
Elana Stone Band with special support by INEcircS M A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
Singersongwriter Elana Stone is an ARIA Award-winning vocalist and songwriter whose style combines instrumental invention with quirk and inclines to write pop that is by turns exultant and introspective If Ella Fitzgerald met Dirty Projectors and Joni Mitchell yoursquod have an idea of how Elanarsquos band projects might sound but yoursquod be missing the country and folk influences
A National Jazz Award-winning vocalist Elana also performs as part of All Our Exes Live In Texas and appears as a member of Missy Higginsrsquo band and the John Butler Trio Reforming the band for a festival exclusive Elana will dive into her back catalogue and deliver free-range music that traverses jazz folk modern electronica indie pop and balladry underpinned by Stonersquos signature lyrical vulnerability and ear for melody
Check out this video
Special support INEcircS Born in Portugal Inecircs Vaz de Sousa grew up practising ballet and saxophone Singing became an obsession after an unexpected opportunity pushed her onto the stage compelling her to expand her repertoire to funk soul big band swing and improvised jazz Inecircs was soon performing across Sydney and to broaden her horizons Inecircs moved between New York and Sydney mdash an experience that brought a contemporary melting pot of influences to her live performances Expect a fiery mixture of style from some of Sydneyrsquos classiest young instrumentalists fronted with flash and sensuality by Inecircs
Check out this video
Wed
N
ov 0
4
Elana Stone Band
Elana Stone (vocals) Aaron Flower (guitarvocals) Zoe Hauptmann (electric bassvocals) Evan Mannell (drumsvocals)
INEcircS
Inecircs Vaz de Sousa (vocals) Godriguez (guitar) Andrew Bruce (pianokeys) Jan Bangma (bass) Miles Thomas (drums)
Book now
Festival double bill Hilary Geddes Quartet + Jodie Michael Trio F O U N D RY 6 1 6 8 3 0 PM + 1 0 PM
Hilary Geddes Quartet Winner of the Jann Rutherford Memorial Award in 2019 Hilary Geddes is a talented guitarist with a split personality - half of her musical life is spent making contemporary jazz and improvised music and half is spent in the popular indie band lsquoThe Buoysrsquo Graduating from Sydney Conservatorium of Music with First Class Honours studying under luminaries Carl Dewhurst and James Muller Hilary then spent a year abroad studying with esteemed guitarist Andreas Wahl at the Hochschule fuumlr Kuumlnste in Germany
As a jazz guitarist Hilary has become an in-demand collaborator with the likes of Barney McAll and Mike Nock while The Buoys are regularly featured on Triple J and on the Australian festival circuit A truly modern exceptional talent who will lead contemporary music in the direction she wants to see it go
Jodie Michaelrsquos Organ Situation Drummer Jodie Michael started her musical journey at just thirteen years of age before attending SIMArsquos improvisational workshops for young women Winner of the Jann Rutherford Memorial Award in 2013 Jodie gained experience playing in jazz ensembles at the Wollongong Conservatorium of Music where she earned multiple scholarships After touring the USA with the Wollongong Con Jazz Orchestra she immersed herself in the US jazz scene playing with world-class drummers like Michael Carvin Eric Harland and Kenny Washington going on to study in the Global Jazz Masterrsquos program at Berklee College of Music Jodie promises to bring her fluid sense of rhythm for this double bill not to be missed
Check out this video
Wed
N
ov 0
4
Hilary Geddes Quartet
Hilary Geddes (guitar) Matt Harris (piano) Max Alduca (bass) Alexander Inman-Hislop (drums)
Jodie Michaelrsquos Organ Situation
Jodie Michael (drums) Nish Manjunath (tenor saxophone) Steve Barry (organ)
Book now
Monica Trapaga + The Pocket Trio with special support by Tessie Overmyer TrioM A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
Monica Trapaga is a consummate performer Her warm and witty approach has been instrumental in her success as a jazz singer and entertainer where she has featured at major festivals across the world
She has described her ldquofairly crazy Latin familyrdquo as instrumental in her developing her musical taste citing her fatherrsquos love of Afro-Cuban jazz as an influence as she rose to fame in the 90rsquos with her popular outfit Monica and the Moochers She has worked extensively as an actor on Australian TV and is the current presenter of The Dinner Set on ABC Jazz
A born entertainer Monica promises to delight audiences Her latest venture featuring this high-energy classic piano trio evokes feel good jazz with tight arrangements and groovy pockets
Special Support Tessie Overmyer Trio Emerging saxophonist Tessie Overmyer brings a soulful late-night feel to her approach A strong sense of melody permeates Overmyerrsquos compositions with a maturity to her playing and phrasing that belies her youth
At just 19 years old Tessie earned a spot playing at the famous Newport Jazz Festival (2018) Wersquore thrilled to see her arrival at this yearsrsquo Sydney International Womenrsquos Jazz Festival
Thu
Nov
05
Monica Trapaga + The Pocket Trio
Monica Trapaga (vocals) Andrew Scott (piano) Max Alduca (bass) Tim Geldens (drums)
Tessie Overmyer Trio
Tessie Overmyer (alto saxophone) Harley Coleman (guitar) Harry Birch (bass)
Book now
Alice Terry Big BandF O U N D RY 6 1 6 7 3 0 PM + 9 3 0 PM
Dubbed lsquoSydneyrsquos first lady of bluesrsquo Alice Terry has the kind of voice you canrsquot ignore Powerful and emotive gritty and intense Alice Terryrsquos vocals evoke classic singers like Janis Joplin - the kind of singers who leave it all out on the stage
Alice began singing the blues at seventeen quickly being booked for gigs like Narooma Blues Thredbo Blues and Moruya Jazz Festivals She released her debut single lsquoEmotionrsquo and debut LP lsquoThe Fear Ofrsquo in 2018 both of which immediately charted in the top five of the iTunes blues charts
In the wake of great notices for her debut Terry has supported acts like Allen Stone Beth Hart Matt Corby The Waifs and Thirsty Merc and continues to tour with Matt Corby as part of his band Each of the acts above contain elements of a mixture of styles Terry calls her own - folk country and blues stewed together to create an individual feel American blues singer and Grammy nominee Beth Hart described Alice Terry as lsquothe real dealrsquo and we agree Donrsquot miss the opportunity to see this scalding hot vocal talent live with her all-star big band
Alice Terry (vocals) Harry Sutherland (piano) Mike Raper (trombone) James Loughnan (saxophone) Simon Ferenci (trumpet) Phil Stack (bass) Carlos Adura (drums)
Thu
Nov
05
Book now
Mahalia Barnes amp the Soulmates with special support by Joy Yates and Dave MacRae
M A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
The daughter of one of Australiarsquos most famous rock vocalists Jimmy Barnes Mahalia Barnes started her career as a child star vocalist with her sibling band Growing up in the rough and tumble of the rock music industry Mahalia has experienced it all Shersquos recorded on her fatherrsquos albums since the age of eight and since then Mahalia has worked as a lead singer for her own band and as a backing singer for soul and RnB artists like Johnny Diesel and her father
Mahalia performed on the first season of the Australian version of The Voice covering the Tina Turner standard lsquoProud Maryrsquo and that fiery soulful energy is a good example of her style Expect energy brooding soul and live intensity from this veteran of Australian music backed by a rock-steady trio
Check out this video
Special support Joy Yates and Dave MacRae Joy Yates is a proud New Zealander of Maori heritage and a lifelong jazz singer who has shared stages with artists like Neil Sedaka Cat Stevens Cliff Richard Chaka Khan and Van Morrison
Dave MacRae is a legendary jazz musician brilliant pianist producer composer and arranger with outstanding jazz credentials These two artists are a lifelong couple supremely talented and cherished legends of Australian jazz
Fri
Nov
06
Mahalia Barnes amp the Soulmates
Mahalia Barnes (vocals) Ben Rogers (bass) Franco Raggatt (guitar) Evan Mannell (drums)
Joy Yates and Dave MacRae
Joy Yates (vocals) Dave Macrae (piano)
Book now
Pharos plays the music of Sandy EvansM A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
Pharos is a ten-member powerhouse big band formed in 2016 and led by bassist Hannah James Featuring a six-piece horn section this unique and electrifying collective merge the best of the big band with the flexibility creativity and genre-bending exploration expected in any modern ensemble
In the short life span of the group Pharos has worked with an incredible list of local and international artists like Lakecia Benjamin (USA) Helen Sung (USA) Ingrid and Christine Jensen (USACanada) and Silke Eberhardt (Ger)
