The artist-run series presents a broad range of exciting musicians who make creative, explorative jazz and improvised music. Jetsets is presented at the rustic Tempe Jets BrandX creative space.
Led by bassist Hannah James, the band features an all-star line-up of Sydney’s finest female instrumentalists, performing compositions by Sandy Evans, Andrea Keller, Helen Sung, Silke Eberhardt and more.
An opportunity to witness the band’s process of transitioning from their indie-chamber works towards a more jazz-oriented phase.
Sensational young drummer, Abby Constable is joined by Wilbur Whitta on keys and Jack Stoneham on saxophone at The Dock, Redfern.
Melbourne based pianist Andrea Keller will premiere a new series of works for trio and strings, with complementary harbour side views. The music will be eloquent, intimate and deeply emotional – a truly beautiful concert for SIMA’s Sydney International Women’s Jazz Fest.
Music that makes you smile! Whether on stage or roving, 343 Brass Band plays energetic jazz, pop, gospel and RnB in a New Orleans-inspired style that is guaranteed to get you grooving!
Her rich, soulful voice has rained down on listeners in venues & festivals across the country for over a decade, building a core of dedicated followers.
You’ll love Zulu’s earthy vocal tones and artful storytelling. This is Zulu’s second Sydney International Women’s Jazz Fest performance, after a sold-out show in November 2021.
Get ready for a future soul funk jazz closing party that have you groovin’ long into the night.
Self-described as curious improvisors grounded in jazz tradition, the group is co-led by Harry Sutherland on piano and Lachy Hamilton on tenor saxophone and features Jacques Emery on double bass and Alexander Inman-Hislop on drums.
An immersive double bill of sensitive and sophisticated improvised music. International collaborators, trumpeter Niran Dasika and Japanese pianist Sumire Kuribayashi reunite alongside saxophonist Matthew Ottignon's latest quartet.
Bonniesongs creates music to drift to - dreamy, summery harmonies for a water-front concert – alongside Brenda Gifford who brings together a jazz supergroup of talents who explore and transcend country, culture and experience.
Believe explores the outer reaches of experimental music and improvisation, while Freya Garbett's Surfing Soundwaves creates bridges between music and surfing – ambient and with hints of the cool.
Lucy Clifford’s new sextet and distinctive sound pushes against the boundaries of genre. Lush harmonies and lyrical phrasing create an expansive and urgent sound with raw grooves and a longing for summer. Another Green World are an exciting new duo, that challenge the role of each instrument in a drum-free setting.
Recounting the summer voyage of French explorer La Perouse through the musical lens of Astrolabe, alongside Julien Wilson’s solo saxophone adventures without maps.
Led by Trevor Brown, this 10–15-piece ensemble features Sydney’s finest improvisers, focusing on improvised conduction and open free-form music creation.
Ten Part Invention was formed in 1986 by John Pochée and shaped an era in Australian music. Now the band pays tribute to its founder and the many compositions he commissioned. It'll be colourful, thrilling and adventurous.
Precious Energy is Barney McAll’s latest project features music written as a heartfelt call for the positive, for the sun and for love. GODTET is an electrifying, dreamy hypnotic, instrumental journey with a band of huge and diverse talents.
The Three Seas are a lively musical marriage of Himalayan folk song and the contemporary beats of Sydney and Kolkata. Veronique Serret and her acoustic and electric violins, take us to an ever shifting landscape of loops, delays, reverbs and percussive elements.
Ghosts Between Streams is an innovative multidisciplinary work by 2022 Freedman Fellow Tom Avgenicos, blending music, visuals and dance to explore the struggle between nature and urbanisation.
Ghosts Between Streams is an innovative multidisciplinary work by 2022 Freedman Fellow Tom Avgenicos, blending music, visuals and dance to explore the struggle between nature and urbanisation.
Led by award-winning trumpeter and composer Ellen Kirkwood, Underwards features some of Sydney’s most exciting, versatile and creative musicians. Their music, like nature, combines beauty, mystery, colour and rhythm, but also leans into the ways humans experience nature; sometimes with joy or calm, other times melancholy or bewilderment, even awe.
HEKKA is a Sydney based instrumental trio who marries their live intensity and virtuosity with a vibrant electronic approach. The band traverses loops, pulses and improvisations to assert themselves as one of the most exciting groups to emerge from Sydney in many years.
Tom Thorp is a multi-award-winning saxophonist and composer from the UK. His playing has taken him all over the world as a jazz soloist, original artist, and session musician. Having worked with as diverse a range of artists/ensembles as the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Manchester indie-rave legend, Happy Mondays frontman Shaun Ryder; James Brown’s very […]
“It’s a rare sensation these days, but there is still such exhilaration in being taken to the edge of the possible” – JOHN SHAND, Sydney morning herald Bungarribee, led by highly respected pianist, accordionist and composer Gary Daley, features pre‑eminent Australian musicians. Each has made significant contributions to jazz, classical and world music. As a […]
"its magic will bear rewards. Gill's distinctive aesthetic is a valuable one, and this is an especially potent ensemble for enacting it" - Troy Dostert, All about jazzSaxophonist Sam Gill presents his quintet Scattered for their first outing of 2023! Drawing on the worlds of jazz, chamber music & folk, the band conjures evocative multi-part […]
BLOW with the McMahon Barnett Sextet LIVE at Low 302In celebration of 40 years on air since 1983, Eastside Radio is hosting a series of intimate concerts at Low 302 presented by your favourite presenters. Every month we’re inviting a selection of various programs to curate a night of live music at this special venue […]
After a nationwide search for the best jazz musician under 35, the Vanguard of Australian Jazz compete in a thrilling finale for the title of the 2023 Freedman Jazz Fellow.
Spectra Jazz Orchestra, a youth ensemble for young women and gender-diverse musicians, are making their Red Rattler debut: a springtime Sunday afternoon of exciting music. Spectra will present two sets at the Rat, including tunes from their recent release Supernova, and some brand new material.
The line-up includes legendary saxophonist Sandy Evans OAM who’ll be playing with Freyja Garbett’s “Music From the Waves” suite as well as Chris Field’s Afro-Indian Jazz Collective with trombonist James Greening (The Catholics, Mara).