"This trio’s music combines honesty and integrity, producing fearless, beautiful music that grows and grows, like wild flowers in an ever-changing, untamed, natural meadow." - UKVibe Seven years after first crossing paths in Los Angeles, pianist-composer Liv Andrea Hauge (NO) and drummer Chloe Kim (AUS) reunite to fulfil a long-held promise — to make music together. Back then, they […]
“A head-spinning dialogue between half a millennium ago and now, and a sound as foreign as dreaming someone else’s dreams…“
– JOHN SHAND, SMH
Led by intrepid viola da gambist, Jenny Eriksson, Elysian Fields follows up their much-praised 2020 Scandinavian-inspired jazz-folk-fusion album, FIKA, with a genre-defying musical dialogue between past and contemporary musical realms. Swirling Flame is stimulated by, and draws its title from, the semi-improvisatory art works of leading Australian wood-fired ceramic artist, Barbara Campbell-Allen OAM, one of Eriksson’s closest friends.
343 Brass BandMusic 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! In addition to their exhilarating stage shows, 343 Brass Band are known for joyful performances in their signature purple t-shirts at […]
"Putting a label on such a multifaceted artist — composer, performer, lyricist and arranger — is indeed daunting, and the track 'Feed The Fire' showcases much of her brilliant versatility." - Downbeat, September 2024 A creative force in the world of jazz and soul UK-based Melbourne artist, producer and multi-instrumentalist Audrey Powne is a creative […]
‘Their sound may enter your body conventionally enough via the ears, but it rushes straight to the central nervous system, so you seem to feel it with every nerve-ending.’ - John Shand, SMHAn explosive, dynamic, instrumental quartetKira Kira’s music has been described as ‘awe-inspiring’ (AllAboutJazz), and ‘an absolute triumph’ (AusJazz.net). Since its formation at the […]
Album launch and Tapestries PremiereGian Slater will present two projects for the 2024 SIMA Women’s Jazz Festival: the launch of her solo album, Glimmer and the premiere performance of SIMA commission Tapestries featuring Simon Barker, Phil Slater, Jess Green and Freyja Garbett. Gian’s 9th album release ‘Glimmer’ is a collection of new songs performed solo […]