In 2020 the festival Artist-In-Residence is esteemed multi award-winning saxophonist and composer Dr Sandy Evans In a world premiere Pharos will perform a new work commissioned especially for the festival before performing exclusive repertoire composed and arranged by Sandy
Sat
Nov
07
Check out this video
Hannah James (bass) Louise Horwood (trumpet) Ellen Kirkwood (trumpet) Alex Silver (trombone) Loretta Palmeiro (altosopclarinet) Laura Corney (tenor) Kali Gillen (baritone) Hilary Geddes (guitar) Zela Margossian (piano) Ali Foster (drums)
Book now
Lilith Night with special guest Miriam Lieberman and special support by Kenya Wilkins
F O U N D RY 6 1 6 8 3 0 PM
Lilith Night is an international celebration of diverse female composer-performers across a dizzying range of genres A network of women music-makers and culture creators directed by Australian musician Maryanne Piper Lilith Night will feature the global fusion of sounds created by vocalist and kora player Miriam Lieberman The ensemble will perform compositions from international composers Sunna Gunnlaugs (Iceland) Christina Fuchs (Ger) Elisa Thorn (Canada) and Eve Beglarian (US-Armenian) and Australian composers Jenna Cave Harri Harding and Sian Lindsay
Special support Kenya Wilkins Solo Piano Album Launch Kenya Wilkins will launch her third solo piano album ldquoSo What Bachrdquo a series of jams on JS Bach classics The ldquoso whatrdquo chord consists of three perfect fourth intervals followed by a major third interval It originates from Bill Evansrsquo piano ldquoamenrdquo response to the head of Miles Davisrsquo tune ldquoSo Whatrdquo
Keyna Wilkins is a pioneering AustralianBritish composer-musician solo-artist and leader of cutting-edge ensembles Her music has been described as arresting and genre-blurring She was one of three finalists in the Australian nation-wide APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards for Individual Excellence 2018 Her compositions are performed internationally and published by Wirripang
Sat
Nov
07
Maryanne Piper (clarinetist) Kenya Wilkins (piano) Rachel Drubetsky (trumpeter) Chloe Kim (drums) and special guest Miriam Lieberman (vocals and kora)
Book now
Postcards from the 2020 AnthropoceneAlbum LaunchF R E E O N L I N E E V E N T
In December 2019 Sydney was enveloped in a thick blanket of smoky haze It was on one of the worst days for bushfire smoke that Sandy Adam and Hamish recorded this series of improvisations at UNSW reflecting on photographs they had taken during the preceding period of crisis and devastation
This music is offered as a protest against environmental destruction and climate change The themes Mirage Embers Inferno Skyline Resistance and Aftermath inform these improvisations and reflections
The results are stunning - traversing ambient soundscapes spacious grooves troubled cries dissonances resolution surprise peaceful reflection and even humour It is not often that a project can genuinely speak of lsquooriginal soundsrsquo but this is one such project
The project was an extension of a concert that had been presented by Mark Hall of Eupcaccia Records at Dee Whyrsquos Halfback Books The combination of modular synthesiser saxophone and drums worked beautifully and Mark encouraged the musicians to record this album
Sat
Nov
07
Sandy Evans (tenor and soprano saxophones suling flax) Hamish Stuart (drums) Adam Hulbert (eurorack modular synthesiser with theremin and wind controller) Simon Trevaks (recording engineer) Rodrigo Barbosa (Mixing engineer) Mark Hall (executive producer and mastering engineer)
Stream live
Magic Music EvansElphickOdamuraV E N U E 5 0 5 3 PM + 5 3 0 PM
Closing the festival this special event features the talents of our 2020 Artist-in-Residence Dr Sandy Evans OAM alongside long-time collaborators Satsuki Odamura and Steve Elphick The project brings together three musicians whose inventiveness musicality sensitivity and responsiveness will open doors to magical musical places
A trail-blazer for women in contemporary music internationally renowned composer and saxophonist Sandy has a passion for improvisation and new music
She has played with and written for some of the most important groups in Australian jazz since the early 1980rsquos and leads the Sandy Evans Trio and Sextet and co-leads Clarion Fracture Zone and GEST8 Her work and research in intercultural music has led to international recognition Sandy recently won the Jazz Performance of the Year at the APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards for her international collaboration Bridge of Dreams featuring Shubha Mudgal Aneesh Pradhan Sudhir Nayak and Sirens Big Band
Satsuki Odamura is a master of the koto and shamisen She has pioneered awareness of these ancient Japanese instruments in her performances throughout Australia Satsuki began playing Koto at ten years old and joined the Sawai Koto School of Music in Tokyo when she was eighteen She has since collaborated with a wide variety of artists across a range of genres from jazz to Western classical to modern and Aboriginal music
ARIA winning bassist Steve Elphick has provided the backbone for artists like Roger Frampton and The Engine Room and Mark Simmonds He came from singing in the church choir to playing bass and has grown into one of Australiarsquos most in-demand bass players across a range of genres A spectacular festival finale to conjure a sense of peace uplift our spirits and enrich the soul
Sun
N
ov 0
8
Sandy Evans (saxophone) Steve Elphick (bass) Satsuki Odamura (koto)
Book now
Sponsors
M A J O R PA R T N E R S
S U P P O R T I N G PA R T N E R S
V E N U E PA R T N E R S
Festival double bill Hilary Geddes Quartet + Jodie Michael Trio F O U N D RY 6 1 6 8 3 0 PM + 1 0 PM
Hilary Geddes Quartet Winner of the Jann Rutherford Memorial Award in 2019 Hilary Geddes is a talented guitarist with a split personality - half of her musical life is spent making contemporary jazz and improvised music and half is spent in the popular indie band lsquoThe Buoysrsquo Graduating from Sydney Conservatorium of Music with First Class Honours studying under luminaries Carl Dewhurst and James Muller Hilary then spent a year abroad studying with esteemed guitarist Andreas Wahl at the Hochschule fuumlr Kuumlnste in Germany
As a jazz guitarist Hilary has become an in-demand collaborator with the likes of Barney McAll and Mike Nock while The Buoys are regularly featured on Triple J and on the Australian festival circuit A truly modern exceptional talent who will lead contemporary music in the direction she wants to see it go
Jodie Michaelrsquos Organ Situation Drummer Jodie Michael started her musical journey at just thirteen years of age before attending SIMArsquos improvisational workshops for young women Winner of the Jann Rutherford Memorial Award in 2013 Jodie gained experience playing in jazz ensembles at the Wollongong Conservatorium of Music where she earned multiple scholarships After touring the USA with the Wollongong Con Jazz Orchestra she immersed herself in the US jazz scene playing with world-class drummers like Michael Carvin Eric Harland and Kenny Washington going on to study in the Global Jazz Masterrsquos program at Berklee College of Music Jodie promises to bring her fluid sense of rhythm for this double bill not to be missed
Check out this video
Wed
N
ov 0
4
Hilary Geddes Quartet
Hilary Geddes (guitar) Matt Harris (piano) Max Alduca (bass) Alexander Inman-Hislop (drums)
Jodie Michaelrsquos Organ Situation
Jodie Michael (drums) Nish Manjunath (tenor saxophone) Steve Barry (organ)
Book now
Monica Trapaga + The Pocket Trio with special support by Tessie Overmyer TrioM A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
Monica Trapaga is a consummate performer Her warm and witty approach has been instrumental in her success as a jazz singer and entertainer where she has featured at major festivals across the world
She has described her ldquofairly crazy Latin familyrdquo as instrumental in her developing her musical taste citing her fatherrsquos love of Afro-Cuban jazz as an influence as she rose to fame in the 90rsquos with her popular outfit Monica and the Moochers She has worked extensively as an actor on Australian TV and is the current presenter of The Dinner Set on ABC Jazz
A born entertainer Monica promises to delight audiences Her latest venture featuring this high-energy classic piano trio evokes feel good jazz with tight arrangements and groovy pockets
Special Support Tessie Overmyer Trio Emerging saxophonist Tessie Overmyer brings a soulful late-night feel to her approach A strong sense of melody permeates Overmyerrsquos compositions with a maturity to her playing and phrasing that belies her youth
At just 19 years old Tessie earned a spot playing at the famous Newport Jazz Festival (2018) Wersquore thrilled to see her arrival at this yearsrsquo Sydney International Womenrsquos Jazz Festival
Thu
Nov
05
Monica Trapaga + The Pocket Trio
Monica Trapaga (vocals) Andrew Scott (piano) Max Alduca (bass) Tim Geldens (drums)
Tessie Overmyer Trio
Tessie Overmyer (alto saxophone) Harley Coleman (guitar) Harry Birch (bass)
