Dave Wilson (Aotearoa New Zealand/US) features in a quintet with some of Sydney’s preeminent musicians for a special performance of his improvisation-driven compositions from his two most recent projects: Free, Free: Meditations on Liberation (premiered in 2025), and Ephemeral (Thelonious Records, 2023).
Free, Free draws from legacies of musical collectivity in an invitation to explore the expansive possibilities for what liberation might sound like. Ephemeral, described as “quite spiritually intense music” by The Guardian, explores the transience of human relationships with one another and the natural world through alternatively floating and driving improvisatory impulses of Wilson and the ensemble.
Dave Wilson is a saxophonist, clarinettist, composer, producer, and interdisciplinary scholar living in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington. His music bridges avant-garde and experimental music with various groove-oriented styles from the worlds of jazz, R&B, electronic music, and more. Before relocating to Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington in 2016, Dave grew up in the Chicago area, lived for a decade in Los Angeles, and spent several stints living in Skopje, Macedonia.