Book now
Alice Terry Big BandF O U N D RY 6 1 6 7 3 0 PM + 9 3 0 PM
Dubbed lsquoSydneyrsquos first lady of bluesrsquo Alice Terry has the kind of voice you canrsquot ignore Powerful and emotive gritty and intense Alice Terryrsquos vocals evoke classic singers like Janis Joplin - the kind of singers who leave it all out on the stage
Alice began singing the blues at seventeen quickly being booked for gigs like Narooma Blues Thredbo Blues and Moruya Jazz Festivals She released her debut single lsquoEmotionrsquo and debut LP lsquoThe Fear Ofrsquo in 2018 both of which immediately charted in the top five of the iTunes blues charts
In the wake of great notices for her debut Terry has supported acts like Allen Stone Beth Hart Matt Corby The Waifs and Thirsty Merc and continues to tour with Matt Corby as part of his band Each of the acts above contain elements of a mixture of styles Terry calls her own - folk country and blues stewed together to create an individual feel American blues singer and Grammy nominee Beth Hart described Alice Terry as lsquothe real dealrsquo and we agree Donrsquot miss the opportunity to see this scalding hot vocal talent live with her all-star big band
Alice Terry (vocals) Harry Sutherland (piano) Mike Raper (trombone) James Loughnan (saxophone) Simon Ferenci (trumpet) Phil Stack (bass) Carlos Adura (drums)
Thu
Nov
05
Book now
Mahalia Barnes amp the Soulmates with special support by Joy Yates and Dave MacRae
M A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
The daughter of one of Australiarsquos most famous rock vocalists Jimmy Barnes Mahalia Barnes started her career as a child star vocalist with her sibling band Growing up in the rough and tumble of the rock music industry Mahalia has experienced it all Shersquos recorded on her fatherrsquos albums since the age of eight and since then Mahalia has worked as a lead singer for her own band and as a backing singer for soul and RnB artists like Johnny Diesel and her father
Mahalia performed on the first season of the Australian version of The Voice covering the Tina Turner standard lsquoProud Maryrsquo and that fiery soulful energy is a good example of her style Expect energy brooding soul and live intensity from this veteran of Australian music backed by a rock-steady trio
Check out this video
Special support Joy Yates and Dave MacRae Joy Yates is a proud New Zealander of Maori heritage and a lifelong jazz singer who has shared stages with artists like Neil Sedaka Cat Stevens Cliff Richard Chaka Khan and Van Morrison
Dave MacRae is a legendary jazz musician brilliant pianist producer composer and arranger with outstanding jazz credentials These two artists are a lifelong couple supremely talented and cherished legends of Australian jazz
Fri
Nov
06
Mahalia Barnes amp the Soulmates
Mahalia Barnes (vocals) Ben Rogers (bass) Franco Raggatt (guitar) Evan Mannell (drums)
Joy Yates and Dave MacRae
Joy Yates (vocals) Dave Macrae (piano)
Book now
Pharos plays the music of Sandy EvansM A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
Pharos is a ten-member powerhouse big band formed in 2016 and led by bassist Hannah James Featuring a six-piece horn section this unique and electrifying collective merge the best of the big band with the flexibility creativity and genre-bending exploration expected in any modern ensemble
In the short life span of the group Pharos has worked with an incredible list of local and international artists like Lakecia Benjamin (USA) Helen Sung (USA) Ingrid and Christine Jensen (USACanada) and Silke Eberhardt (Ger)
In 2020 the festival Artist-In-Residence is esteemed multi award-winning saxophonist and composer Dr Sandy Evans In a world premiere Pharos will perform a new work commissioned especially for the festival before performing exclusive repertoire composed and arranged by Sandy
Sat
Nov
07
Check out this video
Hannah James (bass) Louise Horwood (trumpet) Ellen Kirkwood (trumpet) Alex Silver (trombone) Loretta Palmeiro (altosopclarinet) Laura Corney (tenor) Kali Gillen (baritone) Hilary Geddes (guitar) Zela Margossian (piano) Ali Foster (drums)
Book now
Lilith Night with special guest Miriam Lieberman and special support by Kenya Wilkins
F O U N D RY 6 1 6 8 3 0 PM
Lilith Night is an international celebration of diverse female composer-performers across a dizzying range of genres A network of women music-makers and culture creators directed by Australian musician Maryanne Piper Lilith Night will feature the global fusion of sounds created by vocalist and kora player Miriam Lieberman The ensemble will perform compositions from international composers Sunna Gunnlaugs (Iceland) Christina Fuchs (Ger) Elisa Thorn (Canada) and Eve Beglarian (US-Armenian) and Australian composers Jenna Cave Harri Harding and Sian Lindsay
Special support Kenya Wilkins Solo Piano Album Launch Kenya Wilkins will launch her third solo piano album ldquoSo What Bachrdquo a series of jams on JS Bach classics The ldquoso whatrdquo chord consists of three perfect fourth intervals followed by a major third interval It originates from Bill Evansrsquo piano ldquoamenrdquo response to the head of Miles Davisrsquo tune ldquoSo Whatrdquo
Keyna Wilkins is a pioneering AustralianBritish composer-musician solo-artist and leader of cutting-edge ensembles Her music has been described as arresting and genre-blurring She was one of three finalists in the Australian nation-wide APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards for Individual Excellence 2018 Her compositions are performed internationally and published by Wirripang
Sat
Nov
07
Maryanne Piper (clarinetist) Kenya Wilkins (piano) Rachel Drubetsky (trumpeter) Chloe Kim (drums) and special guest Miriam Lieberman (vocals and kora)
Book now
Postcards from the 2020 AnthropoceneAlbum LaunchF R E E O N L I N E E V E N T
In December 2019 Sydney was enveloped in a thick blanket of smoky haze It was on one of the worst days for bushfire smoke that Sandy Adam and Hamish recorded this series of improvisations at UNSW reflecting on photographs they had taken during the preceding period of crisis and devastation
This music is offered as a protest against environmental destruction and climate change The themes Mirage Embers Inferno Skyline Resistance and Aftermath inform these improvisations and reflections
The results are stunning - traversing ambient soundscapes spacious grooves troubled cries dissonances resolution surprise peaceful reflection and even humour It is not often that a project can genuinely speak of lsquooriginal soundsrsquo but this is one such project
The project was an extension of a concert that had been presented by Mark Hall of Eupcaccia Records at Dee Whyrsquos Halfback Books The combination of modular synthesiser saxophone and drums worked beautifully and Mark encouraged the musicians to record this album
Sat
Nov
07
Sandy Evans (tenor and soprano saxophones suling flax) Hamish Stuart (drums) Adam Hulbert (eurorack modular synthesiser with theremin and wind controller) Simon Trevaks (recording engineer) Rodrigo Barbosa (Mixing engineer) Mark Hall (executive producer and mastering engineer)
Stream live
Magic Music EvansElphickOdamuraV E N U E 5 0 5 3 PM + 5 3 0 PM
Closing the festival this special event features the talents of our 2020 Artist-in-Residence Dr Sandy Evans OAM alongside long-time collaborators Satsuki Odamura and Steve Elphick The project brings together three musicians whose inventiveness musicality sensitivity and responsiveness will open doors to magical musical places
A trail-blazer for women in contemporary music internationally renowned composer and saxophonist Sandy has a passion for improvisation and new music
She has played with and written for some of the most important groups in Australian jazz since the early 1980rsquos and leads the Sandy Evans Trio and Sextet and co-leads Clarion Fracture Zone and GEST8 Her work and research in intercultural music has led to international recognition Sandy recently won the Jazz Performance of the Year at the APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards for her international collaboration Bridge of Dreams featuring Shubha Mudgal Aneesh Pradhan Sudhir Nayak and Sirens Big Band
Satsuki Odamura is a master of the koto and shamisen She has pioneered awareness of these ancient Japanese instruments in her performances throughout Australia Satsuki began playing Koto at ten years old and joined the Sawai Koto School of Music in Tokyo when she was eighteen She has since collaborated with a wide variety of artists across a range of genres from jazz to Western classical to modern and Aboriginal music
ARIA winning bassist Steve Elphick has provided the backbone for artists like Roger Frampton and The Engine Room and Mark Simmonds He came from singing in the church choir to playing bass and has grown into one of Australiarsquos most in-demand bass players across a range of genres A spectacular festival finale to conjure a sense of peace uplift our spirits and enrich the soul
Sun
N
ov 0
8
Sandy Evans (saxophone) Steve Elphick (bass) Satsuki Odamura (koto)
Book now
Sponsors
M A J O R PA R T N E R S
S U P P O R T I N G PA R T N E R S
V E N U E PA R T N E R S
Monica Trapaga + The Pocket Trio with special support by Tessie Overmyer TrioM A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
Monica Trapaga is a consummate performer Her warm and witty approach has been instrumental in her success as a jazz singer and entertainer where she has featured at major festivals across the world
She has described her ldquofairly crazy Latin familyrdquo as instrumental in her developing her musical taste citing her fatherrsquos love of Afro-Cuban jazz as an influence as she rose to fame in the 90rsquos with her popular outfit Monica and the Moochers She has worked extensively as an actor on Australian TV and is the current presenter of The Dinner Set on ABC Jazz
A born entertainer Monica promises to delight audiences Her latest venture featuring this high-energy classic piano trio evokes feel good jazz with tight arrangements and groovy pockets
Special Support Tessie Overmyer Trio Emerging saxophonist Tessie Overmyer brings a soulful late-night feel to her approach A strong sense of melody permeates Overmyerrsquos compositions with a maturity to her playing and phrasing that belies her youth
At just 19 years old Tessie earned a spot playing at the famous Newport Jazz Festival (2018) Wersquore thrilled to see her arrival at this yearsrsquo Sydney International Womenrsquos Jazz Festival
Thu
Nov
05
Monica Trapaga + The Pocket Trio
Monica Trapaga (vocals) Andrew Scott (piano) Max Alduca (bass) Tim Geldens (drums)
Tessie Overmyer Trio
Tessie Overmyer (alto saxophone) Harley Coleman (guitar) Harry Birch (bass)
Book now
Alice Terry Big BandF O U N D RY 6 1 6 7 3 0 PM + 9 3 0 PM
Dubbed lsquoSydneyrsquos first lady of bluesrsquo Alice Terry has the kind of voice you canrsquot ignore Powerful and emotive gritty and intense Alice Terryrsquos vocals evoke classic singers like Janis Joplin - the kind of singers who leave it all out on the stage
Alice began singing the blues at seventeen quickly being booked for gigs like Narooma Blues Thredbo Blues and Moruya Jazz Festivals She released her debut single lsquoEmotionrsquo and debut LP lsquoThe Fear Ofrsquo in 2018 both of which immediately charted in the top five of the iTunes blues charts
In the wake of great notices for her debut Terry has supported acts like Allen Stone Beth Hart Matt Corby The Waifs and Thirsty Merc and continues to tour with Matt Corby as part of his band Each of the acts above contain elements of a mixture of styles Terry calls her own - folk country and blues stewed together to create an individual feel American blues singer and Grammy nominee Beth Hart described Alice Terry as lsquothe real dealrsquo and we agree Donrsquot miss the opportunity to see this scalding hot vocal talent live with her all-star big band
Alice Terry (vocals) Harry Sutherland (piano) Mike Raper (trombone) James Loughnan (saxophone) Simon Ferenci (trumpet) Phil Stack (bass) Carlos Adura (drums)
Thu
Nov
05
Book now
Mahalia Barnes amp the Soulmates with special support by Joy Yates and Dave MacRae
M A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
The daughter of one of Australiarsquos most famous rock vocalists Jimmy Barnes Mahalia Barnes started her career as a child star vocalist with her sibling band Growing up in the rough and tumble of the rock music industry Mahalia has experienced it all Shersquos recorded on her fatherrsquos albums since the age of eight and since then Mahalia has worked as a lead singer for her own band and as a backing singer for soul and RnB artists like Johnny Diesel and her father
Mahalia performed on the first season of the Australian version of The Voice covering the Tina Turner standard lsquoProud Maryrsquo and that fiery soulful energy is a good example of her style Expect energy brooding soul and live intensity from this veteran of Australian music backed by a rock-steady trio
Check out this video
Special support Joy Yates and Dave MacRae Joy Yates is a proud New Zealander of Maori heritage and a lifelong jazz singer who has shared stages with artists like Neil Sedaka Cat Stevens Cliff Richard Chaka Khan and Van Morrison
Dave MacRae is a legendary jazz musician brilliant pianist producer composer and arranger with outstanding jazz credentials These two artists are a lifelong couple supremely talented and cherished legends of Australian jazz
Fri
Nov
06
Mahalia Barnes amp the Soulmates
Mahalia Barnes (vocals) Ben Rogers (bass) Franco Raggatt (guitar) Evan Mannell (drums)
Joy Yates and Dave MacRae
Joy Yates (vocals) Dave Macrae (piano)
Book now
Pharos plays the music of Sandy EvansM A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
Pharos is a ten-member powerhouse big band formed in 2016 and led by bassist Hannah James Featuring a six-piece horn section this unique and electrifying collective merge the best of the big band with the flexibility creativity and genre-bending exploration expected in any modern ensemble
In the short life span of the group Pharos has worked with an incredible list of local and international artists like Lakecia Benjamin (USA) Helen Sung (USA) Ingrid and Christine Jensen (USACanada) and Silke Eberhardt (Ger)
In 2020 the festival Artist-In-Residence is esteemed multi award-winning saxophonist and composer Dr Sandy Evans In a world premiere Pharos will perform a new work commissioned especially for the festival before performing exclusive repertoire composed and arranged by Sandy
Sat
Nov
07
Check out this video
Hannah James (bass) Louise Horwood (trumpet) Ellen Kirkwood (trumpet) Alex Silver (trombone) Loretta Palmeiro (altosopclarinet) Laura Corney (tenor) Kali Gillen (baritone) Hilary Geddes (guitar) Zela Margossian (piano) Ali Foster (drums)
Book now
Lilith Night with special guest Miriam Lieberman and special support by Kenya Wilkins
F O U N D RY 6 1 6 8 3 0 PM
Lilith Night is an international celebration of diverse female composer-performers across a dizzying range of genres A network of women music-makers and culture creators directed by Australian musician Maryanne Piper Lilith Night will feature the global fusion of sounds created by vocalist and kora player Miriam Lieberman The ensemble will perform compositions from international composers Sunna Gunnlaugs (Iceland) Christina Fuchs (Ger) Elisa Thorn (Canada) and Eve Beglarian (US-Armenian) and Australian composers Jenna Cave Harri Harding and Sian Lindsay
Special support Kenya Wilkins Solo Piano Album Launch Kenya Wilkins will launch her third solo piano album ldquoSo What Bachrdquo a series of jams on JS Bach classics The ldquoso whatrdquo chord consists of three perfect fourth intervals followed by a major third interval It originates from Bill Evansrsquo piano ldquoamenrdquo response to the head of Miles Davisrsquo tune ldquoSo Whatrdquo
Keyna Wilkins is a pioneering AustralianBritish composer-musician solo-artist and leader of cutting-edge ensembles Her music has been described as arresting and genre-blurring She was one of three finalists in the Australian nation-wide APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards for Individual Excellence 2018 Her compositions are performed internationally and published by Wirripang
Sat
Nov
07
Maryanne Piper (clarinetist) Kenya Wilkins (piano) Rachel Drubetsky (trumpeter) Chloe Kim (drums) and special guest Miriam Lieberman (vocals and kora)
Book now
Postcards from the 2020 AnthropoceneAlbum LaunchF R E E O N L I N E E V E N T
In December 2019 Sydney was enveloped in a thick blanket of smoky haze It was on one of the worst days for bushfire smoke that Sandy Adam and Hamish recorded this series of improvisations at UNSW reflecting on photographs they had taken during the preceding period of crisis and devastation
This music is offered as a protest against environmental destruction and climate change The themes Mirage Embers Inferno Skyline Resistance and Aftermath inform these improvisations and reflections
The results are stunning - traversing ambient soundscapes spacious grooves troubled cries dissonances resolution surprise peaceful reflection and even humour It is not often that a project can genuinely speak of lsquooriginal soundsrsquo but this is one such project
The project was an extension of a concert that had been presented by Mark Hall of Eupcaccia Records at Dee Whyrsquos Halfback Books The combination of modular synthesiser saxophone and drums worked beautifully and Mark encouraged the musicians to record this album
Sat
Nov
07
Sandy Evans (tenor and soprano saxophones suling flax) Hamish Stuart (drums) Adam Hulbert (eurorack modular synthesiser with theremin and wind controller) Simon Trevaks (recording engineer) Rodrigo Barbosa (Mixing engineer) Mark Hall (executive producer and mastering engineer)
Stream live
Magic Music EvansElphickOdamuraV E N U E 5 0 5 3 PM + 5 3 0 PM
Closing the festival this special event features the talents of our 2020 Artist-in-Residence Dr Sandy Evans OAM alongside long-time collaborators Satsuki Odamura and Steve Elphick The project brings together three musicians whose inventiveness musicality sensitivity and responsiveness will open doors to magical musical places
A trail-blazer for women in contemporary music internationally renowned composer and saxophonist Sandy has a passion for improvisation and new music
She has played with and written for some of the most important groups in Australian jazz since the early 1980rsquos and leads the Sandy Evans Trio and Sextet and co-leads Clarion Fracture Zone and GEST8 Her work and research in intercultural music has led to international recognition Sandy recently won the Jazz Performance of the Year at the APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards for her international collaboration Bridge of Dreams featuring Shubha Mudgal Aneesh Pradhan Sudhir Nayak and Sirens Big Band
Satsuki Odamura is a master of the koto and shamisen She has pioneered awareness of these ancient Japanese instruments in her performances throughout Australia Satsuki began playing Koto at ten years old and joined the Sawai Koto School of Music in Tokyo when she was eighteen She has since collaborated with a wide variety of artists across a range of genres from jazz to Western classical to modern and Aboriginal music
ARIA winning bassist Steve Elphick has provided the backbone for artists like Roger Frampton and The Engine Room and Mark Simmonds He came from singing in the church choir to playing bass and has grown into one of Australiarsquos most in-demand bass players across a range of genres A spectacular festival finale to conjure a sense of peace uplift our spirits and enrich the soul
Sun
N
ov 0
8
Sandy Evans (saxophone) Steve Elphick (bass) Satsuki Odamura (koto)
Book now
Sponsors
M A J O R PA R T N E R S
S U P P O R T I N G PA R T N E R S
V E N U E PA R T N E R S
Alice Terry Big BandF O U N D RY 6 1 6 7 3 0 PM + 9 3 0 PM
Dubbed lsquoSydneyrsquos first lady of bluesrsquo Alice Terry has the kind of voice you canrsquot ignore Powerful and emotive gritty and intense Alice Terryrsquos vocals evoke classic singers like Janis Joplin - the kind of singers who leave it all out on the stage
Alice began singing the blues at seventeen quickly being booked for gigs like Narooma Blues Thredbo Blues and Moruya Jazz Festivals She released her debut single lsquoEmotionrsquo and debut LP lsquoThe Fear Ofrsquo in 2018 both of which immediately charted in the top five of the iTunes blues charts
In the wake of great notices for her debut Terry has supported acts like Allen Stone Beth Hart Matt Corby The Waifs and Thirsty Merc and continues to tour with Matt Corby as part of his band Each of the acts above contain elements of a mixture of styles Terry calls her own - folk country and blues stewed together to create an individual feel American blues singer and Grammy nominee Beth Hart described Alice Terry as lsquothe real dealrsquo and we agree Donrsquot miss the opportunity to see this scalding hot vocal talent live with her all-star big band
Alice Terry (vocals) Harry Sutherland (piano) Mike Raper (trombone) James Loughnan (saxophone) Simon Ferenci (trumpet) Phil Stack (bass) Carlos Adura (drums)
Thu
Nov
05
Book now
Mahalia Barnes amp the Soulmates with special support by Joy Yates and Dave MacRae
M A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
The daughter of one of Australiarsquos most famous rock vocalists Jimmy Barnes Mahalia Barnes started her career as a child star vocalist with her sibling band Growing up in the rough and tumble of the rock music industry Mahalia has experienced it all Shersquos recorded on her fatherrsquos albums since the age of eight and since then Mahalia has worked as a lead singer for her own band and as a backing singer for soul and RnB artists like Johnny Diesel and her father
Mahalia performed on the first season of the Australian version of The Voice covering the Tina Turner standard lsquoProud Maryrsquo and that fiery soulful energy is a good example of her style Expect energy brooding soul and live intensity from this veteran of Australian music backed by a rock-steady trio
Check out this video
Special support Joy Yates and Dave MacRae Joy Yates is a proud New Zealander of Maori heritage and a lifelong jazz singer who has shared stages with artists like Neil Sedaka Cat Stevens Cliff Richard Chaka Khan and Van Morrison
Dave MacRae is a legendary jazz musician brilliant pianist producer composer and arranger with outstanding jazz credentials These two artists are a lifelong couple supremely talented and cherished legends of Australian jazz
Fri
Nov
06
Mahalia Barnes amp the Soulmates
Mahalia Barnes (vocals) Ben Rogers (bass) Franco Raggatt (guitar) Evan Mannell (drums)
Joy Yates and Dave MacRae
Joy Yates (vocals) Dave Macrae (piano)
Book now
Pharos plays the music of Sandy EvansM A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
Pharos is a ten-member powerhouse big band formed in 2016 and led by bassist Hannah James Featuring a six-piece horn section this unique and electrifying collective merge the best of the big band with the flexibility creativity and genre-bending exploration expected in any modern ensemble
In the short life span of the group Pharos has worked with an incredible list of local and international artists like Lakecia Benjamin (USA) Helen Sung (USA) Ingrid and Christine Jensen (USACanada) and Silke Eberhardt (Ger)
In 2020 the festival Artist-In-Residence is esteemed multi award-winning saxophonist and composer Dr Sandy Evans In a world premiere Pharos will perform a new work commissioned especially for the festival before performing exclusive repertoire composed and arranged by Sandy
Sat
Nov
07
Check out this video
Hannah James (bass) Louise Horwood (trumpet) Ellen Kirkwood (trumpet) Alex Silver (trombone) Loretta Palmeiro (altosopclarinet) Laura Corney (tenor) Kali Gillen (baritone) Hilary Geddes (guitar) Zela Margossian (piano) Ali Foster (drums)
Book now
Lilith Night with special guest Miriam Lieberman and special support by Kenya Wilkins
F O U N D RY 6 1 6 8 3 0 PM
Lilith Night is an international celebration of diverse female composer-performers across a dizzying range of genres A network of women music-makers and culture creators directed by Australian musician Maryanne Piper Lilith Night will feature the global fusion of sounds created by vocalist and kora player Miriam Lieberman The ensemble will perform compositions from international composers Sunna Gunnlaugs (Iceland) Christina Fuchs (Ger) Elisa Thorn (Canada) and Eve Beglarian (US-Armenian) and Australian composers Jenna Cave Harri Harding and Sian Lindsay
Special support Kenya Wilkins Solo Piano Album Launch Kenya Wilkins will launch her third solo piano album ldquoSo What Bachrdquo a series of jams on JS Bach classics The ldquoso whatrdquo chord consists of three perfect fourth intervals followed by a major third interval It originates from Bill Evansrsquo piano ldquoamenrdquo response to the head of Miles Davisrsquo tune ldquoSo Whatrdquo
Keyna Wilkins is a pioneering AustralianBritish composer-musician solo-artist and leader of cutting-edge ensembles Her music has been described as arresting and genre-blurring She was one of three finalists in the Australian nation-wide APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards for Individual Excellence 2018 Her compositions are performed internationally and published by Wirripang
Sat
Nov
07
Maryanne Piper (clarinetist) Kenya Wilkins (piano) Rachel Drubetsky (trumpeter) Chloe Kim (drums) and special guest Miriam Lieberman (vocals and kora)
Book now
Postcards from the 2020 AnthropoceneAlbum LaunchF R E E O N L I N E E V E N T
In December 2019 Sydney was enveloped in a thick blanket of smoky haze It was on one of the worst days for bushfire smoke that Sandy Adam and Hamish recorded this series of improvisations at UNSW reflecting on photographs they had taken during the preceding period of crisis and devastation
This music is offered as a protest against environmental destruction and climate change The themes Mirage Embers Inferno Skyline Resistance and Aftermath inform these improvisations and reflections
The results are stunning - traversing ambient soundscapes spacious grooves troubled cries dissonances resolution surprise peaceful reflection and even humour It is not often that a project can genuinely speak of lsquooriginal soundsrsquo but this is one such project
The project was an extension of a concert that had been presented by Mark Hall of Eupcaccia Records at Dee Whyrsquos Halfback Books The combination of modular synthesiser saxophone and drums worked beautifully and Mark encouraged the musicians to record this album
Sat
Nov
07
Sandy Evans (tenor and soprano saxophones suling flax) Hamish Stuart (drums) Adam Hulbert (eurorack modular synthesiser with theremin and wind controller) Simon Trevaks (recording engineer) Rodrigo Barbosa (Mixing engineer) Mark Hall (executive producer and mastering engineer)
Stream live
Magic Music EvansElphickOdamuraV E N U E 5 0 5 3 PM + 5 3 0 PM
Closing the festival this special event features the talents of our 2020 Artist-in-Residence Dr Sandy Evans OAM alongside long-time collaborators Satsuki Odamura and Steve Elphick The project brings together three musicians whose inventiveness musicality sensitivity and responsiveness will open doors to magical musical places
A trail-blazer for women in contemporary music internationally renowned composer and saxophonist Sandy has a passion for improvisation and new music
She has played with and written for some of the most important groups in Australian jazz since the early 1980rsquos and leads the Sandy Evans Trio and Sextet and co-leads Clarion Fracture Zone and GEST8 Her work and research in intercultural music has led to international recognition Sandy recently won the Jazz Performance of the Year at the APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards for her international collaboration Bridge of Dreams featuring Shubha Mudgal Aneesh Pradhan Sudhir Nayak and Sirens Big Band
Satsuki Odamura is a master of the koto and shamisen She has pioneered awareness of these ancient Japanese instruments in her performances throughout Australia Satsuki began playing Koto at ten years old and joined the Sawai Koto School of Music in Tokyo when she was eighteen She has since collaborated with a wide variety of artists across a range of genres from jazz to Western classical to modern and Aboriginal music
ARIA winning bassist Steve Elphick has provided the backbone for artists like Roger Frampton and The Engine Room and Mark Simmonds He came from singing in the church choir to playing bass and has grown into one of Australiarsquos most in-demand bass players across a range of genres A spectacular festival finale to conjure a sense of peace uplift our spirits and enrich the soul
Sun
N
ov 0
8
Sandy Evans (saxophone) Steve Elphick (bass) Satsuki Odamura (koto)
Book now
Sponsors
M A J O R PA R T N E R S
S U P P O R T I N G PA R T N E R S
V E N U E PA R T N E R S
Mahalia Barnes amp the Soulmates with special support by Joy Yates and Dave MacRae
M A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
The daughter of one of Australiarsquos most famous rock vocalists Jimmy Barnes Mahalia Barnes started her career as a child star vocalist with her sibling band Growing up in the rough and tumble of the rock music industry Mahalia has experienced it all Shersquos recorded on her fatherrsquos albums since the age of eight and since then Mahalia has worked as a lead singer for her own band and as a backing singer for soul and RnB artists like Johnny Diesel and her father
Mahalia performed on the first season of the Australian version of The Voice covering the Tina Turner standard lsquoProud Maryrsquo and that fiery soulful energy is a good example of her style Expect energy brooding soul and live intensity from this veteran of Australian music backed by a rock-steady trio
Check out this video
Special support Joy Yates and Dave MacRae Joy Yates is a proud New Zealander of Maori heritage and a lifelong jazz singer who has shared stages with artists like Neil Sedaka Cat Stevens Cliff Richard Chaka Khan and Van Morrison
Dave MacRae is a legendary jazz musician brilliant pianist producer composer and arranger with outstanding jazz credentials These two artists are a lifelong couple supremely talented and cherished legends of Australian jazz
Fri
Nov
06
Mahalia Barnes amp the Soulmates
Mahalia Barnes (vocals) Ben Rogers (bass) Franco Raggatt (guitar) Evan Mannell (drums)
Joy Yates and Dave MacRae
Joy Yates (vocals) Dave Macrae (piano)
Book now
Pharos plays the music of Sandy EvansM A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
Pharos is a ten-member powerhouse big band formed in 2016 and led by bassist Hannah James Featuring a six-piece horn section this unique and electrifying collective merge the best of the big band with the flexibility creativity and genre-bending exploration expected in any modern ensemble
In the short life span of the group Pharos has worked with an incredible list of local and international artists like Lakecia Benjamin (USA) Helen Sung (USA) Ingrid and Christine Jensen (USACanada) and Silke Eberhardt (Ger)
In 2020 the festival Artist-In-Residence is esteemed multi award-winning saxophonist and composer Dr Sandy Evans In a world premiere Pharos will perform a new work commissioned especially for the festival before performing exclusive repertoire composed and arranged by Sandy
Sat
Nov
07
Check out this video
Hannah James (bass) Louise Horwood (trumpet) Ellen Kirkwood (trumpet) Alex Silver (trombone) Loretta Palmeiro (altosopclarinet) Laura Corney (tenor) Kali Gillen (baritone) Hilary Geddes (guitar) Zela Margossian (piano) Ali Foster (drums)
Book now
Lilith Night with special guest Miriam Lieberman and special support by Kenya Wilkins
F O U N D RY 6 1 6 8 3 0 PM
Lilith Night is an international celebration of diverse female composer-performers across a dizzying range of genres A network of women music-makers and culture creators directed by Australian musician Maryanne Piper Lilith Night will feature the global fusion of sounds created by vocalist and kora player Miriam Lieberman The ensemble will perform compositions from international composers Sunna Gunnlaugs (Iceland) Christina Fuchs (Ger) Elisa Thorn (Canada) and Eve Beglarian (US-Armenian) and Australian composers Jenna Cave Harri Harding and Sian Lindsay
Special support Kenya Wilkins Solo Piano Album Launch Kenya Wilkins will launch her third solo piano album ldquoSo What Bachrdquo a series of jams on JS Bach classics The ldquoso whatrdquo chord consists of three perfect fourth intervals followed by a major third interval It originates from Bill Evansrsquo piano ldquoamenrdquo response to the head of Miles Davisrsquo tune ldquoSo Whatrdquo
Keyna Wilkins is a pioneering AustralianBritish composer-musician solo-artist and leader of cutting-edge ensembles Her music has been described as arresting and genre-blurring She was one of three finalists in the Australian nation-wide APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards for Individual Excellence 2018 Her compositions are performed internationally and published by Wirripang
Sat
Nov
07
Maryanne Piper (clarinetist) Kenya Wilkins (piano) Rachel Drubetsky (trumpeter) Chloe Kim (drums) and special guest Miriam Lieberman (vocals and kora)
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Postcards from the 2020 AnthropoceneAlbum LaunchF R E E O N L I N E E V E N T
In December 2019 Sydney was enveloped in a thick blanket of smoky haze It was on one of the worst days for bushfire smoke that Sandy Adam and Hamish recorded this series of improvisations at UNSW reflecting on photographs they had taken during the preceding period of crisis and devastation
This music is offered as a protest against environmental destruction and climate change The themes Mirage Embers Inferno Skyline Resistance and Aftermath inform these improvisations and reflections
The results are stunning - traversing ambient soundscapes spacious grooves troubled cries dissonances resolution surprise peaceful reflection and even humour It is not often that a project can genuinely speak of lsquooriginal soundsrsquo but this is one such project
The project was an extension of a concert that had been presented by Mark Hall of Eupcaccia Records at Dee Whyrsquos Halfback Books The combination of modular synthesiser saxophone and drums worked beautifully and Mark encouraged the musicians to record this album
Sat
Nov
07
Sandy Evans (tenor and soprano saxophones suling flax) Hamish Stuart (drums) Adam Hulbert (eurorack modular synthesiser with theremin and wind controller) Simon Trevaks (recording engineer) Rodrigo Barbosa (Mixing engineer) Mark Hall (executive producer and mastering engineer)
Stream live
Magic Music EvansElphickOdamuraV E N U E 5 0 5 3 PM + 5 3 0 PM
Closing the festival this special event features the talents of our 2020 Artist-in-Residence Dr Sandy Evans OAM alongside long-time collaborators Satsuki Odamura and Steve Elphick The project brings together three musicians whose inventiveness musicality sensitivity and responsiveness will open doors to magical musical places
A trail-blazer for women in contemporary music internationally renowned composer and saxophonist Sandy has a passion for improvisation and new music
She has played with and written for some of the most important groups in Australian jazz since the early 1980rsquos and leads the Sandy Evans Trio and Sextet and co-leads Clarion Fracture Zone and GEST8 Her work and research in intercultural music has led to international recognition Sandy recently won the Jazz Performance of the Year at the APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards for her international collaboration Bridge of Dreams featuring Shubha Mudgal Aneesh Pradhan Sudhir Nayak and Sirens Big Band
Satsuki Odamura is a master of the koto and shamisen She has pioneered awareness of these ancient Japanese instruments in her performances throughout Australia Satsuki began playing Koto at ten years old and joined the Sawai Koto School of Music in Tokyo when she was eighteen She has since collaborated with a wide variety of artists across a range of genres from jazz to Western classical to modern and Aboriginal music
ARIA winning bassist Steve Elphick has provided the backbone for artists like Roger Frampton and The Engine Room and Mark Simmonds He came from singing in the church choir to playing bass and has grown into one of Australiarsquos most in-demand bass players across a range of genres A spectacular festival finale to conjure a sense of peace uplift our spirits and enrich the soul
Sun
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ov 0
8
Sandy Evans (saxophone) Steve Elphick (bass) Satsuki Odamura (koto)
Book now
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Pharos plays the music of Sandy EvansM A RY rsquo S U N D E R G R O U N D 6 PM + 9 PM
Pharos is a ten-member powerhouse big band formed in 2016 and led by bassist Hannah James Featuring a six-piece horn section this unique and electrifying collective merge the best of the big band with the flexibility creativity and genre-bending exploration expected in any modern ensemble
In the short life span of the group Pharos has worked with an incredible list of local and international artists like Lakecia Benjamin (USA) Helen Sung (USA) Ingrid and Christine Jensen (USACanada) and Silke Eberhardt (Ger)
In 2020 the festival Artist-In-Residence is esteemed multi award-winning saxophonist and composer Dr Sandy Evans In a world premiere Pharos will perform a new work commissioned especially for the festival before performing exclusive repertoire composed and arranged by Sandy
Sat
Nov
07
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Hannah James (bass) Louise Horwood (trumpet) Ellen Kirkwood (trumpet) Alex Silver (trombone) Loretta Palmeiro (altosopclarinet) Laura Corney (tenor) Kali Gillen (baritone) Hilary Geddes (guitar) Zela Margossian (piano) Ali Foster (drums)
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Lilith Night with special guest Miriam Lieberman and special support by Kenya Wilkins
F O U N D RY 6 1 6 8 3 0 PM
Lilith Night is an international celebration of diverse female composer-performers across a dizzying range of genres A network of women music-makers and culture creators directed by Australian musician Maryanne Piper Lilith Night will feature the global fusion of sounds created by vocalist and kora player Miriam Lieberman The ensemble will perform compositions from international composers Sunna Gunnlaugs (Iceland) Christina Fuchs (Ger) Elisa Thorn (Canada) and Eve Beglarian (US-Armenian) and Australian composers Jenna Cave Harri Harding and Sian Lindsay
Special support Kenya Wilkins Solo Piano Album Launch Kenya Wilkins will launch her third solo piano album ldquoSo What Bachrdquo a series of jams on JS Bach classics The ldquoso whatrdquo chord consists of three perfect fourth intervals followed by a major third interval It originates from Bill Evansrsquo piano ldquoamenrdquo response to the head of Miles Davisrsquo tune ldquoSo Whatrdquo
Keyna Wilkins is a pioneering AustralianBritish composer-musician solo-artist and leader of cutting-edge ensembles Her music has been described as arresting and genre-blurring She was one of three finalists in the Australian nation-wide APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards for Individual Excellence 2018 Her compositions are performed internationally and published by Wirripang
Sat
Nov
07
Maryanne Piper (clarinetist) Kenya Wilkins (piano) Rachel Drubetsky (trumpeter) Chloe Kim (drums) and special guest Miriam Lieberman (vocals and kora)
Book now
Postcards from the 2020 AnthropoceneAlbum LaunchF R E E O N L I N E E V E N T
In December 2019 Sydney was enveloped in a thick blanket of smoky haze It was on one of the worst days for bushfire smoke that Sandy Adam and Hamish recorded this series of improvisations at UNSW reflecting on photographs they had taken during the preceding period of crisis and devastation
This music is offered as a protest against environmental destruction and climate change The themes Mirage Embers Inferno Skyline Resistance and Aftermath inform these improvisations and reflections
The results are stunning - traversing ambient soundscapes spacious grooves troubled cries dissonances resolution surprise peaceful reflection and even humour It is not often that a project can genuinely speak of lsquooriginal soundsrsquo but this is one such project
The project was an extension of a concert that had been presented by Mark Hall of Eupcaccia Records at Dee Whyrsquos Halfback Books The combination of modular synthesiser saxophone and drums worked beautifully and Mark encouraged the musicians to record this album
Sat
Nov
07
Sandy Evans (tenor and soprano saxophones suling flax) Hamish Stuart (drums) Adam Hulbert (eurorack modular synthesiser with theremin and wind controller) Simon Trevaks (recording engineer) Rodrigo Barbosa (Mixing engineer) Mark Hall (executive producer and mastering engineer)
Stream live
Magic Music EvansElphickOdamuraV E N U E 5 0 5 3 PM + 5 3 0 PM
Closing the festival this special event features the talents of our 2020 Artist-in-Residence Dr Sandy Evans OAM alongside long-time collaborators Satsuki Odamura and Steve Elphick The project brings together three musicians whose inventiveness musicality sensitivity and responsiveness will open doors to magical musical places
A trail-blazer for women in contemporary music internationally renowned composer and saxophonist Sandy has a passion for improvisation and new music
She has played with and written for some of the most important groups in Australian jazz since the early 1980rsquos and leads the Sandy Evans Trio and Sextet and co-leads Clarion Fracture Zone and GEST8 Her work and research in intercultural music has led to international recognition Sandy recently won the Jazz Performance of the Year at the APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards for her international collaboration Bridge of Dreams featuring Shubha Mudgal Aneesh Pradhan Sudhir Nayak and Sirens Big Band
Satsuki Odamura is a master of the koto and shamisen She has pioneered awareness of these ancient Japanese instruments in her performances throughout Australia Satsuki began playing Koto at ten years old and joined the Sawai Koto School of Music in Tokyo when she was eighteen She has since collaborated with a wide variety of artists across a range of genres from jazz to Western classical to modern and Aboriginal music
ARIA winning bassist Steve Elphick has provided the backbone for artists like Roger Frampton and The Engine Room and Mark Simmonds He came from singing in the church choir to playing bass and has grown into one of Australiarsquos most in-demand bass players across a range of genres A spectacular festival finale to conjure a sense of peace uplift our spirits and enrich the soul
Sun
N
ov 0
8
Sandy Evans (saxophone) Steve Elphick (bass) Satsuki Odamura (koto)
Book now
Sponsors
M A J O R PA R T N E R S
S U P P O R T I N G PA R T N E R S
V E N U E PA R T N E R S
Lilith Night with special guest Miriam Lieberman and special support by Kenya Wilkins
F O U N D RY 6 1 6 8 3 0 PM
Lilith Night is an international celebration of diverse female composer-performers across a dizzying range of genres A network of women music-makers and culture creators directed by Australian musician Maryanne Piper Lilith Night will feature the global fusion of sounds created by vocalist and kora player Miriam Lieberman The ensemble will perform compositions from international composers Sunna Gunnlaugs (Iceland) Christina Fuchs (Ger) Elisa Thorn (Canada) and Eve Beglarian (US-Armenian) and Australian composers Jenna Cave Harri Harding and Sian Lindsay
Special support Kenya Wilkins Solo Piano Album Launch Kenya Wilkins will launch her third solo piano album ldquoSo What Bachrdquo a series of jams on JS Bach classics The ldquoso whatrdquo chord consists of three perfect fourth intervals followed by a major third interval It originates from Bill Evansrsquo piano ldquoamenrdquo response to the head of Miles Davisrsquo tune ldquoSo Whatrdquo
Keyna Wilkins is a pioneering AustralianBritish composer-musician solo-artist and leader of cutting-edge ensembles Her music has been described as arresting and genre-blurring She was one of three finalists in the Australian nation-wide APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards for Individual Excellence 2018 Her compositions are performed internationally and published by Wirripang
Sat
Nov
07
Maryanne Piper (clarinetist) Kenya Wilkins (piano) Rachel Drubetsky (trumpeter) Chloe Kim (drums) and special guest Miriam Lieberman (vocals and kora)
Book now
Postcards from the 2020 AnthropoceneAlbum LaunchF R E E O N L I N E E V E N T
In December 2019 Sydney was enveloped in a thick blanket of smoky haze It was on one of the worst days for bushfire smoke that Sandy Adam and Hamish recorded this series of improvisations at UNSW reflecting on photographs they had taken during the preceding period of crisis and devastation
This music is offered as a protest against environmental destruction and climate change The themes Mirage Embers Inferno Skyline Resistance and Aftermath inform these improvisations and reflections
The results are stunning - traversing ambient soundscapes spacious grooves troubled cries dissonances resolution surprise peaceful reflection and even humour It is not often that a project can genuinely speak of lsquooriginal soundsrsquo but this is one such project
The project was an extension of a concert that had been presented by Mark Hall of Eupcaccia Records at Dee Whyrsquos Halfback Books The combination of modular synthesiser saxophone and drums worked beautifully and Mark encouraged the musicians to record this album
Sat
Nov
07
Sandy Evans (tenor and soprano saxophones suling flax) Hamish Stuart (drums) Adam Hulbert (eurorack modular synthesiser with theremin and wind controller) Simon Trevaks (recording engineer) Rodrigo Barbosa (Mixing engineer) Mark Hall (executive producer and mastering engineer)
Stream live
Magic Music EvansElphickOdamuraV E N U E 5 0 5 3 PM + 5 3 0 PM
Closing the festival this special event features the talents of our 2020 Artist-in-Residence Dr Sandy Evans OAM alongside long-time collaborators Satsuki Odamura and Steve Elphick The project brings together three musicians whose inventiveness musicality sensitivity and responsiveness will open doors to magical musical places
A trail-blazer for women in contemporary music internationally renowned composer and saxophonist Sandy has a passion for improvisation and new music
She has played with and written for some of the most important groups in Australian jazz since the early 1980rsquos and leads the Sandy Evans Trio and Sextet and co-leads Clarion Fracture Zone and GEST8 Her work and research in intercultural music has led to international recognition Sandy recently won the Jazz Performance of the Year at the APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards for her international collaboration Bridge of Dreams featuring Shubha Mudgal Aneesh Pradhan Sudhir Nayak and Sirens Big Band
Satsuki Odamura is a master of the koto and shamisen She has pioneered awareness of these ancient Japanese instruments in her performances throughout Australia Satsuki began playing Koto at ten years old and joined the Sawai Koto School of Music in Tokyo when she was eighteen She has since collaborated with a wide variety of artists across a range of genres from jazz to Western classical to modern and Aboriginal music
ARIA winning bassist Steve Elphick has provided the backbone for artists like Roger Frampton and The Engine Room and Mark Simmonds He came from singing in the church choir to playing bass and has grown into one of Australiarsquos most in-demand bass players across a range of genres A spectacular festival finale to conjure a sense of peace uplift our spirits and enrich the soul
Sun
N
ov 0
8
Sandy Evans (saxophone) Steve Elphick (bass) Satsuki Odamura (koto)
Book now
Sponsors
M A J O R PA R T N E R S
S U P P O R T I N G PA R T N E R S
V E N U E PA R T N E R S
Postcards from the 2020 AnthropoceneAlbum LaunchF R E E O N L I N E E V E N T
In December 2019 Sydney was enveloped in a thick blanket of smoky haze It was on one of the worst days for bushfire smoke that Sandy Adam and Hamish recorded this series of improvisations at UNSW reflecting on photographs they had taken during the preceding period of crisis and devastation
This music is offered as a protest against environmental destruction and climate change The themes Mirage Embers Inferno Skyline Resistance and Aftermath inform these improvisations and reflections
The results are stunning - traversing ambient soundscapes spacious grooves troubled cries dissonances resolution surprise peaceful reflection and even humour It is not often that a project can genuinely speak of lsquooriginal soundsrsquo but this is one such project
The project was an extension of a concert that had been presented by Mark Hall of Eupcaccia Records at Dee Whyrsquos Halfback Books The combination of modular synthesiser saxophone and drums worked beautifully and Mark encouraged the musicians to record this album
Sat
Nov
07
Sandy Evans (tenor and soprano saxophones suling flax) Hamish Stuart (drums) Adam Hulbert (eurorack modular synthesiser with theremin and wind controller) Simon Trevaks (recording engineer) Rodrigo Barbosa (Mixing engineer) Mark Hall (executive producer and mastering engineer)
Stream live
Magic Music EvansElphickOdamuraV E N U E 5 0 5 3 PM + 5 3 0 PM
Closing the festival this special event features the talents of our 2020 Artist-in-Residence Dr Sandy Evans OAM alongside long-time collaborators Satsuki Odamura and Steve Elphick The project brings together three musicians whose inventiveness musicality sensitivity and responsiveness will open doors to magical musical places
A trail-blazer for women in contemporary music internationally renowned composer and saxophonist Sandy has a passion for improvisation and new music
She has played with and written for some of the most important groups in Australian jazz since the early 1980rsquos and leads the Sandy Evans Trio and Sextet and co-leads Clarion Fracture Zone and GEST8 Her work and research in intercultural music has led to international recognition Sandy recently won the Jazz Performance of the Year at the APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards for her international collaboration Bridge of Dreams featuring Shubha Mudgal Aneesh Pradhan Sudhir Nayak and Sirens Big Band
Satsuki Odamura is a master of the koto and shamisen She has pioneered awareness of these ancient Japanese instruments in her performances throughout Australia Satsuki began playing Koto at ten years old and joined the Sawai Koto School of Music in Tokyo when she was eighteen She has since collaborated with a wide variety of artists across a range of genres from jazz to Western classical to modern and Aboriginal music
ARIA winning bassist Steve Elphick has provided the backbone for artists like Roger Frampton and The Engine Room and Mark Simmonds He came from singing in the church choir to playing bass and has grown into one of Australiarsquos most in-demand bass players across a range of genres A spectacular festival finale to conjure a sense of peace uplift our spirits and enrich the soul
Sun
N
ov 0
8
Sandy Evans (saxophone) Steve Elphick (bass) Satsuki Odamura (koto)
Book now
Sponsors
M A J O R PA R T N E R S
S U P P O R T I N G PA R T N E R S
V E N U E PA R T N E R S
Magic Music EvansElphickOdamuraV E N U E 5 0 5 3 PM + 5 3 0 PM
Closing the festival this special event features the talents of our 2020 Artist-in-Residence Dr Sandy Evans OAM alongside long-time collaborators Satsuki Odamura and Steve Elphick The project brings together three musicians whose inventiveness musicality sensitivity and responsiveness will open doors to magical musical places
A trail-blazer for women in contemporary music internationally renowned composer and saxophonist Sandy has a passion for improvisation and new music
She has played with and written for some of the most important groups in Australian jazz since the early 1980rsquos and leads the Sandy Evans Trio and Sextet and co-leads Clarion Fracture Zone and GEST8 Her work and research in intercultural music has led to international recognition Sandy recently won the Jazz Performance of the Year at the APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards for her international collaboration Bridge of Dreams featuring Shubha Mudgal Aneesh Pradhan Sudhir Nayak and Sirens Big Band
Satsuki Odamura is a master of the koto and shamisen She has pioneered awareness of these ancient Japanese instruments in her performances throughout Australia Satsuki began playing Koto at ten years old and joined the Sawai Koto School of Music in Tokyo when she was eighteen She has since collaborated with a wide variety of artists across a range of genres from jazz to Western classical to modern and Aboriginal music
ARIA winning bassist Steve Elphick has provided the backbone for artists like Roger Frampton and The Engine Room and Mark Simmonds He came from singing in the church choir to playing bass and has grown into one of Australiarsquos most in-demand bass players across a range of genres A spectacular festival finale to conjure a sense of peace uplift our spirits and enrich the soul
Sun
N
ov 0
8
Sandy Evans (saxophone) Steve Elphick (bass) Satsuki Odamura (koto)
Book now
Sponsors
M A J O R PA R T N E R S
S U P P O R T I N G PA R T N E R S
V E N U E PA R T N E R S
Sponsors
M A J O R PA R T N E R S
S U P P O R T I N G PA R T N E R S
V E N U E PA R T N E R S
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